Physiology evolves convergently but lags behind warming in cities

SE Diamond, LR Kolaske… - … and Comparative Biology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Cities, through the generation of urban heat islands, provide a venue for exploring
contemporary convergent evolution to climatic warming. We quantified how repeatable the …

Red Harvester Ant, Pogonomyrmex barbatus, 1 Nests Impact Soil Compaction But Not Temperature in Peri-Urban Habitats of the Lower Rio Grande Valley

G Hernandez, HJ Penn, R Cano… - Southwestern …, 2024 - BioOne
Ants are vital ecosystem engineers that can influence soil properties, subsequent soil
processes, and associated biota via underground nest construction. Harvester ants …

Red harvester ant nests impact soil compaction but not temperature in peri-urban habitats of the Lower Rio Grande Valley

G Hernandez, HJ Penn, R Cano, LV Elliott-Vidaurri… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Ants are vital ecosystem engineers that can influence soil properties, subsequent soil
processes, and associated biota via underground nest construction. Harvester ants …