• Editorial : Pathogen transmission at the domestic-wildlife interface : a growing challenge that requires integrated solutions 

  Jimenez-Ruiz, Saul; Santos, Nuno; Barasona, Jose A.; Fine, Amanda Elizabeth; Jori, Ferran J. (Frontiers Media, 2024-05)

  No abstract available.
• Bacteria associated with Parthenium hysterophorus root exudate influence olfactory oviposition responses of Anopheles gambiae 

  Milugo, Trizah K.; Torto, Baldwyn; Tchouassi, David Poumo (Frontiers Media, 2024-03)

  INTRODUCTION : Previously, we documented that the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae responds to volatile emissions from the root exudate water of the invasive plant, Parthenium hysterophorus. However, the origin of the ...
• Insect frass fertilizer as a regenerative input for improved biological nitrogen fixation and sustainable bush bean production 

  Chepkorir, Agnes; Beesigamukama, Dennis; Gitari, Harun I.; Chia, Shaphan Y.; Subramanian, Sevgan; Ekesi, Sunday; Abucheli, Birachi Eliud; Rubyogo, Jean Claude; Zahariadis, Theodore; Athanasiou, Gina; Zachariadi, Aikaterini; Zachariadis, Vasileios; Tenkouano, Abdou; Tanga, Mbi Chrysantus (Frontiers Media, 2024-09)

  Bush bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production is undermined by soil degradation and low biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) capacity. This study evaluated the effect of black soldier fly frass fertilizer (BSFFF) on bush ...
• The phylogenetic structure and coalescent species delimitation of an endemic trapdoor spider genus, Stasimopus (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Stasimopidae) in the Karoo region of South Africa 

  Brandt, Shannon; Sole, Catherine L.; Lyle, Robin (Elsevier, 2023-07)

  The Karoo region of South Africa is a unique and sensitive ecosystem which is facing pressure for development due to economic incentives such as mining, farming and shale gas exploration. The species diversity of many ...
• The curious case of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis dysfunction in subordinate female naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) : no apparent role of opioids and glucocorticoids 

  Hart, Daniel William; Roberts, Elise; O'Riain, M. Justin; Millar, Robert P.; Bennett, Nigel C. (Wiley, 2024-10)

  The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is a unique model mammal in which to study socially induced inhibition of the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal (HPG) axis. Naked mole-rat groups exhibit a high degree of reproductive ...
• Time series analysis of survival and oviposition cycle duration of Anopheles funestus (Giles) in Mozambique 

  Charlwood, Jacques D.; Smith, Thomas A.; Kampango, Ayubo; Tomas, Erzelia V.E.; Chitnis, Nakul (PeerJ, 2023-05-29)

  BACKGROUND : Survival and gonotrophic cycle duration are important determinants of the vectorial capacity of malaria vectors but there are a limited number of approaches to estimate these quantities from field data. ...
• Wind-driven upwelling of iron sustains dense blooms and food webs in the eastern Weddell Gyre 

  Moreau, Sebastien; Hattermann, Tore; De Steur, Laura; Kauko, Hanna M.; Ahonen, Heidi; Ardelan, Murat; Assmy, Philipp; Chierici, Melissa; Descamps, Sebastien; Dinter, Tilman; Falkenhaug, Tone; Fransson, Agneta; Grønningsæter, Eirik; Hallfredsson, Elvar H.; Huhn, Oliver; Lebrun, Anais; Lowther, Andrew; Lübcker, Nico; Monteiro, Pedro; Peeken, Ilka; Roychoudhury, Alakendra N.; Rożanska, Magdalena; Ryan-Keogh, Thomas; Sanchez, Nicolas; Singh, Asmita; Simonsen, Jan Henrik; Steiger, Nadine; Thomalla, Sandy J.; Van Tonder, André; Wiktor, Jozef M.; Steen, Harald (Nature Research, 2023-03-09)

