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Driving factors analysis and scenario prediction of CO2 emissions in power industries of key provinces along the Yellow River based on LMDI and BP neural network Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Chuanbao Wu, Shuang Sun, Yingying Cui, Shuangyin Xing
IntroductionPower industry is one of the largest sources of CO2 emissions in China. The Yellow River Basin plays a supportive role in guaranteeing the effective supply of electricity nationwide, with numerous power generation bases. Understanding the drivers and peak of CO2 emissions of power industry in the Yellow River Basin is vital for China to fulfill its commitment to reach carbon emissions peak
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Evaluation of ecological carrying capacity and construction of ecological security pattern in West Liaohe River Basin of China Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Ying Zheng, Pengcheng Tang, Lei Dong, Zhenyu Yao, Jianying Guo
The West Liaohe River Basin (WRLB) is a typical agro-pastoral interlaced zone in Northeast China where excessive economic development activities brought great pressure on the ecosystem and caused a series of ecological problems, having a negative effect on regional ecological carrying capacity (ECC). The rational construction of ecological security pattern (ESP) is an effective way to improve regional
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A historical contingency hypothesis for population ecology Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Sarah R. Hoy, Rolf O. Peterson, John A. Vucetich
Assessments of historical contingency have advanced our understanding of adaptive radiation and community ecology, but little attention has been given to assessing the importance of historical contingency in population ecology. An obstacle has been the unmet need to conceptualize historical contingencies for populations in a manner that allows for their explanatory power to be assessed and quantified
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Promoting urban ecological resilience through the lens of avian biodiversity Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Michael W. D. McCloy, R. Keith Andringa, Terri J. Maness, Jennifer A. Smith, Jacquelyn K. Grace
The significance of urban landscapes in safeguarding biodiversity is often disregarded, even though a considerable amount of conservation focus is directed toward biodiversity hotspots where urban land conversion is happening at the fastest pace. Maintaining biodiversity in urban areas not only benefits the environment, but along with social, economic, and technological factors can increase the stability
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Coevolution and dependency influence resistance of mutualists to exploitation Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Mayra C. Vidal, Renuka Agarwal, Kari A. Segraves
A long-standing problem in the study of mutualism is to understand the effects of non-mutualistic community members that exploit the benefits of mutualism without offering commodities in exchange (i.e., ‘exploiters’). Mutualisms are continually challenged by exploiters and their persistence may depend on the costliness of exploitation or on adaptations that allow mutualists to avoid the negative effects
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Time of year and weather influence departure decisions of sandhill cranes at a primary stopover Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Rachel A. Vanausdall, William L. Kendall, Daniel P. Collins, Quentin R. Hays
The Rocky Mountain Population (RMP) of greater sandhill cranes uses a key stopover area, the San Luis Valley (SLV) in Colorado. Parameters of migration phenology can differ between autumn and spring and are affected by weather and environmental factors. We hypothesized that sandhill cranes in the SLV would have a longer stopover duration in autumn than in spring, and that wind assistance, crosswinds
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Host–symbiont plasticity in the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana: strobilation across symbiont genera Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Victoria Sharp, Allison H. Kerwin, Marta Mammone, Viridiana Avila-Magana, Kira Turnham, Aki Ohdera, Todd LaJeunesse, Mónica Medina
IntroductionIn the upside-down jellyfish, Cassiopea xamachana (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa), the establishment of photosymbiosis with dinoflagellates (family Symbiodiniaceae) is necessary for the sessile polyp to undergo metamorphosis (strobilation) into a free-swimming adult. C. xamachana has the capacity to associate with a wide variety of dinoflagellate species and representatives of divergent genera. While
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Framework for multi-stressor physiological response evaluation in amphibian risk assessment and conservation Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Jill A. Awkerman, Donna A. Glinski, W. Matthew Henderson, Robin Van Meter, S. Thomas Purucker
Controlled laboratory experiments are often performed on amphibians to establish causality between stressor presence and an adverse outcome. However, in the field, identification of lab-generated biomarkers from single stressors and the interactions of multiple impacts are difficult to discern in an ecological context. The ubiquity of some pesticides and anthropogenic contaminants results in potentially
