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Preservation of proteins in the geosphere Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 16.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Raman Umamaheswaran, Suryendu Dutta
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Range expansion is both slower and more variable with rapid evolution across a spatial gradient in temperature Ecol. Lett. (IF 8.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Takuji Usui, Amy L. Angert
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Extinction drives the climate-change-induced reshuffling of forest plant communities Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 16.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-14
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Emergence and maintenance of stable coexistence during a long-term multicellular evolution experiment Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 16.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Rozenn M. Pineau, Eric Libby, David Demory, Dung T. Lac, Thomas C. Day, Pablo Bravo, Peter J. Yunker, Joshua S. Weitz, G. Ozan Bozdag, William C. Ratcliff
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Historical impacts of grazing on carbon stocks and climate mitigation opportunities Nat. Clim. Change (IF 30.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Shuai Ren, César Terrer, Juan Li, Yingfang Cao, Shanshan Yang, Dan Liu
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The emerging human influence on the seasonal cycle of sea surface temperature Nat. Clim. Change (IF 30.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Jia-Rui Shi, Benjamin D. Santer, Young-Oh Kwon, Susan E. Wijffels
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Realizing the full potential of behavioural science for climate change mitigation Nat. Clim. Change (IF 30.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Kristian S. Nielsen, Viktoria Cologna, Jan M. Bauer, Sebastian Berger, Cameron Brick, Thomas Dietz, Ulf J. J. Hahnel, Laura Henn, Florian Lange, Paul C. Stern, Kimberly S. Wolske
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Single-cell genomics of a bloom-forming phytoplankton species reveals population genetic structure across continents ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Raphael Gollnisch, Dag Ahrén, Karin Rengefors
The study of microbial diversity over time and space is fundamental to the understanding of their ecology and evolution. The underlying processes driving these patterns are not fully resolved but can be studied using population genetic approaches. Here we investigated the population genetic structure of Gonyostomum semen, a bloom-forming phytoplankton species, across two continents. The species appears
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Nonrandom foraging and resource distributions affect the relationships between host density, contact rates and parasite transmission Ecol. Lett. (IF 8.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Zachary Gajewski, Philip McElmurray, Jeremy Wojdak, Cari McGregor, Lily Zeller, Hannah Cooper, Lisa K. Belden, Skylar Hopkins
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Impacts of host availability and temperature on mosquito‐borne parasite transmission Ecol. Monogr. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Kyle J.‐M. Dahlin, Suzanne M. O'Regan, Barbara A. Han, John Paul Schmidt, John M. Drake
Global climate change is predicted to cause range shifts in the mosquito species that transmit pathogens to humans and wildlife. Recent modeling studies have sought to improve our understanding of the relationship between temperature and the transmission potential of mosquito‐borne pathogens. However, the role of the vertebrate host population, including the importance of host behavioral defenses on
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Inherited challenges in the pursuit of an academic career abroad Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 16.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Farid Saleh
Scholars from the Global South face inherited challenges in working internationally as academic researchers, argues Farid Saleh.
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In vivo evolution of antimicrobial resistance in a biofilm model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Doaa Higazy, Anh Duc Pham, J G Coen van Hasselt, Niels Høiby, Lars Jelsbak, Claus Moser, Oana Ciofu
The evolution of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in biofilms has been repeatedly studied by experimental evolution in vitro, but rarely in vivo. The complex microenvironment at the infection site imposes selective pressures on the bacterial biofilms, potentially influencing the development of AMR. We report here the development of AMR in an in vivo mouse model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm lung
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Novel analytic methods for predicting extinctions in ecological networks Ecol. Monogr. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Chris Jones, Damaris Zurell, Karoline Wiesner
Ecological networks describe the interactions between different species, informing us how they rely on one another for food, pollination, and survival. If a species in an ecosystem is under threat of extinction, it can affect other species in the system and possibly result in their secondary extinction as well. Understanding how (primary) extinctions cause secondary extinctions on ecological networks
