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The paper experiments with Drosophila melanogaster to show that male density affects offspring recruitment, though less strongly than female density dependence.

This study meta-analyzes over a thousand effect sizes to show that trait variability within populations influences ecological responses more strongly for physiology and behavior than morphology.

This study examines how maternal trophic behavior influences larval growth and survival in bluefin tunas by analyzing isotopic signatures and growth rates across multiple populations.

The paper examines how social bonds and prey availability influence movement and sociality in false killer whales across different spatial scales.

This study examines how duckweeds adapt to their local microbiome and water, finding weak local adaptation benefits and reduced microbial growth when paired with local resources.

The paper describes the Montreal Urban Observatory, which monitors urban forest ecosystems to study biodiversity, ecosystem function, and human health, revealing disparities in tree diversity between public and private spaces.

The paper shows that species loss in southern boreal understories has slowed functional diversity gains, highlighting functional erosion risks despite stable taxonomic diversity.

This study evaluates the impact of community-created vermicompost and worm juice on Swiss chard yield in a South African township, finding significant increases in production.

This study examines how Forest Owlets select habitats across multiple scales in Gujarat, finding that they thrive in agroforestry systems when certain conditions are met.

This study tests if internet activity can systematically accelerate detection of invasive alien species in the EU by analyzing 88 species across 14 platforms.

This study compares acoustic monitoring and tracking data to understand bat migration patterns over the North Sea, finding that wind conditions influence migration routes and that both methods provide complementary insights.

The paper shows that plant biomass response to annual precipitation depends on how evenly precipitation is distributed within the year.

The paper predicts that sika deer and wild boar will occupy most of Japan by 2050 due to natural expansion and declining human population.

This study shows that intermittent precipitation and spatial Allee effects create irregular vegetation patterns and influence ecosystem resilience in semi-arid environments.

This study introduces a tri-trophic model to explore how vegetation patterns and trophic interactions influence desertification transitions and ecosystem resilience.

The paper introduces an elasticity-consistent aggregator for Leslie matrix population models, improving accuracy in demographic parameter comparisons across different model complexities.

This paper introduces MUFASA, a new method for estimating predator diets using fatty acid signatures, and compares it to QFASA through simulations and real data, finding similar results.

This study uses a process-based model to predict seasonal eDNA transport in a river, showing longer transport distances in winter and shorter in summer for Eurasian beavers.

The paper introduces a graphical approach to analyze eco-evolutionary dynamics and their impact on species coexistence, showing evolution can sometimes reduce coexistence stability.

The paper shows that younger hosts have lower parasite prevalence and that dispersing juveniles are less infected during early epidemic stages in C. elegans.