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Nonlinear spatial impacts of the digital economy on urban ecological welfare performance: evidence from China Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Sen Wang, Jinye Li
IntroductionWith the rapid development of digital technology and its deep integration with environmental and ecological fields, the digital economy has become an effective way to guide the transition of cities to an eco-friendly model. However, empirical studies on the nonlinear spatial effects between digital economy and ecological welfare performance are still insufficient.MethodsBased on the panel
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The influence of multiple variables on bipedal context in wild chimpanzees: implications for the evolution of bipedality in hominins Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Lauren Sarringhaus, Ryan Srivastava, Laura MacLatchy
Investigations into the role of selection in the origin of human bipedalism using ape models have relied heavily on behavioral frequency data. However, analysis of video of wild apes has the advantage of capturing the details of the entirety of each rare, brief bipedal bout witnessed, not just the moment detected in observational studies. We used video to explore the behavioral context and effects
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Adfluvial migration and passage of Steelhead before and after dam removal at a major Great Lakes tributary Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Christopher M. Bunt, Bailey Jacobson
Despite the importance of Great Lakes fisheries and the increasing popularity of dam removal as a method to restore river connectivity and increase fish passage, the adfluvial migration of Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) has been drastically understudied and only relatively few published studies have examined the impacts of dam removal on fish movement and timing. To help fill these knowledge gaps
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Plant interactions with arthropods and pathogens at Sanzenbacher Ranch, early Permian of Texas, and implications for herbivory evolution in Southwestern Euramerica Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Thamiris Barbosa Dos Santos, Conrad C. Labandeira, Esther Regina de Souza Pinheiro, Roberto Iannuzzi
IntroductionThe Sanzenbacher Ranch deposit represents an early Permian plant assemblage in north-central Texas predominantly composed of pteridosperms, of which callipterids are dominant. This study investigates the interactions of a taxonomically broad range of plant hosts with insects, mites, and pathogens to assess the richness and frequency of damage.MethodsWe used standard methods of the functional
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Five new species of Terebellides (Annelida, Polychaeta, Trichobranchidae) from Papua New Guinea (Bismarck and Solomon seas) Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Nicolas Lavesque, João M. M. Nogueira, Guillemine Daffe, Pat Hutchings
Five new species of Terebellides are described from coastal and deep waters of Papua New Guinea, using both morphology and molecular tools (for four species). Terebellides elenae n. sp. is characterized by the absence of both a glandular lateral region on TC3 and papillae on margins of the branchial lamellae and by the presence of partially fused branchial lobes with conspicuous fifth lobe and dorsal
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Detection and classification of Brandt’s vole burrow clusters utilizing GF-2 satellite imagery and faster R-CNN model Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Changqing Sun, Yulong Bao, Yuhai Bao, Battsengel Vandansambuu, Sainbuyan Bayarsaikhan, Byambakhuu Gantumur, Narantsetseg Chantsal, Quansheng Hai, Xiangguo Bai, Gesi Tang, Bu He, Kai Wu
Most small rodent populations worldwide exhibit fascinating population dynamics, capturing the attention of numerous scholars due to their multiyear cyclic fluctuations in population size and the astonishing amplitude of these fluctuations. Hulunbuir steppe stands as a crucial global hub for livestock production, yet in recent decades, the area has faced recurring challenges from steppes rodent invasions
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Sonotope patterns within a mountain beech forest of Northern Italy: a methodological and empirical approach Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Almo Farina, Timothy C. Mullet
According to the Sonotope Hypothesis, the heterogenous nature of the acoustically sensed, but not yet interpreted, environmental sounds (i.e., sonoscape) is created by the spatial and temporal conformation of sonic patches (sonotopes) as recently been described in a Mediterranean rural landscape. We investigated the Sonotope Hypothesis in a mountain beech forest of the Northern Apennines, Italy that
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Seasonal and long-term climate drivers of tree species phenology and litterfall in a Nothofagus cool temperate rainforest of Australia Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Nara O. Vogado, Michael J. Liddell, Ross J. Peacock
