Ecology

Adipokinetic hormone signaling mediates the enhanced fecundity of Diaphorina citri infected by ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’

1. Jiayun Li
2. Paul Holford
3. George Andrew Charles Beattie
4. Shujie Wu
5. Jielan He
6. Shijian Tan
7. Desen Wang
8. Yurong He
9. Yijing Cen
10. Xiaoge Nian

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  eLife assessment

  This important study reveals the molecular basis of mutualism between a vector insect and a bacterium responsible for the most devastating disease in citrus agriculture worldwide. The evidence supporting the conclusions is compelling, with solid biochemical and gene expression analyses demonstrating the phenomenon. We believe this work will be of great interest to the fields of vector-borne disease control and host-pathogen interaction.

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Body mass and growth rates predict protein intake across animals

1. Stav Talal
2. Jon F Harrison
3. Ruth Farington
4. Jacob P Youngblood
5. Hector E Medina
6. Rick Overson
7. Arianne J Cease

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  eLife assessment

  How and why nutritional requirements change over development and differ between species are significant questions with wide-ranging implications spanning ecology to health. In this manuscript, Talal et al. set out to address these questions in laboratory and field experiments with grasshoppers and in a comparative analysis of different species. The laboratory experiments are convincing but the field and comparative aspects are not sufficiently well developed. In general, the study offers some evidence of a universal shift from high protein to high carbohydrate intake during ontogeny in animals, but the methods are not clear and/or appropriate to support the goals and conclusions of the manuscript as it is.

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Attracting pollinators vs escaping herbivores: eco-evolutionary dynamics of plants confronted with an ecological trade-off

1. Youssef Yacine
2. Nicolas Loeuille

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Disentangling non-specific and specific transgenerational immune priming components in host–parasite interactions

1. Frida Ben-Ami
2. Christian Orlic
3. Roland R. Regoes

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Temperate freshwater soundscapes: A cacophony of undescribed biological sounds now threatened by anthropogenic noise

1. Rodney A. Rountree
2. Francis Juanes
3. Marta Bolgan

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Chronic broadband noise increases the fitness of a freshwater zooplankton

1. Loïc Prosnier
2. Emilie Rojas
3. Olivier Valéro
4. Vincent Médoc

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Disentangling the effects of eutrophication and natural variability on macrobenthic communities across French coastal lagoons

1. Auriane G. Jones
2. Gauthier Schaal
3. Aurélien Boyé
4. Marie Creemers
5. Valérie Derolez
6. Nicolas Desroy
7. Annie Fiandrino
8. Théophile L. Mouton
9. Monique Simier
10. Niamh Smith
11. Vincent Ouisse

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Coordinated molecular and ecological adaptations underlie a highly successful parasitoid

1. Lan Pang
2. Gangqi Fang
3. Zhiguo Liu
4. Zhi Dong
5. Jiani Chen
6. Ting Feng
7. Qichao Zhang
8. Yifeng Sheng
9. Yueqi Lu
10. Ying Wang
11. Yixiang Zhang
12. Guiyun Li
13. Xuexin Chen
14. Shuai Zhan
15. Jianhua Huang

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  eLife assessment

  The paper presents valuable insights into the success of the parasitoid Trichopria drosophilae on Drosophila suzukii, elucidating the importance of both molecular adaptations, such as specialized venom proteins and unique cell types, ecological strategies, including tolerance of intraspecific competition and avoidance of interspecific competition. Through convincing methodological approaches, the authors demonstrate how these adaptations optimize nutrient uptake and enhance parasitic success, highlighting the intricate coordination between molecular and ecological factors in driving parasitization success.

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Effects of water nutrient concentrations on stream macroinvertebrate community stoichiometry: a large-scale study

1. Miriam Beck
2. Elise Billoir
3. Philippe Usseglio-Polatera
4. Albin Meyer
5. Edwige Gautreau
6. Michael Danger

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Boosting biodiversity monitoring using smartphone-driven, rapidly accumulating community-sourced data

1. Keisuke Atsumi
2. Yuusuke Nishida
3. Masayuki Ushio
4. Hirotaka Nishi
5. Takanori Genroku
6. Shogoro Fujiki

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  eLife assessment

  This important study presents findings of great practical value, offering fresh insights into natural species distributions across Japan. By combining multiple data sources (including those from non-academic sectors, aka citizen scientists), the manuscript also presents a compelling new tool that can be used to aid conservation agendas, detect species distribution changes, and testing of ecological theories.

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