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The paper uses interpretable machine learning to identify functional traits predictive of ecoregion origin in sunflower populations.

The paper develops a complex adaptive systems model of swidden agriculture showing that sustainable high-intensity swidden emerges from balanced labor reciprocity and normative reasoning.

The paper examines tree age structures in western US woodlands and finds that tree establishment rates have mostly declined, contradicting claims of woody encroachment.

This study examines how climate-driven warming affects the symbiotic relationship between the bobtail squid Euprymna scolopes and the bacterium Vibrio fischeri, finding reduced hatching success, lower survival, and diminished symbiosis capacity under higher temperatures.

This paper develops an NLP pipeline to extract plant functional traits from text, achieving high precision and recall for categorical traits and reasonable accuracy for numerical traits.

This study shows that multigenerational exposure to elevated temperature increases CTmax by 13% and alters mitochondrial function in medaka brain.

This study examines how release size, location, and timing affect freshwater survival and residence of hatchery-reared Chinook Salmon, finding that survival and residence time decline with size and vary by release location and timing.

This study shows that a non-native host plant allows monarch butterflies to develop later in the fall, altering their seasonal life cycle.

The paper examines how land use and climate change interact to drive declines in bumblebee occupancy across natural and human-modified habitats in North America and Western Europe.

This study introduces a method to reconstruct brown bear dietary history using eye lens isotopes, showing age-related dietary shifts and corn consumption patterns.

The paper examines how natural disturbances, spatial connectivity, and biogeography influence seasonal variability in aquatic macroinvertebrate communities across Europe.

The paper examines how plant diversity affects volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions at species and community levels using experimental plant communities.

The paper analyzes changes in game and domestic animal ratios in the Lower Volga region from the 7th to 5th millennia BCE, showing shifts in hunting practices and domestication over time.

This study evaluates the viability of restored and artificial wetlands for axolotl conservation by comparing movement patterns, home range sizes, and habitat use using VHF telemetry.

This paper develops a two-stage life cycle model to estimate Coho salmon productivity and survival rates, informing the trap and haul program in the Lewis River Basin.

This study examines how temperature and humidity affect the development and survival of Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes in Ethiopia, finding optimal conditions for egg hatchability and adult emergence.

This paper uses agent-based simulations to analyze thermoregulatory strategies in ectotherms, finding minimal differences between strategies and highlighting environmental factors' role in thermal refugia occupancy.

The paper proposes two rules to explain the scaling of trophic interaction strengths using predator functional responses, validated across 2,100 experiments.

The paper shows that a mix of siderophore-producing and cheating strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa outperforms pure cooperator or cheater populations in environments where siderophores are beneficial.

The paper shows that the powerbend distribution unifies species abundance patterns across all life forms, rejecting pure neutrality and supporting a mix of random and deterministic ecological processes.