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The 5,000-year history of the horse
Horse domestication revolutionized warfare and accelerated travel, trade and the geographic expansion of languages. This study presents the largest genome-scale time-series for a non-human organism...
Disentangling the abundance–impact relationship for invasive species
To predict the threat of biological invasions to native species, it is critical to understand how increasing abundance of invasive alien species affects native populations and communities. The form...
Louse flies of Eleonora’s falcons that also feed on their prey are evolutionary dead end hosts for blood parasites
Host shifts are widespread among avian haemosporidians, although the success of transmission depends upon parasite?host and parasite?vector compatibility. Insular avifaunas are typically...
European Corvids disperse plants from 42 families by endozoochory
Members of the crow family (Corvidae) are known to disperse seeds by frugivory or by scatter hoarding, but are rarely recognized as vectors of plants lacking a fleshy fruit, or a large nut. A...
Plant species abundance and phylogeny explain the structure of recruitment networks
Established plants can affect the recruitment of young plants, filtering out some and allowing the recruitment of others, with profound effects on plant community dynamics. Recruitment networks...
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