Ecology and Evolution

Papers
(The TQCC of Ecology and Evolution is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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The population genetics of speciation by cascade reinforcement112
Inter‐ and intraspecific variation in mycotoxin tolerance: A study of four Drosophila species79
Morphological and molecular characterization of Isospora elliotae n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the Australian magpie Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1801) (Passeriformes: Artamidae)75
Females and males respond differently to calls impaired by noise in a tree frog72
Migration‐tracking integrated phylogeography supports long‐distance dispersal‐driven divergence for a migratory bird species in the Japanese archipelago60
Effects of pair migratory behavior on breeding phenology and success in a partially migratory shorebird population59
Ecosystem engineers in the extreme: The modest impact of marmots on vegetation cover and plant nitrogen and phosphorus content in a cold, extremely arid mountain environment56
The rapid appearance of homostyly in a cultivated distylous population of Primula forbesii53
Evaluating the evolutionary mechanisms maintaining alternative mating strategies in a simulated bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) population51
Stressor richness intensifies productivity loss but mitigates biodiversity loss51
Does egg carotenoid improve larval quality in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus)?49
Local ecological divergence of two closely related stag beetles based on genetic, morphological, and environmental analyses49
Where did the finch go? Insights from radio telemetry of the medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis)48
Survival of western Gulf Coast Mottled Ducks (Anas fulvigula) in the path of a Category 4 hurricane47
Evidence of hatch‐time based growth compensation in the early life history of two salmonid fishes47
Individual flowering phenology shapes plant–pollinator interactions across ecological scales affecting plant reproduction45
Plastome sequencing reveals phylogenetic relationships among Comastoma and related taxa (Gentianaceae) from the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau45
Estimating the abundance of the critically endangered Baltic Proper harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) population using passive acoustic monitoring45
A genotyping‐in‐thousands by sequencing panel to inform invasive deer management using noninvasive fecal and hair samples44
Range Extension of the Popeye Catalufa (Pristigenys serrula, Gilbert 1891) to Central Chile During the “El Niño” Southern Oscillation (ENSO) 2023–202443
COI metabarcoding of large benthic Foraminifera: Method validation for application in ecological studies43
Drastic decline of extensive grassland species in Central Europe since 1950: Forester moths of the genusJordanita(Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae) as a type example42
Assisted migration is plausible for a boreal tree species under climate change: A quantitative and population genetics study of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloidesMichx.) in western Canada42
Mapping suitable habitats for globally endangered raptors in Kenya: Integrating climate factors and conservation planning42
Circadian rhythms mediate infection risk inDaphnia dentifera39
Sex and Age Differences in Habitat Selection of the Mountain Dragon Lizard (Diploderma splendidum) From Western China37
Differences in phenology across three trophic levels between two Afrotropical sites separated by four degrees latitude36
The influence of forest types including native and non‐native tree species on soil macrofauna depends on site conditions36
Evidence of longitudinal differences in spring migration strategies of an Arctic‐nesting goose34
Cautionary tales on the use of proxies to estimate body size and form of extinct animals34
Variation in nest survival of three species of tropical plovers in Madagascar with clutch size, age of nest, year and El Niño effect34
Seasonal variation in the ultrasonic vocal activity of Humboldt's flying squirrel (Glaucomys oregonensis)33
Brooding duration does not depend on cat predation risk but is related to weather and phenology in the wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans)33
Directed endozoochorous dispersal by scavengers facilitate sexual reproduction in otherwise clonal plants at cadaver sites32
RETRACTED: Aerial imagery reveals abnormal stingrays, Taeniura lymma (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), in the central Red Sea32
Species richness drives selection of individuals within wetlands based on traits related to acquisition and utilization of light31
A community context for aggression? Multi‐species audience effects on territorial aggression in two species of Paridae31
