• While the mutual relationships between host and microbiome in specific ecological niches have been extensively studied, little is known about the influence of environmental changes on microbiome functions in complex ecosystems. (uni-ulm.de)
  • (D) ecological species concept evaluates biogeographical ranges and potential niches to delimit taxonomic groups. (frontiersin.org)
  • Homology results from adaptive radiation from a common ancestor, allowing organisms to adapt effectively to varied ecological niches. (tutorialspoint.com)
  • During this phase, they exhibit specialized adaptations for feeding on specific food sources, reflecting the diversity of beetle species and their ecological niches. (insecta-inspecta.com)
  • These distinct roles highlight the collaborative efforts of male and female beetles in perpetuating their species and adapting to their ecological niches. (insecta-inspecta.com)
  • Over time, robins have evolved to exploit the ecological niches and food sources that best suit their biology and survival. (theworldsrarestbirds.com)
  • Do unrelated species occurring in similar ecological niches produce equivalent chemical products? (kew.org)
  • Use knowledge of the ecological roles of organisms (such as decomposers, protein-rich plants, or generalist feeders) to infer past evolutionary processes. (biointeractive.org)
  • Indeed, recent empirical and theoretical studies demonstrate that these feedbacks can stabilize or destabilize communities and, moreover, that this sometimes depends on the relative rate of ecological to evolutionary processes. (usu.edu)
  • Additionally, we show how one can identify the roles of direct and indirect feedbacks between ecological and evolutionary processes on stability and how the effects of those feedbacks depend on the rate of evolution relative to the ecological timescales. (usu.edu)
  • Moreover, the successful continuation of these rituals plays a crucial role in the functioning of ecosystems, as beetles contribute to vital processes such as pollination, nutrient cycling, and decomposition, all of which are integral to maintaining ecological balance. (insecta-inspecta.com)
  • Phylogeography, with its focus on Quaternary interactions within and between populations, can help elucidate the processes acting between the evolutionary time-scales on which species arise and the ecological time-scales on which members of an assemblage interact with each other and their environment. (ku.dk)
  • If you understand these ecological and evolutionary processes, you can come up with interventions,' he explains. (rug.nl)
  • Protecting these species ensures the maintenance of crucial ecological processes and supports the survival of a multitude of other species. (saveourblueocean.shop)
  • We study evolutionary processes broadly, with a main focus on the evolutionary ecology of sex determination and sex chromosomes. (lu.se)
  • We focus on two main aspects: 1) how disease ecology, life history strategies, migration and ageing processes influence ecological and evolutionary dynamics of a wild population of great reed warblers (our database contains information for 40 breeding seasons), and 2) how physiological drivers (particularly immune function and telomere dynamics) influence variation in health and fitness. (lu.se)
  • His research is mainly focused in understanding the ecological and evolutionary drivers of variation in Biodiversity across the globe. (aum.edu)
  • Large fishes may seem charismatic, but the smallest fishes in ecosystems may be the most important from ecological and biodiversity perspectives. (southampton.ac.uk)
  • My research explores the roles of species interactions in shaping community assembly, population dynamics, ecosystem function, and biodiversity in forest ecosystems. (marquette.edu)
  • Fire is a major evolutionary and ecological driver that shapes biodiversity in forests. (slu.se)
  • Ecological evolutionary developmental biology (eco-evo-devo) is a field of biology combining ecology, developmental biology and evolutionary biology to examine their relationship. (wikipedia.org)
  • We highlight the relevance of eco-evolutionary theory used in conjunction with integrative taxonomy approaches to improve the understanding of interactions between environment, ecology, and evolution that give rise to distinct species boundaries. (frontiersin.org)
  • Gregory Grether is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology in the UCLA College. (ucla.edu)
  • The Molecular Ecology and Evolution Lab (MEEL) is rooted in the fields of ecology and evolutionary biology. (lu.se)
  • In our group, we are interested in evolutionary, functional and behavioural ecology questions using molecular, genetic and genomic methods. (lu.se)
  • and (2) how ecological disturbances and biotic interactions combine to induce feedbacks and tipping points that determine ecosystem function and resilience. (marquette.edu)
  • I also have active interdisciplinary collaborations with social, political, and economic scientists to uncover how interactions among social and environmental components drive socio-ecological resilience. (marquette.edu)
