Ecology

Neuropeptide Bursicon and its receptor-mediated the transition from summer-form to winter-form of Cacopsylla chinensis

1. Zhixian Zhang
2. Jianying Li
3. Yilin Wang
4. Zhen Li
5. Xiaoxia Liu
6. Songdou Zhang

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  This important study reports that the neurohormone, bursicon, and its receptor, play a role in the seasonal polyphenism of the bug Cacopsylla chinensis. Low temperature activates the bursicon signaling pathway during the transition from the summer to the winter form, affecting cuticle pigment and thickness as well as chitin content. The solid experiments reveal how bursicon signaling, which is modulated by the microRNA miR-6012, regulates features of polyphenism related to the exoskeleton, although it is less clear what the upstream regulatory events are.

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Negative impact of mild arid conditions in natural rodent populations revealed using markers of physiological condition in natura

1. Hamilcar Keilani
2. Nico Avenant
3. Pierre Caminade
4. Neville Pillay
5. Guila Ganem

Reviewed by Peer Community In Zoology

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

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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

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