Pub Date : 2026-03-23DOI: 10.1186/s12862-026-02506-y
Saira Bibi, Shumaila Noreen, Waqar Azeem Jadoon, Kaleem Imdad, Muhammad Azhar Jameel, Awais Ali
{"title":"Earthworm diversity and spatial distribution across the Hazara Division.","authors":"Saira Bibi, Shumaila Noreen, Waqar Azeem Jadoon, Kaleem Imdad, Muhammad Azhar Jameel, Awais Ali","doi":"10.1186/s12862-026-02506-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-026-02506-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93910,"journal":{"name":"BMC ecology and evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147505287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-21DOI: 10.1186/s12862-026-02511-1
Joel V Wernström, Yick Hang Kwan, Tobias R Vonnahme, Ronnie N Glud, Andreas Altenburger
{"title":"Recent postglacial population expansions may explain a surprising lack of lineage splitting in Arctic meiobenthic flatworms.","authors":"Joel V Wernström, Yick Hang Kwan, Tobias R Vonnahme, Ronnie N Glud, Andreas Altenburger","doi":"10.1186/s12862-026-02511-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12862-026-02511-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93910,"journal":{"name":"BMC ecology and evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147494851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of niche and interspecific associations of dominant associated species in the community of the rare and endangered plant Clematis tientaiensis.","authors":"Shunyun He, Hanxi Yang, Xinli Zeng, Jichen Wang, Duojie Wei, Zhigao Liu","doi":"10.1186/s12862-026-02510-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-026-02510-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93910,"journal":{"name":"BMC ecology and evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147482397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-17DOI: 10.1186/s12862-026-02508-w
Enikő Csata, Katalin Erős, Ágota Szabó, Abel Bernadou, László Rákosy, Bálint Markó
Background: Social systems are attractive targets for parasites. Once infiltrated they are able to manipulate the host to contribute to their further dispersal. A wide array of parasites causes summit disease: driving their host up on elevated points on plants from where propagules are then dispersed. In ants, previous observations suggested the existence of a simple social prophylactic strategy that could help reduce the pathogen's dispersal success through early corpse disposal e.g., in the case of summit-causing pathogenic Pandora fungus.
Results: We experimentally tested the efficiency of prophylactic corpse disposal in a large nest complex by imitating summit diseased ants with the use of fresh uninfected ant corpses and dummies fixed to grass blades. Indeed, ants discovered and disposed of corpses very efficiently, primarily of those close to the nest margin.
Conclusions: We argue that while this behaviour is not necessarily specific to summit disease but rather part of a general sanitary repertoire, its efficiency in removing elevated corpses before sporulation could reduce pathogen transmission and might contribute to the low prevalence observed in our field population.
{"title":"Blade-running: an efficient yet simple behaviour to potentially combat summit disease in ants.","authors":"Enikő Csata, Katalin Erős, Ágota Szabó, Abel Bernadou, László Rákosy, Bálint Markó","doi":"10.1186/s12862-026-02508-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-026-02508-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Social systems are attractive targets for parasites. Once infiltrated they are able to manipulate the host to contribute to their further dispersal. A wide array of parasites causes summit disease: driving their host up on elevated points on plants from where propagules are then dispersed. In ants, previous observations suggested the existence of a simple social prophylactic strategy that could help reduce the pathogen's dispersal success through early corpse disposal e.g., in the case of summit-causing pathogenic Pandora fungus.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We experimentally tested the efficiency of prophylactic corpse disposal in a large nest complex by imitating summit diseased ants with the use of fresh uninfected ant corpses and dummies fixed to grass blades. Indeed, ants discovered and disposed of corpses very efficiently, primarily of those close to the nest margin.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We argue that while this behaviour is not necessarily specific to summit disease but rather part of a general sanitary repertoire, its efficiency in removing elevated corpses before sporulation could reduce pathogen transmission and might contribute to the low prevalence observed in our field population.</p>","PeriodicalId":93910,"journal":{"name":"BMC ecology and evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147476586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-17DOI: 10.1186/s12862-025-02488-3
Roman J Godunko, Corentin Jouault, Alexander V Martynov, Zhendong Lian, Arnold H Staniczek
{"title":"Crossing the Tethys on \"biotic ferries\": new mayfly genera of Gondwanan origin in Mesozoic and Cenozoic deposits of Myanmar and India (Insecta: Ephemeroptera: Teloganodidae).","authors":"Roman J Godunko, Corentin Jouault, Alexander V Martynov, Zhendong Lian, Arnold H Staniczek","doi":"10.1186/s12862-025-02488-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-025-02488-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93910,"journal":{"name":"BMC ecology and evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147476618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-13DOI: 10.1186/s12862-026-02507-x
Susan Karlebowski, Monika Egerer, Astrid E Neumann, Julia M Schmack, Aaron N Sexton, Ulrike Sturm
