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This study develops species-specific height-diameter allometries for 41 European tree species, incorporating stand characteristics and structure to improve accuracy and scalability in forest management.

The paper uses otolith microchemistry to reveal individual variation in habitat use and migration of European eel along a salinity gradient, showing coastal resident eels occupy a wide range of salinities.

The paper finds that individual-level traits, not neighborhood or landscape factors, primarily influence parasitism rates of frugivorous insect larvae in small forest patches.

This study examines how drought affects volatile organic compound profiles in European beech saplings across genetic backgrounds, finding significant changes in VOCs and a drought legacy effect.

The paper quantifies climatic shifts in tropical dryland ecosystems using ERA-5 and CHIRPS data, finding regional differences in temperature and precipitation trends.

The paper examines beetle-pathogen interactions in Hawaii's Rapid 'Ohi'a Death, identifying key invasive species as disease vectors and highlighting the role of symbiosis in disease spread.

The paper examines seasonal plankton community changes in Lake Constance, finding conserved dynamics despite environmental shifts in mixing and oxygen levels.

The paper examines how different spatial patterns of salmon-derived nitrogen affect fungal community diversity and function in riparian systems.

This paper evaluates coral settlement module designs for large-scale reef restoration, finding that helix recess structures significantly enhance coral recruitment compared to controls and natural substrates.

This study uses a high-resolution palynological record from Erhai Lake to show that Hengduan Mountains vegetation reorganized rapidly in response to climatic oscillations over 35,200 years, with future projections under high-emission scenarios indicating intensified reorganizations.

The paper examines gut microbiomes of six sympatric dung fly species and finds seasonal variation strongly influences microbiome composition, while host-specific selection retains a core microbiome.

This study shows that species distribution models for Antarctic benthic biodiversity underestimate richness when applied to coarse-resolution bathymetry, but hotspot locations remain consistent.

The paper uses eDNA to study sugar kelp degradation in anaerobic marine sediment, finding rapid eDNA loss in some cases and increased eDNA in buried holdfasts.

This study shows that restoring small streams increases habitat and plant diversity in agricultural areas by improving stream complexity and floodplain connectivity.

This study shows that seed dormancy increases population persistence in permissive environments but not in stressful ones in Arabidopsis thaliana.

The paper evaluates fairness in microbial community assembly by comparing observed biomass distribution to a game-theoretic fair distribution based on Shapley values across 56 community outcomes.

PhenoVision-Leaf uses a Vision Transformer model trained on crowdsourced data to generate global-scale leaf phenology observations from iNaturalist records.

The paper develops and tests novel traps and attractants to manage overwintering brown marmorated stink bugs, finding that trap placement and materials significantly influence bug attraction.

The paper confirms the presence of HPAI H5N1 2.3.4.4b in Antarctic regions, identifies vulnerable species, and evaluates rapid antigen tests for surveillance.

This study evaluates the impact of Amazonian protected areas on reducing deforestation and carbon loss over 40 years, finding they prevented 290,436 km2 of deforestation and 7,300 Mt of CO2 emissions.