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    Multiple mating in the context of interspecific hybridization between two Tetramorium ant species

    Allendorf FW, Leary RF, Spruell P, Wenburg JK (2001) The problems with hybrids: setting conservation guidelines. Trends Ecol Evol 16:613–622 Google Scholar Anderson EC, Thompson EA (2002) A model-based method for identifying species hybrids using multilocus genetic data. Genetics 160:1217–1229 Google Scholar Anderson KE, Novak SJ, Smith JF (2008) Populations composed entirely of hybrid colonies: […] More

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    Global opportunities and challenges for transboundary conservation

    1. Ceballos, G. et al. Accelerated modern human-induced species losses: entering the sixth mass extinction. Sci. Adv. 1, e1400253 (2015). 2. Kark, S. et al. Cross-boundary collaboration: key to the conservation puzzle. Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain. 12, 12–24 (2015). Article Google Scholar 3. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS, 1979); […] More

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    Evidence synthesis for tackling research waste

    1. Glasziou, P. & Chalmers, I. BMJ 363, k4645 (2018). 2. Chalmers, I. & Glasziou, P. Lancet 374, 86–89 (2009). 3. Fraser, H., Parker, T., Nakagawa, S., Barnett, A. & Fidler, F. PLoS ONE 13, e0200303 (2018). 4. Nilsen, E. B., Bowler, D. & Linnell, J. D. C. J. Appl. Ecol. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13571 (2020). 5. Gurevitch, […] More

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    The genetic legacy of extreme exploitation in a polar vertebrate

    1. Erickson, J. D. Endangering the economics of extinction. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 28, 34–41 (2000). Google Scholar 2. Peres, C. A. Overharvesting. In Conservation biology for all (eds. Sodhi, N. S. & Ehrlich, P. R.) (Oxford University Press, 2010). 3. IUCN red list of threatened species: a global species assessment. (IUCN, 2004). 2004 4. Farrow, […] More

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    Characterization of copulatory courtship song in the Old World sand fly species Phlebotomus argentipes

    1. Ewing, A. W. Arthropod Bioacoustics. Neurobiology and Behavior. Comstock, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York; p. 260 (1989). 2. Drosopoulos, S. & Claridge, M. F. Insect sounds and communication: physiology, behavior, ecology and evolution (contemporary topics in entomology), CRC press, Boca Raton, p. 552 (2005). 3. Lande, R. Models of speciation by sexual selection […] More

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    The global dataset of historical yields for major crops 1981–2016

    Updating the GDHY The method and procedure used to provide grid-cell yield estimates for version 1.3 of the GDHY are fully described in our related work1. In short, the procedure consists of four key steps: (1) the country’s annual yield statistics were obtained from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations statistical database […] More

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    Microbial symbionts and ecological divergence of Caribbean sponges: A new perspective on an ancient association

    1. Moran NA. Symbiosis as an adaptive process and source of phenotypic complexity. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2007;104:8627–33. 2. Rubin-Blum M, Antony CP, Sayavedra L, Martínez-Pérez C, Birgel D, Peckmann J, et al. Fueled by methane: deep-sea sponges from asphalt seeps gain their nutrition from methane-oxidizing symbionts. ISME J. 2019;13:1209–25. 3. Muscatine L, Cernichiari E. […] More

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    Coral skeletons reveal the history of nitrogen cycling in the coastal Great Barrier Reef

    Long-term changes in coral skeleton nitrogen isotopes The composite CS-δ15N records for Havannah Island and Pandora Reef (Fig. 2a, b) were significantly and positively correlated (r = 0.56, p < 0.001) during the 143-year period over which they overlapped (i.e. 1863–2005) and their long-term average CS-δ15N values were also similar (6.0 ± 0.7‰ and 5.8 ± 0.6‰, respectively). Shifts in CS-δ15N within each core […] More