Ecology

Multimodal interactions in Stomoxys navigation reveals synergy between olfaction and vision

1. Merid N Getahun
2. Steve Baleba
3. John Ngiela
4. Peter Ahuya
5. Daniel Masiga

Reviewed by preLights

Variation in thermal physiology can drive the temperature-dependence of microbial community richness

1. Tom Clegg
2. Samraat Pawar

• Curated by eLife

  eLife assessment

  This important study proposes a phenomenologically motivated theoretical framework to explain observed patterns of the temperature dependence of microbial diversity. The methodology is overall convincing, but the explanations of approximations and assumptions, and of their regime of validity, are incomplete. The manuscript should be of interest to microbial ecologists.

Reviewed by eLife

Reconstructing prevalence dynamics of wildlife pathogens from pooled and individual samples

1. Benny Borremans
2. Caylee A Falvo
3. Daniel E Crowley
4. Andrew Hoegh
5. James O Lloyd-Smith
6. Alison J Peel
7. Olivier Restif
8. Manuel Ruiz-Aravena
9. Raina K Plowright

Reviewed by Peer Community in Ecology

The Plasmodium transmission-blocking symbiont, Microsporidia MB , is vertically transmitted through Anopheles arabiensis germline stem cells

1. Thomas O. Onchuru
2. Edward E. Makhulu
3. Purity C. Ronnie
4. Stancy Mandere
5. Fidel G. Otieno
6. Joseph Gichuhi
7. Jeremy K. Herren

Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

Cross-transmission of resistant gastrointestinal nematodes between wildlife and transhumant sheep

1. Camille Beaumelle
2. Carole Toïgo
3. Rodolphe Papet
4. Slimania Benabed
5. Mathieu Beurier
6. Léa Bordes
7. Anaïs Brignone
8. Nadine Curt-Grand-Gaudin
9. Mathieu Garel
10. Justine Ginot
11. Philippe Jacquiet
12. Christian Miquel
13. Marie-Thérèse Poirel
14. Anna Serafino
15. Eric Vannard
16. Gilles Bourgoin
17. Glenn Yannic

Reviewed by Peer Community In Zoology

Deciphering deep-sea chemosynthetic symbiosis by single-nucleus RNA-sequencing

1. Hao Wang
2. Kai He
3. Huan Zhang
4. Quanyong Zhang
5. Lei Cao
6. Jing Li
7. Zhaoshan Zhong
8. Hao Chen
9. Li Zhou
10. Chao Lian
11. Minxiao Wang
12. Kai Chen
13. Pei-Yuan Qian
14. Chaolun Li

• Curated by eLife

  eLife assessment

  This study provides an important cell type atlas of the gill of the mussel Gigantidas platifrons using a single nucleus RNA-seq dataset, a resource for the community of scientists studying deep sea physiology and metabolism and intracellular host-symbiont relationships. The evidence supporting the conclusions is convincing with high-quality single-nucleus RNA sequencing and transplant experiments. This work will be of broad relevance for scientists interested in host-symbiont relationships across ecosystems.

Reviewed by eLife

Accounting for observation biases associated with counts of young when estimating fecundity: case study on the arboreal-nesting red kite (Milvus milvus)

1. Rahel Sollmann
2. Nathalie Adenot
3. Peter Spakovszky
4. Jendrik Windt
5. Brady J. Mattsson

Reviewed by Peer Community in Ecology

Human disturbance increases spatiotemporal associations among mountain forest terrestrial mammal species

1. Xueyou Li
2. William V Bleisch
3. Wenqiang Hu
4. Quan Li
5. Hongjiao Wang
6. Zhongzheng Chen
7. Ru Bai
8. Xue-Long Jiang

• Curated by eLife

  eLife assessment

  In this study, camera trapping and species distribution models are used to show that human disturbance in mountain forests in the eastern Himalayas pushes medium-sized and large mammal species into narrower habitat space, thus increasing their co-occurrence. While the collected data provide a useful basis for further work, the study presents incomplete evidence to support the claim that increased co-occurrence may indicate positive interactions between species.

Reviewed by eLife

Spider mites collectively avoid plants with cadmium irrespective of their frequency or the presence of competitors

1. Diogo Prino Godinho
2. Inês Fragata
3. Maud Charlery de la Masseliere
4. Sara Magalhães

Reviewed by Peer Community in Ecology

Hierarchizing multi-scale environmental effects on agricultural pest population dynamics: a case study on the annual onset of Bactrocera dorsalis population growth in Senegalese orchards

1. Cécile Caumette
2. Paterne Diatta
3. Sylvain Piry
4. Marie-Pierre Chapuis
5. Emile Faye
6. Fabio Sigrist
7. Olivier Martin
8. Julien Papaïx
9. Thierry Brévault
10. Karine Berthier

Reviewed by Peer Community in Ecology