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Climate effects on plant chemistry

editor
15 April 2014
Lots of traits are climate dependent! In the Early View paper in Oikos "Genetically based latitudinal variation in Artemisia californica secondary chemistry" by Jessica Pratt and co-workers, terpenes are studied under different climatic situations. Below is a summary...

Apex predators on coral reefs

editor
8 April 2014
Apex predators are large carnivores that occupy the top trophic level of food webs. Globally, apex predators are assailed by disturbances such as persecution by humans. This is worrisome because changes in the density and distribution of apex predators can exert strong...

Severe geographic bias in pollination studies

drupaladmin
4 April 2014
The majority of pollination studies are performed in five countries, non of which in Africa. How does this bias affect application of the research in various geographic regions? Find out in the Forum paper in the April Issue of Oikos " Economic and ecological...

Metapopulation modeling of endangered rabbits

editor
1 April 2014
Can hard-to-detect individuals of an endangered and declining population allow for testing of some of the major tenets of metapopulation theory while contributing to conservation efforts? A new multi-season occupancy model combined with observations on the Lower Keys...

Meta-community structure in rodent parasites

editor
28 March 2014
What are the roles of host phylogeny, transmission variables, and host traits in molding parasite metacommunity structure? Find out in the new Early View paper “Relative importance of host environment, transmission potential and host phylogeny to the structure of...

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