ecology & biodiversity

The paper examines how thermal similarity within bird genera affects the strength of Bergmann's rule, finding that higher thermal similarity correlates with weaker body size temperature relationships.

The paper presents a model explaining how leaf mass per area (LMA) affects plant growth in different productivity environments, showing that low LMA is advantageous in high productivity and high light/nutrient availability.

The paper develops a framework to assess trade-related vulnerability in terrestrial invertebrates by integrating trade data with species biology and distribution.

This study identifies depth-dependent metabolic patterns in marine microbial eukaryotes and projects their responses to ocean warming.

This study examines gene flow and genomic structure in Dudleya abramsii ssp. setchellii, finding strong isolation by distance and limited seed dispersal contributing to spatial genetic structure.

The paper identifies latitudinal clines in gene variants related to defence and reproductive pathways in Norway spruce, suggesting local adaptation to climate conditions.

The paper predicts northward range shifts of invasive forest pests and pathogens under climate change scenarios, highlighting impacts on northern temperate and boreal forests.

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 examines genomic variation across nine co-occurring plant species in an Australian mountain range, finding shared spatial patterns but differing associations with geographic and environmental factors.

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 generates the first chromosome-scale genome and methylome for the tiger shark, revealing genomic and epigenomic features of shark evolution and population decline.

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.

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.

The paper analyzes centromere evolution in oaks, showing lineage-specific expansion of QuCEN146 satellite drives turnover, while LTR-rich centromeres show low polymorphism due to suppressed recombination.

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.

The paper examines genetic diversity and connectivity between ecoregions, finding a divide between eastern and western regions with restricted gene flow in the west.

This study examines how elevation reshapes mountain understory communities through diversity loss, functional shifts, and species replacement across elevational zones.

The paper quantifies how human ignitions and herbaceous fuels drive fire regime changes in the Sonoran Desert, showing human-caused fires dominate and spread more with increased vegetation cover.

The paper surveys microviruses in urban freshwater environments, finding shifts in community composition from sewage to river water, with wastewater treatment plants acting as filters.

COSMOS integrates vector-pathogen metagenomics to monitor mosquito-borne diseases, detecting pathogens and mosquito communities in field samples with high accuracy.

The paper uses Empirical Dynamic Modelling to show atmospheric pollution destabilized a small mammal community over 39 years in the Black Triangle of Europe.

This study shows habitat degradation shifts metacommunities from stable to unstable regimes, increasing extinction risk, and highlights dispersal's role in stabilizing ecosystems.

The paper examines particle-associated prokaryotic communities in the Bering and Chukchi Seas, finding that lifestyle and water-mass origin, not depth, structure these communities.

This study shows that climate change and urbanization together reduce plant biodiversity in urban green spaces, with allotments and ruderal areas being most affected.

This study investigates virus coinfection in plants by analyzing environmental and ecological factors across multiple host species and communities, finding that most coinfections are random interactions driven by environmental responses.

The paper shows that greater intraspecific morphological variation in bulbuls predicts broader ecological niches and larger geographic ranges.

This study identifies spatio-temporal dynamics and ecological niche factors influencing Theileria equi infection in Portugal using field-surveillance data and environmental variables.

The paper compares ranging and territoriality among African apes, finding that economic defendability does not fully explain interspecific variation in territorial behavior.