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  1. Hybrids are expected to show greater phenotypic variation than their parental species, yet how hybrid phenotype expression varies with genetic distances in closely-related parental species remains surprisingly...

    Authors: Joanna Malukiewicz, Kerryn Warren, Vanner Boere, Illaira L. C. Bandeira, Nelson H. A. Curi, Fabio T. das Dores, Lilian S. Fitorra, Haroldo R. Furuya, Claudia S. Igayara, Liliane Milanelo, Silvia B. Moreira, Camila V. Molina, Marcello S. Nardi, Patricia A. Nicola, Marcelo Passamani, Valeria S. Pedro…
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:122
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  2. The evolution of extracellular matrix is tightly linked to the evolution of organogenesis in metazoans. Tenascins are extracellular matrix glycoproteins of chordates that participate in integrin-signaling and ...

    Authors: Josephine C. Adams and Richard P. Tucker
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:121
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  3. Mollusca is a morphologically diverse phylum, exhibiting an immense variety of calcium carbonate structures. Proteomic studies of adult shells often report high levels of rapidly-evolving, ‘novel’ shell matrix...

    Authors: Rebecca N. Lopez-Anido, Grant O. Batzel, Gabriela Ramirez, Yiqun Wang, Stephanie Neal, Maryna P. Lesoway, Jessica A. Goodheart and Deirdre C. Lyons
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:120
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  4. Volvocales in green algae have evolved by multicellularity of Chlamydomonas-like unicellular ancestor. Those with various cell numbers exist, such as unicellular Chlamydomonas, four-celled Tetrabaena, and Volvox ...

    Authors: Noriko Ueki and Ken-ichi Wakabayashi
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:119
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  5. Microbiota plays an essential role in fish growth and health and may be influenced by the changing environmental conditions. Here, we explored the microbiota of wild common sole, one of the most important fish...

    Authors: Marco Basili, Laura Sabatini, Giulio Pellini, Naomi Massaccesi, Elena Manini, Fortunata Donato, Giuseppe Scarcella, Gian Marco Luna and Grazia Marina Quero
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:118
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  6. Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii [Mirb.] Franco) plays a critical role in the ecology and economy of Western North America. This conifer species comprises two distinct varieties: the coastal variety (var. menzi...

    Authors: Pablo Peláez, Gustavo P. Lorenzana, Kailey Baesen, Jose Ruben Montes and Amanda R. De La Torre
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:117
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  8. Rivea ornata, a rare species from the morning glory family, exhibits uncommon characteristics compared to other typical morning glories, including nocturnal flowers that fit the classic moth pollination syndrome....

    Authors: Natthaphong Chitchak, Alyssa B. Stewart and Paweena Traiperm
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:115
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  9. Shellfish reef restoration is relatively new in Australia, particularly to intertidal estuarine environments. In late 2019/early 2020 the first large-scale shellfish reef restoration project of the Sydney rock...

    Authors: Victoria J Cole, David Harasti, S Kirk Dahle and Kylie Russell
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:114
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  11. Artificial linear landscape elements, including roads, pipelines, and drainage channels, are main sources of global habitat fragmentation. Restoration of natural habitats on unused linear landscape elements ca...

    Authors: Orsolya Valkó, András Kelemen, Orsolya Kiss, Zoltán Bátori, Réka Kiss and Balázs Deák
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:112
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  12. Anthropogenic threats are causing alteration of coastal areas worldwide. Most of the coastal biodiversity is endangered, taking a particular toll on island ecosystems, like the Azores. To better understand the...

    Authors: Rúben M. Correia Rego, Mónica Moura, Maria Olangua-Corral, Guilherme Roxo, Roberto Resendes and Luís Silva
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:111
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  14. The songs of birds are complex signals that may have several functions and vary widely among species. Different ecological, behavioural and morphological factors, as well as phylogeny, have been associated as ...

    Authors: Natália S. Porzio, Angelica Crottini, Rafael N. Leite and Paulo G. Mota
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:109
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  15. In 2024, researchers from around the world entered the joint BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology image competition. The photos, a celebration of the wonders and mysteries of the natural world, emphasise the...

    Authors: Jennifer Harman, Marie-Therese Nödl, Brock Fenton, Christy A. Hipsley, David A. Liberles, Edward Narayan, Josef Settele and Arne Traulsen
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:102
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  16. It has been widely demonstrated that air and sand temperatures influence the anatomy of sea turtle hatchlings. We examined the impact of precipitation during the nesting season on the hatchling body size of lo...

    Authors: Omar Rafael Regalado Fernández, Parima Parsi-Pour, John A. Nyakatura, Jeanette Wyneken and Ingmar Werneburg
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:108
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  17. Biogeographic barriers to gene flow are central to studies of plant phylogeography. There are many physical and geographic barriers in China, but few studies have used molecular ecological evidence to investig...

