Lake Hayes, New Zealand, South Island. One of the four lakes sampled during our study. Picture inserted show an amphipod host, Paracalliope fluviatilis, infected by the trematode parasite, Coitocaecum parvum. Note the proportionally large size of the...
Specimens of Triturus pygmaeus, an endemic amphibian to the Iberian Peninsula, and environment in “San Pablo de Buceite” in 2011, Cádiz (Spain). Favourability model for T. pygmaeus in mainland Spain. Favourability ranges from 0 (white) to 1 (black)....
Close-up of horse chestnut leafminer, Cameraria ohridella. Hhoto credit: Gyorgy Csoka, Hungary Forest Research Institute, Bugwood.org
EDITOR'S CHOICE MAY 2016
by Andrew Liebhold
When invasive species spread...
By Michael Krabbe Borregaard (mkborregaard [at] snm [dot] ku [dot] dk)
and Edmund M. Hart (edmund [dot] m [...
From March 2016, it is mandatory for the submitting author to provide an Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCiD) via our ScholarOne system. Co-authors and reviewers are strongly encouraged to also connect their ScholarOne accounts to ORCiD, but it is...
By David Roberts
Many scientists have taken to looking back in time to learn about species adaptations to the future. And while not a perfect analogue for future changes, the past can offer lessons in species adaptive or migratory capacities. In this study, we sought...
The global redistribution of our planets’ species is widely recognised as a fingerprint of climate change, however, the mechanisms that underpin such range shifts are poorly understood. Additionally, the pervasiveness of range shifts, from poles to the equator, and depths of...
An adult American Dipper gathers aquatic invertebrate to feed its’ nearby nest on Barnes Creek, Washington, USA. Photo: Christopher Tonra
By Christopher Tonra
Salmon have enormous impacts on the ecosystems they inhabit, particularly riverine systems...
By Kevin Cazelles, Nicolas Mouquet, David Mouillot and Dominique Gravel
Debates are going on the extent to which ecological interactions spread over spatial scales. The absence of a clear answer to this particular problem casts doubts on the very popular Species...
EDITOR'S CHOICE JANUARY
By Heather R. Cunningham
Does the relative strength of the abiotic and biotic factors limiting species distributions differ at poleward and equatorward boundaries?
It is well-known that...
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