Developmental plasticity in thermal tolerance: Ontogenetic variation, persistence, and future directions

P Pottier, S Burke, RY Zhang, DWA Noble… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the factors affecting thermal tolerance is crucial for predicting the impact
climate change will have on ectotherms. However, the role developmental plasticity plays in …

Global meta-analysis shows reduced quality of food crops under inadequate animal pollination

E Gazzea, P Batáry, L Marini - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Animal pollination supports the production of a wide range of food crops fundamental to
maintaining diverse and nutritionally balanced diets. Here, we present a global meta …

The second data release from the European Pulsar Timing Array-III. Search for gravitational wave signals

J Antoniadis, P Arumugam, S Arumugam… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
We present the results of the search for an isotropic stochastic gravitational wave
background (GWB) at nanohertz frequencies using the second data release of the European …

The biodiversity and ecosystem service contributions and trade-offs of forest restoration approaches

F Hua, LA Bruijnzeel, P Meli, PA Martin, J Zhang… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Forest restoration is being scaled up globally to deliver critical ecosystem services and
biodiversity benefits; however, there is a lack of rigorous comparison of cobenefit delivery …

[HTML][HTML] Meta-analysis reveals weak but pervasive plasticity in insect thermal limits

H Weaving, JS Terblanche, P Pottier… - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Extreme temperature events are increasing in frequency and intensity due to climate
change. Such events threaten insects, including pollinators, pests and disease vectors …

Meta-analysis shows that wild large herbivores shape ecosystem properties and promote spatial heterogeneity

J Trepel, E le Roux, AJ Abraham… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Megafauna (animals≥ 45 kg) have probably shaped the Earth's terrestrial ecosystems for
millions of years with pronounced impacts on biogeochemistry, vegetation, ecological …

[HTML][HTML] Does oxidative stress shorten telomeres in vivo? A meta-analysis

E Armstrong, J Boonekamp - Ageing Research Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Telomere attrition is considered a hallmark of ageing. Untangling the proximate causes of
telomere attrition may therefore reveal important aspects about the ageing process. In a …

[HTML][HTML] Inoculated microbial consortia perform better than single strains in living soil: A meta-analysis

X Liu, S Mei, JF Salles - Applied Soil Ecology, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbial consortium inoculation has been proposed as a natural-based strategy to
safeguard multiple ecosystem services. Still, its observed effects and comparisons to single …

Sexual selection in females and the evolution of polyandry

S Fromonteil, L Marie-Orleach, L Winkler… - PLoS Biology, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Over the last decades, the field of sexual selection underwent a paradigm shift from sexual-
stereotype thinking of “eager” males and “coy” females towards a more nuanced perspective …

A global synthesis of human impacts on the multifunctionality of streams and rivers

M Brauns, DC Allen, IG Boëchat, WF Cross… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Human impacts, particularly nutrient pollution and land‐use change, have caused significant
declines in the quality and quantity of freshwater resources. Most global assessments have …