BMC Ecology and Evolution

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Reciprocal positive effects on parasitemia between coinfecting haemosporidian parasites in house sparrows	44
Comparative genomic analyses provide new insights into evolutionary history and conservation genomics of gorillas	31
Fine scale diversity in the lava: genetic and phenotypic diversity in small populations of Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus	30
Altered precipitation and root herbivory affect the productivity and composition of a mesic grassland	28
A test of native plant adaptation more than one century after introduction of the invasive Carpobrotus edulis to the NW Iberian Peninsula	27
Phylodynamic and phylogeographic analysis of the complete genome of the West Nile virus lineage 2 (WNV-2) in the Mediterranean basin	25
Global shifts in species richness have shaped carpet shark evolution	24
Does local soil factor drive functional leaf trait variation? A test on Neilingding Island, South China	22
Effects of temperature gradient on functional fruit traits: an elevation-for-temperature approach	21
Genomics of hybrid parallel origin in Aquilegia ecalcarata	20
Sustained population decline of rodents is linked to accelerated climate warming and human disturbance	19
Spatially heterogeneous selection and inter-varietal differentiation maintain population structure and local adaptation in a widespread conifer	19
Divergent and non-parallel evolution of MHC IIB in the Neotropical Midas cichlid species complex	18
Cranial shape diversification in horses: variation and covariation patterns under the impact of artificial selection	18
Seminal fluid gene expression and reproductive fitness in Drosophila melanogaster	18
Rapid evolution and molecular convergence in cryptorchidism-related genes associated with inherently undescended testes in mammals	16
Convergent TP53 loss and evolvability in cancer	16
Fine-scale habitat heterogeneity favours the coexistence of supergene-controlled social forms in Formica selysi	16
Evolution of pathogen response genes associated with increased disease susceptibility during adaptation to an extreme drought in a Brassica rapa plant population	16
Determining the best practice for Sydney rock oyster, Saccostrea glomerata, reef restoration and enhanced ecological benefits	15
Comparative analysis of dioecious Amaranthus plastomes and phylogenomic implications within Amaranthaceae s.s.	15
Grassland restoration on linear landscape elements – comparing the effects of topsoil removal and topsoil transfer	15
Analysis of Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) mitochondrial genomes in the context of a recent host range expansion	15
Categorizing 161 plant (streptophyte) mitochondrial group II introns into 29 families of related paralogues finds only limited links between intron mobility and intron-borne maturases	14
Intra-population variability of the saccular, utricular and lagenar otoliths of the garfish Belone belone (Linnaeus, 1760) from South-Western Ionian Sea (Central Mediterranean Sea)	14

Evolution and genomic organization of the insect sHSP gene cluster and coordinate regulation in phenotypic plasticity	14
Drought intensity and duration effects on morphological root traits vary across trait type and plant functional groups: a meta-analysis	14
Population connectivity and size reductions in the Anthropocene: the consequence of landscapes and historical bottlenecks in white forsythia fragmented habitats	13
Regional effect on the molecular clock rate of protein evolution in Eutherian and Metatherian genomes	13
Population genetic differentiation of the ubiquitous brooding coral Pocillopora acuta along Phuket Island reefs in the Andaman Sea, Thailand	13
Temporal and spatial variations in local sex ratios in a suburban population of the European green toad Bufotes viridis	13
A late-surviving phytosaur from the northern Atlantic rift reveals climate constraints on Triassic reptile biogeography	13
Sequencing refractory regions in bird genomes are hotspots for accelerated protein evolution	13
Spatial population genetic structure and colony dynamics in Damaraland mole-rats (Fukomys damarensis) from the southern Kalahari	13
eDNA-based monitoring of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans with ddPCR in Luxembourg ponds: taking signals below the Limit of Detection (LOD) into account	12
Extensive non-redundancy in a recently duplicated developmental gene family	12
Base-substitution mutation rate across the nuclear genome of Alpheus snapping shrimp and the timing of isolation by the Isthmus of Panama	12
Application of remote sensing to understand the role of Galician feral horses in the biomass reduction of a shrub-grassland-dominated landscape	12
Ecological and biogeographic features shaped the complex evolutionary history of an iconic apex predator (Galeocerdo cuvier)	12
A large new Middle Jurassic ichthyosaur shows the importance of body size evolution in the origin of the Ophthalmosauria	12
Evidence of genetic structure in the wide-ranging bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758))	11
Linking morphology, performance, and habitat utilization: adaptation across biologically relevant ‘levels’ in tamarins	11
2024 joint BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology image competition: the winning images	11
