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New and Notable Research:
🌾 Agriculture
Reassessing science communication for effective farmland biodiversity conservation
🐘 Animal Behavior
Reproductive state alters vocal characteristics of female North American red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
Fallen trees as “natural bridges” for the movement of mammals crossing rivers
Rushing for “burned” food: Why and how does a group of patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) reach freshly burned areas?
Conservation implications of hibernation in mammals
Mosquitoes escape looming threats by actively flying with the bow wave induced by the attacker
🦋 Biodiversity
Convergent niche shifts of endangered parrots (genus Amazona) during successful establishment in urban southern California
Rediscovery of the waterlily Nymphaea thermarum Eb. Fisch. in Rwanda
☀️ Climate
Chemistry-albedo feedbacks offset up to a third of forestation’s CO2 removal benefits
Arctic sea ice retreat fuels boreal forest advance
🦬 Community Ecology
Double mutualism involving Melocactus (Cactaceae) and lizards in the Brazilian Caatinga: Another isolated case or is it an established interaction?
An Aspergillus flavus strain from bee bread of the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) displays adaptations to distinctive features of the hive environment
Assessing long‐term diatom changes in sub‐Arctic ponds receiving high fluxes of seabird nutrients
Herbivorous sea urchins (Echinometra mathaei) support resilience on overfished and sedimented tropical reefs
🦅 Conservation
The potential of historical spy-satellite imagery to support research in ecology and conservation
Using point‐of‐care devices to examine covariation among blood nutritional‐physiological parameters and their relationships with poxvirus infection, habitat urbanization, and male plumage coloration in house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus)
Deforestation falls but rise of wildfires continues degrading Brazilian Amazon forests
🐊 Evolution
Back to the water: Tongue morphology associated to contrasting lifestyles in two Andean frogs of the genus Telmatobius
👨🦳 Human Ecology
In defence of urban community gardens
🛣️ Human-Wildlife Interface
Wind turbines kill bats, but they don't have to
Effects of overgrazing on the functional diversity of rodents in desert areas
🐸 Invasive Species
Spread management priorities to limit emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) impacts on United States street trees
Long‐term drought promotes invasive species by reducing wildfire severity
Neotropical songbird chick predation by an invasive wasp, the German yellowjacket (Vespula germanica)
The hidden impact of an invasive predator: chronic stress in common frog tadpoles
🏭 Pollution
🐟 Population Ecology
Seasonal acclimation of energy and water balance in desert‐dwelling rodents of South America
🦫 Restoration Ecology
Survival and behavior of Mojave desert tortoises head‐started with and without outdoor rearing