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🦋 evolution of butterfly eyespots
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Trace fossils from the end Ordovician of South Africa suggest a low-diversity meiofaunal benthic community fed by episodic concentrations of phytoplankton (marine snow) 🧪
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Marine snow fuels an opportunistic small food web in the Late Ordovician Soom Shale Lagerstätte - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Trace fossils from the end Ordovician of South Africa suggest a low-diversity meiofaunal benthic community fed by episodic concentrations of phytoplankton (marine snow).
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December 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Trace fossils from the end Ordovician of South Africa suggest a low-diversity meiofaunal benthic community fed by episodic concentrations of phytoplankton (marine snow) 🧪
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This study reconstructs the gene regulatory networks that define cell types in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, providing a valuable resource for comparative regulatory genomics and the evolution of new cell types 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Decoding cnidarian cell type gene regulation - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This study reconstructs the gene regulatory networks that define cell types in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, providing a valuable resource for comparative regulatory genomics and the evoluti...
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December 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This study reconstructs the gene regulatory networks that define cell types in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, providing a valuable resource for comparative regulatory genomics and the evolution of new cell types 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Decoding cnidarian cell type gene regulation - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This study reconstructs the gene regulatory networks that define cell types in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, providing a valuable resource for comparative regulatory genomics and the evoluti...
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December 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Lovely Xmas gift 🎄—our paper is out today in @natecoevo.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...! Huge thanks to everyone who made it possible, especially @aelek.bsky.social and @arnausebe.bsky.social
Population genetics analysis in a phylogenetic framework shows convergent evolution in the genomes of five brood-parasitic species, including selection on genes involved in spermatogenesis, sperm function and nervous system development 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Comparative population genomics reveals convergent adaptation across independent origins of avian obligate brood parasitism - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Population genetics analysis in a phylogenetic framework shows convergent evolution in the genomes of five brood-parasitic species, including selection on genes involved in spermatogenesis, sperm func...
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December 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Population genetics analysis in a phylogenetic framework shows convergent evolution in the genomes of five brood-parasitic species, including selection on genes involved in spermatogenesis, sperm function and nervous system development 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Bee assemblage data from 681 crop fields across 3 continents shows that local pesticide hazards and decreasing adjacent semi-natural habitats negatively affected wild bee abundance and species richness in crop fields, while pesticides reduce functional diversity🧪🐝 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pesticides and habitat loss additively reduce wild bees in crop fields - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The authors synthesize bee assemblage data from 681 crop fields across three continents, finding that local pesticide hazards and decreasing adjacent semi-natural habitats both negatively affected wil...
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December 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Bee assemblage data from 681 crop fields across 3 continents shows that local pesticide hazards and decreasing adjacent semi-natural habitats negatively affected wild bee abundance and species richness in crop fields, while pesticides reduce functional diversity🧪🐝 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bee assemblage data from 681 crop fields across 3 continents shows that local pesticide hazards and decreasing adjacent semi-natural habitats negatively affected wild bee abundance and species richness in crop fields, while pesticides reduce functional diversity🧪🐝 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pesticides and habitat loss additively reduce wild bees in crop fields - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The authors synthesize bee assemblage data from 681 crop fields across three continents, finding that local pesticide hazards and decreasing adjacent semi-natural habitats both negatively affected wil...
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December 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Bee assemblage data from 681 crop fields across 3 continents shows that local pesticide hazards and decreasing adjacent semi-natural habitats negatively affected wild bee abundance and species richness in crop fields, while pesticides reduce functional diversity🧪🐝 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read the accompanying News & Views commentary from Ellen Welti 👇
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December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Read the accompanying News & Views commentary from Ellen Welti 👇
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Combining high-resolution mapping of foliar- and herbivore- faecal sodium concentrations across Africa, the authors show that plant-derived sodium availability constrains megaherbivore densities at a continental scale 🧪🐘🦏🦒 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sodium constraints on megaherbivore communities in Africa - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Combining high-resolution mapping of foliar and herbivore faecal sodium concentrations across Africa, the authors show that plant-derived sodium availability constrains megaherbivore densities at a co...
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December 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Combining high-resolution mapping of foliar- and herbivore- faecal sodium concentrations across Africa, the authors show that plant-derived sodium availability constrains megaherbivore densities at a continental scale 🧪🐘🦏🦒 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Comment article: Matthew Fagan, Naomi Schwartz and Ruth DeFries offer three considerations on uncertainties and potential misapplications of global datasets to ensure responsible use of remote-sensing datasets in ecology and environmental science.
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The responsible use of global remote-sensing datasets - Nature Ecology & Evolution
In this age of abundant remote-sensing data, global datasets are increasingly relied upon to analyse the planet at unprecedented scale and resolution. We offer three considerations on uncertainties an...
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December 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Comment article: Matthew Fagan, Naomi Schwartz and Ruth DeFries offer three considerations on uncertainties and potential misapplications of global datasets to ensure responsible use of remote-sensing datasets in ecology and environmental science.