Dispersal and mating patterns determine the fate of naturally dispersed populations: evidence from Bombina orientalis	11
Impact of cucurbit crop management techniques on the foraging behavior of honeybees and hoverflies in Morogoro, Tanzania	11
Symbiont-conferred immunity interacts with effects of parasitoid genotype and intraguild predation to affect aphid immunity in a clone-specific fashion	11
The evolution of insect visual opsin genes with specific consideration of the influence of ocelli and life history traits	11
Consistent traffic noise impacts few fitness-related traits in a field cricket	11
Girdling behavior of the longhorn beetle modulates the host plant to enhance larval performance	10
A novel SNP assay reveals increased genetic variability and abundance following translocations to a remnant Allegheny woodrat population	10
Applicability of several rooted phylogenetic network algorithms for representing the evolutionary history of SARS-CoV-2	10
Phylogenetic congruence, conflict and consilience between molecular and morphological data	10
Generalist camouflage can be more successful than microhabitat specialisation in natural environments	10
Divergent patterns of selection on metabolite levels and gene expression	10
Studying foraging behavior to improve bait sprays application to control Drosophila suzukii	10
Spatial distribution of Gasterophilus pecorum (Diptera) eggs in the desert steppe of the Kalamaili Nature Reserve (Xinjiang, China)	10
Investigating the reliability of molecular estimates of evolutionary time when substitution rates and speciation rates vary	10
Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the freshwater-fish genus Pethia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka	9
Biomonitoring via DNA metabarcoding and light microscopy of bee pollen in rainforest transformation landscapes of Sumatra	9
Native amphibian toxin reduces invasive crayfish feeding with potential benefits to stream biodiversity	9
Research on agroforestry systems and biodiversity conservation: what can we conclude so far and what should we improve?	9
Revisiting Theron’s hypothesis on the origin of fairy circles after four decades: Euphorbias are not the cause	9
Museomics and phylogenomics with protein-encoding ultraconserved elements illuminate the evolution of life history and phallic morphology of flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)	9
Genome-wide diversity, population structure and signatures of inbreeding in the African buffalo in Mozambique	9
Perceived indicators of climate change in Tanzania: insights from the university of Dodoma students	9
Oral exposure to thiacloprid-based pesticide (Calypso SC480) causes physical poisoning symptoms and impairs the cognitive abilities of bumble bees	9
Rapid neck elongation in Sauropterygia (Reptilia: Diapsida) revealed by a new basal pachypleurosaur from the Lower Triassic of China	9
mtDNA “nomenclutter” and its consequences on the interpretation of genetic data	9
Assessing climate niche similarity between persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica) areas in Iran	9
A divide-and-conquer phylogenomic approach based on character supermatrices resolves early steps in the evolution of the Archaea	9
The baculum affects paternity success of first but not second males in house mouse sperm competition	9
Long-term individualized monitoring of sympatric bat species reveals distinct species- and demographic differences in hibernation phenology	9
Citizen science in eDNA monitoring for Mediterranean monk seal conservation	8
On the effect of inheritance of microbes in commensal microbiomes	8
18S rRNA variability maps reveal three highly divergent, conserved motifs within Rotifera	8

Quantification and evolution of mitochondrial genome rearrangement in Amphibians	8
Intraspecific variation in the Cambrian: new observations on the morphology of the Chengjiang euarthropod Sinoburius lunaris	8
Conifers and non-native tree species shift trophic niches of generalist arthropod predators in Central European beech forests	8
Dispersal ability, habitat characteristics, and sea-surface circulation shape population structure of Cingula trifasciata (Gastropoda: Rissoidae) in the remote Azores Archipelago	8
Environmental colour pattern variation in Mediterranean Podarcis	8
Small-scale metapopulation structure of a limnophilic fish species in a natural river system investigated using microsatellite genotyping by amplicon sequencing (SSR-GBAS)	8
Correction to: Reduced olfactory acuity in recently flightless insects suggests rapid regressive evolution	8
Correction: Ecological and phylogenetic aspects of the spring diet of three palaearctic species of swans	8
Prevalence and relationship of endosymbiotic Wolbachia in the butterfly genus Erebia	8
The world’s most venomous spider is a species complex: systematics of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atracidae: Atrax robustus)	8
Inferring the energy cost of resistance to parasitic infection and its link to a trade-off	8
Correction to: Diversity and evolution of the transposable element repertoire in arthropods with particular reference to insects	8
Environmental differences explain subtle yet detectable genetic structure in a widespread pollinator	8