Effects of climate change on the distribution of wild Akebia trifoliata30
Retention of essential fatty acids in fish differs by species, habitat use and nutritional quality of prey30
Anthropogenic mortality of large mammals and trends of conflict over two decades in Nepal30
A meta‐analysis of the effects of climate change on the mutualism between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi29
Maternal behaviors influence survival of ungulate neonates under heavy predation risk29
Chigger mite (Eutrombicula alfreddugesi) ectoparasitism does not contribute to sex differences in growth rate in eastern fence lizards (Sceloporus undulatus)29
Utility of decision tools for assessing plant health risks from management strategies in natural environments29
The early life of a leaf‐cutter ant colony constrains symbiont vertical transmission and favors horizontal transmission29
Boreal and Lusitanian species display trophic niche variation in temperate waters28
Red‐winged blackbirds nesting nearer to yellow warbler and conspecific nests experience less brood parasitism28
Temporal and spatial comparison of food web structure in marine pastures in the Pearl River Estuary: Implications for sustainable fisheries management28
Winners and losers of land use change: A systematic review of interactions between the world’s crane species (Gruidae) and the agricultural sector28
Temperature and soil moisture manipulation yields evidence of drought‐induced pollen limitation in bee‐pollinated squash27
Biogeography and diversity patterns of abundant and rare bacterial communities in paddy soils along middle and lower Yangtze River27
Boldness suppresses hoarding behavior in food hoarding season and reduces over‐wintering survival in a social rodent27
Activitybudget and foraging patterns ofNubian giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis) in Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya27
Proactive cursorial and ambush predation risk avoidance in four African herbivore species26
The effects of environmental variability and forest management on natural forest carbon stock in northwestern Ethiopia26
Local chronicles reveal the effect of anthropogenic and climatic impacts on local extinctions of Chinese pangolins (Manis pentadactyla) in mainland China26
Potential impact of climate change on the distribution of Capricornis milneedwardsii, a vulnerable mammal in China26
Biogeographical diet variation within and between the rabbitfishes Siganus corallinus, Siganus doliatus, Siganus trispilos and Siganus virgatus26
Estimating pathogen‐spillover risk using host–ectoparasite interactions26
Niche analyses and the potential distribution of four invasive bumblebees worldwide25
Temporal changes in the potential geographic distribution of Histiotus velatus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), the “decade effect”25
Spatial–temporal evolution and correlation analysis between habitat quality and landscape patterns based on land use change in Shaanxi Province, China25
Insights into the phylogeny of the ciliate of class Colpodea based on multigene data25
A brief history and popularity of methods and tools used to estimate micro‐evolutionary forces25
Patterns of ferns community assemblages in some Malaysian and Nigerian tropical forests24
Density, parasitism, and sexual reproduction are strongly correlated in lake Daphnia populations24
A full‐length 18S ribosomal DNA metabarcoding approach for determining protist community diversity using Nanopore sequencing24
Are rare plant species less resistant than common ones to herbivores? A multi‐plant species study using above‐ and below‐ground generalist herbivores24
Estimation of the maximum utilization area including home range and peripheral sites24
Quantifying song behavior in a free‐living, light‐weight, mobile bird using accelerometers24
The assembly of caprine Y chromosome sequence reveals a unique paternal phylogenetic pattern and improves our understanding of the origin of domestic goat24
Do soil depth and plant community composition interact to modify the resistance and resilience of grassland ecosystem functioning to drought?24
Optimization and application of loop‐mediated isothermal amplification technique for sex identification in red‐whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)24
Assessing the effect of complex ground types on ground‐dwelling arthropod movements with video monitoring: Dealing with concealed movements under a layer of plant residues23
A survey of aquatic macroinvertebrates in a river from the dry corridor of Nicaragua using biological indices and DNA barcoding23
Heritability of dispersal‐related larval traits in the clown anemonefish Amphiprion percula23
Increasing numbers of harbour seals and grey seals in the Solent23
