High biodiversity in a benzene-degrading nitrate-reducing culture is sustained by a few primary consumers by Chrats Melkonian, Lucas Fillinger, Siavash Atashgahi, Ulisses Nunes da Rocha, Esther Kuiper, Brett Olivier, Martin Braster, Willi Gottstein, Rick Helmus, John R. Parsons, Hauke Smidt, Marcelle van der Waals, Jan Gerritse, Bernd W. Brandt, Wilfred F. M. Röling, Douwe Molenaar, Rob J. M. van Spanning

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Compositional stability of sediment microbial communities during a seagrass meadow decline by Marsej Markovski, Mirjana Najdek, Gerhard J. Herndl, Gerhard J. Herndl, Marino Korlević

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Sex ratio distorting microbes exacerbate arthropod extinction risk in variable environments by Adam M. Fisher, Robert J. Knell, Tom A. R. Price, Michael B. Bonsall

“…The mechanism by which SRDMs operate is likely to alter their impact on host evolutionary ecology; despite this, the current literature is heavily biased towards a single mechanism of sex ratio distortion, male‐killing. …”
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The Evolution of Microbial Facilitation: Sociogenesis, Symbiogenesis, and Transition in Individuality by István Zachar, István Zachar, István Zachar, Gergely Boza, Gergely Boza, Gergely Boza

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Characteristics of thermal processes in ant nests built under stones (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Stanislav Stukalyuk, Yury Radchenko

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Quill Mites of the Family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Cheyletoidea) Parasitising Birds of the Subfamily Euphoninae (Passeriformes: Fringillidae) by Bozena Sikora, Markus Unsoeld, Roland R. Melzer, Stefan Friedrich, Martin Hromada, Maciej Skoracki

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Decreased efficiency of pollen collection due to Sulfoxaflor exposure leads to a reduction in the size of bumble bee workers in late European summer by Samuel Boff, Samuel Boff, Alexander Keller, Josué Raizer, Daniela Lupi

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Natural enemies partially compensate for warming induced excess herbivory in an organic growth system by Orsolya Beleznai, Jamin Dreyer, Zoltán Tóth, Ferenc Samu

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A striking color variation is detected in Ponera testacea Emery, 1895 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) across its Western Palaearctic geographic range by Sándor Csősz, Kadri Kiran, Celal Karaman, Albena Lapeva-Gjonova

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Preying on cyprinid snout warts (pearl organs) as a novel and peculiar habit in the Lake Malawi cichlid Docimodus evelynae by Yuichi Takeuchi, Hiroki Hata, Mizuki Sasaki, Andrew Mvula, Shinji Mizuhara, Bosco Rusuwa, Atsushi Maruyama

“…There are multiple lineages of scale-eating cichlids, and their natural history and evolutionary ecology is only partially understood. We examined the feeding habit of Docimodus evelynae, a known scale eater, in Lake Malawi. …”
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Modeling the consequences of the dikaryotic life cycle of mushroom-forming fungi on genomic conflict by Benjamin Auxier, Tamás L Czárán, Duur K Aanen

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Direction and magnitude of natural selection on body size differ among age‐classes of seaward‐migrating Pacific salmon by Marta E. Ulaski, Heather Finkle, Peter A. H. Westley

“…Abstract Due to the mediating role of body size in determining fitness, the “bigger‐is‐better” hypothesis still pervades evolutionary ecology despite evidence that natural selection on phenotypic traits varies in time and space. …”
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Coffee, tea, and cocoa in obesity prevention: Mechanisms of action and future prospects by Qian Wang, Gui-Lin Hu, Ming-Hua Qiu, Jun Cao, Wen-Yong Xiong

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NIRSpredict: a platform for predicting plant traits from near infra-red spectroscopy by Axel Vaillant, Grégory Beurier, Denis Cornet, Lauriane Rouan, Denis Vile, Cyrille Violle, François Vasseur

“…As a reliable way of characterizing plant populations across geographical ranges, NIRSpredict can facilitate the adoption of phenomics in functional and evolutionary ecology.…”
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Breeding experience and the heritability of female mate choice in collared flycatchers. by Gergely Hegyi, Márton Herényi, Alastair J Wilson, László Zsolt Garamszegi, Balázs Rosivall, Marcel Eens, János Török

“…The heritability of mate preference in the wild remains a principal but unresolved question in evolutionary ecology.…”
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Phylogenetic treatment and taxonomic revision of the trapdoor spider genus Aptostichus Simon (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Euctenizidae) by Jason Bond

“…The existence of both desert and non - desert species in three of the four species groups makes this genus an ideal candidate for the study of the evolutionary ecology of desert arthropods. A set of molecular characters based on the contiguous mitochondrial DNA genes 16S-tRNA valine-12S is used in an independent analysis to assist in placement of specimens into species. …”
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Difference in Germination Traits between Congeneric Native and Exotic Species May Affect Invasion by Julieta Salomé-Díaz, Jordan Golubov, Luis E. Eguiarte, Alberto Búrquez

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Unraveling the roles of genotype and environment in the expression of plant defense phenotypes by Abigail S. Potts, Mark D. Hunter

“…Measuring the relative contributions of genetic variation, the environment, and their interaction to phenotypic variation remains a fundamental goal of evolutionary ecology. In this study, we assess the question: How do genetic variation and local environmental conditions interact to influence phenotype within a single population? …”
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Climate change in a conceptual atmosphere–phytoplankton model by G. Károly, R. D. Prokaj, I. Scheuring, I. Scheuring, T. Tél, T. Tél

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Genomic Insights into Cultivated Mexican <i>Vanilla planifolia</i> Reveal High Levels of Heterozygosity Stemming from Hybridization by Paige Ellestad, Miguel Angel Pérez-Farrera, Sven Buerki

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