    Authors: Chunxue Jiang, Tian Shi, Zhongmei Mo and Cai Zhao
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:107
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  18. Understanding how endangered species respond to climatic changes is fundamental for their conservation. Due to its restricted geographic range, its sensitivity to the ongoing global warming and its continuing ...

    Authors: Filippo Milano, Gabriele Casazza, Andrea Galimberti, Davide Maggioni and Marco Isaia
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:106
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  19. Even though the high plateaus of Qinghai-Tibet and Iran share many faunal elements, the historical biogeography of the species present in this area are not very well understood. We present a complete COI barco...

    Authors: Vazrick Nazari, Vladimir Lukhtanov, Alireza Naderi, Costantino Della Bruna, Reza Zahiri, Donatella Cesaroni, Valerio Sbordoni and Valentina Todisco
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:105
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  20. Understanding connections between biodiversity and ecosystem services can be enhanced by shifting focus from species richness to functional trait-based approaches, that when paired with comparative phylogeneti...

    Authors: Olivia M. Bernauer, Michael G. Branstetter, James M. Cook and Simon M. Tierney
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:104
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  21. Tongoloa is a genus comprising approximately 20 species, primarily distributed in the mountainous regions of southwest China. The insufficiency of specimen materials and morphological similarities among species r...

    Authors: Lingjian Gui, Chang Peng, Liying Yu, Lijia Liu, Shugen Wei, Zhigang Yan, Xiaomei Zhang, Songdong Zhou and Xingjin He
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:103
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  22. Epidemic of Cashew Fusarium wilt disease (CFWD) has been a continuous focal challenge in the cashew farming, in Tanzania. Limited to edaphic conditions as a major factor in its epidemic, the current study aime...

    Authors: William V. Mbasa, Wilson A. Nene, Fortunus A. Kapinga, Stella G. Temu and Donatha D. Tibuhwa
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:101
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  23. Marine ecosystems are facing a dramatic loss of biodiversity worldwide, together with a widespread collapse of habitats and their functionality. In this context, Marine Citizen Science (MCS) can be a powerful ...

    Authors: Martina Coppari, Camilla Roveta, Cristina Di Camillo, Joaquim Garrabou, Serena Lucrezi, Torcuato Pulido Mantas and Carlo Cerrano
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:100
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  26. The light organs of the splitfin flashlight fish Anomalops katoptron are necessary for schooling behavior, to determine nearest neighbor distance, and to feed on zooplankton under dim light conditions. Each behav...

    Authors: Peter Jägers, Timo Frischmuth and Stefan Herlitze
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:97
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  27. The Portezuelo Formation preserves an outstanding record of the upper Turonian – lower Coniacian. Despite the discovery of a significant quantity of sauropod fossil material from the formation, only two specie...

    Authors: Kevin Leonel Gomez, Agustín Pérez-Moreno, Jorge Gustavo Meso, Flavio Bellardini, Mattia Antonio Baiano, Diego Pol, Alberto Garrido, Jonatan Kaluza, Luciana Muci and Michael Pittman
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:96
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  28. Adaptation to a stressor can lead to costs on other traits. These costs play an unavoidable role on fitness and influence the evolutionary trajectory of a population. Host defense seems highly subject to these...

    Authors: Loïc Quevarec, Levi T. Morran, Elizabeth Dufourcq-Sekatcheff, Olivier Armant, Christelle Adam-Guillermin, Jean-Marc Bonzom and Denis Réale
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:95
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  31. The increasing severity and frequency of drought pose serious threats to plant species worldwide. Yet, we lack a general understanding of how various intensities of droughts affect plant traits, in particular ...

    Authors: Yu Sun, Christelle AM Robert and Madhav P. Thakur
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:92
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  32. Thyasirid bivalves are often recorded as a dominant component of macrobenthic infaunal communities in depositional environments such as fjord basins. Fjord basins comprise patchy soft-bottom habitats bounded b...

    Authors: Valentin Kokarev, Suzanne C. Dufour, Joost A. M. Raeymaekers, Amalia A. Mailli and Henning Reiss
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:91
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  33. Assessing the historical dynamics of key food web components is crucial to understand how climate change impacts the structure of Arctic marine ecosystems. Most retrospective stable isotopic studies to date as...

    Authors: Alexey V. Golikov, José C. Xavier, Filipe R. Ceia, José P. Queirós, Paco Bustamante, Bram Couperus, Gaël Guillou, Anna M. Larionova, Rushan M. Sabirov, Christopher J. Somes and Henk-Jan Hoving
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:90
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  34. Galician forests in northwestern Spain are subject to frequent wildfires with high environmental and economic costs. In addition, due to the consequences of climate change, these fires are becoming more virule...

    Authors: Andrea Janeiro-Otero, Xana Álvarez and Carsten F. Dormann
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:89
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  35. Parent-offspring conflict represents the sensitive balance of resource allocation between self-maintenance and reproduction. Two strategies have been proposed to better understand how species manage this confl...

