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    Decimated little brown bats show potential for adaptive change

    Study area We chose northern Michigan, USA, for our study because it represents a reasonably isolated population of little brown bats (Fig. 1A); WNS is present throughout our study area, and was first detected there in early 2014. We sample non-survivors from hibernation sites during the winter and survivors during the summer (when they are no […] More

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    Complementary molecular methods reveal comprehensive phylogenetic diversity integrating inconspicuous lineages of early-diverged wood-decaying mushrooms

    Study site and sample collection The study site was a mixed forest of P. densiflora, a coniferous tree, and broad-leaved deciduous trees at an elevation of ~1,300 m in the Sugadaira Research Station (N36°31′17″, E138°20′60″), University of Tsukuba. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, statistical data for 1981−2010, the average annual temperature of this area is […] More

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    Migration, hotspots, and dispersal of HIV infection in Rakai, Uganda

    Cross-community migration is pervasive in rural Uganda Rakai District is a predominantly rural district in south-central Uganda (area ~2200 km2, population ~518,000) bordered by Masaka District to the north, Tanzania to the south, and Lake Victoria to the east. The Rakai Community Cohort Study (RCCS) is an open population-based household census and cohort of adults aged […] More

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    A global assessment of the drivers of threatened terrestrial species richness

    1. Carvalho, S. B. et al. Spatial conservation prioritization of biodiversity spanning the evolutionary continuum. Nat. Ecol. Evol. 1, 151 (2017). 2. CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity). Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, Including Aichi Biodiversity Targets: https://www.cbd.int/sp/. (2011). 3. Pimm, S. L., Russell, G. J., Gittleman, J. L. & Brooks, T. M. The future of […] More

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    Caretta caretta nesting activity on Akumal Beaches, Mexico

    What do the numbers show The Cc females that were observed in Akumal were increasingly frequent but decreased in size in the last years of the conservation programme. It is probable that many Cc born on Akumal beaches were recruited to nest, showing philopatric behaviour. The results show that the Cc nesting in Akumal deposited […] More

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    Competition experiments in a soil microcosm reveal the impact of genetic and biotic factors on natural yeast populations

    1. Jessup CM, Kassen R, Forde SE, Kerr B, Buckling A, Rainey PB, et al. Big questions, small worlds: microbial model systems in ecology. Trends Ecol Evolution. 2004;19:189–97. Google Scholar 2. Rainey PB, Buckling A, Kassen R, Travisano M. The emergence and maintenance of diversity: insights from experimental bacterial populations. Trends Ecol Evolution. 2000;15:243–7. Google […] More

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    Preindustrial 14CH4 indicates greater anthropogenic fossil CH4 emissions

    1. Meinshausen, M. et al. Historical greenhouse gas concentrations for climate modelling (CMIP6). Geosci. Model Dev. 10, 2057–2116 (2017). 2. Saunois, M. et al. The global methane budget 2000–2012. Earth Syst. Sci. Data 8, 697–751 (2016). Google Scholar 3. Schwietzke, S. et al. Upward revision of global fossil fuel methane emissions based on isotope database. […] More

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    A simple dynamic model explains the diversity of island birds worldwide

    1. Ricklefs, R. E. & Bermingham, E. Nonequilibrium diversity dynamics of the Lesser Antillean avifauna. Science 294, 1522–1524 (2001). 2. Triantis, K. A., Economo, E. P., Guilhaumon, F. & Ricklefs, R. E. Diversity regulation at macro-scales: species richness on oceanic archipelagos. Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. 24, 594–605 (2015). Article Google Scholar 3. Whittaker, R. J., Triantis, […] More