Ecology

Different coexistence patterns between apex carnivores and mesocarnivores based on temporal, spatial, and dietary niche partitioning analysis in Qilian Mountain National Park, China

1. Wei Cong
2. Jia Li
3. Charlotte Hacker
4. Ye Li
5. Yu Zhang
6. Lixiao Jin
7. Yi Zhang
8. Diqiang Li
9. Yadong Xue
10. Yuguang Zhang

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  eLife assessment

  This paper provides an important assessment of competition dynamics allowing coexistence of the carnivore guild within a large national park in China. Multiple surveying techniques (camera traps and DNA metabarcoding) provide convincing evidence that spatial segregation represents the main strategy of coexistence, while species have a certain degree of temporal and dietary overlap. Altogether, the manuscript provides information critical to the conservation and management agenda of the park.

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Contrasting responses to aridity by different-sized decomposers cause similar decomposition rates across a precipitation gradient

1. Viraj R Torsekar
2. Nevo Sagi
3. J Alfred Daniel
4. Yael Hawlena
5. Efrat Gavish-Regev
6. Dror Hawlena

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  eLife Assessment:

  This fundamental study substantially advances our understanding of the role of different-sized soil invertebrates in shaping the rates of leaf litter decomposition, using an experiment across seasons along an aridity gradient. The authors provide compelling evidence that the summed effects of all invertebrates (with large-sized invertebrates being more active in summer and small-sized invertebrates in winter) on decomposition rates result in similar levels of leaf litter decomposition across seasons. The work will be of broad relevance to ecosystem ecologists interested in soil food webs, and researchers interested in modeling carbon cycles to understand global warming.

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Near infrared radiation-driven oxygenic photosynthesis contributes substantially to primary production in biofilms harboring chlorophyll f-containing cyanobacteria

1. Maria Mosshammer
2. Erik CL Trampe
3. Niels-Ulrik Frigaard
4. Michael Kühl

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  eLife assessment

  This valuable study investigates the contribution of far-red light photo-acclimated cyanobacteria to primary production in intertidal beachrock habitats. Though the study presents solid evidence, the text would benefit from an improved discussion section and some additional methodological details.

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The distribution of distances to the edge of species coexistence

1. Mario Desallais
2. Michel Loreau
3. Jean-François Arnoldi

Reviewed by Peer Community in Ecology

Multimodal interactions in Stomoxys navigation reveal synergy between olfaction and vision

1. Merid N. Getahun
2. Steve B. S. 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

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  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.

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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

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  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.

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