Ecology

Stimulated Prorocentrum donghaiense cell growth by in-situ mariculture dissolved organic matter

1. Hongwei Wang
2. Siyang Wu
3. Jian Ma
4. Yiting Hong
5. Chentao Guo
6. Jing Zhao
7. Xin Lin

Reviewed by Arcadia Science

Cities as parasitic amplifiers? Malaria prevalence and diversity in great tits along an urbanization gradient

1. Aude E. Caizergues
2. Benjamin Robira
3. Charles Perrier
4. Mélanie Jeanneau
5. Arnaud Berthomieu
6. Samuel Perret
7. Sylvain Gandon
8. Anne Charmantier

Reviewed by Peer Community in Ecology

Non fire-adapted dry forest of Northwestern Madagascar: escalating and devastating trends revealed by remote-sensing data

1. Joseph Emile Honour Percival
2. Hiroki Sato
3. Tojotanjona Patrick Razanaparany
4. Ando Rakotomamonjy Harilalao
5. Zo Lalaina Razafiarison
6. Kaoru Kitajima

Reviewed by PREreview

Drab and distant birds are studied less than their fancy-feathered friends

1. Silas E. Fischer
2. Joshua G. Otten
3. Andrea M. Lindsay
4. Donald B. Miles
5. Henry M. Streby

Reviewed by PREreview

Intra- and interspecific diversity in a tropical plant clade alter herbivory and ecosystem resilience

1. Ari Grele
2. Tara J Massad
3. Kathryn A Uckele
4. Lee A Dyer
5. Yasmine Antonini
6. Laura Braga
7. Matthew L Forister
8. Lidia Sulca
9. Massuo Kato
10. Humberto G Lopez
11. André R Nascimento
12. Thomas Parchman
13. Wilmer R Simbaña
14. Angela M Smilanich
15. John O Stireman
16. Eric J Tepe
17. Thomas Walla
18. Lora A Richards

• Curated by eLife

  eLife assessment

  This important, large experimental study examines the effects of plant species richness, plant genotypic richness, and soil water availability on herbivory patterns for Piper species in several tropical sites. The authors find solid evidence that water availability, as well as intra- and interspecific plant diversity, influence herbivory and herbivore diversity, but that the effects differ geographically.

Reviewed by eLife

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

• Curated by eLife

  eLife assessment

  This useful study provides the first assessment of the potentially interactive effects of seasonality and blood source on mosquito fitness, together in one study. However, the experimental approach is incomplete because it is limited without replication of the experiments and because of the small sample sizes for some groups. The work will be of interest to those studying mosquito biology.

Reviewed by eLife

Habitat loss weakens the positive relationship between grassland plant richness and above-ground biomass

1. Yongzhi Yan
2. Scott Jarvie
3. Qing Zhang

• Curated by eLife

  eLife assessment

  This important study advances our understanding of how landscape context affects the relationship between grassland plant diversity and biomass. This study used very well-designed approaches to analyze complex ecological relationships in real-world landscapes and thus provides compelling evidence to support its findings. The work will be of interest to landscape ecologists and community ecologists.

Reviewed by eLife

Linking root-associated fungal and bacterial functions to root economics

1. Ran Wu
2. Xiaoyue Zeng
3. M. Luke McCormack
4. Christopher W. Fernandez
5. Yin Yang
6. Hui Guo
7. Meijie Xi
8. Yu Liu
9. Xiangbin Qi
10. Shuang Liang
11. Thomas E. Juenger
12. Roger T. Koide
13. Weile Chen

• Curated by eLife

  eLife assessment

  This valuable study advances our understanding of the below-ground resource acquisition strategies of diverse tree species, integrating the roles of both roots and their associated microbes. The support for the conclusions is incomplete owing to the uncertainties or shortcomings associated with the design and statistical analyses. Regardless of these technical issues, this study can be of broad interest for plant and microbial ecologists.

Reviewed by eLife

Bull Trout passage at beaver dams in two Montana streams

1. J. Marshall Wolf
2. Niall G. Clancy
3. Leo R. Rosenthal

Reviewed by PREreview

Mining threats in high‐level biodiversity conservation policies

1. Aurora Torres
2. Sophus O. S. E. zu Ermgassen
3. Laetitia M. Navarro
4. Francisco Ferri‐Yanez
5. Fernanda Z. Teixeira
6. Constanze Wittkopp
7. Isabel M. D. Rosa
8. Jianguo Liu

Reviewed by PREreview