  • I am interested in interactions across trophic levels as well as the ecological and evolutionary roles of natural enemies like fungal pathogens and nest predators as well as mutualists like mycorrhizae. (marquette.edu)
  • The Nature of Nutrition is the first book to address nutrition's enormously complex role in biology, both at the level of individual organisms and in their broader ecological interactions. (princeton.edu)
  • By altering the interactions within a community, eco-evolutionary feedbacks may play a role in community stability. (usu.edu)
  • The diversity and ecological role of Asgard Archaea today provide a glimpse at a more than ~1.75-billion-year-old event and increase our understanding of the evolution of long-term microbial interactions. (utexas.edu)
  • Middle ) Species-species bacterial ecological interactions could affect community dynamics that shape microbiota composition throughout host life span, ultimately affecting host physiology during ageing. (uni-koeln.de)
  • Yet even there, the focus is often on one type of probiotic species, which is too limited, explains De Vos: 'We need to understand the ecological interactions in the microbial community. (rug.nl)
  • De Vos and her colleagues plan to investigate the ecological interactions between infectious agents and the urinary microbiome. (rug.nl)
  • Ecological interactions can lead to evolutionary changes in the genome of pathogens. (rug.nl)
  • De Vos: 'We need to understand how ecological and evolutionary interactions shape antimicrobial resistance. (rug.nl)
  • Of primary relevance to each of these ecological units is how natural or anthropogenic changes in the nature of these interactions affect patterns of abundance, trend, stability, structure, connectance, diversity, and function. (frontiersin.org)
  • Through our findings, we present a potential framework to understand the strength of plant-microbial interactions in the presence of environmental stressors, in which frequency of the ecological stress may be a key predictor of microbiome-mediation strength. (bvsalud.org)
  • My research focuses on the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of plant pathogens, their ecological and agricultural impacts, and novel means of pest control. (people.csiro.au)
  • Bats constitute the evolutionary origin and reservoirs of a high number of zoonotic pathogens. (uni-ulm.de)
  • Phylogeography of California examines the evolution of ancient, recent, native, and migratory taxa to elucidate major and minor evolutionary events that shaped the distribution, radiation, and speciation of the biota of California. (nhbs.com)
  • Competition for shared resources is typically invoked as the most important ecological interaction promoting diversification and speciation, whereas the roles of abiotic variables and natural enemies have been largely neglected. (evolutionary-ecology.com)
  • The overlap between developmental plasticity and symbioses rooted in evolutionary concepts defines ecological evolutionary developmental biology. (wikipedia.org)
  • In this introduction to modern cellular, genetic, and molecular biology we will explore life science concepts with an emphasis on their integral nature and evolutionary relationships. (middlebury.edu)
  • Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology, Four Volume Set is the definitive go-to reference in the field of evolutionary biology. (elsevier.com)
  • While all entries are authoritative and valuable to those with advanced understanding of evolutionary biology, they are also intended to be accessible to both advanced undergraduate and graduate students. (elsevier.com)
  • Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology is directed to university, research and medical libraries as well as governmental agencies and corporations. (elsevier.com)
  • Dr. Costa has worked with different groups of organisms such as amphibians, reptiles and mammals disentangling the roles of abiotic, biotic and evolutionary factors in explaining diversity patterns from local to global scales. (aum.edu)
  • These structures, known as homologous organs, result from various evolution and allow organisms to perform distinct roles. (tutorialspoint.com)
  • However, below-ground communities, including fungi, play key roles in forests and facilitate the recovery of other organisms after fire. (slu.se)
  • Found in virtually every ecological niche, fungi are key organisms to the environment and our lives. (kew.org)
  • Interpret graphs and data from the fossil record to explain the ecological changes and diversification that occurred after the K-Pg mass extinction. (biointeractive.org)
  • Schierenbeck provides a survey of the phylogeography of the flora and fauna of California's diverse biota by major organismal groups and supports scholars and researchers who are asking probing questions about evolutionary diversification in a region defined by both physical and political boundaries. (nhbs.com)
  • Synthesis of ecological and evolutionary concepts and tools has led to improved understanding of how diversification, dispersal, community assembly, long-term coexistence and extinction shape patterns of biological diversity. (ku.dk)
