Aims Biodiversity is traditionally studied mostly at the species level, but biogeographical and
macroecological studies at higher taxonomic levels can provide valuable insights into the …

Abstract Optimal Foraging Theory (OFT) predicts that a population's trophic niche expansion
should occur in periods of food scarcity as individuals begin to opportunistically exploit sub …

Aim The future of biodiversity in increasingly warmer mountains may be poorly predicted by
climate variation if dispersal affects ecological change. We assessed the influence of …

Antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) content is a well-established driver of microbial abundance
and diversity in an environment. By reanalyzing 132 metagenomic datasets from the Tara …

Aim Climate has been regarded as an important explanation for large‐scale species
richness patterns. However, the mechanisms underlying the significant variations in species …

Aim Climate warming is shifting the bioclimatic optima of species towards mountaintops, but
the ability of organisms to track these changes also depends on their dispersal skills. Here …

Calcified tissues have repeatedly evolved in many animal lineages and show a tremendous
diversity of forms and functions. The cuticle of many insects is enriched with elements other …

The main function of birdsong is to attract mates and defend territories among conspecifics,
but little is known about the potential of this behavior in generating interactions among co …

Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4) inhibitors, commonly known as gliptins, have been an
integral part of the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) for several years. Despite …

Distance decay, the decrease in biotic similarity with increasing geographic distance, has
been observed across a broad phylogenetic spectrum where prior studies demonstrated the …