Allometry and Yield Stability of Cereals by Jacob Weiner, Yan-Lei Du, Yi-Min Zhao, Feng-Min Li

“…Yield stability in crops corresponds to bet-hedging in evolutionary ecological theory. It is the most appropriate strategy for smallholder farmers in developing countries, a group that comprises most of the farmers in the world. …”
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Allergies, Helicobacter pylori and the continental enigmas by Ramakrishnan eSitaraman

“…Finally, it is suggested that an evolutionary-ecological approach to the study of H. pylori infection may help in the formulation of strategies for the management of this infection. …”
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Development of an RNA interference tool, characterization of its target, and an ecological test of caste differentiation in the eusocial wasp polistes. by James H Hunt, Navdeep S Mutti, Heli Havukainen, Michael T Henshaw, Gro V Amdam

“…Recent advancements in genomics provide new tools for evolutionary ecological research. The paper wasp genus Polistes is a model for social insect evolution and behavioral ecology. …”
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A sibling method for identifying vQTLs. by Dalton Conley, Rebecca Johnson, Ben Domingue, Christopher Dawes, Jason Boardman, Mark L Siegal

“…The propensity of a trait to vary within a population may have evolutionary, ecological, or clinical significance. In the present study we deploy sibling models to offer a novel and unbiased way to ascertain loci associated with the extent to which phenotypes vary (variance-controlling quantitative trait loci, or vQTLs). …”
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Natural selection drives the fine-scale divergence of a coevolutionary arms race involving a long-mouthed weevil and its obligate host plant by Toju Hirokazu

“…Future studies should reveal the evolutionary/ecological outcomes of the "fine scale geographic mosaics" in biological communities.…”
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When the woolly rhinoceroses roamed East Asia: a review of isotopic paleoecology of the genus Coelodonta from the Tibetan Plateau to northern Eurasia by Jiao Ma, Jiao Ma, Shiqi Wang, Tao Deng, Tao Deng

“…By scrutinizing the evolutionary ecological history of the woolly rhinoceroses from its ancestor, Coelodonta thibetana, to its final form, Coelodonta antiquitatis, this study sheds light on the ecological adaptation of this genus from the Pliocene to Late Pleistocene, spanning its migration from the Tibetan Plateau to northern Eurasia.…”
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Inferring eco-evolutionary feedbacks from time series data using neural ordinary differential equations by Bonnaffé, W

“…We develop a mathematical framework, neural ordinary differential equations (NODEs), to quantify feedbacks from time series data of the evolutionary, ecological, and environmental variables in the system. …”

Gene response profiles for <it>Daphnia pulex </it>exposed to the environmental stressor cadmium reveals novel crustacean metallothioneins by Davey Jennifer C, Colbourne John K, Shaw Joseph R, Glaholt Stephen P, Hampton Thomas H, Chen Celia Y, Folt Carol L, Hamilton Joshua W

“…</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The genomic information obtained from this study represents an important first step in characterizing microarray patterns that may be diagnostic to specific environmental contaminants and give insights into their toxicological mechanisms, while also providing a practical tool for evolutionary, ecological, and toxicological functional gene discovery studies. …”
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Genomic Survey and Resources for the Boring Giant Clam <i>Tridacna crocea</i> by Juan Antonio Baeza, Mei Lin Neo, Danwei Huang

“…The boring giant clam <i>Tridacna crocea</i> is an evolutionary, ecologically, economically, and culturally important reef-dwelling bivalve targeted by a profitable ornamental fishery in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. …”
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The dynamics of evolutionary rescue from a novel pathogen threat in a host metapopulation by Jing Jiao, Nina Fefferman

