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The paper investigates how fungal parasites and zooplankton grazing interact to influence competition between edible and inedible phytoplankton, finding synergistic effects under different nutrient conditions.

This study shows that isograft fusion in corals can lead to localized physiological recovery and may facilitate the transfer of heat-evolved symbionts, though horizontal transmission also occurs.

This study examines how developmental temperature affects heat tolerance and physiological costs across life stages in Xenopus laevis, finding simultaneous gains in heat tolerance and cumulative physiological costs.

The paper models how demographic changes and behavioural adaptations affect the risk of infectious disease outbreaks in aging populations.

The paper assesses whether standard ecological data can identify bistability and tipping points in ecosystems using synthetic data and profile likelihood analysis.

The paper shows that bacterial diversity peaks at an intermediate dispersal rate mediated by landscape characteristics in flower-visiting insect vectors.

This study examines how species introductions affect trait diversity in avian frugivores and fleshy-fruited plants, finding that impacts depend on native trait diversity levels.

This paper develops a framework to assess explainable ML sensitivity by comparing consensus across model architectures, using synthetic coral data to demonstrate its utility in ecological modeling.

The paper quantifies ecosystem degradation by calculating energetic and monetary deficits needed for regeneration, showing nonlinear relationships and significant economic costs in African savannas.

The paper examines how global change impacts the lipid accumulation in Calanus finmarchicus, linking it to diatom availability and temperature changes, with implications for carbon sequestration and marine food webs.

The paper examines microbiome instability in red flour beetles, showing ecological drift driven by environmental factors and its impact on host fitness benefits.

This study shows that intense grazing reduces biomass, starch, and water in Eucomis autumnalis bulbs, leading to energy depletion and potential extinction.

This study examines how extreme snow conditions affect mountain chickadee reproduction across different elevations in the Sierra Nevada, revealing spatially variable responses to snow drought and deluge.

This study examines climate-phenology relationships in Italian forest species using remote sensing and machine learning, finding growing season lengthening and species-specific responses to climate factors.

The paper analyzes the extreme 2025 wildfire season in Southwestern Europe, identifying increased fire intensity, nocturnal spread, and significant ecological and health impacts.

This study evaluates the reliability of using wing biopsies to detect blood-borne pathogens in bats, finding lower detection rates compared to blood but still viable for initial pathogen discovery.

The paper examines life history traits across four clades of the chiral livebearer fish Xenophallus umbratilis to assess conservation needs and adaptive evolution.

This paper develops a mathematical model to analyze how host stage-structure and ecological factors shape the evolution of parasitoid wasp emergence timing strategies.

This study uses iNaturalist and herbarium data to show urban areas in the tropics have longer plant reproductive durations and weaker seasonality compared to rural areas.

The paper investigates how land-use intensity, grazing, and precipitation interact to shape soil microbial communities in a subtropical agroecosystem, finding land-use intensity is the primary driver.