Developmental plasticity is an important product of evolutionary processes, allowing
organisms to maintain high fitness in the face of environmental perturbations. Once evolved …

Developmental processes transduce diverse influences during phenotype formation,
thereby biasing and structuring amount and type of phenotypic variation available for …

Species distribution models (SDMs) are subject to many sources of uncertainty, limiting their
application in research and practice. One of their main limitations is the quality of the …

The introduction and expansion of the Asian yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina
nigrithorax) in Europe poses concern for multiple reasons, including biodiversity …

Abstract Aim The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) expert range maps
and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) species occurrence data are …

To complete their development, diverse animal species rely on the presence of communities
of symbiotic microbiota that are vertically transmitted from mother to offspring. In the dung …

Gut microbes play an important role in the biology and evolution of insects. Australian native
dung beetles (Scarabaeinae) present an opportunity to study gut microbiota in an …

The introduction of bees for agricultural production in distinct parts of the world and poor
management have led to invasion processes that affect biodiversity, significantly impacting …

Spatial and/or temporal biases in biodiversity data can directly influence the utility,
comparability, and reliability of ecological and evolutionary studies. While the effects of …

Anthelmintic residues in livestock dung can adversely affect beneficial organisms. Targeted
selective treatment (TST) of a reduced proportion of livestock with anthelmintics can slow …