The cool temperate rainforests of eastern Australia are at risk from anthropogenic climate change with predicted changes in temperature, rainfall, severe weather, basal cloud layer, and droughts. Phenology and litter production are fundamental reproductive and growth processes to document in any ecosystem, yet very few long-term studies exist in Australian rainforests. In this study, long-term datasets
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Inequality of carbon emissions between urban and rural residents in China and emission reduction strategies: evidence from Shandong Province Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Qiang Wang, Ruxin Yang, Yawen Zhang, Yueling Yang, Aibo Hao, Yanshu Yin, Ye Li
China is actively heeding the call and striving for a low-carbon and environmentally friendly development route as part of the general trend toward a global low-carbon economy. The rapid economic development of our nation has brought to light the issue of carbon emissions resulting from the consumption habits of residents. This paper delves into the topic by conducting a thorough analysis of the carbon
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Lineage-level species distribution model to assess the impact of climate change on the habitat suitability of Boleophthalmus pectinirostris Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Zengman Wu, Hao Dong, Linjie Li, Linlin Zhao, Na Song
Global climate change has profound impacts on the habitats of marine organisms, and predicting the habitat changes of species under climate change conditions is crucial for species sustainability. Boleophthalmus pectinirostris is an intertidal fish species that holds significant ecological and economic value. To better protect and manage its resources, this study aimed to predict its current potential
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Composition and diversity of rhizosphere microorganisms of Suaeda salsa in the Yellow River Delta Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Hui Xu, Na Li, Wenjuan Li, Hongguo Wang, Yan Shao, Jingmei Liu, Jiabo Zhang, Jun Wang, Shuai Shang
IntroductionSuaeda salsa is a typical wetland plant species in coastal areas that plays an important role in protecting the marine eco-environment. The rhizosphere microorganisms of S. salsa are responsible for its growth and development.MethodEighteen samples were collected from three areas, including the natural S. salsa-growing area (YDJ), artificial S. salsa restoration area (YDB), and nonrestoration
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Shrubs plays an important role in configuration of shelterbelt in windy and sandy areas Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Shuai Zhang, Weijie Yuan, Yi Yu, Yaoxiang Zhang, Weinan Wang, Luzhen Wang, Ying Yang, Haixia Wang
IntroductionPlanted forests are of great significance in reducing wind erosion and controlling degraded land, and are the main measure to improve the ecological environment in arid and semi-arid areas. Afforestation is mainly based on tall trees, but forest belts consume a large amount of water, bringing significant pressure to the environmental carrying capacity. While shrubs generally consume less
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Sentinel protist taxa of the McMurdo Dry Valley lakes, Antarctica: a review Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Rachael M. Morgan-Kiss, Devon Popson, Rochelle Pereira, Jenna Dolhi-Binder, Amber Teufel, Wei Li, Isha Kalra, Shasten Sherwell, Emily Reynebeau, Cristina Takacs-Vesbach
High-latitude meromictic lakes such as those in the Antarctic McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDV) harbor aquatic ecosystems dominated by the microbial loop. Within this habitat, which is limited year-round by light and nutrients, protists, or single celled eukaryotes, play outsized roles in the food web as the dominant primary producers and the apex predators. Thus, the MDV lake ecosystem represents an ideal
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Optimising high-throughput sequencing data analysis, from gene database selection to the analysis of compositional data: a case study on tropical soil nematodes Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Simin Wang, Dominik Schneider, Tamara R. Hartke, Johannes Ballauff, Carina Carneiro de Melo Moura, Garvin Schulz, Zhipeng Li, Andrea Polle, Rolf Daniel, Oliver Gailing, Bambang Irawan, Stefan Scheu, Valentyna Krashevska
IntroductionHigh-throughput sequencing (HTS) provides an efficient and cost-effective way to generate large amounts of sequence data, providing a very powerful tool to analyze biodiversity of soil organisms. However, marker-based methods and the resulting datasets come with a range of challenges and disputes, including incomplete reference databases, controversial sequence similarity thresholds for
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Casting light on the European anchovy: from biology to conservation and industry Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Mirko Mutalipassi, Emanuele D’Anza, Mariagiulia Pugliano, Roberto Firmamento, Carola Murano, Nadia Ruocco, Chiara Pennesi, Gabriele Procaccini, Teresa Romeo, Antonio Terlizzi, Vincenzo Peretti
This manuscript explores the role of European anchovies (Engraulis encrasicolus) in the central Mediterranean Region, shedding light on their ecological significance, conservation challenges, and sustainable utilization. The European anchovy is one of Europe’s most important fish resources in the Mediterranean basin, and it is considered a keystone species, playing a pivotal role in both ecological
