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Ecology & Evolutionary Biology: Recent submissions
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Impact of Mobility on Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Injection Drug Users
(MDPI, 2019-06-17)In this study, we develop and present a deterministic model for the transmission dynamics of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among injection drug users. The model consists of non-injection drug users as ... -
A Grinnellian Niche Perspective on Species-Area Relationships
(University of Chicago Press, 2019-10-23)In this work, Grinnellian niche theory (a body of theory about geographic distributions of species in terms of noninteracting niche variables) is used to demonstrate that species-area relationships emerge with both size ... -
Selfing Can Facilitate Transitions between Pollination Syndromes
(University of Chicago Press, 2018-03-14)Pollinator-mediated selection on plants can favor transitions to a new pollinator depending on the relative abundances and efficiencies of pollinators present in the community. A frequently observed example is the transition ... -
Benefits of Native Mycorrhizal Amendments to Perennial Agroecosystems Increases with Field Inoculation Density
(MDPI, 2019-07-03)Perennial polyculture cropping systems are a novel agroecological approach used to mirror some of the ecological benefits provided by native perennial ecosystems including increased carbon and nitrogen storage, more stable ... -
Geographic abundance patterns explained by niche centrality hypothesis in two Chagas disease vectors in Latin America
(Public Library of Science, 2020-11-04)Ecoepidemiological scenarios for Chagas disease transmission are complex, so vector control measures to decrease human–vector contact and prevent infection transmission are difficult to implement in all geographic contexts. ... -
Plastid Phylogenomics of Dendroseris (Cichorieae; Asteraceae): Insights Into Structural Organization and Molecular Evolution of an Endemic Lineage From the Juan Fernández Islands
(Frontiers Media, 2020-11-05)Dendroseris D. Don comprises 11 species endemic to the Juan Fernández islands in Chile. They demonstrate spectacular and unusual growth forms of rosette trees with extremely variable morphology and occupy wide ecological ... -
Assessing the current and future potential geographic distribution of the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Say) (Acari: Ixodidae) in North America
(Public Library of Science, 2020-08-10)The American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, is a veterinary- and medically- significant tick species that is known to transmit several diseases to animal and human hosts. The spatial distribution of this species in North ... -
Parental experience modifies the Mimulus methylome
(BMC, 2018-10-12)Background Transgenerational plasticity occurs when the environmental experience of an organism modifies the growth and development of its progeny. Leaf damage in Mimulus guttatus exhibits transgenerational plasticity ... -
Sexual Size and Shape Dimorphism in Three Species of Parasitoid Wasps with Burrowing Females: Spalangia endius, Spalangia nigroaenea, and Spalangia nigra (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)
(Springer, 2018-10-20)The parasitoid wasps Spalangia endius Walker, Spalangia nigroaenea Curtis, and Spalangia nigra Latrielle (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) develop on filth fly pupae. Females burrow through decaying organic matter and parasitize ... -
Participation in the convention on migratory species: A biogeographic assessment
(Springer, 2018-02-24)The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) is a Multilateral Environmental Agreement (MEA) focused on species that regularly travel across international borders. Despite covering an ... -
Reproduction and metamorphosis in the Myristica Swamp tree frog, Mercurana myristicapalustris (Anura: Rhacophoridae)
(PeerJ, 2018-11-21)The reproductive biology of the Myristica Swamp tree frog (Mercurana myristicapalustris), a monotypic rhacophorid frog endemic to the foothills of the Western Ghats mountains of India, has remained unknown since the ... -
Mathematical assessment of the role of vector insecticide resistance and feeding/resting behavior on malaria transmission dynamics: Optimal control analysis
(KeAi Communications, 2018-11-02)The large-scale use of insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS), over the last two decades, has resulted in a dramatic reduction of malaria incidence globally. However, the effectiveness of ... -
Potential Spatial Distribution of the Newly Introduced Long-horned Tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis in North America
(Nature Research, 2019-01-24)The North American distributional potential of the recently invaded tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, was estimated using occurrence data from its geographic range in other parts of the world and relevant climatic data sets. ... -
Kuenm: An R package for detailed development of ecological niche models using Maxent
(PeerJ, 2019-02-06)Background Ecological niche modeling is a set of analytical tools with applications in diverse disciplines, yet creating these models rigorously is now a challenging task. The calibration phase of these models is critical, ... -
Factors driving adaptive radiation in plants of oceanic islands: A case study from the Juan Fernández Archipelago
(Springer, 2018-03-13)Adaptive radiation is a common evolutionary phenomenon in oceanic islands. From one successful immigrant population, dispersal into different island environments and directional selection can rapidly yield a series of ... -
Olfactory associative behavioral differences in three honey bee Apis mellifera L. races under the arid zone ecosystem of central Saudi Arabia
(Elsevier, 2018-08-06)Apis mellifera jemenitica is the indigenous race of honey bees in the Arabian Peninsula and is tolerant to local drought conditions. Experiments were undertaken to determine the differences in associative learning and ... -
NDM-1 carbapenemase in Acinetobacter baumannii sequence type 32 in Ecuador
(Elsevier, 2019-03-08)Objectives To describe a clinical case of Acinetobacter baumannii sequence type (ST) 32 harbouring a New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) in Ecuador. Methods We used multilocus sequence typing (MLST) to confirm the ... -
Morphological and ecological convergence at the lower size limit for vertebrates highlighted by five new miniaturised microhylid frog species from three different Madagascan genera
(Public Library of Science, 2019-03-27)Miniaturised frogs form a fascinating but poorly understood amphibian ecomorph and have been exceptionally prone to taxonomic underestimation. The subfamily Cophylinae (family Microhylidae), endemic to Madagascar, has a ...