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Ancient and recent origins of shared polymorphisms in yeast Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 16.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Nicolò Tellini, Matteo De Chiara, Simone Mozzachiodi, Lorenzo Tattini, Chiara Vischioni, Elena S. Naumova, Jonas Warringer, Anders Bergström, Gianni Liti
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Extinction drives recent thermophilization but does not trigger homogenization in forest understorey Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 16.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Jeremy Borderieux, Jean-Claude Gégout, Josep M. Serra-Diaz
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An amplified groundwater recharge response to climate change Nat. Clim. Change (IF 30.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-12
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Groundwater recharge is sensitive to changing long-term aridity Nat. Clim. Change (IF 30.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Wouter R. Berghuijs, Raoul A. Collenteur, Scott Jasechko, Fernando Jaramillo, Elco Luijendijk, Christian Moeck, Ype van der Velde, Scott T. Allen
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Niche differentiation in microbial communities with stable genomic traits over time in engineered systems ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Jinjin Yu, Justin Y Y Lee, Siang Nee Tang, Patrick K H Lee
Microbial communities in full-scale engineered systems undergo dynamic compositional changes. However, mechanisms governing assembly of such microbes and succession of their functioning and genomic traits under various environmental conditions are unclear. In this study, we used the activated sludge (AS) and anaerobic treatment systems of four full-scale industrial wastewater treatment plants as models
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Enigmatic persistence of aerobic methanotrophs in oxygen-limiting freshwater habitats ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Paula C J Reis, Jackson M Tsuji, Cerrise Weiblen, Sherry L Schiff, Matthew Scott, Lisa Y Stein, Josh D Neufeld
Methanotrophic bacteria mitigate emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane (CH4) from a variety of anthropogenic and natural sources, including freshwater lakes, which are large sources of CH4 on a global scale. Despite a dependence on dioxygen (O2) for CH4 oxidation, abundant populations of putatively aerobic methanotrophs have been detected within microoxic and anoxic waters and sediments of
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David versus Goliath: Early career researchers in an unethical publishing system Ecol. Lett. (IF 8.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Aurore Receveur, Jonathan Bonfanti, Stephanie D'Agata, Andrew J. Helmstetter, Nikki A. Moore, Brunno F. Oliveira, Cathleen Petit‐Cailleux, Erica Rievrs Borges, Marieke Schultz, Aaron N. Sexton, Devi Veytia
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Global patterns of allochthony in stream–riparian meta‐ecosystems Ecol. Lett. (IF 8.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Daniel C. Allen, James Larson, Christina A. Murphy, Erica A. Garcia, Kurt E. Anderson, Michelle H. Busch, Alba Argerich, Alice M. Belskis, Kierstyn T. Higgins, Brooke E. Penaluna, Veronica Saenz, Jay Jones, Matt R. Whiles
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One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 16.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 John Ethan Householder, Florian Wittmann, Jochen Schöngart, Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade, Wolfgang J. Junk, Edgardo Manuel Latrubesse, Adriano Costa Quaresma, Layon O. Demarchi, Guilherme de S. Lobo, Daniel P. P. de Aguiar, Rafael L. Assis, Aline Lopes, Pia Parolin, Iêda Leão do Amaral, Luiz de Souza Coelho, Francisca Dionízia de Almeida Matos, Diógenes de Andrade Lima Filho, Rafael P. Salomão, Carolina
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Climate-induced tree-mortality pulses are obscured by broad-scale and long-term greening Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 16.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Yuchao Yan, Shilong Piao, William M. Hammond, Anping Chen, Songbai Hong, Hao Xu, Seth M. Munson, Ranga B. Myneni, Craig D. Allen
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Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteriocin A37 kills natural competitors with a unique mechanism of action ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Jan-Samuel Puls, Benjamin Winnerling, Jeffrey John Power, Annika Marie Krüger, Dominik Brajtenbach, Matthew Johnson, Kevser Bilici, Laura Camus, Thomas Fließwasser, Tanja Schneider, Hans-Georg Sahl, Debnath Ghosal, Ulrich Kubitscheck, Simon Heilbronner, Fabian Grein
Many bacteria produce antimicrobial compounds such as lantibiotics to gain advantage in the competitive natural environments of microbiomes. Epilancins constitute an until now underexplored family of lantibiotics with an unknown ecological role and unresolved mode of action. We discovered production of an epilancin in the nasal isolate Staphylococcus epidermidis A37. Using bioinformatic tools, we found
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Social foraging and the associated benefits of group‐living in Cliff Swallows decrease over 40 years Ecol. Monogr. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Charles R. Brown, Mary B. Brown, Stacey L. Hannebaum, Gigi S. Wagnon, Olivia M. Pletcher, Catherine E. Page, Amy C. West, Valerie A. O'Brien
Animals that feed socially can sometimes better locate prey, often by transferring information about food that is patchy, dense, and temporally and spatially unpredictable. Information transfer is a potential benefit of living in breeding colonies where unsuccessful foragers can more readily locate successful ones and thereby improve feeding efficiency. Most studies on social foraging have been short
