ecology & biodiversity

The paper compiles ant records from Iceland, identifies species origins, and highlights potential ecological impacts of invasive ants.

The paper shows that root-associated microbial communities, including symbiotic and commensal microbes, significantly influence plant responses to elevated CO2 by altering carbon allocation and growth.

The paper tests how tree cavities affect bird activity and species richness, finding cavities increase visits and species diversity.

This study evaluates the impact of combined liquid bio-slurry and NPS fertilizer rates on hot pepper growth, yield, and quality in Ethiopia, finding that 150 kg ha-1 NPS with 60 m3 ha-1 LBS maximizes yield.

The paper examines genetic and phenotypic variation in deer mice across elevation gradients, finding predictable patterns in extreme environments that could inform species vulnerability to environmental change.

This study shows engineered DNA materials influence microbial physiology and community dynamics by altering stress responses and shaping genetic interactions in wastewater microbiomes.

This study shows that wild frass enhances BSFL growth on rabbit manure by introducing lignocellulose-degrading microbes, which are lost in captive-reared frass.

The paper generates the first chromosome-scale genome and methylome for the tiger shark, revealing genomic and epigenomic features of shark evolution and population decline.

The paper examines how facilitation in mixed-species bird flocks influences elevational range overlap, finding positive correlations between association strength and range overlap.

The paper measures the effectiveness of aquatic invasive species prevention in Minnesota by showing slowed invasion rates alongside increased prevention efforts and simulations suggesting a 20-53% reduction in new invasions.

This paper evaluates tabular foundation models as species distribution models, finding they perform competitively without per-dataset tuning but are sensitive to biased data.

This study shows that two decades of EU pesticide substitution have not reduced environmental harm to stream invertebrates, as toxic pressure and impairment remained stable over time.

This study shows subaerial green algae from Chlorophyta and Streptophyta assemble distinct phycosphere communities from soil, with host identity driving bacterial composition more strongly than fungal.

The paper analyzes centromere evolution in oaks, showing lineage-specific expansion of QuCEN146 satellite drives turnover, while LTR-rich centromeres show low polymorphism due to suppressed recombination.

The paper examines how personality and dominance affect core area use and territory-related signaling in Asian water buffalo.

The paper introduces a framework using microscale nonrandomness to predict short-term ecological changes across diverse systems, showing improved predictive performance compared to macroscale variables.

The paper examines genetic diversity and connectivity between ecoregions, finding a divide between eastern and western regions with restricted gene flow in the west.

This study shows that vitamin B12, not iron, is the primary limiting nutrient for phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean, with implications for community composition and function.

This study evaluates the ecotoxicological effects of transition metal-containing LDH nanoparticles on maize, tomato, and C. elegans, finding low phytotoxicity but greater toxicity in the nematode.

The paper estimates Madagascar's insect fauna contains at least 250,000 species, most unrecorded, and finds global homeostatic forces, not lineage composition, shape its ecological similarity to temperate forests.

The paper describes a rare observation of a nocturnal arboreal kinkajou being followed by a puma in a rainforest canopy.

This study examines energy flux changes in soil food webs during secondary succession, finding shifts from herbivory to detritivory and differences between plantation and natural forest types.

This study examines how elevation reshapes mountain understory communities through diversity loss, functional shifts, and species replacement across elevational zones.

The paper investigates parasite infections in Nile tilapia aquaculture, finding that monopisthocotylan parasites are prevalent and linked to gill lesions, while stakeholders rarely identify parasites as a health cause.

The paper quantifies how human ignitions and herbaceous fuels drive fire regime changes in the Sonoran Desert, showing human-caused fires dominate and spread more with increased vegetation cover.

This study evaluates polymerase and primer biases in ultra-long-read metabarcoding for soil eukaryotes, finding that certain polymerases and primer pairs improve data quality and biodiversity recovery.

This study identifies contrast sensitivity as a key perceptual constraint affecting collision risk for Bearded Vultures with human-made aerial structures.

The paper surveys microviruses in urban freshwater environments, finding shifts in community composition from sewage to river water, with wastewater treatment plants acting as filters.

COSMOS integrates vector-pathogen metagenomics to monitor mosquito-borne diseases, detecting pathogens and mosquito communities in field samples with high accuracy.