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Heterothermy use in winter is associated with reduced litter size during following breeding season Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Jan S. Boratyński, Karolina Iwińska, Karol Zub
Heterothermy is considered to be the most effective energy-saving strategy improving survival under natural conditions. Interspecific studies suggest that this strategy is also associated with reduced reproductive output. Yet little is known about the reproductive consequences of heterothermy use at the intraspecific level and thus its repercussions for microevolutionary processes. Moreover, as yet
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Home range size of Tengmalm’s owl offspring during the post-fledging dependence period in Central and North Europe Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Simona Stehlíková Sovadinová, Marek Kouba, Michal Ševčík, Filip Tulis, Tomáš Bušina, Erkki Korpimäki
A greater knowledge of the intrinsic and extrinsic factors of animal home range (HR) formation can help us to understand the fundamental biological issues underlying, for instance, movement patterns, habitat selection and survival. However, very little is known about the HRs of birds of prey fledglings, even though the post-fledging phase is recognised as crucial due to the high mortality of juvenile
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Regional disparities, dynamic evolution, and spatial spillover effects of urban-rural carbon emission inequality in China Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Jiangying Wei, Ridong Hu, Yanhua Li, Yang Shen
ObjectiveThis study recalculates the carbon emissions of urban and rural residents in China, analyzing the dynamic evolution trends of urban and rural carbon emissions. It explores the spatial spillover effects centered around the inequality in carbon emissions between urban and rural areas.MethodsThe study calculates the carbon emissions of urban and rural residents in each province based on the IPCC
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Climate-driven differences in flow regimes alter tropical freshwater ecosystems with consequences for an endemic shrimp Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Ralph W. Tingley, Dana M. Infante, Richard A. MacKenzie, Ayron M. Strauch, Patra B. Foulk, Brian Roth
Climate-driven shifts in the natural flow regime can threaten species persistence in stream systems, and anticipating such shifts before they occur is critical for conservation. We can explore how climate change may impact biota by examining natural systems that differ in terms of climate yet are similar in terms of other landscape features such as geology, size, and elevation. Across an established
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Site occupancy of select mammals in the tropical forest of Eastern Himalaya Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Arif Ahmad, Govindan Veeraswami Gopi
IntroductionTerrestrial mammals play a pivotal role in tropical forest ecosystems, representing a rich and functionally diverse component of these biomes. However, they confront formidable threats globally, such as hunting, habitat loss, and fragmentation, amidst the expansion of human-altered landscapes in tropical regions. Understanding the impacts of these changes on mammal communities is crucial
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Carbon stocks and effluxes in mangroves converted into aquaculture: a case study from Banten province, Indonesia Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Milkah Royna, Daniel Murdiyarso, Sigit D. Sasmito, Desra Arriyadi, Joeni Setijo Rahajoe, Mufidah Ghina Zahro, Trialaksita Sari Priska Ardhani
Aquaculture is one of the main drivers of mangrove loss across Southeast Asian countries. The conversion of mangroves to aquaculture generates substantial loss of carbon stocks and reduces carbon storage capacity. Here, we present total ecosystem carbon stocks (TECS), carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) effluxes obtained from mangrove forests (fringe and interior mangroves), silvofishery aquaculture
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Canopy specialist Hylaeus bees highlight sampling biases and resolve Michener’s mystery Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 James B. Dorey, Olivia K. Davies, Karl N. Magnacca, Michael P. Schwarz, Amy-Marie Gilpin, Thibault Ramage, Marika Tuiwawa, Scott V. C. Groom, Mark I. Stevens, Ben A. Parslow
Large parts of the Pacific were thought to host low bee diversity. In Fiji alone, our recent estimates of native bee diversity have rapidly increased by a factor of five (from 4 to >22). Here, we show how including sampling of the forest canopy has quickly uncovered a new radiation of Hylaeus (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) bees in Fiji. We also show that Hylaeus are more common across the Pacific than previously
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Enhancing multiple benefits of brownfield cleanups by applying ecosystem services concepts Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Brooke Mastervich, Kelly Garbach, Matthew C. Harwell