  The Southern Ocean is a major sink of anthropogenic CO2 and an important foraging area for top trophic level consumers. However, iron limitation sets an upper limit to primary productivity. Here we report on a considerably ...
• The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate 

  Spohn, Marie; Bagchi, Sumanta; Biederman, Lori A.; Borer, Elizabeth; Brathen, Kari Anne; Bugalho, Miguel N.; Caldeira, Maria C.; Catford, Jane A.; Collins, Scott L.; Eisenhauer, Nico; Hagenah, Nicole; Haider, Sylvia; Hautier, Yann; Knops, Johannes M.H.; Koerner, Sally E.; Laanisto, Lauri; Lekberg, Ylva; Martina, Jason P.; Martinson, Holly; McCulley, Rebecca L.; Peri, Pablo L.; Macek, Petr; Power, Sally A.; Risch, Anita C.; Roscher, Christiane; Seabloom, Eric W.; Stevens, Carly; Veen, G.F. (Ciska); Virtanen, Risto; Yahdjian, Laura (Nature Research, 2023-10-19)

  Little is currently known about how climate modulates the relationship between plant diversity and soil organic carbon and the mechanisms involved. Yet, this knowledge is of crucial importance in times of climate change ...
• Kin recognition for incest avoidance in Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis 

  Leedale, Amy E.; Vullioud, Philippe; Seager, David; Zottl, Markus; Glauser, Gaetan; Clutton-Brock, Tim H. (Royal Society Publishing, 2024-10)

  Across taxa, breeding among close relatives is usually avoided because it incurs fitness costs to offspring. Incest is often averted through the dispersal of either sex from the natal area to breed. In some philopatric ...
• Dung removal increases under higher dung beetle functional diversity regardless of grazing intensification 

  Noriega, Jorge Ari; Hortal, Joaquín; DeCastro-Arrazola, Indradatta; Alves-Martins, Fernanda; Ortega, Jean C.G.; Bini, Luis Mauricio; Andrew, Nigel R.; Arellano, Lucrecia; Beynon, Sarah; Davis, Adrian L.V.; Favila, Mario E.; Floate, Kevin D.; Horgan, Finbarr G.; Menendez, Rosa; Milotic, Tanja; Nervo, Beatrice; Palestrini, Claudia; Rolando, Antonio; Scholtz, Clarke H.; Senyuz, Yakup; Wassmer, Thomas; Adam, Reka; Araujo, Cristina de O.; Barragan-Ramírez, Jose Luis; Boros, Gergely; Camero-Rubio, Edgar; Cruz, Melvin; Cuesta, Eva; Damborsky, Miryam Pieri; Deschodt, Christian M.; Rajan, Priyadarsanan Dharma; D’hondt, Bram; Rojas, Alfonso Diaz; Dindar, Kemal; Escobar, Federico; Espinoza, Veronica R.; Ferrer-Paris, Jose Rafael; Rojas, Pablo Enrique Gutiérrez; Hemmings, Zac; Hernandez, Benjamin; Hill, Sarah J.; Hoffmann, Maurice; Jay-Robert, Pierre; Lewis, Kyle; Lewis, Megan; Lozano, Cecilia; Marin-Armijos, Diego; De Farias, Patrícia Menegaz; Murcia-Ordonez, Betselene; Karimbumkara, Seena Narayanan; Navarrete-Heredia, Jose Luis; Ortega-Echeverría, Candelaria; Pablo-Cea, Jose D.; Perrin, William; Pessoa, Marcelo Bruno; Radhakrishnan, Anu; Rahimi, Iraj; Raimundo, Amalia Teresa; Ramos, Diana Catalina; Rebolledo, Ramon E.; Roggero, Angela; Sanchez-Mercado, Ada; Somay, Laszlo; Stadler, Jutta; Tahmasebi, Pejman; Cespedes, Jose Darwin Triana; Santos, Ana M.C. (Nature Research, 2023-12-06)

