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    Different distribution of malaria parasite in left and right extremities of vertebrate hosts translates into differences in parasite transmission

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    Development of metal adaptation in a tropical marine zooplankton

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    Spatiotemporal distribution patterns of immature Australasian white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias)

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    Rapid diversification of wild social groups driven by toxin-immunity loci on mobile genetic elements

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    Nutrient scarcity cannot cause mast seeding

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    Chemical signal is in the blend: bases of plant-pollinator encounter in a highly specialized interaction

    Study system This study was carried out in the region of Montpellier, southern France, with insects from natural populations collected in fig trees present at the CEFE (“Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive”) experimental garden (43°38′19″N, 3°51′49″E) in Montpellier, France, and from natural populations less than 40 km distant from Montpellier. Our model system is the mutualistic […] More

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    Species multidimensional effects explain idiosyncratic responses of communities to environmental change

    1. Fukami, T. Historical contingency in community assembly: integrating niches, species pools, and priority effects. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 46, 1–23 (2015). Article  Google Scholar  2. Cenci, S., Song, C. & Saavedra, S. Rethinking the importance of the structure of ecological networks under an environment-dependent framework. Ecol. Evol. 8, 6852–6859 (2018). Article  Google Scholar  […] More