{"title":"Citizen science provides insights on pollination services in urban community gardens.","authors":"Susan Karlebowski, Monika Egerer, Astrid E Neumann, Julia M Schmack, Aaron N Sexton, Ulrike Sturm","doi":"10.1186/s12862-026-02507-x","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12862-026-02507-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93910,"journal":{"name":"BMC ecology and evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13003671/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147461450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-04DOI: 10.1186/s12862-026-02502-2
Tiancui Li, Yufei Bao, Yuxin Hu, Xinyi Zhou, Jianfeng Tang, YanLiang Du, Yuchun Wang, Shanze Li
{"title":"Phytoplankton community structure and its response to environmental factors in the cascade hydropower stations of the lower Jinsha River.","authors":"Tiancui Li, Yufei Bao, Yuxin Hu, Xinyi Zhou, Jianfeng Tang, YanLiang Du, Yuchun Wang, Shanze Li","doi":"10.1186/s12862-026-02502-2","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12862-026-02502-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93910,"journal":{"name":"BMC ecology and evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13001185/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147358013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-02DOI: 10.1186/s12862-026-02504-0
Varpu Pärssinen, Kaj Hulthén, R Brian Langerhans, P Anders Nilsson
{"title":"Divergent ecological adaptation in allopatry leads to behavioral isolation through female resistance.","authors":"Varpu Pärssinen, Kaj Hulthén, R Brian Langerhans, P Anders Nilsson","doi":"10.1186/s12862-026-02504-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12862-026-02504-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93910,"journal":{"name":"BMC ecology and evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12973862/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147346035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-28DOI: 10.1186/s12862-026-02503-1
Pelin Taş, Arnaud Mouly, Kay Lucek
Background: Widespread sympatry between sibling species can be limited if they are ecologically too close, potentially leading to the formation of narrow zones of secondary contact. While the ecological niche is commonly estimated using abiotic factors, the potential differentiation in gut microbial communities as a proxy for biotic niche differentiation is less well studied. We address this gap in research, focusing on two Alpine butterfly species of the genus Erebia that form a stable and very narrow contact zone.
Results: Using a metabarcoding approach to sequence the adult gut microbial communities of our two focal species as well as capturing the microbial diversity found on three nectar plant species, we found that the microbial community i) significantly differed between species but not between sexes, that ii) the abundance of the heritable endosymbiont Wolbachia differed between species, where its high abundance resulted in the detection of fewer other microbial taxa, and that iii) microbes found on flowers largely but not completely overlapped with the ones found in the butterfly hosts, suggesting that intestinal environmental filtering occurs only to some degree.
Conclusions: Consistent with biotic niche differentiation, we uncovered species specific differences in the gut microbial communities, further highlighting the complex interactions between host biology and environmental factors in shaping the gut microbiota. The observed microbial differences could reflect local adaptation to different resources or microhabitats. Overall, our study highlights the utility of gut microbial metabarcoding to study ecological niche differentiation, also during secondary contact.
{"title":"A microbial view on secondary contact between two Alpine butterflies.","authors":"Pelin Taş, Arnaud Mouly, Kay Lucek","doi":"10.1186/s12862-026-02503-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12862-026-02503-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Widespread sympatry between sibling species can be limited if they are ecologically too close, potentially leading to the formation of narrow zones of secondary contact. While the ecological niche is commonly estimated using abiotic factors, the potential differentiation in gut microbial communities as a proxy for biotic niche differentiation is less well studied. We address this gap in research, focusing on two Alpine butterfly species of the genus Erebia that form a stable and very narrow contact zone.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Using a metabarcoding approach to sequence the adult gut microbial communities of our two focal species as well as capturing the microbial diversity found on three nectar plant species, we found that the microbial community i) significantly differed between species but not between sexes, that ii) the abundance of the heritable endosymbiont Wolbachia differed between species, where its high abundance resulted in the detection of fewer other microbial taxa, and that iii) microbes found on flowers largely but not completely overlapped with the ones found in the butterfly hosts, suggesting that intestinal environmental filtering occurs only to some degree.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Consistent with biotic niche differentiation, we uncovered species specific differences in the gut microbial communities, further highlighting the complex interactions between host biology and environmental factors in shaping the gut microbiota. The observed microbial differences could reflect local adaptation to different resources or microhabitats. Overall, our study highlights the utility of gut microbial metabarcoding to study ecological niche differentiation, also during secondary contact.</p>","PeriodicalId":93910,"journal":{"name":"BMC ecology and evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12961807/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147322682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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