  • Between the inception of life, estimated to be about 3.5 to 4 billion years ago, and today, biotic diversity has increased in a process of enormous evolutionary radiation and specialisation. (groms.de)
  • We employ a comprehensive, large-scale sampling design to characterize the communities of prokaryotes and fungi associated with three habitat types and two soil depths (crust and subterranean) to evaluate (i) differences in microbial communities across these heterogeneous habitats, (ii) the relative roles of abiotic, biotic, and spatial drivers in shaping community structure, and (iii) the distribution of fungal guilds across these habitats. (bvsalud.org)
  • Protecting them ensures the preservation of genetic diversity, ecological roles, and evolutionary potential within marine ecosystems. (saveourblueocean.shop)
  • Studying these species helps expand our understanding of marine ecosystems, contributing to the advancement of ecological knowledge and the development of conservation strategies. (saveourblueocean.shop)
  • Populations, communities, and ecosystems are ecological units that can be considered along a scale of increasing system complexity and structure. (frontiersin.org)
  • They have retained key roles in ecosystems, such as water retention, nutrient cycling and primary production (photosynthesis). (lu.se)
  • Untangling the multiple ecological radiations of early mammals. (biointeractive.org)
  • We then examined the relative importance of multiple ecological, and evolutionary predictors of reticulation. (chapman.edu)
  • The roles of the various potential ecological and evolutionary causes of spatial population genetic structure (SPGS) cannot in general be inferred from the extant structure alone. (bioone.org)
  • Changes in reproductive roles can affect population density9 and the intensity of sexual selection10. (molecularcircuit.com)
  • To improve our understanding of the ecological factors involved in the evolution of sympatric stickleback species pairs ( Gasterosteus aculeatus ), I examined whether lakes in the same region with only a solitary population of sticklebacks had unique features not shared with lakes containing stickleback species pairs. (evolutionary-ecology.com)
  • How is it that fungi strikingly different in physical appearance can share a common ancestor, or that similar appearance can result from quite separate evolutionary pathways. (kew.org)
  • To fulfil these roles, some stability and consistency within the gut microbial community is required. (uni-ulm.de)
  • So far, theory on how eco-evolutionary feedbacks impact stability exists only for a few special cases. (usu.edu)
  • In our work, we develop a general theory for determining the effects of eco-evolutionary feedbacks on stability in communities with an arbitrary number of interacting species and evolving traits for when evolution is slow and fast. (usu.edu)
  • and Schreiber, Sebastian J., "Partitioning the Effects of Eco-Evolutionary Feedbacks on Community Stability" (2018). (usu.edu)
  • First, phylogeography can help clarify the roles of isolation, niche conservatism and environmental stability in generating patterns of alpha- and beta-diversity. (ku.dk)
  • By observing such small microbiome communities over time, we hope to discover ecological tipping points that are important for infection. (rug.nl)
  • Exploring and understanding the diversity of moths in the region allows us to appreciate the intricate beauty and ecological importance of these fascinating insects. (tagvault.org)
  • In the intricate realm of beetle reproduction, gender-specific roles are well-defined but can vary among species. (insecta-inspecta.com)
  • Unraveling the reasons behind the avoidance of bird seed by robins leads us into the intricate web of their evolutionary history, dietary needs, and ecological roles. (theworldsrarestbirds.com)
  • We combine large-scale fieldwork with genomic analyses to understand the evolutionary genetics of adaptations. (lu.se)
  • Additional genetic characterization of strains is needed to determine whether any of these novel phylogroups represent new species and to investigate their evolutionary and ecological relationships with other Bartonella spp. (cdc.gov)
  • MEEL is a collaborative research environment consisting of seven independent PI's who use molecular techniques to investigate evolutionary and ecological problems. (lu.se)
  • Partitioning the Effects of Eco-Evolutionary Feedbacks on Community St" by Swati Patel, Michael H. Cortez et al. (usu.edu)
  • We characterize how eco-evolutionary feedbacks lead to stable communities that would otherwise be unstable, and vice versa. (usu.edu)
  • Applying our methods to models of competing species and food chains, we demonstrate how the functional form of trade-offs, genetic correlations between traits, and the rate of evolution determine whether eco-evolutionary feedbacks stabilize or destabilize communities. (usu.edu)
  • You will study representatives of these lineages to learn about their morphological characters, reproductive strategies, habitat requirements and ecological roles. (lu.se)