A novel index to aid in prioritizing habitats for site‐based conservation23
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Environmental‐related variation of stoichiometric traits in body and organs of non‐native sailfin catfishes Pterygoplichthys spp23
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Between‐year and spatial variation in body condition across the breeding cycle in a pelagic seabird, the Red‐billed Tropicbird23
Using an affinity analysis to identify phytoplankton associations23
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Three tips for creating an online course for nontraditional student populations23
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Species identity and behavior of cave‐dwelling tree hyraxes of the Kenyan coast22
Assessment of ecological impairment of Arctic streams: Challenges and future directions22
Field‐based adipose tissue quantification in sea turtles using bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy validated with CT scans and deep learning22
An index for measuring functional extension and evenness in trait space22
Interspecific trait variability and local soil conditions modulate grassland model community responses to climate22
Population structure and demographic history of the gastropod Thaisella chocolata (Duclos, 1832) from the Southeast Pacific inferred from mitochondrial DNA analyses22
Extremely divergent COI sequences within an amphipod species complex: A possible role for endosymbionts?22
The mitogenome of Halotydeus destructor (Tucker) and its relationships with other trombidiform mites as inferred from nucleotide sequences and gene arrangements22
Detangling ecosystem services: Open‐field manipulation of soil‐dwelling microarthropods provides new opportunities to investigate their effects on nitrogen cycling21
The potential for cleaner fish‐driven evolution in the salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis: Genetic or environmental control of pigmentation?21
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Great chemistry between us: The link between plant chemical defenses and butterfly evolution21
The drivers of avian‐haemosporidian prevalence in tropical lowland forests of New Guinea in three dimensions21
Partitioning variance in immune traits in a zooplankton host—Fungal parasite system21
Living with a large predator: Assessing the root causes of Human–brown bear conflict and their spatial patterns in Lahaul valley, Himachal Pradesh21
Spatial models can improve the experimental design of field‐based transplant gardens by preventing bias due to neighborhood crowding21
Cost‐saving population genomic investigation of Daphnia longispina complex resting eggs using whole‐genome amplification and pre‐sequencing screening21
No hybrid snowcocks in the Altai—Hyper‐variable markers can be problematic for phylogenetic inference21
Understanding the temporal dynamics of estimated environmental niche hypervolumes for marine fishes21
Coral bleaching due to cold stress on a central Red Sea reef flat21
The effect of prey abundance and fisheries on the survival, reproduction, and social structure of killer whales (Orcinus orca) at subantarctic Marion Island21
Lessons from linking bio‐ and ecological traits to stoichiometric traits in stream macroinvertebrates21
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Optimization of an amplicon sequencing‐based microsatellite panel and protocol for stock identification and kinship inference of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush)21
Facultative cleaning of spiral‐horned antelope by the African paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis)20
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Melanic pigmentation and light preference within and between two Drosophila species20
Juvenile survival and movements of two threatened oceanic sharks in the North Atlantic Ocean inferred from tag‐recovery data20
A density estimation model of plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) supporting camera‐monitoring programs20
Assessing the effects of native and alien plant ash on mosquito abundance20
The lunar nodal phase cycle and winter atmospheric pressure as possible determinants of moth abundance: Analyses of a 30‐year time series from South Norway20
Shifting thermal regimes influence competitive feeding and aggression dynamics of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and creek chub (Semotilus atromaculatus)20
Evidence for coloration plasticity in the yellow‐bellied toad, Bombina variegata20
Genome‐wide transcriptome signatures of ant‐farmed Squamellaria epiphytes reveal key functions in a unique symbiosis20
Impact of Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pisces: Cichlidae) invasion on taxonomic and functional diversity of native fish species in the upper Kabompo River, northwest of Zambia20
