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This study shows that dispersal can help coastal ecosystems persist during tropical cyclones, but excessive dispersal between equally affected areas leads to extinction.

This study assesses the long-term persistence of Wolbachia wMel in Rio de Janeiro 30 months after a population crash, finding suboptimal introgression levels and highlighting challenges in sustaining Wolbachia-based dengue control.

This study develops an artificial rearing system for Gyropsylla spegazziniana and provides molecular confirmation of its taxonomic classification within the Aphalaridae family.

The paper develops a demographic model to calculate lifetime kin overlap, showing how mortality and fertility affect kin interactions across generations.

This study shows urbanisation reduces species richness, reproductive success, and offspring survival in cavity-nesting Hymenoptera, with taxon-specific responses to environmental factors.

The paper examines ectoparasite diversity and seasonal patterns in two Madagascar fruit bat species using morphological and DNA barcoding methods, finding climate variables influence parasitism.

The paper examines sex differences in bat activity during mating season and links these patterns to sex-biased infections by the fungal pathogen Pseudogymnoascus destructans.

The paper links terrestrial land cover changes to fish diversity in a subtropical river catchment, showing LULC effects up to 20 km upstream and explaining 60% of species richness variance.

The paper evaluates vaccination strategies for Rift Valley fever in the Comoros archipelago, finding that optimal allocation improves effectiveness but creates inequity, while animal tagging enhances outcomes across all rates.

This paper reviews and analyzes population trends of the adder in Sweden, finding significant local declines despite its official 'Least Concern' status.

The paper shows that human food subsidies increase cat populations on Mediterranean islands, leading to hyperpredation and declines in reptile populations.

The paper develops a framework to quantify fitness differences between two co-invading strains using the replicator equation and applies it to antibiotic-resistant E. coli in the gut microbiota.

This study develops a method to store Posidonia oceanica seeds and seedlings long-term, improving seagrass restoration by enabling year-round planting and increasing genetic diversity.

This study examines how anthropogenic environments affect the diet of long-tailed macaques in Singapore and Bali, finding differing impacts on diet diversity and stability.

The paper quantifies how groundwater fauna and temperature affect microbial carbon degradation, showing fauna significantly enhances carbon breakdown.

The study examines how habitat factors and floral traits influence individual-level pollinator interactions and reproductive success in Maytenus senegalensis in a semi-arid landscape.

The paper reports the first confirmed occurrence of the invasive red lionfish in a Brazilian marine protected area and highlights the need for monitoring and management strategies.

The paper analyzes the dynamic changes in diatom endometabolomes under different temperature and bacterial conditions, revealing significant variation in metabolite concentrations and pathways.

This study compares operational drought resistance indicators with ecophysiological traits to assess vulnerability to hydraulic failure in Abies species under climate change.

This paper develops a computer vision model to estimate the age of white-tailed deer using dental features from jawbone images, achieving 90.7% accuracy.