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This study examines how food availability and type influence larval development in Platynereis dumerilii, showing that starvation slows development while feeding promotes brain and posterior growth.

This study examines how habitat complexity affects the feeding behavior of two freshwater predators, finding that it reduces feeding rates and influences functional response patterns.

The study shows climate warming has increased malaria parasite prevalence and transmission in blue tits over 26 years, with specific temperature windows driving the trend.

This study shows that 5α-cyprinol sulfate (CPS) concentrations in freshwater systems track predator feeding activity rather than predator abundance, revealing dynamic seasonal changes in chemical signaling.

This study links bumblebee visual traits, specifically light sensitivity, to their habitat preferences and foraging behavior in forested and grassland environments.

The paper examines how temperature and resource availability affect phytoplankton populations, finding trait combinations that suggest some species may perform well under future warm and resource-limited conditions.

This study investigates parasite-mediated inbreeding depression in red deer, finding three pathways linking inbreeding to reduced fitness through parasitism.

This study examines co-infection patterns in European roe deer, finding that proximity to livestock, sex, age, and activity levels influence parasite presence, with minimal between-parasite interactions.

The paper examines how land-use intensification affects nectar resources, bird communities, and bird-flower interaction networks in the Western Ghats, finding that agroforests support more diverse bird-flower interactions than monocultures or forests.

The paper examines how habitat and season affect leukocyte profiles in Neotropical bats, finding species-specific responses and higher systemic inflammation in degraded habitats during the dry season.

This study analyzes changes in demersal fish distribution in the Kerguelen Plateau from 2003 to 2016, finding increased species richness and responses to climate change and fisheries management.

The paper introduces larval seedboxes as a tool to enhance coral reef restoration by enabling scalable larval seeding through tidal dispersal.

The paper investigates how warming and reduced rainfall affect fungal necromass decomposition and microbial communities in a temperate-boreal forest ecotone, finding accelerated initial decay but no overall mass loss difference.

The paper models the coexistence of an invasive pest and its biological control agent using source-sink dynamics, showing dispersal rates influence their persistence and impact.

This study investigates extending the eDNA survey season for great crested newts and compares ethanol precipitation and filtration methods for eDNA capture.

This study uses sedimentary ancient DNA to show beavers occupied two lakes in Grand Teton National Park for over 5000 years, with continuous presence at one lake and intermittent at another, while influencing local plant communities.

This study uses groundwater and phenology data to show that riparian trees in intermittent systems are more vulnerable to drought than previously thought.

The paper examines how frugivore species richness and seed size affect frugivore visitation and functional traits on fruiting trees, finding that seed size has a stronger influence than species richness.

This study examines temperature-related changes in nearshore fish communities in Casco Bay, Maine, using 11 years of beach seine survey data, showing shifts in species abundance and growth rates.

The paper examines how snowmelt timing and predation influence species occurrence and community structure in Arctic ecosystems over 10 years.