Functional rarity of plants in German hay meadows — Patterns on the species level and mismatches with community species richness20
Pine marten predation of common goldeneye nests: Effects of cavity age and habitat override any effect of microtine rodent abundance20
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Recording fine‐scale movement of ground beetles by two methods: Potentials and methodological pitfalls20
Sexual imprinting leads to speciation in locally adapted populations20
Disentangling the effects of species interactions and environmental factors on the spatial pattern and coexistence of two congenericPinusspecies in a transitional climatic zone19
Pooling robustness in distance sampling: Avoiding bias when there is unmodelled heterogeneity19
Accelerometry reveals limits to use of an energy‐saving anthropogenic food source by a threatened species: A case of Carnaby's cockatoos (Zanda latirostris) and canola19
Archolaemus janeae (Gymnotiformes, Teleostei): First insights into karyotype and repetitive DNA distribution in two populations of the Amazon19
Changes in demography and geographic distribution in the weeping pinyon pine (Pinus pinceana) during the Pleistocene19
Sexually dichromatic hybrids between two monochromatic duck species, the Chiloé wigeon and the Philippine duck19
Seasonal dietary shifts alter the gut microbiota of a frugivorous lizard Teratoscincus roborowskii (Squamata, Sphaerodactylidae)19
Insights into the species evolution of Calanus copepods in the northern seas revealed by de novo transcriptome sequencing19
Family dinner: Transcriptional plasticity of five Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) feeding on three host plant species19
Variation in male‐built nest volume with nesting‐support quality, colony, and egg production in whiskered terns19
Effects of climate change on plant resource allocation and herbivore interactions in a Neotropical rainforest shrub19
Scrub encroachment promotes biodiversity in temperate European wetlands under eutrophic conditions19
Registered Reports: A new chapter at Ecology & Evolution19
How does variation in total and relative abundance contribute to gradients of species diversity?18
Occurrence patterns of crop‐foraging sika deer distribution in an agriculture–forest landscape revealed by nitrogen stable isotopes18
A community and functional comparison of coral and reef fish assemblages between four decades of coastal urbanisation and thermal stress18
BASE: A novel workflow to integrate nonubiquitous genes in comparative genomics analyses for selection18
Drivers and consequences of partial migration in an alpine bird species18
Drivers of Solidago species invasion in Central Europe—Case study in the landscape of the Carpathian Mountains and their foreground18
Sequence comparison of the mitochondrial genomes of five brackish water species of the family Neritidae: Phylogenetic implications and divergence time estimation18
Conservation implications of genetic structure in the narrowest endemic quillwort from the Eastern Amazon18
Rare, common, alien and native species follow different rules in an understory plant community18
Smaller species experience mild adversity under shading in an old‐field plant community18
Origin, diversity, and biogeography of Antarctic scale worms (Polychaeta: Polynoidae): a wide‐scale barcoding approach18
Nature versus nurture: Structural equation modeling indicates that parental care does not mitigate consequences of poor environmental conditions in Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis)18
The dark side of pseudoscorpion diversity: The German Barcode of Life campaign reveals high levels of undocumented diversity in European false scorpions18
The effect of soil parameters and earthworm abundance on the fine‐scale nocturnal habitat use of the Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)17
Soil microbial community shifts explain habitat heterogeneity in two Haloxylon species from a nutrient perspective17
Remotely sensed environmental measurements detect decoupled processes driving population dynamics at contrasting scales17
Differential gene expression in response to fungal pathogen exposure in the aquatic invertebrate, Daphnia dentifera17
Bird preferences for fruit size, but not color, vary in accordance with fruit traits along a tropical elevational gradient17
Insularization drives physiological condition of Amazonian dung beetles17
Applying conservation reserve design strategies to define ecosystem monitoring priorities17
Metabarcoding options to study eukaryotic endoparasites of birds17
Genomics of ecological adaptation in Canary Island Descurainia (Brassicaceae) and comparisons with other Brassicaceae17
Preference for ground cover when selecting burrow entrances in plateau pikas17
Sensitive periods during the development and expression of vertebrate sexual signals: A systematic review17