  Dung removal by macrofauna such as dung beetles is an important process for nutrient cycling in pasturelands. Intensification of farming practices generally reduces species and functional diversity of terrestrial invertebrates, ...
• Spatial patterns of large African cats : a large-scale study on density, home range size, and home range overlap of lions Panthera leo and leopards Panthera pardus 

  NAms, Vilis; Parker, Dan M.; Weise, Florian Johannes; Patterson, Bruce D.; Buij, Ralph; Wageningen, P.B.; Radloff, Frans G.T.; Vanak Ashoka, Abi Tamim; Tumenta, Pricelia N.; Hayward, Matt W.; Swanepoel, Lourens H.; Funston, Paul J.; Bauer, Hans; Power, R. John; O'Brien, John; O'Brien, Timothy G.; Tambling, Craig; DeIongh, Hans H.; Ferreira, Sam M.; Owen‑Smith, Norman; Cain, James W.; Fattebert, Julien; Croes, Barbra M.; Spong, Goran F.; Loveridge, Andrew J.; Houser, Ann Marie; Golabek, Krytyna A.; Begg, Colleen M.; Grant, Tanith; Trethoman, Paul; Musyoki, Charles; Menges, Vera; Creel, Scott; Balme, Guy A.; Pitman, Ross T.; Bissett, Charlene; Jenny, David; Schuette, Paul; Wilmers, Christopher C.; Hunter, Luke T.B.; Kinnaird, Margaret F.; Begg, Keith; Owen, Cailey R.; Steyn, Villiers; Bockmuehl, Dirk; Munro, Stuart J.; Mann, Gareth K.H.; DuPreez, Byron D.; Marker, Laurie L.; Huqa, Tuqa J.; Cozzi, Gabriele; Frank, Laurence G.; Nyoni, Phumuzile; Stein, Andrew B.; Kasiki, Samuel M.; MacDonald, David W.; Martins, Quinton, E.; VanVuuren, Rudie J.; Stratford, Ken; Bidner, Laura R.; Oriol-Cotteril, Alayne; Maputla, N.W. (Nakedi Walter); Maruping-Mzileni, Nkabeng; Parker, Tim; Van't Zelfde, Maarten; Isbell, Lynne A.; Beukes, Otto B.; Beukes, Maya (Wiley, 2023-04)

  1. Spatial patterns of and competition for resources by territorial carnivores are typically explained by two hypotheses: 1) the territorial defence hypothesis and 2) the searching efficiency hypothesis. 2. According ...
• Explore before you restore : incorporating complex systems thinking in ecosystem restoration 

  Maes, S.L.; Perring, M.P.; Cohen, R.; Akinnifesi, F.K.; Bargués-Tobella, A.; Bastin, J.-F.; Bauters, M.; Bernardino, P.N.; Brancalion, P.H.S.; Bullock, J.M.; Ellison, D.; Fayolle, A.; Fremout, T.; Gann, G.D.; Hishe, H.; Holmgren, M.; Ilstedt, U.; Mahy, G.; Messier, C.; Parr, Catherine Lucy; Ryan, C.M.; Sacande, M.; Sankaran, M.; Scheffer, M.S.; Suding, K.N.; Van Meerbeek, K.; Verbeeck, H.; Verbist, B.J.P.; Verheyen, K.; Winowiecki, L.A.; Muys, B. (Wiley, 2024-05)

  The global movement for ecosystem restoration has gained momentum in response to the Bonn Challenge (2010) and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (UNDER, 2021–2030). While several science-based guidelines exist to aid ...
• The influence of sub-lethal neonicotinoid doses and ambient temperature on individual Apis mellifera scutellata flight efficiency 

  Bester, Laura Catherine; Wege, Mia; Weldon, Christopher William; Pirk, Christian Walter Werner (Taylor and Francis, 2024)