“…When hosts also live in metapopulations, there may be critical differences in the dynamics that emerge from the synergy among evolutionary, ecological, and epidemiological factors. Here we used a Susceptible-Infected-Recovery model to explore how spatial and temporal ecological factors may drive the epidemiological and rapid-evolutionary dynamics of host metapopulations. …”
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Two Species with an Unusual Combination of Traits Dominate Responses of British Grasshoppers and Crickets to Environmental Change. by Björn C Beckmann, Bethan V Purse, David B Roy, Helen E Roy, Peter G Sutton, Chris D Thomas

“…Previous studies on these two species emphasised wing-length dimorphism as the key to their success, resulting in a high phenotypic plasticity of dispersal and evolutionary-ecological feedback at their expanding range margins. …”
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Modelling optimal strategies for novel genetics-based pest management by Alphey, N

“…I examine the evolutionary, ecological, and economic cost and benefit aspects of these novel interventions. …”

Do sexually transmitted infections exacerbate negative premenstrual symptoms? Insights from digital health by Alvergne, A, Marija Vlajic Wheeler, M, Vedrana Högqvist Tabor, V

“…Here we test the evolutionary ecological hypothesis that some negative premenstrual symptoms may be exacerbated by the presence of chronic sexually transmitted infections (STIs). …”

Seed Dormancy Class and Ecophysiological Features of <i>Veronicastrum sibiricum</i> (L.) Pennell (Scrophulariaceae) Native to the Korea Peninsula by Gyeong Ho Jang, Jae Min Chung, Yong Ha Rhie, Seung Youn Lee

“…The results provide important data for the evolutionary ecological studies of seed dormancy and seed-based mass propagation of <i>V. sibiricum</i>.…”
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Temporal niche partitioning of Swiss black scavenger flies in relation to season and substrate age (Diptera, Sepsidae) by Patrick T. Rohner, Jean-Paul Haenni, Athene Giesen, Juan Pablo Busso, Martin A. Schäfer, Frank Püchel-Wieling, Wolf U. Blanckenhorn

“…Several widespread sepsid species with apparently very similar ecological niches coexist in Europe, but despite their ecological role and their use in evolutionary ecological research, our understanding of their ecological niches and spatio-temporal distribution is still rudimentary. …”
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Thermobiological effects of temperature‐induced color variations in Aglais urticae (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) by Gregor Markl, Shannon Ottmann, Tobias Haasis, Daniela Budach, Stefanie Krais, Heinz‐R. Köhler

“…To investigate the evolutionary–ecological interactions of temperature and pigmentation in butterflies, caterpillars, and pupae of the small tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae), larvae from Central Europe and Scandinavia were reared at temperatures between 7 and 34°C in the laboratory or in the field. …”
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THE IMPERATIVES OF INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH THEORY by O. Chaikin, T. Usiuk

“…The necessity of national inclusive development model implementation that would take into account the evolutionary ecological needs of the population and ensure the sustainability and competitiveness of the domestic economy, uniform population welfare increase has been shown. …”
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Alpha shapes: determining 3D shape complexity across morphologically diverse structures by James D. Gardiner, Julia Behnsen, Charlotte A. Brassey

“…Beyond genital shape, the alpha-shapes technique holds considerable promise for new applications across evolutionary, ecological and palaeoecological disciplines.…”
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Pre-migratory flights in migrant songbirds: the ecological and evolutionary importance of understudied exploratory movements by Zephyr Züst, Andrey Mukhin, Philip D. Taylor, Heiko Schmaljohann

“…We provide the first definition for this behaviour, summarise the current knowledge of this cryptic movement, and hypothesise what evolutionary/ecological advantages conducting it may confer to the individuals that undertake it. …”
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Reinvestigating an enigmatic Late Cretaceous monocot: morphology, taxonomy, and biogeography of Viracarpon by Kelly K.S. Matsunaga, Selena Y. Smith, Steven R. Manchester, Dashrath Kapgate, Deepak Ramteke, Amin Garbout, Herminso Villarraga-Gómez

“…Angiosperm-dominated floras of the Late Cretaceous are essential for understanding the evolutionary, ecological, and geographic radiation of flowering plants. …”
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