Brownfields are increasingly called upon to be transformed from potentially contaminated, often vacant properties into community assets that provide multiple benefits. Further, brownfields revitalization can provide critical opportunities and, particularly, nature-based solutions can enhance multiple ecological, human health, and economic benefits. Through a series of non-exhaustive surveys of existing
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Study on the coupling coordination effect and dynamic relationship between tourism development and the ecological environment: a case study of Hainan Island Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Chongqing Zhong, Xiaowei Wu, Peihong Jia, Kehui Zhang
As a Free Trade Port in China, the protection of ecological environment and high-quality tourism development on Hainan Island have become a national strategy. Exploring the coupling relationship of the two subsystems holds great practical significance for promoting the island’s international demonstration area and high-quality development. Based on the characteristics of international islands, a comprehensive
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Spatio-temporal evolution and driving factors of regulating ecosystem service value: a case study of Poyang Lake Area, China Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Yaobin Liu, Nan Huang, Chenghao Liu, Shuoshuo Li, Biagio Fernando Giannetti
Clarifying the driving mechanisms of spatial and temporal changes in the regulating ecosystem service value (RESV) is an important part of realizing the goal of sustainable development. Existing studies have focused on specific factors, ignoring the complex interactions between factors and their regional differences. In this regard, the spatial and temporal changes of RESV and its driving mechanisms
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Fire dynamics and driving mechanisms on the Eastern Coast of China since the Late Pleistocene: evidence from charcoal records on Shengshan Island Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Zhigang Wang, Cuiping Wang, Yao Zhang, Yuanyu Cheng, Shaofang Ren, Chengxin Yi, Hui Wang, Limin Zhou, Peng Qian, Xiangmin Zheng
Fires play a significant role in ecosystems, exerting a profound influence on climate, vegetation, and geochemical cycles, while being reciprocally affected by these factors. The reconstruction of past fire events serves as a valuable window into understanding environmental changes over time. To investigate the history of ancient fires on the Eastern Coast of China, we conducted the first charcoal
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Exploring genetic variation and phylogenetic patterns of Tropilaelaps mercedesae (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) populations in Asia Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Saeed Mohamadzade Namin, Omid Joharchi, Sunil Aryal, Ratna Thapa, Sun-Ho Kwon, Boymakhmat A. Kakhramanov, Chuleui Jung
IntroductionThe mites belonging to the genus Tropilaelaps are ectoparasites of honey bees, primarily infesting the larval and pupal stages. Originating from subtropical regions, these mites can cause brood malformation, bee mortality, and subsequent decline or absconding of colonies.Material and methodsDuring field surveys conducted in Nepal, South Korea, and Uzbekistan to investigate honey bee pests
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Characteristics of the spatio-temporal evolution of the improved integrated ecological effect index (IEEI) in mountainous province based on remote sensing: a case study in Yunnan province of southwest China Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Renyi Yang, Zisheng Yang, Changbiao Zhong, Yimei He
Land use/cover change (LUCC) and the evaluation of its ecological effects are the important and key areas of research on global environmental change and sustainable development. In response to the problems and limitations of various methods of evaluating the ecological effects of LUCC, this article takes Yunnan Province, a mountainous province with a relatively fragile “innate” ecological environment
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Effects of drought-induced stress on nematode communities in aquatic and terrestrial habitats of the Nebraska Sandhills Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Kaitlin Gattoni, Eli M. S. Gendron, Kirsten Powers, Thomas O. Powers, Mary J. Harner, Dorota L. Porazinska
IntroductionGlobal change events (e.g., worsening drought) are increasing environmental stress in a variety of terrestrial and aquatic habitats. The degree to which communities in soils and sediments are driven by temporal environmental changes across multiple habitat types from the same region is not clear.MethodsWe used nematodes, a common bioindicator of soil and sediment health, to determine how
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Discriminating the non-coordination between ecosystem service value and economic development and its spatial characteristics in central Yunnan urban agglomeration in the recent 30 years Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Anlin Li, Yehua Yang, Lede Niu, Haichao Luo, Hengxing Chi
Environmental issues have become one of the important topics affecting China and the world. As the world’s most populous country and the second-largest economy, China’s environmental conditions have significant impacts on global ecosystems and sustainable development. To accurately determine the relationship between economic development and the environment, explore the non-coordination and spatial