Tracing the paths of modular evolution by quantifying rearrangement events of protein domains	8
Correction to: Evidence for multiple introductions of an invasive wild bee species currently under rapid range expansion in Europe	8
Ecological factors and parity mode correlate with genome size variation in squamate reptiles	8
Genetic approaches reveal a healthy population and an unexpectedly recent origin for an isolated desert spring fish	8
Molecular evolution and phylogenetic relationships of Ligusticum (Apiaceae) inferred from the whole plastome sequences	8
Inaugural BMC Ecology and Evolution image competition: the winning images	8
The nature and distribution of putative non-functional alleles suggest only two independent events at the origins of Astyanax mexicanus cavefish populations	8
Woody species composition and community types of Hangadi Watershed, Guji Zone, Ethiopia	8
Fruit scent as an honest signal for fruit quality	7
The relationship between bite force, morphology, and diet in southern African agamids	7
Multi-modal locomotor costs favor smaller males in a sexually dimorphic leaf-mimicking insect	7
Context-dependent and -independent selection on synonymous mutations revealed by 1,135 genomes of Arabidopsis thaliana	7
Reply to: “Research on agroforestry systems and biodiversity conservation: what can we conclude so far and what should we improve?” by Boinot et al. 2022	7
From islands to infectomes: host-specific viral diversity among birds across remote islands	7
Evolution of transcriptional control of antigenic variation and virulence in human and ape malaria parasites	7
Anthropogenic disturbance has altered the habitat of two Azorean endemic coastal plants	7
The evolution of tenascins	7
A centenary tale: population genetic insights into the introduction history of the oriental fire-bellied toad (Bombina orientalis) in Beijing	7
Diversity of plant assemblages dampens the variability of the growing season phenology in wetland landscapes	7
Response of arboreal Collembola communities to the conversion of lowland rainforest into rubber and oil palm plantations	7
Testing alternative hypotheses on the origin and speciation of Hawaiian katydids	7
Resampling the pool of genotypic possibilities: an adaptive function of sexual reproduction	7
Jurassic scorpionflies (Mecoptera) with swollen first metatarsal segments suggesting sexual dimorphism	7
A phylogeny of the evening primrose family (Onagraceae) using a target enrichment approach with 303 nuclear loci	7
Organization and expression analysis of 5S and 45S ribosomal DNA clusters in autotetraploid Carassius auratus	7
Phylogeography and population genetic structure of red muntjacs: evidence of enigmatic Himalayan red muntjac from India	7
Predation has small, short-term, and in certain conditions random effects on the evolution of aging	7
Ecological determinants in plant community structure across dry afromontane forest patches of Northwestern Ethiopia	7
Does female control and male mating system predict courtship investment and mating outcomes? A comparative study in five widow spider species (genus Latrodectus) tested under similar laboratory condit	7
Culturable fungal endophyte communities of primary successional plants on Mount St. Helens, WA, USA	7
Intraspecific demographic and trait responses to environmental change drivers are linked in two species of ciliate	7
Phylogenetic analysis of museum specimens of houting Coregonus oxyrinchus shows the need for a revision of its extinct status	6
Evolution of the connectivity and indispensability of a transferable gene: the simplicity hypothesis	6
Admixture with indigenous people helps local adaptation: admixture-enabled selection in Polynesians	6
Thyasirid species composition (Bivalvia: Thyasiridae) and genetic connectivity of Parathyasira equalis (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) in deep basins of sub-Arctic fjords	6
Alarm or emotion? intranasal oxytocin helps determine information conveyed by dog barks for adult male human listeners	6
Genetic interaction network has a very limited impact on the evolutionary trajectories in continuous culture-grown populations of yeast	6
Trophic structure and origin of resources of soil macrofauna in the salt marsh of the Wadden Sea: a stable isotope (15N, 13C) study	6
Tick range expansion to higher elevations: does Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato facilitate the colonisation of marginal habitats?	6
Environmental niche and flight intensity are associated with molecular evolutionary rates in a large avian radiation	6
PhyloNext: a pipeline for phylogenetic diversity analysis of GBIF-mediated data	6
Assessing soil microbes that drive fairy ring patterns in temperate semiarid grasslands	6
Emerging roles for diguanylate cyclase during the evolution of soma in dictyostelia	6
Diuqin lechiguanae gen. et sp. nov., a new unenlagiine (Theropoda: Paraves) from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Neuquén Group, Upper Cretaceous) of Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina	6
Prevalence of co-infection and genetic diversity of avian haemosporidian parasites in two rehabilitation facilities in Iran: implications for the conservation of captive raptors	6
Evolutionary analysis of genes associated with the sense of balance in semi-aquatic mammals	6
