Transplanted sagebrush “wildlings” exhibit higher survival than greenhouse-grown tubelings yet both recruit new plants
Land uses such as crop production, livestock grazing, mining, and urban development have contributed to degradation of drylands worldwide. Loss of big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) on disturbed drylands across... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - April 22, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Elizabeth C. Bailey, Eric Thacker, Thomas A. Monaco and Kari E. Veblen Tags: Research Source Type: research
Girdling behavior of the longhorn beetle modulates the host plant to enhance larval performance
Preingestive behavioral modulations of herbivorous insects on the host plant are abundant over insect taxa. Those behaviors are suspected to have functions such as deactivation of host plant defenses, nutrient... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - April 18, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Min-Soo Choi, Juhee Lee, Jeong-Min Kim, Sang-Gyu Kim and Youngsung Joo Tags: Research Source Type: research
Predicting the global potential distribution of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus using an ecological niche model: expansion trend and the main driving factors
Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner&Buhrer) Nickle is a global quarantine pest that causes devastating mortality in pine species. The rapid and uncontrollable parasitic spread of this organism results in substant... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - April 17, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Yang Xiao, Qiqiang Guo, Na Xie, Gangyi Yuan, Mengyun Liao, Qin Gui and Guijie Ding Tags: Research Source Type: research
Intraspecific demographic and trait responses to environmental change drivers are linked in two species of ciliate
Over the past decade, theory and observations have suggested intraspecific variation, trait-based differences within species, as a buffer against biodiversity loss from multiple environmental changes. This buf... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - April 17, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Tessa de Bruin, Frederik De Laender, Julie Jadoul and Nicolas Schtickzelle Tags: Research Source Type: research
Tooth replacement in the early-diverging neornithischian Jeholosaurus shangyuanensis and implications for dental evolution and herbivorous adaptation in Ornithischia
Tooth replacement patterns of early-diverging ornithischians, which are important for understanding the evolution of the highly specialized dental systems in hadrosaurid and ceratopsid dinosaurs, are poorly kn... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - April 16, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Jinfeng Hu, Xing Xu, Fuqiang Li and Fenglu Han Tags: Research Source Type: research
Morphological disparity and structural performance of the dromaeosaurid skull informs ecology and evolutionary history
Non-avialan theropod dinosaurs had diverse ecologies and varied skull morphologies. Previous studies of theropod cranial morphology mostly focused on higher-level taxa or characteristics associated with herbiv... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - April 16, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Yuen Ting Tse, Case Vincent Miller and Michael Pittman Tags: Research Source Type: research
Correlated evolution between body size and echolocation in bats (order Chiroptera)
Body size and echolocation call frequencies are related in bats. However, it is unclear if this allometry applies to the entire clade. Differences have been suggested between nasal and oral emitting bats, as w... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - April 15, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Mario G. Castro, Talita Ferreira Amado and Miguel Á. Olalla-Tárraga Tags: Research Source Type: research
Fine scale diversity in the lava: genetic and phenotypic diversity in small populations of Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus
A major goal in evolutionary biology is to understand the processes underlying phenotypic variation in nature. Commonly, studies have focused on large interconnected populations or populations found along stro... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - April 15, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Camille A. Leblanc, Katja R äsänen, Michael Morrissey, Skúli Skúlason, Moira Ferguson and Bjarni K. Kristjánsson Tags: Research Source Type: research
Does local soil factor drive functional leaf trait variation? A test on Neilingding Island, South China
Leaf traits were affected by soil factors and displayed varietal differences in forest. However, few examples have been reported on the Island ecosystems. We comprehensively investigated 9 leaf traits (leaf le... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - April 10, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Sen Tong, Juanjuan Zhang, Xueting Qiao, Buhang Li, Qiong Yang, Ping Hu and Shixiao Yu Tags: Research Source Type: research
Mitogenomes do not substantially improve phylogenetic resolution in a young non-model adaptive radiation of freshwater gastropods
Species flocks in ancient lakes, and particularly those arising from adaptive radiation, make up the bulk of overall taxonomic and morphological diversity in these insular ecosystems. For these mostly young sp... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - April 8, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Bj örn Stelbrink, Thomas von Rintelen, Ristiyanti M. Marwoto and Walter Salzburger Tags: Research Source Type: research
The nature and distribution of putative non-functional alleles suggest only two independent events at the origins of Astyanax mexicanus cavefish populations
Several studies suggested that cavefish populations of Astyanax mexicanus settled during the Late Pleistocene. This implies that the cavefish ’s most conspicuous phenotypic changes, blindness and depigmentation, a... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - April 1, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Maxime Policarpo, Laurent Legendre, Isabelle Germon, Philippe Lafargeas, Luis Espinasa, Sylvie R étaux and Didier Casane Tags: Research Source Type: research
Species and structural diversity of trees at the structural type level
Species and structural diversity are important for understanding the formation of forest communities, key ecological processes, and improving forest ecological functions and services, but their spatial charact... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - March 28, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Yuanfa Li and Liting Wei Tags: Research Source Type: research
eDNA metabarcoding reveals biodiversity and depth stratification patterns of dinoflagellate assemblages within the epipelagic zone of the western Coral Sea
Dinoflagellates play critical roles in the functioning of marine ecosystems but also may pose a hazard to human and ecosystem health by causing harmful algal blooms (HABs). The Coral Sea is a biodiversity hots... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - March 26, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Megan Carve, Tahnee Manning, Aidyn Mouradov and Jeff Shimeta Tags: Research Source Type: research
Fitness difference between two synonymous mutations of Phytophthora infestans ATP6 gene
Sequence variation produced by mutation provides the ultimate source of natural selection for species adaptation. Unlike nonsynonymous mutation, synonymous mutations are generally considered to be selectively ... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - March 18, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Oswald Nkurikiyimfura, Abdul Waheed, Hanmei Fang, Xiaoxian Yuan, Lixia Chen, Yan-Ping Wang, Guodong Lu, Jiasui Zhan and Lina Yang Tags: Research Source Type: research
Biodiversity and distribution patterns of blooming jellyfish in the Bohai Sea revealed by eDNA metabarcoding
The mass occurrence of scyphozoan jellyfish severely affects marine ecosystems and coastal economies, and the study of blooming jellyfish population dynamics has emerged in response. However, traditional ecolo... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - March 18, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Lijing Ye, Saijun Peng, Yuanqing Ma, Wenjing Zhang, Lei Wang, Xiyan Sun, Chen Zhang, Munjira Yeasmin, Jianmin Zhao and Zhijun Dong Tags: Research Source Type: research
