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This study examines diet and reproductive productivity in European Shags at two Portuguese colonies, finding that environmental factors influence diet and that prey biomass affects reproductive success.

This paper presents a portable eDNA metabarcoding pipeline for rapid ecological assessment, demonstrating its feasibility in remote settings with on-site analysis.

This study shows that warming and species richness reduce eco-phenotypic feedback, while mean body size increases it, using long-term ecosystem data.

This paper develops a mechanistic model to quantify African swine fever transmission between domestic pigs and wild boar in Romania and evaluates control strategies.

This study identifies climate-induced tipping points in mutualistic ecological networks under global warming, showing three phases of species diversity and the impact of warming rate on ecosystem resilience.

This study identifies and quantifies human-wildlife conflicts involving terrestrial mammals in Great Britain, finding economic conflicts exceed £0.5 billion and non-native species pose higher zoonotic disease risks.

This study uses a new modeling method to analyze how climate change affects toyon flowering and habitat suitability, finding stable flowering intensity and potential range limitations.

This paper develops a neural network model for identifying vocalizations of endangered Tasmanian masked owls and swift parrots using passive acoustic monitoring, achieving high accuracy and enabling effective conservation actions.

This study identifies key adaptive features in disinfected drinking water microbiomes using extracellular RNA as a reference, highlighting energy efficiency and antibiotic resistance.

This study examines rapid ecological and evolutionary changes in the wasp spider during a northward range expansion, finding genetic adaptation and phenotypic plasticity in response to colder climates.

This paper introduces a method using Google Earth imagery and deep learning to retrospectively analyze long-term demographic data of invasive plants, showing success in detecting and tracking population dynamics over decades.

This study shows that reducing ploughing frequency benefits ground-nesting flying insects by increasing biomass, particularly in the first years of recovery.

The paper investigates why the gobiid fish Trimma marinae is monogamous despite potential for polygyny, finding that males can only care for up to three clutches, leading females to guard mates to monopolize care.

This study uses ecological niche modeling to project the impact of past and future climate change on the distribution of the snake-eyed lizard Ophisops elegans in the Mediterranean Basin.

The paper investigates how fine-scale soil composition influences genetic variation in a rare plant species with limited distribution.

This study evaluates the reliability of iNaturalist photos for phenotyping Plethodon salamanders, finding weak geographic signals in continuous traits but stronger results for discrete traits using classifiers.

The paper examines how body size and colour variation in butterfly assemblages across Great Britain relate to seasonal environmental conditions and developmental constraints, finding that both traits align with thermoregulatory needs and seasonal patterns.

The paper investigates how larval sinking in response to chemical cues affects retention in complex reef habitats, finding that sinking larvae are retained within reefs while other particles are advected away.

This study maps spatial and temporal overlaps between common dolphin sightings and fishing activity along Portugal's north coast using AIS data and environmental variables.

The paper uses stable isotope analysis to quantify isotopic niche differentiation among Alpine ungulates, revealing functional segregation despite dietary overlap.