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This paper assesses the risk of functional extinction for the spinetail devil ray and shows that integrated bycatch mitigation and nursery area protection are needed for population recovery.

This study investigates how seasonal changes affect sarcoptic mange in wombats, showing that seasonal environments limit parasite persistence and influence disease prevalence and population dynamics.

This study assesses biodiversity recovery in secondary forests around Taï National Park, finding faster recovery of diversity than floristic composition, with remnant trees and prior land use influencing recovery rates.

The paper assesses wildfire impacts on microhabitat structure around amphibian breeding ponds using before-after-control-impact data, finding significant changes in microhabitat composition at different distances from pond edges.

The paper investigates how motility affects cross-feeding mutualisms between E. coli and S. enterica, finding that spatial structure and metabolic dynamics determine the selective advantage of motility.

This study uses eagle flight data to assess how high-resolution weather models capture atmospheric dynamics, revealing gaps in thermal resolution and the need for better model accuracy.

This study uses targeted hybridization capture to detect freshwater macroinvertebrates from eDNA, recovering 450 genera across 8 phyla with high taxonomic resolution.

This study examines how hydropeaking intensity affects riparian soil seed bank composition and self-restoration potential in Sweden, finding negative impacts on large graminoid seeds and suggesting the need for seed supplementation in restoration efforts.

This study shows that red maple pollen improves reproductive success and brood production in bumble bee queens, with carry-over effects on worker performance.

The paper uses Bayesian network models to show that food webs with high maximum trophic level are most vulnerable to coextinctions, outperforming other structural metrics in predicting ecosystem susceptibility.

The paper quantifies increased transmission in bat communities after white-nose syndrome caused population declines, showing behavioral and ecological changes enhance contact and spread.

The paper uses metatranscriptomics to show that land use affects specific lineages within the genus Candidatus Udaeobacter, not the entire genus uniformly.

The paper provides science-based operational criteria for identifying old-growth forests in northern Europe to meet EU legal standards and improve conservation efforts.

This study shows wildfire smoke delays egg laying and affects reproductive success in cavity-nesting songbirds.

The paper identifies genomic determinants of migratory behavior in leatherback turtles, finding a putative inversion linked to navigation and genes associated with reproductive timing and neurodevelopment.

The paper examines how spatial variation in alongshore larval transport affects the persistence of introduced marine species and provides software to estimate their likelihood of flourishing.

This study evaluates how lure, trap type, and Fluon application affect longhorned beetle capture in subtropical forests, finding that lures and Fluon significantly enhance trap effectiveness.

This study examines how seasonal migration affects phylogenetic community structure in North American passerines, finding that migration leads to more phylogenetically clustered communities overall but greater overdispersion at smaller taxonomic scales.

This study shows that metabolic switching allows microbes to coexist with specialists under fluctuating resources by exploiting temporal niches through flexible metabolism.