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Snakes’ tape of life Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 16.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Vera Domingues
Snakes and lizards (Squamata) are a diverse group, and represent one third of terrestrial vertebrates. Although both have tremendous morphological variation associated with feeding and locomotion, snakes show unique ecomorphological diversity and specialization. Writing in Science, Title et al. constructed a time-calibrated genomic phylogeny for 6,886 species of squamates that they use — together with
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Rapid range shifters show unexpected population dynamics Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 16.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Jonathan Lenoir, Lise Comte
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Marine fishes experiencing high-velocity range shifts may not be climate change winners Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 16.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Shahar Chaikin, Federico Riva, Katie E. Marshall, Jean-Philippe Lessard, Jonathan Belmaker
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Fungi on film Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 16.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Simon Harold
The film begins in Kew Gardens, UK, with Sheldrake rummaging among the shelves of the fungarium, where — with the help of Kew’s collection team — he uncovers treasures such as specimens collected by Darwin from Tierra del Fuego. From here, we are transported down the lens of a microscope into the tangled world of hyphae and mycelia, whose growth is shown in glorious high-resolution time lapse and envelopes
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Feeding the future world Nat. Clim. Change (IF 30.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08
The impacts of climate change on food production will affect us all. It is important that research and funding are available to minimize these effects and support the most vulnerable.
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Education outcomes in the era of global climate change Nat. Clim. Change (IF 30.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Caitlin M. Prentice, Francis Vergunst, Kelton Minor, Helen L. Berry
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Aligning renewable energy expansion with climate-driven range shifts Nat. Clim. Change (IF 30.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Uzma Ashraf, Toni Lyn Morelli, Adam B. Smith, Rebecca R. Hernandez
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River water quality shaped by land–river connectivity in a changing climate Nat. Clim. Change (IF 30.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Li Li, Julia L. A. Knapp, Anna Lintern, G.-H. Crystal Ng, Julia Perdrial, Pamela L. Sullivan, Wei Zhi
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SLC24A-mediated calcium exchange as an indispensable component of the diatom cell density-driven signaling pathway ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Xuehua Liu, Zhicheng Zuo, Xiujun Xie, Shan Gao, Songcui Wu, Wenhui Gu, Guangce Wang
Diatom bloom is characterized by a rapid increase of population density. Perception of population density and physiological responses can significantly influence their survival strategies, subsequently impacting bloom fate. The population density itself can serve as a signal, which is perceived through chemical signals or chlorophyll fluorescence signals triggered by high cell density, and their intracellular
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Intraspecific variability of leaf form and function across habitat types Ecol. Lett. (IF 8.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Giacomo Puglielli, Alessandro Bricca, Stefano Chelli, Francesco Petruzzellis, Alicia T. R. Acosta, Giovanni Bacaro, Eleonora Beccari, Liliana Bernardo, Gianmaria Bonari, Rossano Bolpagni, Francesco Boscutti, Giacomo Calvia, Giandiego Campetella, Laura Cancellieri, Roberto Canullo, Michele Carbognani, Marta Carboni, Maria Laura Carranza, Maria Beatrice Castellani, Daniela Ciccarelli, Andrea Coppi, Maurizio
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Phylogenomic position of eupelagonemids, abundant and diverse deep-ocean heterotrophs ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Gordon Lax, Noriko Okamoto, Patrick J Keeling
Eupelagonemids, formerly known as Deep Sea Pelagic Diplonemids I (DSPD I), are among the most abundant and diverse heterotrophic protists in the deep ocean, but little else is known about their ecology, evolution, or biology in general. Originally recognized solely as a large clade of environmental ribosomal subunit RNA gene sequences (SSU rRNA), branching with a smaller sister group DSPD II, they
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Cell-to-cell heterogeneity drives host-virus coexistence in a bloom-forming alga ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Nir Joffe, Constanze Kuhlisch, Guy Schleyer, Nadia Samira Ahlers, Adva Shemi, Assaf Vardi
Algal blooms drive global biogeochemical cycles of key nutrients and serve as hotspots for biological interactions in the ocean. The massive blooms of the cosmopolitan coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi are often infected by the lytic E. huxleyi virus (EhV), which is a major mortality agent triggering bloom demise. This multi-annual “boom and bust” pattern of E. huxleyi blooms suggests that coexistence
