Insect herbivory in a mature Eucalyptus woodland canopy depends on leaf phenology but not CO2 enrichment
Climate change factors such as elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations (e[CO2]) and altered rainfall patterns can alter leaf composition and phenology. This may subsequently impact insect herbivory. In... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - October 19, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Andrew N. Gherlenda, Ben D. Moore, Anthony M. Haigh, Scott N. Johnson and Markus Riegler Source Type: research
High genetic diversity in the offshore island populations of the tephritid fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis
Geographic isolation is an important factor that limit species dispersal and thereby affects genetic diversity. Because islands are often small and surrounded by a natural water barrier to dispersal, they gene... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - October 13, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Chunyan Yi, Chunyan Zheng, Ling Zeng and Yijuan Xu Source Type: research
Ecological status of high altitude medicinal plants and their sustainability: Lingshi, Bhutan
Human beings use plants for a multitude of purposes of which a prominent one across the globe is for their medicinal values. Medicinal plants serve as one of the major sources of income for high altitude inhab... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - October 11, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Lakey and Kinley Dorji Source Type: research
Hunting as a management tool? Cougar-human conflict is positively related to trophy hunting
Overexploitation and persecution of large carnivores resulting from conflict with humans comprise major causes of declines worldwide. Although little is known about the interplay between these mortality types,... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - October 11, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Kristine J. Teichman, Bogdan Cristescu and Chris T. Darimont Source Type: research
Loss and conservation of evolutionary history in the Mediterranean Basin
Phylogenetic diversity and evolutionary distinctiveness are highly valuable components of biodiversity, but they are rarely considered in conservation practices. Focusing on a biodiversity hotspot, the Mediter... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - October 7, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: S. Veron, P. Clergeau and S. Pavoine Source Type: research
Application of fundamental equations to species −area theory
Species −area relationship (SAR), endemics-area relationship (EAR) and overlap-area relationship (OAR) are three important concepts in biodiversity study. The application of fundamental equations linking the SA... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - October 7, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Xubin Pan Source Type: research
Seasonal rainfall at long-term migratory staging sites is associated with altered carry-over effects in a Palearctic-African migratory bird
An understanding of year-round habitat use is essential for determining how carry-over effects shape population dynamics in long-distance migratory songbirds. The recent discovery of long-term migratory stagin... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - October 4, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Marjorie C. Sorensen, Graham D. Fairhurst, Susanne Jenni-Eiermann, Jason Newton, Elizabeth Yohannes and Claire N. Spottiswoode Source Type: research
Host plant range of a fruit fly community (Diptera: Tephritidae): does fruit composition influence larval performance?
Phytophagous insects differ in their degree of specialisation on host plants, and range from strictly monophagous species that can develop on only one host plant to extremely polyphagous species that can devel... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - September 20, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Abir Hafsi, Benoit Facon, Virginie Ravign é, Frédéric Chiroleu, Serge Quilici, Brahim Chermiti and Pierre-François Duyck Source Type: research
Crop diversity loss as primary cause of grey partridge and common pheasant decline in Lower Saxony, Germany
The grey partridge (Perdix perdix) and the common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) are galliform birds typical of arable lands in Central Europe and exhibit a partly dramatic negative population trend. In order to ... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - September 9, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Katrin Ronnenberg, Egbert Strau ß and Ursula Siebert Source Type: research
Population density of the western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) in Mexican prairie dog (Cynomys mexicanus) colonies in northeastern Mexico
The western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) occurs throughout western North America in various habitats such as desert, short-grass prairie and shrub-steppe, among others, where the main threat for th... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - August 26, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Gabriel Ruiz Ayma, Alina Olalla Kerstupp, Alberto Mac ías Duarte, Antonio Guzmán Velasco and José I. González Rojas Source Type: research
Pesticide seed dressings can affect the activity of various soil organisms and reduce decomposition of plant material
Seed dressing with pesticides is widely used to protect crop seeds from pest insects and fungal diseases. While there is mounting evidence that especially neonicotinoid seed dressings detrimentally affect inse... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - August 17, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Johann G. Zaller, Nina K önig, Alexandra Tiefenbacher, Yoko Muraoka, Pascal Querner, Andreas Ratzenböck, Michael Bonkowski and Robert Koller Source Type: research
Differentiation and description of aromatic short grain rice landraces of eastern Indian state of Odisha based on qualitative phenotypic descriptors
Speciality rice, in general, and aromatic rice in particular, possess enormous market potential for enhancing farm profits. However, systematic characterization of the diversity present in this natural wealth ... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - August 9, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Pritesh Sundar Roy, Rashmita Samal, Gundimeda Jwala Narasimha Rao, Sasank Sekhar Chyau Patnaik, Nitiprasad Namdeorao Jambhulkar, Ashok Patnaik and Trilochan Mohapatra Source Type: research
BMC Ecology Image Competition 2016: the winning images
The 2016 BMC Ecology Image Competition marked another celebration of the astounding biodiversity, natural beauty, and biological interactions documented by talented ecologists worldwide. For our fourth annual ... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - August 9, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Julia Simundza, Matthew Palmer, Josef Settele, Luke M. Jacobus, David P. Hughes, Dominique Mazzi and Simon Blanchet Source Type: research
Chemical disguise of myrmecophilous cockroaches and its implications for understanding nestmate recognition mechanisms in leaf-cutting ants
Cockroaches of the genus Attaphila regularly occur in leaf-cutting ant colonies. The ants farm a fungus that the cockroaches also appear to feed on. Cockroaches disperse between colonies horizontally (via foragin... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - August 5, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Volker Nehring, Francesca R. Dani, Luca Calamai, Stefano Turillazzi, Horst Bohn, Klaus-Dieter Klass and Patrizia d ’Ettorre Source Type: research
Using multivariate cross correlations, Granger causality and graphical models to quantify spatiotemporal synchronization and causality between pest populations
This work combines multivariate time series analysis and graph theory to detect synchronization and causality among certain ecological variables and to represent significant correlations via network projection... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - August 5, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Petros Damos Source Type: research