  Honey bee (Apis mellifera) thermoregulation plays an integral part in their behaviour and physiology and has been shown to be vulnerable to the effects of neonicotinoid insecticides. Flight muscles are a crucial source of ...
• Robustly estimating the demographic contribution of immigration : simulation, sensitivity analysis and seals 

  Christian, Murray; Oosthuizen, W. Chris; Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt; De Bruyn, P.J. Nico (Wiley, 2024-05)

  Identifying important demographic drivers of population dynamics is fundamental for understanding life-history evolution and implementing effective conservation measures. Integrated population models (IPMs) coupled with ...
• Functional compensation in a savanna scavenger community 

  Walker, Alice E.L.; Robertson, Mark P.; Eggleton, Paul; Fisher, Adam M.; Parr, Catherine Lucy (Wiley, 2024-07)

  Functional redundancy, the potential for the functional role of one species to be fulfilled by another, is a key determinant of ecosystem viability. Scavenging transfers huge amount of energy through ecosystems and is, ...
• Forest disturbance increases functional diversity but decreases phylogenetic diversity of an arboreal tropical ant community 

  Hoenle, Philipp O.; Plowman, Nichola S.; Matos-Maravi, Pavel; De Bello, Francesco; Bishop, Tom R.; Libra, Martin; Idigel, Cliffson; Rimandai, Maling; Klimes, Petr (Wiley, 2024-04)

  Tropical rainforest trees host a diverse arthropod fauna that can be characterised by their functional diversity (FD) and phylogenetic diversity (PD). Human disturbance degrades tropical forests, often coinciding with ...
• Functional and morphological divergence in the forelimb musculoskeletal system of scratch-digging subterranean mammals (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) 

  Montoya-Sanhueza, German; Bennett, Nigel C.; Sumbera, Radim (Wiley, 2024-09)

  Whether the forelimb-digging apparatus of tooth-digging subterranean mammals has similar levels of specialization as compared to scratch-diggers is still unknown. We assessed the scapular morphology and forelimb musculature ...
• Short QT intervals in African lions 

  Scharling, Frederik S.; Sandgreen, Ditte-Mari; Stagegaard, Julia; Elbrønd, Vibeke S.; Vincenti, Stefano; Isaksen, Jonas L.; Wang, Tobias; Wilson, Rory P.; Gunner, Richard; Marks, Nikki; Bell, Stephen H.; Van Rooyen, Martin C.; Bennett, Nigel C.; Hart, Daniel William; Daly, Angela C.; Bertelsen, Mads F.; Scantlebury, D. Michael; Calloe, Kirstine; Thomsen, Morten B. (Wiley, 2024)

  The cardiac conduction system in large carnivores, such as the African lion (Panthera leo), represents a significant knowledge gap in both veterinary science and in cardiac electrophysiology. Short QT intervals have been ...
• Biogeographical variation in termite distributions alters global deadwood decay 

  Law, Stephanie J.; Flores-Moreno, Habacuc; Parr, Catherine Lucy; Adu-Bredu, Stephen; Bunney, K.; Cornwell, William K.; Ondo, Fidele Evouna; Powell, Jeff R.; Quansah, Gabriel W.; Robertson, Mark P.; Zanne, Amy E.; Eggleton, Paul (Wiley, 2024)

  AIM : Termites are a crucial group of macroinvertebrates regulating rates of deadwood decomposition across tropical and subtropical regions. When examining global patterns of deadwood decay, termites are treated as a ...
• Description of the larva of Polynoncus hemisphaericus (Burmeister, 1876) (Coleoptera: Trogidae: Omorginae) 

  Da Costa-Silva, Vinicius; Smith, Andrew B.T. (Coleopterists Society, 2024-09)

  In this paper, we present a detailed description and illustrations of the larval stage of Polynoncus hemisphaericus (Burmeister, 1876). This larva was discovered in the region of Magallanes, Chile beneath the carcass of a ...

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