Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syt013 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Evidence for the importance of trophically transmitted parasites and predation at the lower latitudes of species ranges.
Proc Biol Sci
December 2024
Scripps Institution of Oceanography-Marine Biology Research Division, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
The lack of information concerning how parasitism maps onto host geographical distributions represents a striking gap in ecological knowledge. This knowledge gap limits our understanding of a wide range of phenomena, including the consequences of climate change-induced range shifts of both hosts and parasites. To help solve this problem, we created a predictive theoretical framework and quantified latitudinal variation in parasitism by animal and protozoan parasites throughout the entire contiguous geographical ranges of four estuarine fish species.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe evolutionary history of the ancient weevil family Belidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) reveals the marks of Gondwana breakup and major floristic turnovers, including the rise of angiosperms.
Elife
December 2024
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, United States.
The rise of angiosperms to ecological dominance and the breakup of Gondwana during the Mesozoic marked major transitions in the evolutionary history of insect-plant interactions. To elucidate how contemporary trophic interactions were influenced by host plant shifts and palaeogeographical events, we integrated molecular data with information from the fossil record to construct a time tree for ancient phytophagous weevils of the beetle family Belidae. Our analyses indicate that crown-group Belidae originated approximately 138 Ma ago in Gondwana, associated with Pinopsida (conifer) host plants, with larvae likely developing in dead/decaying branches.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnvironmental selection and advective transport shape the distribution of two cyst-forming Acantharia clades in the Canadian Arctic.
J Plankton Res
October 2024
Département de Biologie and Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), 1045 Avenue de la Medicine, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, G1V OA6, Canada.
Anthropogenic induced climate perturbations are seen in changes in oceanic circulation patterns, and Arctic water masses defined by salinity are vulnerable to change. Biogeography of marine microbial eukaryotes is expected to be impacted by changes in local environmental conditions and advective processes, but tracking the extent of plankton distribution requires understanding routes for both active and passive tracers. To identify such tracers, we focused on samples collected in the western (Canada Basin) and eastern (Nares Strait); extremes of the Canadian High Arctic that are connected by an east flowing current north of Canada.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMining and urbanization affect river chemical water quality and macroinvertebrate communities in the upper Selenga River basin, Mongolia (revised version).
Environ Monit Assess
October 2024
Department of Biogeography, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany.
Mongolia is a country with a quickly growing economy mainly based on the mining of gold, copper, coal, and other minerals. Mining, urbanization, and agriculture impact the water quality in the upper Selenga River basin in northern Mongolia, which is the center of the Mongolian economy. Previous measurements of pollution loads were alarming, but restricted to chemical measurements.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe neglected giant Tchen-Ngo Liou:The enlightenment of his dynamic geobotany theory to current studies in vegetation ecology and biodiversity.
Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao
September 2024
School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China.
Prof. Tchen-Ngo Liou is one of the founders of China's botany, geobotany, and forest ecology. Theory of dynamic geobotany, established by Prof.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!