  • These rituals not only enhance the chances of successful copulation but also contribute to the broader evolutionary landscape by preventing interbreeding between unrelated species through species-specific behaviors. (insecta-inspecta.com)
  • The laboratory component will examine lecture topics in detail (such as measuring the evolutionary response of bacteria, adaptations of stream invertebrates to life in moving water, invasive species and their patterns of spread). (middlebury.edu)
  • What roles do different species play within the ecosystem and how are resistance genes transferred? (rug.nl)
  • Through a shared evolutionary history, certain functions in development may become reliant on a symbiont. (wikipedia.org)
  • By collaborating with the Natural History Museum and using their collections, it will be possible to apply this technique across multiple extant and fossil lineages, allowing us to reveal how miniaturisation has affected the ecological roles of fishes and how it may have shaped their evolution. (southampton.ac.uk)
  • This classification system provides valuable insights into the evolutionary history and ecological roles of moths. (tagvault.org)
  • Phylogeography of California also interprets evolutionary history in a geological context and reviews new and emerging phylogeographic patterns. (nhbs.com)
  • Life history and ecological characteristics, which play prominent roles in the various outcomes for respective clades, are also considered throughout the work. (nhbs.com)
  • To this end, I study how animals collect and provide information to reduce uncertainty about significant events, or how they insure against it, along with evolutionary and ecological consequences of such risk management. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • We then documented that this pervasive multidimensional specialization/generalization had many ecological and evolutionary consequences. (bvsalud.org)
  • 10. Evidence indicates that H5N1 virus is now endemic in parts of Asia, having established a permanent ecological niche in poultry. (who.int)
  • Reproductive systems can have important ecological and evolutionary implications. (molecularcircuit.com)
  • We work on ecological and evolutionary questions related to host-parasite interaction. (lu.se)
  • The need for nutrients determines whether wild animals thrive, how populations evolve and decline, and how ecological communities are structured. (princeton.edu)
  • Understanding the immense variety of moths and their classification allows for a more comprehensive understanding of their ecological functions and conservation needs. (tagvault.org)
  • it is a crucial step toward informed conservation efforts aimed at preserving these invaluable species and the ecological balance they help maintain. (insecta-inspecta.com)
  • Here, we highlight three areas where integration of phylogeography with ecological and evolutionary approaches can provide new insights into key questions. (ku.dk)
  • Students will learn to identify some anatomical structures of the vertebrate body and learn basic functions and the evolutionary homologies for these structures. (middlebury.edu)
  • It draws on a large repository of data from museum collections and presents state-of-the-art results on evolutionary relationships, distributions, and ecological roles. (xerces.org)
  • Remember that in an evolutionary sense the survival of the individual is less important than the survival of the individual's genes (McAndrew, 2002). (umn.edu)
  • Schierenbeck manages to cover both the biological and the physical histories of California in one readable volume that thus provides an important and unprecedented overview of the state's evolutionary past. (nhbs.com)
  • His research interests involve the ecological and evolutionary effects of the competition between species. (ucla.edu)
  • These roles have historically often been misunderstood or neglected, but modern research have resurrected the importance of bryophytes and pointed to their position as evolutionary links between the first land plants and more recent groups of plants, such as the flowering plants. (lu.se)
  • For example, transitions to multicellularity, sexual reproduction, group living (societies) and symbiotic existence have all played fundamental roles in the development of life. (lu.se)
  • Mating rituals and behaviors in the world of beetles hold profound ecological and evolutionary significance. (insecta-inspecta.com)
  • When might ecological classification of species be useful? (brainscape.com)
  • She studies political parties, focusing on roles they play in stabilizing coalitions and organizing politics. (ucla.edu)
  • For example, philosophy can assist with the development of improved models of ecological hypothesis testing and theory choice. (philpapers.org)
  • On the other side, philosophy of science will be advanced by having ecological case studies as part of the stock of examples. (philpapers.org)
  • Ingeniería en Biotecnología Molecular. (anid.cl)
  • Life on earth has been shaped by several major evolutionary transitions. (lu.se)