The evolution of complex Metarhizium-insect-plant interactions

RJS Leger - Fungal Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Metarhizium species interact with plants, insects, and microbes within a diffuse
coevolutionary framework that benefits soil health, biodiversity, and plant growth. The insect …

The global genetic diversity of planktonic foraminifera reveals the structure of cryptic speciation in plankton

R Morard, KF Darling, AKM Weiner… - Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The nature and extent of diversity in the plankton has fascinated scientists for over a century.
Initially, the discovery of many new species in the remarkably uniform and unstructured …

Climate change is an important predictor of extinction risk on macroevolutionary timescales

CM Malanoski, A Farnsworth, DJ Lunt, PJ Valdes… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Anthropogenic climate change is increasing rapidly and already impacting biodiversity.
Despite its importance in future projections, understanding of the underlying mechanisms by …

Explanations for latitudinal diversity gradients must invoke rate variation

EE Saupe - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) describes the pattern of increasing numbers of
species from the poles to the equator. Although recognized for over 200 years, the …

The emergence of modern zoogeographic regions in Asia examined through climate–dental trait association patterns

L Liu, E Galbrun, H Tang, A Kaakinen, Z Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The complex and contrasted distribution of terrestrial biota in Asia has been linked to active
tectonics and dramatic climatic changes during the Neogene. However, the timings of the …

Trait-mediated speciation and human-driven extinctions in proboscideans revealed by unsupervised Bayesian neural networks

T Hauffe, JL Cantalapiedra, D Silvestro - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
Species life-history traits, paleoenvironment, and biotic interactions likely influence
speciation and extinction rates, affecting species richness over time. Birth-death models …

Insights into the Mitochondrial Genetic Makeup and Miocene Colonization of Primitive Flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes: Psettodidae) in the East Atlantic and Indo-West …

S Kundu, FS Palimirmo, HE Kang, AR Kim, SR Lee… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The present research enriches our comprehension of the mitogenomic
genetic features, genetic diversity, evolutionary past, and conservation prerequisites of …

Tropical biodiversity linked to polar climate

M Yasuhara, CA Deutsch - 2023 - nature.com
Tropical biodiversity linked to polar climate Skip to main content Thank you for visiting nature.com.
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Metarhizium fight club: Within-host competitive exclusion and resource partitioning

H Sheng, RJ St. Leger - Plos Pathogens, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Both Metarhizium robertsii ARSEF 2575 (Mr2575) and Metarhizium anisopliae ARSEF 549
(Ma549) infect a range of insects whilst also interacting with plants; however, little is known …

Biogeographic response of marine plankton to Cenozoic environmental changes

A Swain, A Woodhouse, WF Fagan, AJ Fraass… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
In palaeontological studies, groups with consistent ecological and morphological traits
across a clade's history (functional groups) afford different perspectives on biodiversity …