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Comment article: Matthew Fagan, Naomi Schwartz and Ruth DeFries offer three considerations on uncertainties and potential misapplications of global datasets to ensure responsible use of remote-sensing datasets in ecology and environmental science.
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The responsible use of global remote-sensing datasets - Nature Ecology & Evolution
In this age of abundant remote-sensing data, global datasets are increasingly relied upon to analyse the planet at unprecedented scale and resolution. We offer three considerations on uncertainties an...
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December 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Comment article: Matthew Fagan, Naomi Schwartz and Ruth DeFries offer three considerations on uncertainties and potential misapplications of global datasets to ensure responsible use of remote-sensing datasets in ecology and environmental science.
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Our December issue is now live: www.nature.com/natecolevol/...
Featuring research on 🧪
🦏 rhinocerotid dispersal in the mid-Cenozoic
🐟 biodiversity responses to freshwater stressors
🦋 evolution of butterfly eyespots
Cover shows a Korean seahorse, from Meyer et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Featuring research on 🧪
🦏 rhinocerotid dispersal in the mid-Cenozoic
🐟 biodiversity responses to freshwater stressors
🦋 evolution of butterfly eyespots
Cover shows a Korean seahorse, from Meyer et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Our December issue is now live: www.nature.com/natecolevol/...
Featuring research on 🧪
🦏 rhinocerotid dispersal in the mid-Cenozoic
🐟 biodiversity responses to freshwater stressors
🦋 evolution of butterfly eyespots
Cover shows a Korean seahorse, from Meyer et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Featuring research on 🧪
🦏 rhinocerotid dispersal in the mid-Cenozoic
🐟 biodiversity responses to freshwater stressors
🦋 evolution of butterfly eyespots
Cover shows a Korean seahorse, from Meyer et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our December issue is now live: www.nature.com/natecolevol/...
Featuring research on 🧪
🦏 rhinocerotid dispersal in the mid-Cenozoic
🐟 biodiversity responses to freshwater stressors
🦋 evolution of butterfly eyespots
Cover shows a Korean seahorse, from Meyer et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Featuring research on 🧪
🦏 rhinocerotid dispersal in the mid-Cenozoic
🐟 biodiversity responses to freshwater stressors
🦋 evolution of butterfly eyespots
Cover shows a Korean seahorse, from Meyer et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Our December issue is now live: www.nature.com/natecolevol/...
Featuring research on 🧪
🦏 rhinocerotid dispersal in the mid-Cenozoic
🐟 biodiversity responses to freshwater stressors
🦋 evolution of butterfly eyespots
Cover shows a Korean seahorse, from Meyer et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Featuring research on 🧪
🦏 rhinocerotid dispersal in the mid-Cenozoic
🐟 biodiversity responses to freshwater stressors
🦋 evolution of butterfly eyespots
Cover shows a Korean seahorse, from Meyer et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Global analysis shows that atmospheric dryness explains geographical patterns of tree canopy height and is projected to become more important in the coming decades:
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Global dependency of canopy height on vapour pressure deficit and its projections under climate change - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Rising atmospheric aridity may be an important driver of tree growth. Here the authors present analyse the global relationship between tree canopy height and vapour pressure deficit, and its potential...
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December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Global analysis shows that atmospheric dryness explains geographical patterns of tree canopy height and is projected to become more important in the coming decades:
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Much has been speculated on the impact of industrial deep-sea mining on marine ecosystems. This study led by @evastewart.bsky.social provides some direct empirical evidence.
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Impacts of an industrial deep-sea mining trial on macrofaunal biodiversity - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A species-level dataset of sediment-dwelling macrofauna, sampled 2 years before and 2 months after a test of a commercial deep-sea mining machine, reveals losses of macrofaunal density and species ric...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Much has been speculated on the impact of industrial deep-sea mining on marine ecosystems. This study led by @evastewart.bsky.social provides some direct empirical evidence.
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Fine-grained spatial analysis of natural forests sheds light on spatial patterns, environmental predictors and future potential of tree species diversity diversity across China.
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Spatial patterns and future potential of tree species richness and structural diversity in China’s forests - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Multiple diversity facets contribute to forest ecosystem functioning. Here the authors investigate spatial patterns and predictors of forest tree species richness and structural diversity across China...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Fine-grained spatial analysis of natural forests sheds light on spatial patterns, environmental predictors and future potential of tree species diversity diversity across China.