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China contributed to low-carbon development: carbon emission increased but carbon intensity decreased Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Chunbo Huang, Xintao Gan, Yunshan Wan, Lin Jin, Jiaxi Teng, Zeyu Li
IntroductionPopulation expansion and economic development increased global greenhouse gas emissions, leading to serious environmental degradation. China, the world's largest developing country and promoter of the “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI), accounts for 28.8% of the world"s total energy carbon emissions. How to reduce energy consumption to achieve the “double carbon” target (i.e., carbon peaking
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ISSA-enhanced GRU-Transformer: integrating sports wisdom into the frontier exploration of carbon emission prediction Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Wei Jiang, Changjiang Liu, Qiang Qu, Zhen Wang, Liangnan Hu, Zhaofu Xie, Bokun Zhang, Jingzhou He
Introduction Carbon neutrality has become a key strategy to combat global climate change. However, current methods for predicting carbon emissions are limited and require the development of more effective strategies to meet this challenge. This is especially true in the field of sports and competitions, where the energy intensity of major events and activities means that time series data is crucial
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Community perspectives of flagship species: can conservation motivators mitigate human-wildlife conflict? Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Wanyun Xu, Lingxia Xu, Yuqi Cao, Jiaoyang Zheng, Yaling Wang, Kun Cheng, Chun-Hung Lee, Huxuan Dai, Sonamtso Mei, Cheng Zong
Public perception of endangered species is crucial for successful management of community-based conservation and sustainability of national parks. By the method of choice experiment, our study evaluated conservation preferences and willingness to donate money for flagship and non-flagship species using a choice experiment with 409 residents living near the Lanstang river source of Sanjiangyuan National
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Intraspecific variation of early Cambrian (stage 3) arthropod Retifacies abnormalis revealed by morphometric analyses Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Weiliang Lin, Stephen Pates, Sarah R. Losso, Dongjing Fu
Retifacies abnormalis is a large artiopodan euarthropod known only from the famous fossil deposits of the Chengjiang biota, China (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 3). It is well known for its pronounced reticulated ornamentation that covers the entire dorsal surface of the exoskeleton. Here 109 new specimens of R. abnormalis from multiple deposits are reported. Some larger specimens display a distinct carapace
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Neonicotinoid contamination in conservation areas affects bees more sharply than beetles Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Jonathan Tetlie, Alexandra Harmon-Threatt
The neurotoxic insecticide class of neonicotinoids has become one of the most widely used groups of pesticides globally. Their long half-lives and high water solubility increase their potential to linger and affect numerous organisms long after application. A prominent concern associated with residual contamination is the negative impact that neonicotinoids can have on beneficial arthropods such as
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Sustainable development in the context of pandemic: the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on green investment Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Yu He, Lin Fu, Tao Li, Ran Wei
Promoting green investment is the inevitable choice for sustainable economics against climate change. We examine how the COVID-19 pandemic affected corporate green investment. Using a sample of publicly listed firms in China, we document the negative and significant effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on corporate green investment. Further analyses suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic impeded corporate green
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Spatiotemporal evolution characteristics and the driving force of habitat quality in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau in topographic view (2000–2020) Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Haotian Yu, Xuexue Qian, Haichao Jing, Yinghui Liu
IntroductionAs a key indicator to evaluate biodiversity and eco-function, habitat quality shows the value of ecosystem services. The Qinghai–Tibet Plateau occupies the highest elevation in the global dimension, where the regional environment is greatly affected by multiple factors including the terrain comprehensively.MethodsIn the present study, the InVEST model was employed to assess the habitat
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Delimiting the polymorphic congeners of the genus Oerstedia Quatrefages, 1864 (Nemertea, Hoplonemertea), and descriptions of three new species from the Northwest Pacific Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Jamael C. Abato, Alexei V. Chernyshev, Natsumi Hookabe, Aoi Tsuyuki, Gauri Kaushik, Hiroshi Kajihara
