Predator cues reduce intraspecific trait variability in a marine dinoflagellate
Phenotypic plasticity is commonplace and enables an organism to respond to variations in the environment. Plastic responses often modify a suite of traits and can be triggered by both abiotic and biotic change... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - February 27, 2017 Category: Biology Authors: Sylke Wohlrab, Erik Selander and U. John Source Type: research
Shrubby cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa (L.) Rydb.) mapping in Northwestern Estonia based upon site similarities
Different methods have been used to map species and habitat distributions. In this paper, similarity-based reasoning —a methodological approach that has received less attention—was applied to estimate the distr... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - February 21, 2017 Category: Biology Authors: Kalle Remm and Liina Remm Source Type: research
Wild pollinators enhance oilseed rape yield in small-holder farming systems in China
Insect pollinators play an important role in crop pollination, but the relative contribution of wild pollinators and honey bees to pollination is currently under debate. There is virtually no information avail... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - February 21, 2017 Category: Biology Authors: Yi Zou, Haijun Xiao, Felix J. J. A. Bianchi, Frank Jauker, Shudong Luo and Wopke van der Werf Source Type: research
Sequential above- and belowground herbivory modifies plant responses depending on herbivore identity
Herbivore-induced changes in plant traits can cause indirect interactions between spatially and/or temporally separated herbivores that share the same host plant. Feeding modes of the herbivores is one of the ... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - February 8, 2017 Category: Biology Authors: Dinesh Kafle, Anne H änel, Tobias Lortzing, Anke Steppuhn and Susanne Wurst Source Type: research
Testing the potential significance of different scion/rootstock genotype combinations on the ecology of old cultivated olive trees in the southeast Mediterranean area
A previous multi-locus lineage (MLL) analysis of SSR-microsatellite data of old olive trees in the southeast Mediterranean area had shown the predominance of the Souri cultivar (MLL1) among grafted trees. The ... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - February 6, 2017 Category: Biology Authors: Oz Barazani, Yoni Waitz, Yizhar Tugendhaft, Michael Dorman, Arnon Dag, Mohammed Hamidat, Thameen Hijawi, Zohar Kerem, Erik Westberg and Joachim W. Kadereit Source Type: research
Non-associative versus associative learning by foraging predatory mites
Learning processes can be broadly categorized into associative and non-associative. Associative learning occurs through the pairing of two previously unrelated stimuli, whereas non-associative learning occurs ... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - January 14, 2017 Category: Biology Authors: Peter Schausberger and Stefan Peneder Source Type: research
Erratum to: Palaeoenvironmental drivers of vertebrate community composition in the Belly River Group (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada, with implications for dinosaur biogeography
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Source: BMC Ecology - January 9, 2017 Category: Biology Authors: Thomas M. Cullen and David C. Evans Source Type: research
Erratum to: Feeding preferences of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) in Nepal
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Source: BMC Ecology - December 7, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Raj Kumar Koirala, David Raubenheimer, Achyut Aryal, Mitra Lal Pathak and Weihong Ji Source Type: research
A temporal assessment of nematode community structure and diversity in the rhizosphere of cisgenic Phytophthora infestans-resistant potatoes
Nematodes play a key role in soil processes with alterations in the nematode community structure having the potential to considerably influence ecosystem functioning. As a result fluctuations in nematode diver... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - December 1, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Vilma Ortiz, Sinead Phelan and Ewen Mullins Source Type: research
Collapse of an iconic conifer: long-term changes in the demography of Widdringtonia cedarbergensis using repeat photography
Conifer populations appear disproportionately threatened by global change. Most examples are, however, drawn from the northern hemisphere and long-term rates of population decline are not well documented as hi... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - November 30, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: J. D. M. White, S. L. Jack, M. T. Hoffman, J. Puttick, D. Bonora, V. Visser and E. C. February Source Type: research
Feeding preferences of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) in Nepal
Nepal provides habitat for approximately 100 –125 wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus). Although a small proportion of the world population of this species, this group is important for maintaining the genetic di... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - November 17, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Raj Kumar Koirala, David Raubenheimer, Achyut Aryal, Mitra Lal Pathak and Weihong Ji Source Type: research
Palaeoenvironmental drivers of vertebrate community composition in the Belly River Group (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada, with implications for dinosaur biogeography
The Belly River Group of southern Alberta is one of the best-sampled Late Cretaceous terrestrial faunal assemblages in the world. This system provides a high-resolution biostratigraphic record of terrestrial v... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - November 15, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Thomas M. Cullen and David C. Evans Source Type: research
Siberian flying squirrels do not anticipate future resource abundance
One way to cope with irregularly occurring resources is to adjust reproduction according to the anticipated future resource availability. In support of this hypothesis, few rodent species have been observed to... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - November 14, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Vesa Selonen and Ralf Wistbacka Source Type: research
The 2nd International Conference on Water Resource and Environment (WRE 2016)
01 The eco-toxicological effects of cadmium stress on five ornamental plants (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - November 1, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Zhouli Liu, Wei Chen, Xingyuan He, Shuai Yu, Weihang Ding, Jianjun Liu, Yuliang Wu, Kaixiang Fan, Yuanchao Li, Xinqing Zheng, Shiquan Chen, Haiqun Xie, Jie Li, Zhuomin Wang, Li Xue, Zhiyang Lie & hellip; Source Type: research
A century of morphological variation in Cyprinidae fishes
Aquatic habitats have been altered over the past century due to a variety of anthropogenic influences. Ecomorphology is an area of aquatic ecology that can both directly and indirectly assess the effects of ha... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - October 20, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Stephen J. Jacquemin and Mark Pyron Source Type: research