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Methylotrophic methanogenesis in the Archaeoglobi revealed by cultivation of Ca. Methanoglobus hypatiae from a Yellowstone hot spring ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Mackenzie M Lynes, Zackary J Jay, Anthony J Kohtz, Roland Hatzenpichler
Over the past decade, environmental metagenomics and PCR-based marker gene surveys have revealed that several lineages beyond just a few well-established groups within the Euryarchaeota superphylum harbor the genetic potential for methanogenesis. One of these groups are the Archaeoglobi, a class of thermophilic euryarchaeotes that have long been considered to live non-methanogenic lifestyles. Here
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Bacterial adenine cross-feeding stems from a purine salvage bottleneck ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Ying-Chih Chuang, Nicholas W Haas, Robert Pepin, Megan G Behringer, Yasuhiro Oda, Breah LaSarre, Caroline S Harwood, James B McKinlay
Diverse ecosystems host microbial relationships that are stabilized by nutrient cross-feeding. Cross-feeding can involve metabolites that should hold value for the producer. Externalization of such communally valuable metabolites is often unexpected and difficult to predict. Previously, we discovered purine externalization by Rhodopseudomonas palustris by its ability to rescue an Escherichia coli purine
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Avoiding lose–lose situations in agricultural landscapes Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 16.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-06
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Biodiversity–production feedback effects lead to intensification traps in agricultural landscapes Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 16.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Alfred Burian, Claire Kremen, James Shyan-Tau Wu, Michael Beckmann, Mark Bulling, Lucas Alejandro Garibaldi, Tamás Krisztin, Zia Mehrabi, Navin Ramankutty, Ralf Seppelt
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High niche specificity and host genetic diversity of groundwater viruses ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Emilie Gios, Olivia E Mosley, Michael Hoggard, Kim M Handley
Viruses are key members of microbial communities that exert control over host abundance and metabolism, thereby influencing ecosystem processes and biogeochemical cycles. Aquifers are known to host taxonomically diverse microbial life, yet little is known about viruses infecting groundwater microbial communities. Here, we analyzed 16 metagenomes from a broad range of groundwater physicochemistries
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A global survey of prokaryotic genomes reveals the eco-evolutionary pressures driving horizontal gene transfer Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 16.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Marija Dmitrijeva, Janko Tackmann, João Frederico Matias Rodrigues, Jaime Huerta-Cepas, Luis Pedro Coelho, Christian von Mering
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Deforestation may cause more widespread ectotherm population decline under climate change Nat. Clim. Change (IF 30.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-05
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Deforestation poses deleterious effects to tree-climbing species under climate change Nat. Clim. Change (IF 30.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Omer B. Zlotnick, Keith N. Musselman, Ofir Levy
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Nitrous oxide inhibition of methanogenesis represents an underappreciated greenhouse gas emission feedback ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Yongchao Yin, Fadime Kara-Murdoch, Robert W Murdoch, Jun Yan, Gao Chen, Yongchao Xie, Yanchen Sun, Frank E Löffler
Methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) are major greenhouse gases predominantly generated by microbial activities in anoxic environments. N2O inhibition of methanogenesis has been reported but comprehensive efforts to obtain kinetic information are lacking. Using the model methanogen Methanosarcina barkeri strain Fusaro and digester sludge-derived methanogenic enrichment cultures, we conducted growth
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Impact of airborne algicidal bacteria on marine phytoplankton blooms ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Naama Lang-Yona, J Michel Flores, Tal Sharon Nir-Zadock, Inbal Nussbaum, Ilan Koren, Assaf Vardi
Ocean microbes are involved in global processes such as nutrient and carbon cycling. Recent studies indicated diverse modes of algal-bacterial interactions, including mutualism and pathogenicity, which have a substantial impact on ecology and oceanic carbon sequestration, and hence on climate. However, the airborne dispersal and pathogenicity of bacteria in the marine ecosystem remained elusive. Here
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A general, resource‐based explanation for density dependence in populations of large herbivores Ecol. Monogr. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 N. Thompson Hobbs
The discipline of ecology seeks to understand how ecosystems, communities, and populations are regulated. A ubiquitous mechanism of population regulation of consumers is that capturing energy and nutrients in sufficient quantities for survival and reproduction becomes more difficult as population density increases. Extensive evidence has revealed that populations of large herbivores are often regulated