    Authors: Benjamin D. Haussmann, Kayla E. Lichtner, Robert A. Mauck and Mark F. Haussmann
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:88
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  36. Widespread species often experience significant environmental clines over the area they naturally occupy. We investigated a widespread livebearing fish, the Sailfin molly (Poecilia latipinna) combining genetic, l...

    Authors: Ralph Tiedemann, Rüdiger Riesch, Maxi Tomowski, Katja Havenstein, Jan Schlupp, Waldir Miron Berbel-Filho and Ingo Schlupp
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:87
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  37. Male courtship investment may evolve in response to the male’s expectation of future mating opportunities or the degree of female control during mating interactions. We used a comparative approach to test this...

    Authors: Luciana Baruffaldi and Maydianne C. B. Andrade
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:86
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  38. Crop raiding and livestock predation negatively impact the views of the local community towards wildlife conservation. Farmers across the African continent, especially those in rural regions, incur financial l...

    Authors: Birhanu Asaye, Wondimagegnehu Tekalign and Taye Dobamo
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:85
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  39. Accelerating biodiversity loss necessitates monitoring the potential pathogens of vulnerable species. With a third of New Zealand's avifauna considered at risk of extinction, a greater understanding of the fac...

    Authors: Rebecca M. Grimwood, Enzo M. R. Reyes, Jamie Cooper, Jemma Welch, Graeme Taylor, Troy Makan, Lauren Lim, Jérémy Dubrulle, Kate McInnes, Edward C. Holmes and Jemma L. Geoghegan
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:84
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  40. Understanding the distribution pattern of species and their suitable habitat is key to focus conservation efforts. Climate change has had notable impact on the distribution and extent of suitable habitats, and...

    Authors: Mulatu Ayenew Aligaz, Chala Adugna Kufa, Ahmed Seid Ahmed, Hailu Tilahun Argaw, Misganaw Tamrat, Mesele Yihune, Anagaw Atickem, Afework Bekele and Bezawork Afework Bogale
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:83
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  41. Unenlagiine paravians are among the most relevant Gondwanan theropod dinosaur clades for understanding the origin of birds, yet their fossil record remains incomplete, with most taxa being represented by fragm...

    Authors: Juan D. Porfiri, Mattia A. Baiano, Domenica D. dos Santos, Federico A. Gianechini, Michael Pittman and Matthew C. Lamanna
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:77
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  42. Tandem running is a recruitment method found in some species of ants where one ant follows another ant to reach a destination having maintained a physical contact with its antennae, throughout the journey. It ...

    Authors: Snigdha Mukhopadhyay, Subhashis Halder, Eshika Halder and Sumana Annagiri
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:82
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  43. New Zealand is home to over 120 native endemic species of skinks and geckos that radiated over the last 20–40 million years, likely driven by the exploitation of diverse habitats formed during the Miocene. The...

    Authors: Stephanie J. Waller, Richelle G. Butcher, Lauren Lim, Kate McInnes, Edward C. Holmes and Jemma L. Geoghegan
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:81
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  45. The deep (> 200 m) ocean floor is often considered to be a refugium of biodiversity; many benthic marine animals appear to share ancient common ancestry with nearshore and terrestrial relatives. Whether this p...

    Authors: Chase Doran Brownstein and Thomas J Near
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:79
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:98

  46. Biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems is declining due to an increased anthropogenic footprint. Freshwater crayfish are keystone species in freshwater ecosystems and play a crucial role in shaping the structur...

    Authors: Lena Bonassin, Lucian Pârvulescu, Ljudevit Luka Boštjančić, Caterina Francesconi, Judith Paetsch, Christelle Rutz, Odile Lecompte and Kathrin Theissinger
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:78
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  47. Understanding biodiversity patterns is a central topic in biogeography and ecology, and it is essential for conservation planning and policy development. Diversity estimates that consider the evolutionary rela...

    Authors: Vladimir Mikryukov, Kessy Abarenkov, Shawn Laffan, Tim Robertson, Emily Jane McTavish, Thomas Stjernegaard Jeppesen, John Waller, Matthew Blissett, Urmas Kõljalg and Joseph T. Miller
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:76
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  48. The parallel evolution of similar traits or species provides strong evidence for the role of natural selection in evolution. Traits or species that evolved repeatedly can be driven by separate de novo mutation...

    Authors: Fang-Dong Geng, Miao-Qing Liu, Xue-Dong Zhang, Lu-Zhen Wang and Meng-Fan Lei
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:75
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  49. The geographic patterns of plant diversity in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) have been widely studied, but few studies have focused on wetland plants. This study quantified the geographic patterns of wetland ...

    Authors: Yigang Li, Fan Liu, Yadong Zhou, Xing Liu and Qingfeng Wang
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:74
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  50. Monitoring mollusk biodiversity is a great challenge due to their large diversity and broad distribution. Environmental DNA (eDNA) technology is increasingly applied for biodiversity monitoring, but relevant s...

    Authors: Xiaojing Shi, Yihui Jiang, Ling Cao and Cong Zeng
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024 24:73
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