Ecology

Application of three previously reported, popular CHD1-targeting primer sets for molecular sexing of the Japanese murrelet, and preparation of a new Japanese murrelet species-specific primer set The three frequently used CHD1-targeting primer sets were applied for molecular sexing in the Japanese murrelet. Two of these three primer sets, 2250 F/2718 R and CDH1F/CDH1R, produced electrophoretic patterns similar […] More

1. Sarno, S. et al. Ancient and recent admixture layers in Sicily and southern Italy trace multiple migration routes along the Mediterranean. Sci. Rep. 7, 1984 (2017). 2. Broodbank, C. The Making of the Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean from the Beginning to the Emergence of the Classical World (Thames & Hudson, 2013). […] More

1. Showstack, R. Climate Change Is “a Defining Issue of Our Time,” Joint Report States. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 95, 87–87 (2014). ADS Google Scholar 2. Pachauri, R. K., Reisinger, A. & Core Writing Team. Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report, Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fourth Assessment Report of […] More

The microcosm experiments were conducted with 2000 m deep water samples from the western Pacific Ocean, a typical oligotrophic gyre (Fig. 1 and Supplementary Fig. 1). The in situ prokaryotic and viral abundances decreased from 0.70 and 6.17 × 106 particles mL−1 in surface waters to 0.49 and 1.70 × 106 particles mL−1 at 2000 m. With a series […] More

Urban areas are often found to have high levels of biodiversity, but little is known on how fine-scale land use is structuring species diversity in cities. We used species occurrence records from GBIF and official land cover classifications to determine how habitat affects total species richness, and the number of threatened and alien species. We […] More

1. Andersson, M. B. Sexual Selection. (Princeton University Press, 1994). 2. Cummings, M. E. & Endler, J. A. 25 Years of sensory drive: the evidence and its watery bias. Curr. Zool. 64, 471–484 (2018). 3. Seehausen, O. et al. Speciation through sensory drive in cichlid fish. Nature 455, 620–626 (2008). 4. Endler, J. A. & […] More

CAREER COLUMN 22 May 2020 When the coronavirus pandemic struck, field ecologist Nicholas Herrmann adopted a perspective inspired by experiences earlier in his PhD. Nicholas Herrmann Nicholas Herrmann is a PhD candidate at the Museum of Comparative Zoology and in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Search for this author […] More

1. Raimondo, M., Dondi, M., Mazzanti, F., Stefanizzi, P. & Bondi, P. Equilibrium moisture content of clay bricks: The influence of the porous structure. Building and Environment 42, 926–932 (2007). Google Scholar 2. Radko, A. K. Cause and consequence: volume changes behind building material deterioration. c, 171–180 (2004). 3. Kiurski, J. S., Ranogajec, J. G., […] More