Ecology

Corrigendum: Trait matching without traits: using correspondence analysis to investigate the latent structure of interaction networks

1. Lisa Nicvert
2. Hervé Fritz
3. Stéphane Dray

Reviewed by Peer Community in Ecology

Effect of spatial overdispersion on confidence intervals for population density estimated by spatial capture–recapture

1. Murray G. Efford
2. David Fletcher

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Loss of olfaction reduces caterpillar performance and increases susceptibility to a natural enemy

1. Qi Wang
2. Yufei Jia
3. Hans M Smid
4. Berhane T Weldegergis
5. Liana O Greenberg
6. Maarten Jongsma
7. Marcel Dicke
8. Alexander Haverkamp

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  eLife Assessment

  This important manuscript investigates the role of olfactory cues in Pieris brassicae larvae, focusing on their interactions with the host plant Brassica oleracea and the parasitoid wasp Cotesia glomerata. The authors' demonstration that impaired olfactory perception reduces caterpillar performance and increases susceptibility to parasitism is convincing. These findings highlight the ecological significance of olfaction in mediating feeding behavior and predator avoidance in herbivorous insects.

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On the quest for novelty in ecology

1. Gianluigi Ottaviani
2. Alejandro Martínez
3. Matteo Petit Bon
4. Stefano Mammola

Reviewed by Peer Community in Ecology

Effects of blood meal source and seasonality on reproductive traits of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)

1. Kevin Alen Rucci
2. Gabriel Barco
3. Andrea Onorato
4. Mauricio Beranek
5. Mariana Pueta
6. Adrián Díaz

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  eLife Assessment

  This useful study provides the first assessment of potentially interactive effects of seasonality and blood source on mosquito fitness, together in one study. During revision, the manuscript has been substantively improved, providing additional solid data to support the robustness of observations. Overall, this interesting study will advance our current understanding of mosquito biology.

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An experimental test of the influence of microbial manipulation on sugar kelp ( Saccharina latissima ) supports the core influences host function hypothesis

1. Jungsoo Park
2. Evan Kohn
3. Siobhan Schenk
4. Katherine M. Davis
5. Jennifer S. Clark
6. Laura Wegener Parfrey

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Bird population trend analyses for a monitoring scheme with a highly structured sampling design

1. Mirjam R Rieger
2. Christoph Grüneberg
3. Michael Oberhaus
4. Sven Trautmann
5. Madalin Parepa
6. Nils Anthes

Reviewed by Peer Community in Ecology

Habitat structural complexity increases age-class coexistence and population growth rate through relaxed cannibalism in a freshwater fish

1. Eric Edeline
2. Yoann Bennevault
3. David Rozen-Rechels

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Scales of marine endemism in oceanic islands and the Provincial-Island endemism

1. Hudson T. Pinheiro
2. Luiz A. Rocha
3. Juan P. Quimbayo

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The neuropeptide sulfakinin is a peripheral regulator of insect behavioral switch between mating and foraging

1. Hong-Fei Li
2. Bao Dong
3. Yuan-Yuan Peng
4. Hao-Yue Luo
5. Xiao-Lan Ou
6. Zheng-Lin Ren
7. Yoonseong Park
8. Jin-Jun Wang
9. Hong-Bo Jiang

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  eLife Assessment

  This important work investigates the mechanism that underlies the switch between feeding and mating behaviors in the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis. Using a variety of approaches, the authors show that this switch is mediated by the neuropeptide, sulfakinin, acting peripherally through the sulfakinin receptor 1 to regulate the expression of antennal odorant receptors. The evidence is solid in support of the hypothesis that sulfakinin signaling mediates changes in the periphery, although additional sites of action may also contribute to these changes.

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