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Coordinated transcriptional response to environmental stress by a Synechococcus virus ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-03 Branko Rihtman, Alberto Torcello-Requena, Alevtina Mikhaylina, Richard J Puxty, Martha R J Clokie, Andrew D Millard, David J Scanlan
Viruses are a major control on populations of microbes. Often, their virulence is examined in controlled laboratory conditions. Yet, in nature, environmental conditions lead to changes in host physiology and fitness that may impart both costs and benefits on viral success. Phosphorus (P) is a major abiotic control on the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus. Some viruses infecting Synechococcus have
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Arrive and wait: Inactive bacterial taxa contribute to perceived soil microbiome resilience after a multidecadal press disturbance Ecol. Lett. (IF 8.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Samuel E. Barnett, Ashley Shade
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How widespread use of generative AI for images and video can affect the environment and the science of ecology Ecol. Lett. (IF 8.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Matthias C. Rillig, India Mansour, Stefan Hempel, Mohan Bi, Birgitta König‐Ries, Atoosa Kasirzadeh
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Climate threats to coastal infrastructure and sustainable development outcomes Nat. Clim. Change (IF 30.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Daniel Adshead, Amelie Paszkowski, Sarah S. Gall, Alison M. Peard, Mohammed Sarfaraz Gani Adnan, Jasper Verschuur, Jim W. Hall
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Genotype diversity enhances invasion resistance of native plants via soil biotic feedbacks Ecol. Lett. (IF 8.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Cai Cheng, Zekang Liu, Qun Zhang, Xing Tian, Ruiting Ju, Bo Li, Mark van Kleunen, Jonathan M. Chase, Jihua Wu
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Trade-offs in biodiversity and ecosystem services between edges and interiors in European forests Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 16.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Thomas Vanneste, Leen Depauw, Emiel De Lombaerde, Camille Meeussen, Sanne Govaert, Karen De Pauw, Pieter Sanczuk, Kurt Bollmann, Jörg Brunet, Kim Calders, Sara A. O. Cousins, Martin Diekmann, Cristina Gasperini, Bente J. Graae, Per-Ola Hedwall, Giovanni Iacopetti, Jonathan Lenoir, Sigrid Lindmo, Anna Orczewska, Quentin Ponette, Jan Plue, Federico Selvi, Fabien Spicher, Hans Verbeeck, Florian Zellweger
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Prioritizing biodiversity in extreme events Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 16.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Marian Turner
Emergency situations often entail agonizing choices over what to save when time and resources are limited. Writing in Conservation Biology, Woinarski et al. suggest that some assumptions about societal priorities during responses to natural disasters may need revisiting. The authors surveyed 2,139 adult Australians who were randomly selected to reflect the country’s population. Respondents were asked
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Advancing urban agriculture and air quality in edge computing environments through integrated small-scale plant-based filtration systems Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 13.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Chaoju Wang, Tong Zou, Tongyu Zhou, Yinxue Lyu, Ayotunde Dawodu, Ali Cheshmehzangi
This paper introduces the integrated Small-Scale Plant-Based Air Filtration (SPAF) system, a novel integration of air filtration and urban agriculture, specifically designed for edge computing free cooling in urban environments. The SPAF's modular design enables extensive customization to meet various air quality requirements and agricultural needs. Through evaluation across different scenarios, the
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Eve of extinction Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 16.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Catherine Hobaiter, Nathaniel J. Dominy
It is clear from the outset that Out of Darkness is no ordinary survivalist thriller. It transcends the genre, leaning heavily on Platonic philosophy while criticizing self-serving narratives of settler colonialism and organized religion (at times more subtly than others — two of the leads are Adem and Eva, with Adem declaring early on that “I am the light”). The filmmakers also collaborated closely
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Flexible foraging behaviour increases predator vulnerability to climate change Nat. Clim. Change (IF 30.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Benoit Gauzens, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Gregor Kalinkat, Thomas Boy, Malte Jochum, Susanne Kortsch, Eoin J. O’Gorman, Ulrich Brose
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Gut microbiota facilitate adaptation of invasive moths to new host plants ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Shouke Zhang, Feng Song, Jie Wang, Xiayu Li, Yuxin Zhang, Wenwu Zhou, Letian Xu
Gut microbiota are important in the adaptation of phytophagous insects to their plant hosts. However, the interaction between gut microbiomes and pioneering populations of invasive insects during their adaptation to new hosts, particularly in the initial phases of invasion, has been less studied. We studied the contribution of the gut microbiome to host adaptation in the globally recognized invasive