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What are the mechanisms behind terrestrial arthropod declines? @bmwildermuth.bsky.social and colleagues have some answers
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Arthropod species loss underpins biomass declines - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Insects are declining in many regions. Here the authors show that arthropod biomass losses in Jena Experiment and Biodiversity Exploratories time series are driven more by species loss than by species...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
What are the mechanisms behind terrestrial arthropod declines? @bmwildermuth.bsky.social and colleagues have some answers
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@idiv-research.bsky.social
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New Worldview 👇
"Cultivate your empathy" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Catherine Lovelock argues that empathy is helpful when integrating Indigenous and Western science, which in turn can lead to beneficial environmental and social outcomes
Free to read: rdcu.be/eR1J2
"Cultivate your empathy" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Catherine Lovelock argues that empathy is helpful when integrating Indigenous and Western science, which in turn can lead to beneficial environmental and social outcomes
Free to read: rdcu.be/eR1J2
Cultivate your empathy - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Empathy is helpful when integrating Indigenous and Western science, which in turn can lead to beneficial environmental and social outcomes
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November 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
New Worldview 👇
"Cultivate your empathy" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Catherine Lovelock argues that empathy is helpful when integrating Indigenous and Western science, which in turn can lead to beneficial environmental and social outcomes
Free to read: rdcu.be/eR1J2
"Cultivate your empathy" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Catherine Lovelock argues that empathy is helpful when integrating Indigenous and Western science, which in turn can lead to beneficial environmental and social outcomes
Free to read: rdcu.be/eR1J2
Many ecological studies assume that space-for-time substitutions can be proxies for missing time series. Here the authors show congruence between the two in the direction but not the magnitude of plant and arthropod community responses to land-use intensification 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congruent direction but different magnitude of biodiversity response to land-use intensification in space and time - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Many ecological studies assume that space-for-time substitution approaches can be suitable proxies for unavailable time series. Here the authors show congruence between the two approaches in the direc...
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November 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Many ecological studies assume that space-for-time substitutions can be proxies for missing time series. Here the authors show congruence between the two in the direction but not the magnitude of plant and arthropod community responses to land-use intensification 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New Worldview 👇
"Cultivate your empathy" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Catherine Lovelock argues that empathy is helpful when integrating Indigenous and Western science, which in turn can lead to beneficial environmental and social outcomes
Free to read: rdcu.be/eR1J2
"Cultivate your empathy" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Catherine Lovelock argues that empathy is helpful when integrating Indigenous and Western science, which in turn can lead to beneficial environmental and social outcomes
Free to read: rdcu.be/eR1J2
Cultivate your empathy - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Empathy is helpful when integrating Indigenous and Western science, which in turn can lead to beneficial environmental and social outcomes
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
New Worldview 👇
"Cultivate your empathy" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Catherine Lovelock argues that empathy is helpful when integrating Indigenous and Western science, which in turn can lead to beneficial environmental and social outcomes
Free to read: rdcu.be/eR1J2
"Cultivate your empathy" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Catherine Lovelock argues that empathy is helpful when integrating Indigenous and Western science, which in turn can lead to beneficial environmental and social outcomes
Free to read: rdcu.be/eR1J2
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A survey of 10,000 members of the public across European Union countries in which there are large carnivores finds strong support for carnivore recovery but simultaneous, and somewhat paradoxical, opposition to both population growth and hunting 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Europeans support large carnivore recovery while opposing both further population growth and hunting - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A survey of 10,000 members of the public across European Union countries in which there are large carnivores finds strong support for carnivore recovery but simultaneous, and somewhat paradoxical, opp...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A survey of 10,000 members of the public across European Union countries in which there are large carnivores finds strong support for carnivore recovery but simultaneous, and somewhat paradoxical, opposition to both population growth and hunting 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Brings back happy memories of ISBE 2024 where the conversation about this paper began.. great to see it out in @natecoevo.nature.com. Thanks to co-authors and to the organisers of that brilliant conference 🙏🏽. @bbmwong.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social, Suzanne Alonzo🫶, Sasha Dall, “Dr Cunningham”
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Behavioural ecology in the twenty-first century - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This Perspective discusses how the field of behavioural ecology has contributed to fundamental science and tackling global challenges, ranging from understanding how natural selection leads to adaptat...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Brings back happy memories of ISBE 2024 where the conversation about this paper began.. great to see it out in @natecoevo.nature.com. Thanks to co-authors and to the organisers of that brilliant conference 🙏🏽. @bbmwong.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social, Suzanne Alonzo🫶, Sasha Dall, “Dr Cunningham”
This Perspective discusses how the field of behavioural ecology has contributed to fundamental science and global challenges, ranging from understanding how natural selection leads to adaptation to optimizing biocontrol of pest species www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Behavioural ecology in the twenty-first century - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This Perspective discusses how the field of behavioural ecology has contributed to fundamental science and tackling global challenges, ranging from understanding how natural selection leads to adaptat...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This Perspective discusses how the field of behavioural ecology has contributed to fundamental science and global challenges, ranging from understanding how natural selection leads to adaptation to optimizing biocontrol of pest species www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free to read: rdcu.be/eRKbv
Free to read: rdcu.be/eRKbv
A survey of 10,000 members of the public across European Union countries in which there are large carnivores finds strong support for carnivore recovery but simultaneous, and somewhat paradoxical, opposition to both population growth and hunting 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Europeans support large carnivore recovery while opposing both further population growth and hunting - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A survey of 10,000 members of the public across European Union countries in which there are large carnivores finds strong support for carnivore recovery but simultaneous, and somewhat paradoxical, opp...
www.nature.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A survey of 10,000 members of the public across European Union countries in which there are large carnivores finds strong support for carnivore recovery but simultaneous, and somewhat paradoxical, opposition to both population growth and hunting 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...