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    1. Ecology

    Synthetic eco-evolutionary dynamics in simple molecular environment

    Luca Casiraghi, Francesco Mambretti ... Tommaso Bellini
    A variant of SELEX introduced here to induce abiotic evolution in a molecular system enables to observe and study speciation, the nature of fitness, and the interplay between use of resources and interactions between individuals.
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Longer mandible or nose? Co-evolution of feeding organs in early elephantiforms

    Chunxiao Li, Tao Deng ... Shi-Qi Wang
    1. Ecology

    Habitat loss weakens the positive relationship between grassland plant richness and above-ground biomass

    Yongzhi Yan, Scott Jarvie, Qing Zhang
    Habitat loss rather than fragmentation per se can weaken the positive BEF relationship by reducing the percentage of grassland specialists in the community.
    1. Ecology
    2. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Exploring factors shaping antibiotic resistance patterns in Streptococcus pneumoniae during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

    Aleksandra Kovacevic, David RM Smith ... Lulla Opatowski
    The mathematical modeling approach disentangles the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae in the community setting and identifies the three most plausible driving mechanisms responsible for the observed trends in invasive isolates and pneumococcal carriage.
    1. Ecology

    Linking root-associated fungal and bacterial functions to root economics

    Ran Wu, Xiaoyue Zeng ... Weile Chen
    1. Ecology

    Effects of blood meal source and seasonality on reproductive traits of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)

    Kevin Alen Rucci, Mariana Pueta, Adrián Díaz
    1. Ecology

    Small deviations in kinematics and body form dictate muscle performances in the finely tuned avian downstroke

    Marc E Deetjen, Diana D Chin ... David Lentink
    Doves improve their wingbeat efficacy without elevating maximum pectoralis power by angling their wings mid-downstroke to efficiently generate aerodynamic force while simultaneously tensioning the supracoracoideus tendon to assist the upstroke.
    1. Ecology
    2. Plant Biology

    High-resolution kinetics of herbivore-induced plant volatile transfer reveal clocked response patterns in neighboring plants

    Jamie Mitchel Waterman, Tristan Michael Cofer ... Matthias Erb
    Real-time volatile emission kinetics reveal stress volatiles emitted from herbivore-damaged plants can sequentially prime and induce defense responses in undamaged plants following distinct temporal patterns.