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Seed dispersers help plants to escape global warming
Plants are shifting their ranges towards higher elevations in response to global warming, yet such shifts are occurring at a rate slower than is needed to keep pace with a rapidly changing climate. There is, however, an ... -
Development and application of 14 microsatellite markers in the burying beetle $\textit{Nicrophorus vespilloides}$ reveals population genetic differentiation at local spatial scales
(PeerJ, 2017-05-02)Burying beetles (genus Nicrophorus) are relatively rare among insects in providing sophisticated parental care. Consequently, they have become model species in research analysing social evolution, the evolution of parental ... -
The Labile Limits of Forbidden Interactions
(Elsevier BV, 2016-09)Forbidden links are defined as pairwise interactions that are prevented by the biological traits of the species. We focus here on the neglected importance of intraspecific trait variation in the forbidden link concept. We ...