Report of a magpie preying on a post‐fledgling Daurian redstart17
Gudgeon fish with and without genetically determined countershading coexist in heterogeneous littoral environments of an ancient lake17
Predicting the distributions of Scleroderma guani (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) under climate change in China17
Asymmetrical intraguild interactions with coyotes, red foxes, and domestic dogs may contribute to competitive exclusion of declining gray foxes17
Higher locomotor costs of pregnancy in viviparous compared to oviparous common lizards (Zootoca vivipara)17
Ecological security assessment of Yunnan Province, China in the context of Production–Living–Ecological space division17
Range‐wide persistence of the endangered arroyo toad (Anaxyrus californicus) for 20+ years following a prolonged drought17
Neophytes may promote hybridization and adaptations to a changing planet17
Range‐wide breeding habitat use of the critically endangered Yellow‐breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola after population collapse17
The early bird gets the return: The benefits of publishing your data sooner17
Woody encroachment of grasslands: Near‐surface thermal implications assessed through the lens of an astronomical event17
Enhancing the learning of evolutionary anthropology skills by combining student‐active teaching with actual and virtual immersion of Master's students in fieldwork, laboratory practice, and disseminat17
Absolute direction in organelle movement17
Verified hypotheses on the “nurse” and “burial” effects on introduced Quercus rubra regeneration in a mesic Scots pine forest16
Phenological evolution in annual plants under light competition, changes in the growth season and mass loss16
The mitochondrial genomes of the Geometroidea (Lepidoptera) and their phylogenetic implications16
Urbanization is associated with non‐coding polymorphisms in candidate behavioural genes in the Eurasian coot16
Reflecting on the symmetry of ecosystem tipping points: The influence of trait dissimilarity and environmental driver dynamics in a simple ecosystem model16
Establishing large mammal population trends from heterogeneous count data16
Landscape‐level habitat connectivity of large mammals in Chitwan Annapurna Landscape, Nepal16
Chloroplast capture and range extension after hybridization in taro (Colocasia esculenta)16
Hiptage yangshuoensis (Malpighiaceae), a new species on karst hills close to Lijiang River, Guangxi, China, based on molecular and morphological data16
An experimental design for obtaining DNA of a target species and its diet from a single non‐invasive genetic protocol16
Post‐association barrier to host switching maintained despite strong selection in a novel mutualism16
Influence of tree cover on carcass detection and consumption by facultative vertebrate scavengers16
Wolbachia infection status and molecular diversity in the species of tribe Tagiadini Mabille, 1878 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) collected in China16
Repeated evolution of blanched coloration in a lizard across independent white‐sand habitats16
Patterns of avian tree usage in the primeval temperate forests of Białowieża National Park16
Carrion use by a reptile is influenced by season, habitat and competition with an apex mammalian scavenger16
Possible interactions between gut microbiome and division of labor in honey bees16
An ant‐mimicking ant on an oceanic archipelago: Camponotus guanchus mimics Crematogaster alluaudi—An analogy with the situation of Camponotus lateralis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)16
The Yellow River is the key corridor for Tamarix austromongolica to disperse from Asia inlands to east seashores16
Integrating open education practices with data analysis of open science in an undergraduate course16
Potential impacts of climate change on the geographic distribution of Achillea eriophora DC., a medicinal species endemic to Iran in southwestern Asia16
A fearful scourge to the penguin colonies: Southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus) predation on living Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) may be more common than assumed16
Cloning, characterization, and evolutionary patterns of KCNQ4 genes in anurans16
Plastid genome sequencing, identification of nuclear SNP markers, and quality assessment of medicinal rhizomatous herb Polygonatum odoratum (Asparagaceae) cultivars16
Assessing diversity of King Crab Lithodes spp. in the south‐eastern pacific using phylogeny and molecular species delimitation methods16
Species divergence and environmental adaptation of Picea asperata complex at the whole genome level16
Environmental aridity driving latitudinal pattern of biomass allocation fractions in root systems of 63 shrub species in dry valleys16
