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The paper examines how ecological opportunity and evolutionary relatedness predict parasite sharing across different mammalian taxonomic scales, finding that geography's importance declines while evolutionary relatedness increases with broader taxonomic scope.

The paper compiles ant records from Iceland, identifies species origins, and highlights potential ecological impacts of invasive ants.

The paper tests how tree cavities affect bird activity and species richness, finding cavities increase visits and species diversity.

This study shows that gregariousness increases survival of pest insects against predators, while higher environmental heterogeneity reduces predation risk.

This study uses a model to show that disease dynamics during ecosystem restoration depend on pathogen transmissibility, timing of slow life history species establishment, and community assembly, not just biodiversity.

The paper examines genetic and phenotypic variation in deer mice across elevation gradients, finding predictable patterns in extreme environments that could inform species vulnerability to environmental change.

The paper examines how facilitation in mixed-species bird flocks influences elevational range overlap, finding positive correlations between association strength and range overlap.

The paper measures the effectiveness of aquatic invasive species prevention in Minnesota by showing slowed invasion rates alongside increased prevention efforts and simulations suggesting a 20-53% reduction in new invasions.

This paper evaluates tabular foundation models as species distribution models, finding they perform competitively without per-dataset tuning but are sensitive to biased data.

The paper investigates phenotypic differences associated with mitochondrial haplotypes in three-spined stickleback, finding effects on male gonadosomatic index and potential citrate synthase activity.

This study shows that two decades of EU pesticide substitution have not reduced environmental harm to stream invertebrates, as toxic pressure and impairment remained stable over time.

This study shows subaerial green algae from Chlorophyta and Streptophyta assemble distinct phycosphere communities from soil, with host identity driving bacterial composition more strongly than fungal.

This study shows that social interactions between different rodent species can spread gut microbiota, with stronger transmission from wood mice to yellow-necked mice.

The paper introduces a framework using microscale nonrandomness to predict short-term ecological changes across diverse systems, showing improved predictive performance compared to macroscale variables.

This study shows that vitamin B12, not iron, is the primary limiting nutrient for phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean, with implications for community composition and function.

The paper develops a framework for analyzing invasion in structured populations using analytical and numerical methods to determine invasion success across different ecological scenarios.

This study examines urban weed response to elevated salt levels through garden experiments, finding some support for salt tolerance adaptation but highlighting environmental heterogeneity and plant variability.

The paper compares six population control methods for stabilizing metapopulations under spatial coupling and census noise, finding Adaptive Limiter Control most effective for persistence and Lower Limiter Control for constancy.