Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.True dung beetles are a speciose group of ecosystem engineers that play key roles as detritivores in natural and agricultural landscapes. Scarabaeine beetles show strong thermal plasticity and there is increasing evidence of rapid evolutionary divergence in response to temperature across ecological and evolutionary timescales, with likely consequences ...
Nathan J. McConnell +4 more
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The complex interplay between chromosome, climatic niche and morphological traits shapes the diversification of Carex (Cyperaceae). [PDF]
Ann BotValdés-Florido A +7 more
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On Schopenhauer's Debt to Spinoza1
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract Schopenhauer offers ‘nature is not divine but demonic’ as a direct rebuttal of Spinoza's pantheism, his identification of ‘nature’ with ‘God’. And so, one would think, he ought to have been immune to the ‘Spinozism’ that became, as Heine called it, ‘the unofficial religion’ of the age.
Julian Young
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The reference genome of a Sierra Nevada endemic, the cut-leaved monkeyflower, Mimulus laciniatus (syn. Erythranthe lacinata). [PDF]
J HeredMartínez-Gómez J +10 more
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Offspring Size Resolves a Population Growth Paradox in Rays and Skates
Fish and Fisheries, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The maximum intrinsic population growth rate, rmax, is a key determinant of sustainable fishing limits and is increasingly used in risk assessments. We previously showed how the rmax of rays and skates (subclass Batoidea) scales with adult body size, temperature (and hence depth) such that smaller‐bodied species and those in warmer, shallower ...
Ellen Barrowclift +4 more
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A chromosome-level reference genome assembly for Gilbert's skink Plestiodon gilberti. [PDF]
J HeredRichmond JQ +11 more
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Arsenite methyltransferase 3 is required for mitochondrial function and hepatic lipid metabolism
The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.AS3MT is a protein that helps the body process arsenic, a naturally occurring toxin found in water and soil. We discovered it also helps cells make and use energy properly. Without AS3MT, cells' mitochondria do not work well, leading to fatty liver and reduced activity. Increasing AS3MT in liver cells restores energy and protects against arsenic damage,
Patrice Delaney +10 more
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Are We Witnessing a Speciation Continuum? Evidence From Current and Past Gene Flow in the Genus Oritrophium s.s. (Asteraceae) From the Tropical High Andes. [PDF]
Mol EcolGorospe JM +7 more
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Genetic and Ecological Management of Pacific Salmon Fisheries for the 21st Century
Fisheries Management and Ecology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Based on ecological adaptation theory, tremendous effort is being spent on measures that are eliminating salmon hatcheries and fishing opportunities with the intention of protecting wild runs deemed to be of particular genetic importance to the survival of the species.
Randall E. Brummett +2 more
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The "Chameleon Ant" <i>Colobopsis imitans</i> Adapts Its Mimetic Appearance to Local Model Species Across the Mediterranean Basin (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). [PDF]
Ecol EvolWagner HC, Csősz S.
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