In the heat of the moment: Including realistic thermal fluctuations results in dramatically altered key population parameters16
Sapling recruitment as an indicator of carbon resiliency in forests of the northern USA16
Identification of metacommunities in bioregions with historical habitat networks16
Fish with slow life‐history cope better with chronic manganese exposure than fish with fast life‐history16
Corydalis sunhangii (Papaveraceae): A new species from Xizang, China, based on plastome and morphological data16
The origins and drivers of sexual size dimorphism in sharks15
Space‐for‐time is not necessarily a substitution when monitoring the distribution of pelagic fishes in the San Francisco Bay‐Delta15
Patterns and drivers of Nothobranchius killifish diversity in lowland Tanzania15
A long‐term study of size variation in Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis across Scandinavia, with a focus on Norway15
Indirect effects shape macroalgal epifaunal communities15
Processes underlying complex patterns of song trait evolution in a Setophaga hybrid zone15
Assessing the conservation of Miombo timber species through an integrated index of anthropogenic and climatic threats15
Genetic analysis of Octopus cyanea reveals high gene flow in the South‐West Indian Ocean15
Seasonal dynamics in the mammalian microbiome between disparate environments15
Decline of Tephroseris helenitis in Hessia (Germany) over the last 120 years: Modeling implies the gradual disappearance of its temperature niche for flower induction and germination15
Isotopic niche overlap between sympatric Australian snubfin and humpback dolphins15
Asymmetric allelic introgression across a hybrid zone of the coal tit (Periparus ater) in the central Himalayas*15
Plastic adjustments of biparental care behavior across embryonic development under elevated temperature in a marine ectotherm15
Large offspring have enhanced lifetime reproductive success: Long‐term carry‐over effects of weaning size in gray seals (Halichoerus grypus)15
Biofouling of a unionid mussel by dreissenid mussels in nearshore zones of the Great Lakes15
Effects of toxic Microcystis aeruginosa on the expression of Hox genes in Daphnia similoides sinensis15
Geographic origin shapes the adaptive divergences of Rotaria rotatoria (Rotifera, Bdelloidea) to thermal stress: Insights from ecology and transcriptomics15
Camouflage efficiency in a colour‐polymorphic predator is dependent on environmental variation and snow presence in the wild15
Demography and movement patterns of a freshwater ciliate: The influence of oxygen availability15
Using near‐infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) to estimate carbon and nitrogen stable isotope composition in animal tissues15
Trust your guts? The effect of gut section on diet composition and impact of Mus musculus on islands using metabarcoding15
Dispersal patterns of Squamata in the Mediterranean: An evolutionary perspective15
Measuring Daphnia life history in the wild: The efficacy of individual field cages15
New geographic record in eastern Amazon Forest and potential distribution ofAmphidecta calliomma(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)15
Bighorn sheep show similar in‐host responses to the same pathogen strain in two contrasting environments15
The urban lives of green sea turtles: Insights into behavior in an industrialized habitat using an animal‐borne camera15
Video evidence that cuckoos farm their hosts by ejecting nestlings15
Age‐specific, population‐level pedigree of wild black bears provides insights into reproduction, paternity, and maternal effects on offspring apparent survival15
Human land‐use changes the diets of sympatric native and invasive mammal species15
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A review on QSTFST comparisons of seed plants: Insights for conservation14
Seascapes and foraging success: Movement and resource discovery by a benthic marine herbivore14
Implications for conservation assessment from flux in the botanical record over 20 years in southwest Ghana14
Nutrient conditions determine the strength of herbivore‐mediated stabilizing feedbacks in barrens14
Feeding behavior innovation increases foraging efficiency in the Amur falcon but may be a threat to Asian particolored bats14
Spontaneous vocal coordination of vocalizations to water noise in rooks (Corvus frugilegus): An exploratory study14
Transgenerational effects of multiple mating in Spodoptera litura Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)14
Assessing spatial distribution, genetic variants, and virulence of pathogen Mycoplasma agassizii in threatened Mojave desert tortoises14
Response to: A paleoecological context to assess the development of oak forest in Colombia: A comment on Zorrilla‐Azcué, S., González‐Rodríguez, A., Oyama, K., González, M.A. &am14
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