Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Development
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Applications of Environmental DNA and RNA in Ecology
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BMC Ecology and Evolution blogs
Statistical mechanics of prokaryote pan-genomes
Using metabolic reactions, Daniel Garza and colleagues introduce a sampling approach that disentangles the drivers of pan-genome evolution and provides a mechanistic interpretation for gene frequencies.
Behind the Paper: Honeyeaters prove Darwin right
Eleanor Hay tells us the story behind her paper exploring geographic range size and speciation in honeyeaters.
Behind the Paper: Palaeontology in a pandemic
Jordon Mallon tells us how a team of trans-Pacific palaeontologists came together during the COVID-19 pandemic to remotely work on describing exciting new Hadrosauroid dinosaur eggs and embryos from China.
Behind the Paper - How standing genetic diversity influences species responses to environmental change
Understanding how species respond to climate change is critical for their conservation. Buckley and colleagues use genomic and environmental data of two threatened freshwater fishes to show how complex intraspecific patterns of genetic diversity might shape species responses.
Behind the Paper: From pocket lizards to mighty dragons - evolution of growth patterns in monitor lizards
Monitor lizards vary greatly in size and habitat preferences, both among species and between babies and adults of the same species. Pavón-Vázquez and colleagues use this diversity to study how size-imposed constraints and ecological features influence the evolution of growth patterns.
Behind the Paper: Airborne DNA plant community monitoring
In the face of global change, monitoring changes in biodiversity is essential. Johnson and colleagues explore the use of airborne environmental DNA to monitor whole plant communities.
Behind the Paper: Environmental DNA as a tool to monitor shark and ray species
Ip and colleagues explore the use of environmental DNA to detect threatened and elusive shark and ray species in sedimented urban reef environments.
Articles
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Temporal changes in the Swiss flora: implications for flower-visiting insects
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Genome-wide species delimitation analyses of a silverside fish species complex in central Mexico indicate taxonomic over-splitting
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Sexual selection leads to positive allometry but not sexual dimorphism in the expression of horn shape in the blue wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus
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Genomic patterns of divergence in the early and late steps of speciation of the deep-sea vent thermophilic worms of the genus Alvinella
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A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes
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BEAST: Bayesian evolutionary analysis by sampling trees
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In search of the genetic footprints of Sumerians: a survey of Y-chromosome and mtDNA variation in the Marsh Arabs of Iraq
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Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes
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A worldwide correlation of lactase persistence phenotype and genotypes
Aims and scope
BMC Ecology and Evolution, formerly known as BMC Evolutionary Biology, is an open access, peer-reviewed journal interested in all aspects of ecological and evolutionary biology. The journal considers articles on a broad range of topics, including population genetics, conservation genetics, phylogenetics, behavioural ecology, population ecology, macroecology, palaeontology, biodiversity (e.g. environmental DNA approaches), theoretical research (e.g. terraforming) and ecological and evolutionary developmental biology.
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Citation Impact
3.436 - 2-year Impact Factor (2021)
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1.242 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
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