Three new species of the monostiliferous hoplonemertean genus Oerstedia Quatrefages, 1864, are herein described using morphological and molecular data—Oerstedia pseudoculata sp. nov., from Akkeshi Bay and Oshoro Bay, Hokkaido, Japan, and from Aniwa Bay, Sakhalin, Russia; Oerstedia rugosa sp. nov. from Sagami Bay, Misaki, Kanagawa, Japan, and Van Phong Bay, Vietnam; and Oerstedia viridifusca sp. nov
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Salinity-mediated limitation of asexual reproduction in the colonial ascidian Polyandrocarpa zorritensis Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Vitoria Tobias-Santos, Rita Andreoni-Pham, Dany El Gharbi, Marie Lebel, Stefano Tiozzo, Alexandre Alié
Ascidians are among the most common invasive marine invertebrates worldwide. Many species of non-indigenous ascidians (NIAs) have successfully colonized the Mediterranean Sea, notably within anthropized coastal lagoons and harbors. Although invasive species are generally characterized by their broad ecological tolerance, different ascidian species exhibit varied responses to biotic and abiotic environmental
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Non-perennial rivers and streams in extreme hydrological conditions—comparing the effectiveness of amplicon sequencing and digital microscopy for diatom biodiversity appraisal Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Andrea M. Burfeid-Castellanos, Phillip Mones, Mimoza Dani, Bánk Beszteri
IntroductionNon-perennial rivers and streams are increasingly present, in part because of climate change, even in the temperate climate. However, how the loss of connectivity and complete drying affect microphytobenthos in general and diatom communities in particular has gone mostly unstudied.MethodsWith this paper, we aim to close this gap, identifying diatom biodiversity through manual digital microscopy
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Decline of a North American rocky intertidal foundation species linked to extreme dry, downslope Santa Ana winds Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Stephen G. Whitaker, Peter T. Raimondi, Jayson R. Smith, Hunter S. Lenihan, Steven D. Gaines, Robert J. Miller
Foundation species are essential to ecosystem function, but their role as habitat providers is predicated on their spatial dominance. Worldwide, kelps, seagrasses, corals, and other marine foundation species have declined. This is true also for rockweeds, the canopy-forming analog of subtidal kelp forests in temperate rocky intertidal ecosystems. On the west coast of North America, dense beds of the
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Vegetation responses to large dam removal on the Elwha River, Washington, USA Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Patrick B. Shafroth, Laura G. Perry, James M. Helfield, Joshua Chenoweth, Rebecca L. Brown
Large dam removal can trigger changes to physical and biological processes that influence vegetation dynamics in former reservoirs, along river corridors downstream of former dams, and at a river’s terminus in deltas and estuaries. We present the first comprehensive review of vegetation response to major fluvial disturbance caused by the world’s largest dam removal. After being in place for nearly
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Interplay of socio-economic and environmental factors in shaping urban plant biodiversity: a comprehensive analysis Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Hai-Li Zhang, Mir Muhammad Nizamani, Lin-Yuan Guo, Jianpeng Cui, Josep Padullés Cubino, Alice C. Hughes, Hua-Feng Wang
Urban environments are dynamic landscapes shaped by a multitude of factors, including environmental conditions and socio-economic influences. This study systematically investigates how various factors shape urban plant diversity in Haikou City, Hainan Province, China, focusing on 30 key drivers including socio-economic aspects, biophysical conditions, landscape elements, and management practices. Our
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Out of the ocean: the timescale of molluscan evolution based on phylogenomics revealed the ages of mollusks’ evolutionary transitions into the novel environment Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Xiaolu Han, Shaolei Sun, Yiting Wang, Mengyuan Liu, Bonian Shui, Zhiqiang Han
Being the phylum with the second largest biodiversity, mollusks are widely distributed in marine, freshwater, and land, conquered almost all habitats on the earth. Throughout geological time, several molluscan lineages independently colonized freshwater and land, evolving independently in new habitats. Resolving the timing of their colonization for novel environments is the basis of understanding the
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Assessing microbial diversity in Yellowstone National Park hot springs using a field deployable automated nucleic acid extraction system Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Jason M. Wood, Camilla Urbaniak, Ceth Parker, Nitin Kumar Singh, Season Wong, Arunkumar Arumugam, Dana J. Skorupa, Ashlyn Hemmah, Phoebe Laaguiby, Fathi Karouia, Brent M. Peyton, Scott Tighe, Kasthuri Venkateswaran
