New research in #RESEcolEnt
Are competitive interactions between #aphid clones mediated by facultative #endosymbionts?
doi.org/10.1111/een.70050
#Sitobion #EcologicalInteractions
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social
Figure 1 in Alderliesten et al. (2026): "Modelling plasmid invasion and spread through a bacterial multispecies community. Thicker lines indicate faster processes, solid circles denote plasmids, and broken circles denote that the bacteria might be plasmid-bearing."
New publication: The effects of #ecologicalinteractions and distinct conjugation rates on the invasion of a conjugative #plasmid in bacterial communities. #genetransfer
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
Part of the #InsectSymbionts as Mediators of #EcologicalInteractions: from #Mutualists to #Parasites #SpecialIssue!
New research in #RESInsectConsDiv
Increased urbanisation promotes winner-loser species replacement & shifts in foraging #behaviour among #ant species in a large neotropical metropolis
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70010
#UrbanInsects #Ecosystems #EcologicalInteractions
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com
Here's a neat observation on #iNaturalistNZ. iNat user "catchwords" took an excellent set of photos of a shining cuckoo, pīpīwharauroa, in the Coromandel, NZ, eating caterpillars of magpie moths, mōkarakara.
No other bird in NZ eats these caterpillars, as the caterpillars sequester the poisons […]
New NIOO publication: Ecosystem-level decoupling in response to reduced #precipitation frequency and degradation in #steppe grassland. #ecologicalinteractions #globalchange #nematodes #plants #soil #multifunctionality
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14425
@cabbageleek "need to encourage #citizenscience networks and portals to work more with #ecologicalinteractions data" @aliencsi1
