Anshuman Swain

Microbial Ecosystems Reveal a Universal Signature of Ecological Assembly

The paper uses metagenomic data to show microbial ecosystems follow unique ecological assembly patterns distinct from other complex systems.

Latitudinal dependence of stability trends in marine plankton in the Cenozoic

This study examines how marine plankton stability and spatial heterogeneity changed over the Cenozoic, finding latitude-dependent trends with equatorial stabilization and polar destabilization.

Birds that don't exist: niche pre-emption as a constraint on morphological evolution in the Passeroidea

The paper identifies a morphological gap in songbirds that suggests competitive exclusion limited evolutionary opportunities in the Passeroidea.

Phylogeny, ecology, and allometry: hierarchical controls of insect elemental composition

The paper shows phylogeny explains most variation in insect elemental composition, followed by temperature, body mass, trophic group, and habitat.

Sociality and nesting strategy shape the bimodal diversity gradient in bees

This study investigates how sociality and nesting strategy influence the bimodal latitudinal diversity gradient in bees, finding that social and above-ground nesting traits are linked to narrow climatic niches and prevalence in tropical regions.

Were Neoarchean atmospheric methane hazes and early Paleoproterozoic glaciations driven by the rise of oxygen in surface environments?

The paper uses a dynamical model to show that oxygen rise drove methane cycle cyclicity, linking it to ancient climate and glacial events.

Higher-order effects, continuous species interactions, and trait evolution shape microbial spatial dynamics

The paper models microbial community dynamics using a continuous trait space framework, finding that mutation size and mobility best explain diversity patterns, and community formation time influences diversity profiles.

A computational exploration of resilience and evolvability of protein-protein interaction networks

The paper evaluates how different node addition mechanisms affect the resilience of PPI networks across species, finding that gene-expression-based attachment best preserves resilience.

Evolution leads to emergence: An analysis of protein interactomes across the tree of life

The paper analyzes protein interactomes across 1800 species to show that biological networks develop macroscales associated with lower noise and higher resilience, particularly in eukaryotes.

Exploring the effects of high concentration of glucose on soil microbial community: An experimental study using the soil of North Bangalore

The paper investigates how high glucose concentrations affect soil microbial CO2 respiration using the SIR method in North Bangalore soil, testing two hypotheses about microbial population changes.