Microbial diversity estimation involves extracting nucleic acids from intricate sample matrices. Preparing nucleic acid samples is time-consuming, necessitating effective cell lysis and obtaining pure, inhibitor-free nucleic acid purifications before further use. An automated system offers advantages for field deployment due to its ease of use and quick autonomous results. This is especially beneficial
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Savannah chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) nesting behavior in the unprotected area of Tikankali near to a mining exploitation and the Niokolo Koba National Park in Senegal Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Dame Diallo, Papa Ibnou Ndiaye, Landing Badji, Jill D. Pruetz
This work focuses on the nesting behavior of the West African chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) in the anthropized habitats of the village of Tikankali and its surroundings. Studies on chimpanzee nesting behavior are carried out at several sites of Senegal but never in Tikankaly. Thus, proximity with the Niokolo Koba National Park and the presence of a gold mining industry mean that data on chimpanzee
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Reproducible WiSDM: a workflow for reproducible invasive alien species risk maps under climate change scenarios using standardized open data Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Amy J. S. Davis, Quentin Groom, Tim Adriaens, Sonia Vanderhoeven, Rozemien De Troch, Damiano Oldoni, Peter Desmet, Lien Reyserhove, Luc Lens, Diederik Strubbe
IntroductionSpecies distribution models (SDMs) are often used to produce risk maps to guide conservation management and decision-making with regard to invasive alien species (IAS). However, gathering and harmonizing the required species occurrence and other spatial data, as well as identifying and coding a robust modeling framework for reproducible SDMs, requires expertise in both ecological data science
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The noise is the signal: spatio-temporal variability of production and productivity in high elevation meadows in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of North America Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Rob Klinger, Tom Stephenson, James Letchinger, Logan Stephenson, Sarah Jacobs
There are expectations that increasing temperatures will lead to significant changes in structure and function of montane meadows, including greater water stress on vegetation and lowered vegetation production and productivity. We evaluated spatio-temporal dynamics in production and productivity in meadows within the Sierra Nevada mountain range of North America by: (1) compiling Landsat satellite
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Drivers of anticoagulant rodenticide exposure in fishers (Pekania pennanti) across the northeastern United States Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Georgianna Silveira, Jacqueline L. Frair, Lisa Murphy, Julie C. Ellis, David Needle, Stephanie A. Cunningham, Amanda Watson, Aaron Facka, Patrick Tate, Shevenell Webb, Kim Royar, Chris Bernier, Thomas Keller, Krysten Schuler
Studies in parts of Europe, New Zealand, and North America indicate uptake of anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) by predatory mammals to be widespread and common, with proximity to urban and agricultural areas being an important driver of exposure. Yet, little is known regarding the patterns and drivers of AR exposure in predatory mammals within more forest-dominated landscapes. Across the forest-dominated
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Diverging sub-fields in functional ecology Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Leonardo Viliani, Simona Bonelli, Giorgio Gentile, Enrico Parile, Federico Riva
The number of studies in functional ecology grew exponentially in the last decades. Whether and how ecologists changed how they conduct these studies, however, remains poorly understood. Using butterflies as a model taxon, we assessed forty years of research asking whether and how functional analyses have changed. We found that how authors contextualize their work corresponds to divergent sub-fields
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Mitochondrial and apicoplast genome copy abundances of haemosporidian parasites are explained by host species and parasitic lineage Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Tim Brandler, Nayden Chakarov
Endosymbiotic organelles, such as mitochondria and plastids, contain own remnant genomes (nucleoids), whose variable abundance in cells may be adaptive to the physiological necessities and functions of the cells. Unicellular apicomplexan parasites contain one mitochondrium and one apicoplast with variable genome copy numbers. We measured the abundance of mitochondrial, apicoplast and nuclear genome
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Quantitative analysis of ecological compensation in the Yangtze River Delta region based on the value of ecosystem services and ecological footprint Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Chunmei Mao, Junjun Niu
IntroductionThe Yangtze River Delta is where “the Belt and Road” and China’s Yangtze River Economic Belt converge, which plays a crucial strategic location. However, with the demands of economic growth, environmental issues are frequently present in the Yangtze River Delta as a result of human and exploitation of ecological resources, and there is an urgent need to coordinate the relationship between