The challenges of bee research in Asia are unique and severe, reflecting different cultures,
landscapes, and faunas. Strategies and frameworks developed in North America or Europe …

Shifts in the timing of cyclic seasonal life-history events are among the most commonly
reported responses to climate change, with differences in response rates among interacting …

Heliconius butterflies, a speciose genus of Müllerian mimics, represent a classic example of
an adaptive radiation that includes a range of derived dietary, life history, physiological and …

An important goal of evolutionary genomics is to identify genomic regions whose substitution
rates differ among lineages. For example, genomic regions experiencing accelerated …

Unraveling molecular mechanisms of adaptation to complex environments is crucial to
understanding tolerance of abiotic pressures and responses to climatic change. Epigenetic …

The nutritional composition of food is often complex as resources contain a plethora of
different chemical compounds, some of them more, some less meaningful to consumers …

The phylogeny and systematics of fur seals and sea lions (Otariidae) have long been
studied with diverse data types, including an increasing amount of molecular data. However …

Broadly distributed species experience divergent abiotic conditions across their ranges that
may drive local adaptation. Montane systems where populations are distributed across both …

Background Hymenoptera comprise extremely diverse insect species with extensive
variation in their life histories. The Dryinidae, a family of solitary wasps of Hymenoptera …

Conifers make up about one third of global forests but are threatened by seed parasitoid
wasp species. Many of these wasps belong to the genus Megastigmus, yet little is known …