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Ecology & Evolutionary Biology: Recent submissions
Now showing items 321-340 of 1921
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Historical documentation of the Allegheny Woodrat (Neotoma magister) in Massachusetts
(2019-12)Although most summaries of the distribution of the Allegheny Woodrat, Neotoma magister, do not include the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, there are two historical reports that lack details of its distribution in Massachusetts. ... -
The Neotropical variegated squirrel, Sciurus variegatoides (Rodentia: Sciuridae) in Nicaragua, with the description of a new subspecies
(2019-09)The Neotropical variegated squirrel, Sciurus variegatoides, is represented in Nicaragua by five known subspecies—adolphei, belti, boothiae, dorsalis, and underwoodi. Analyses of morphometrics, color, and color patterns of ... -
Potential invasion of exotic ambrosia beetles Xyleborus glabratus and Euwallacea sp. in Mexico: A major threat for native and cultivated forest ecosystems
(Nature Research, 2018-07-05)We analyze the invasive potential of two Asian ambrosia beetles, Xyleborus glabratus and Euwallacea sp., into Mexico and the southern United States. The fungal symbionts of these beetles have been responsible for damage ... -
Relationships between bruchid beetles (Amblycerus robiniae) and honey locust trees (Gleditsia triacanthos)
(University of Kansas, 1971-12-31)This study concerns the relationships between the bruchid beetle Amblycerus robiniae and the honey locust tree Gleditsia triacanthos. Since Amblycerus concentrates specifically on Gleditsia, and on specific parts of this ... -
A soil-carrying lacewing larva in Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber
(Nature Research, 2018-11-09)Diverse organisms protect and camouflage themselves using varied materials from their environment. This adaptation and associated behaviours (debris-carrying) are well known in modern green lacewing larvae (Neuroptera: ... -
A new genus of anthophorine bees from Brunei (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
(KU Libraries, 2018-05-11)A new genus of anthophorine bees (Apinae: Anthophorini) is described and fig-ured from a remarkable female collected in eastern Brunei (northern Borneo). Varthemapistra edentata Engel, new genus and species, is most similar ... -
Michener Centenary: Memories
(KU Libraries, 2018-09-22)In celebration of the centenary of Charles D. Michener’s birth, the Journal of Melittology offers a sampling of memories from colleagues and former students. -
Diverse Cretaceous larvae reveal the evolutionary and behavioural history of antlions and lacewings
(Nature Research, 2018-08-22)Myrmeleontiformia are an ancient group of lacewing insects characterized by predatory larvae with unusual morphologies and behaviours. Mostly soil dwellers with a soft cuticle, their larvae fossilize only as amber ... -
Palaeozoic giant dragonfies were hawker predators
(Elsevier, 2018-08-14)The largest insects to have ever lived were the giant meganeurids of the Late Palaeozoic, ancient stem relatives of our modern dragonfies. With wingspans up to 71cm, these iconic insects have been the subject of varied ... -
Description of a Cretaceous amber fossil putatively of the tribe Coprophilini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2018-08-17)An unusual and well-preserved fossil staphylinid is described and figured from a single specimen in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber. Gollandia planata gen. et sp. n. is tentatively placed in the extant oxyteline tribe ... -
A primitive honey bee from the Middle Miocene deposits of southeastern Yunnan, China (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2018-07-19)While fossils of honey bees (Apini: Apis Linnaeus) are comparatively abundant in European Oligocene and Miocene deposits, the available material from Asia is scant and represented by only a handful of localities. It is ... -
Evolutionary history of plant hosts and fungal symbionts predicts the strength of mycorrhizal mutualism
(Nature Research, 2018-08-16)Most plants engage in symbioses with mycorrhizal fungi in soils and net consequences for plants vary widely from mutualism to parasitism. However, we lack a synthetic understanding of the evolutionary and ecological forces ... -
Disturbance reduces the differentiation of mycorrhizal fungal communities in grasslands along a precipitation gradient
(Ecological Society of America, 2018-01-04)Given that mycorrhizal fungi play key roles in shaping plant communities, greater attention should be focused on factors that determine the composition of mycorrhizal fungal communities and their sensitivity to anthropogenic ... -
Carbon allocation and competition maintain variation in plant root mutualisms
(Wiley Open Access, 2018-05-04)Plants engage in multiple root symbioses that offer varying degrees of benefit. We asked how variation in partner quality persists using a resource-ratio model of population growth. We considered the plant’s ability to ... -
Evolution of novel genetic programs: insights from flower and fruit development
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)An outstanding question in evolutionary biology is how genetic programs (interaction between multiple genes or their products) that define novel phenotypes evolve. There are two major ways such genetic programs that define ... -
Using remotely sensed and climate data to predict the current and potential future geographic distribution of a bird at multiple scales:
(BMC, 2019-06-10)Background:Understanding geographic distributions of species is a crucial step in spatial planning for biodiversity conservation, particularly as regards changes in response to global climate change. This information is ... -
Body Size Influences Stingless Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Communities Across a Range of Deforestation Levels in Rondônia, Brazil
(Oxford University Press, 2019-04-19)Developments in understanding bee responses to habitat loss indicate that body size is a trait with important consequences for conservation. Stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) are a diverse group of eusocial ... -
Aging in the Drosophila ovary: contrasting changes in the expression of the piRNA machinery and mitochondria but no global release of transposable elements
(BioMedCentral (Springer Nature), 2019-04-23)Background Evolutionary theory indicates that the dynamics of aging in the soma and reproductive tissues may be distinct. This difference arises from the fact that only the germline lineage establishes future generations. ... -
Novel Traits, Flower Symmetry, and Transcriptional Autoregulation: New Hypotheses From Bioinformatic and Experimental Data
(Frontiers Media, 2018-10-26)A common feature in developmental networks is the autoregulation of transcription factors which, in turn, positively or negatively regulate additional genes critical for developmental patterning. When a transcription ... -
Deep Learning Algorithms Improve Automated Identification of Chagas Disease Vectors
(Oxford University Press, 2019-05-23)Vector-borne Chagas disease is endemic to the Americas and imposes significant economic and social burdens on public health. In a previous contribution, we presented an automated identification system that was able to ...