Fitness difference between two synonymous mutations of Phytophthora infestans ATP6 gene	6
Cospeciation of coronavirus and paramyxovirus with their bat hosts in the same geographical areas	6
Unveiling a hotspot of genetic diversity in southern Italy for the endangered Hermann’s tortoise Testudo hermanni	6
Comparative chromosome maps between the stone curlew and three ciconiiform species (the grey heron, little egret and crested ibis)	6
New Guinean orogenic dynamics and biota evolution revealed using a custom geospatial analysis pipeline	6
Functional ecological convergence between the thylacine and small prey-focused canids	6
Lizards and snakes from the earliest Miocene of Saint-Gérand-le-Puy, France: an anatomical and histological approach of some of the oldest Neogene squamates from Europe	6
Natural and sexual selection and functional roles influence colouration but not the amount of variation in butterfly wing colour patterns	6
Odorant-binding proteins in canine anal sac glands indicate an evolutionarily conserved role in mammalian chemical communication	6
Genetic relationships between sympatric and allopatric Coregonus ciscoes in North and Central Europe	6
The pillars of the sea: strategies to achieve successful marine citizen science programs in the Mediterranean area	6
Does exclosure restore woody species regeneration in degraded lands? The case of Loma Bosa District of Dawuro zone, Southwestern Ethiopia	6
Diversity of attachment systems in heelwalkers (Mantophasmatodea) – highly specialized, but uniform	5
Does the expensive brain hypothesis apply to amphibians and reptiles?	5
Game theory elucidates how competitive dynamics mediate animal social networks	5
Environmental DNA detects Spawning Habitat of an ephemeral migrant fish (Anadromous Rainbow Smelt: Osmerus mordax)	5
Plastome structure and phylogenetic relationships of Styracaceae (Ericales)	5
The global pattern of epiphytic liverwort disparity: insights from Frullania	5
Phenology-mediated effects of phenotype on the probability of social polygyny and its fitness consequences in a migratory passerine	5
The evolutionary history of cribellate orb-weaver capture thread spidroins	5
Elevated rates of dietary generalization in eusocial lineages of the secondarily herbivorous bees	5

Adaptation and convergence in circadian‐related genes in Iberian freshwater fish	5
Paleoecology of extinct species	5
Phylogeny, diversification, and biogeography of a hemiclonal hybrid system of native Australian freshwater fishes (Gobiiformes: Gobioidei: Eleotridae: Hypseleotris)	5
Correction to: Integrative taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of three poorly known tintinnine ciliates, with the establishment of a new genus (Protista; Ciliophora; Oligotrichea)	5
Oceanic islands act as drivers for the genetic diversity of marine species: Cardita calyculata (Linnaeus, 1758) in the NE Atlantic as a case-study	5
Extensive loss of Wnt genes in Tardigrada	5
Higher evolutionary dynamics of gene copy number for Drosophila glue genes located near short repeat sequences	5
Dentition and feeding in Placodontia: tooth replacement in Henodus chelyops	5
Untrained birds’ ability to recognise predators with changed body size and colouration in a field experiment	5
Gene coexpression networks reveal molecular interactions underlying cichlid jaw modularity	5
Phylogenetic divergences in brown rot fungal pathogens of Monilinia species from a worldwide collection: inferences based on the nuclear versus mitochondrial genes	5
Biodiversity and distribution patterns of blooming jellyfish in the Bohai Sea revealed by eDNA metabarcoding	5
Positive selection of skeleton-related genes during duck domestication revealed by whole genome sequencing	5
Heterogeneity in maternal mRNAs within clutches of eggs in response to thermal stress during the embryonic stage	5
Water immersion tolerance by larval instars of stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, L1758 (Diptera: Muscidae) impairs the fitness performance of their subsequent stages	5
The two chytrid pathogens of amphibians in Eurasia—climatic niches and future expansion	5
Reevaluating scorpion ecomorphs using a naïve approach	5
Common lizard microhabitat selection varies by sex, parity mode, and colouration	5
First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales	5
Shed teeth from Portezuelo formation at Sierra del Portezuelo reveal a higher diversity of predator theropods during Turonian-Coniacian times in northern Patagonia	5
Draft genome of six Cuban Anolis lizards and insights into genetic changes during their diversification	5
Host defense alteration in Caenorhabditis elegans after evolution under ionizing radiation	5
Sex-specific effects of inbreeding on body colouration and physiological colour change in the cichlid fish Pelvicachromis taeniatus	5
Ecosystem restoration, regeneration and rewilding	5
The emergence of ecotypes in a parasitoid wasp: a case of incipient sympatric speciation in Hymenoptera?	5
The characteristics of the intestinal bacterial community from Oreochromis mossambicus and its interaction with microbiota from artificial fishery habitats	5
Correction: A juvenile bird with possible crown-group affinities from a dinosaur-rich Cretaceous ecosystem in North America	5