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    Modified bugs boost bee health

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    High reward from low-abundance methane molecules

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    A comparison of bee communities between primary and mature secondary forests in the longleaf pine ecosystem

    1. Koh, I. et al. Modeling the status, trends, and impacts of wild bee abundance in the United States. 113, 140–145, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1517685113 %J Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2016). 2. Potts, S. G. et al. Global pollinator declines: Trends, impacts and drivers. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 25, 345–353, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2010.01.007 (2010). Article Google […] More

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    Unstable crop yields reveal opportunities for site-specific adaptations to climate variability

    Sample fields and crop measurements We used yield monitor datasets (i.e., yield maps) for 305 sample fields in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota (Fig. 1a). The fields were cropped primarily with corn and soybeans, with a small number also including wheat in rotation. Field size ranged from 10 to 184 ha (34 ha on average), representing a […] More

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    A phylogenetic model for the recruitment of species into microbial communities and application to studies of the human microbiome

    1. Nemergut DR, Schmidt SK, Fukami T, O’Neill SP, Bilinski TM, Stanish LF, et al. Patterns and processes of microbial community assembly. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2013;77:342–56. 2. Sprockett D, Fukami T, Relman DA. Role of priority effects in the early-life assembly of the gut microbiota. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018;15:197–205. 3. Fukami T. Historical […] More

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    Androstenedione and testosterone but not progesterone are potential biomarkers of pregnancy in Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) approaching parturition

    1. Atkinson, S., Yoshioka, M. & Miller(Ed), D. L. In Reproductive biology and phylogeny of cetacea: Whales, porpoises and dolphins (ed. D. L. Miller) 171–192 (Science Publisher, 2007). 2. Kellar, N. M., Trego, M. L., Marks, C. I. & Dizon, A. E. Determing pregnancy from blubber in three species of delphinids. Marine Mammal Science 22, […] 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