Ecology

Full factorial construction of synthetic microbial communities

1. Juan Diaz-Colunga
2. Pablo Catalan
3. Magdalena San Roman
4. Andrea Arrabal
5. Alvaro Sanchez

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  eLife Assessment

  This manuscript introduces a new low-cost and accessible method for assembling combinatorially complete microbial consortia using basic laboratory equipment, which is a valuable contribution to the field of microbial ecology and biotechnology. The evidence presented is convincing, demonstrating the method's effectiveness through empirical testing on both synthetic colorants and Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains.

Reviewed by eLife, Arcadia Science

Wilting Wildflowers and Bummed-Out Bees: Climate Change Threatens U.S. State Symbols

1. Xuezhen Ge
2. Ya Zou
3. Heather A. Hager
4. Jonathan A. Newman

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Foxtrot migration and dynamic over-wintering range of an Arctic raptor

1. Ivan Pokrovsky
2. Teja Curk
3. Andreas Dietz
4. Ivan Fufachev
5. Olga Kulikova
6. Sebastian Rößler
7. Martin Wikelski

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  eLife assessment

  This fundamental work describes an understudied bird migration pattern using data from an Arctic raptor. With an extensive dataset and comprehensive analyses, the observed pattern is convincing. This study will be of interest to researchers exploring the ecological drivers of bird migration.

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Body mass change over winter is consistently sex-specific across roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) populations

1. A.J. Mark Hewison
2. Nadège C. Bonnot
3. Jean-Michel Gaillard
4. Petter Kjellander
5. Jean-François Lemaitre
6. Nicolas Morellet
7. Maryline Pellerin

Reviewed by Peer Community in Ecology

Predicting species distributions in the open ocean with convolutional neural networks

1. Gaétan Morand
2. Alexis Joly
3. Tristan Rouyer
4. Titouan Lorieul
5. Julien Barde

Reviewed by Peer Community in Ecology

InsectChange: Comment

1. Laurence Gaume
2. Marion Desquilbet

Reviewed by Peer Community in Ecology

Does bumblebee preference of continuous over interrupted strings in string-pulling tasks indicate means-end comprehension?

1. Chao Wen
2. Yuyi Lu
3. Cwyn Solvi
4. Shunping Dong
5. Cai Wang
6. Xiujun Wen
7. Haijun Xiao
8. Shikui Dong
9. Junbao Wen
10. Fei Peng
11. Lars Chittka

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  eLife assessment

  This study provides valuable new insights into insect cognition and problem-solving in bumblebees. The authors present convincing evidence that bumblebees lack causal understanding in a string-pulling task, and find support for bumblebees instead using image-matching for this task.

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Urban Cepaea nemoralis snails are less likely to have nematodes trapped within their shells

1. Maxime Dahirel
2. Hannah Reyné
3. Katrien De Wolf
4. Dries Bonte

Reviewed by Peer Community in Ecology

Easy, fast and reproducible Stochastic Cellular Automata with chouca

1. Alexandre Génin
2. Guillaume Dupont
3. Daniel Valencia
4. Mauro Zucconi
5. M. Isidora Ávila-Thieme
6. Sergio A. Navarrete
7. Evie A. Wieters

Reviewed by Peer Community in 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.

Reviewed by eLife