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{"title":"Erratum for \"Mutualism and predation have contrasting effects on the diversity of pine canopy arthropod communities\".","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ecy.70336","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ecy.70336","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93986,"journal":{"name":"Ecology","volume":"107 5","pages":"e70336"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147984791","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":"Beyond masquerade: Grasping the predator prevents swallowing in a bird-dropping-like weevil.","authors":"Uran Sumi, Shinji Sugiura","doi":"10.1002/ecy.70410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70410","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93986,"journal":{"name":"Ecology","volume":"107 5","pages":"e70410"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148019705","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":"Erratum for \"SNAPSHOT USA 2021: A third coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States\".","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ecy.70338","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ecy.70338","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93986,"journal":{"name":"Ecology","volume":"107 5","pages":"e70338"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147984813","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":"Erratum for \"Rates and controls of nitrogen fixation in postfire lodgepole pine forests\".","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ecy.70339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70339","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93986,"journal":{"name":"Ecology","volume":"107 5","pages":"e70339"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147990630","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":"Species-specific responses of leaf herbivory and defenses along a latitudinal gradient.","authors":"Ruliang Feng, Shihong Jia, Zhanqing Hao, Xoaquín Moreira","doi":"10.1002/ecy.70403","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ecy.70403","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Latitudinal variation in biotic interactions has long been hypothesized to shape plant trait evolution, with stronger herbivory at lower latitudes predicted to drive increased plant defenses. Yet, recent studies reveal inconsistent patterns, suggesting that context dependence and methodological limitations constrain broad inference. Two key issues may underlie these discrepancies: most research examines single defensive traits in isolation rather than integrated defense syndromes, and studies often focus on single species within restricted geographic ranges. To address these gaps, we tested for latitudinal variation in insect herbivory and multiple leaf traits across four tree species distributed along a 21.4° gradient in China, spanning tropical to temperate regions. We sampled 7-10 populations per species across nearly their entire climatic ranges. Our results show that latitudinal patterns in herbivory and defenses are highly species-specific. In Prunus persica and Prunus salicina, herbivory followed a unimodal gradient, peaking at mid-latitudes, while Malus halliana and Malus micromalus showed no significant latitudinal trends. Leaf physical traits varied with latitude: leaf area increased with latitude in P. salicina and M. halliana but decreased in M. × micromalus, and leaf thickness declined at higher latitudes only in M. × micromalus. Chemical traits, including C:N ratio, tannins, and flavonoids, generally declined toward higher latitudes, though patterns were species-dependent. Importantly, herbivory was mediated by interactions between latitude and traits such as flavonoid content and specific leaf area. Our findings highlight that latitudinal effects on herbivory emerge through species-specific trait variation, underscoring the need for multispecies, trait-based approaches to understand plant-herbivore dynamics at broad scales.</p>","PeriodicalId":93986,"journal":{"name":"Ecology","volume":"107 5","pages":"e70403"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147990557","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":"Erratum for \"Rhizobial variation, more than plant variation, mediates plant symbiotic and fitness responses to herbicide stress\".","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ecy.70340","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ecy.70340","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93986,"journal":{"name":"Ecology","volume":"107 5","pages":"e70340"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13484092/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147984801","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}

{"title":"Latitudinal variation in seasonal cycle mediates population differences in barnacle reproduction phenology.","authors":"Jane B Weinstock, Jesús Pineda, Claudio DiBacco, Salvatore Genovese, Victoria Starczak, Kira Krumhansl","doi":"10.1002/ecy.70415","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ecy.70415","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The timing of life history events around reproduction and early development is critical in population dynamics, and it can determine recruitment success, species dispersal, and population connectivity. In ectotherms, as well as in plants and fungi, phenology is mediated by the nonlinear effects of temperature on physiology and development, meaning that spatiotemporal variation in temperature can exert powerful controls on the timing of local reproduction and recruitment. Here, we examine reproduction phenology (fertilization of embryos, duration of embryonic development during brooding, and larval release) of the intertidal acorn barnacle Semibalanus balanoides in 2002-2004 and in 2019-2024 at up to eight sites along a steep temperature gradient in the northwest Atlantic Ocean. At each site and year, we assessed how phenology varied with intertidal temperature, estimated with a hybrid atmosphere-ocean data assimilation model. Although within-site reproduction was delayed due to interannual and decadal fall warming (3.7 days per 1°C), fertilization at all sites in all years still occurred within a 1-month timeframe. In contrast, latitudinal differences in intertidal temperature resulted in substantially different brooding durations (up to 95 days difference) and, by extension, larval release timing (e.g., Dec 18 vs. Apr 4). Consequently, lower latitude larvae tended to enter the water column at the start of winter, while higher latitude larvae were not released until spring. These different larval release times result in regional differences in temperature-mediated larval development, potentially resulting in lower latitude populations experiencing greater dispersal. Our study is one of the first to evaluate these relationships through both space and time in natural populations, and we show that both spatial gradients and interannual variation in the seasonal temperature cycle can mediate reproductive physiology and dispersal of temperate and polar species.</p>","PeriodicalId":93986,"journal":{"name":"Ecology","volume":"107 5","pages":"e70415"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13185677/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147978002","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}

{"title":"Big sharks in the dark: High densities of the bluntnose sixgill shark Hexanchus griseus in the Gulf of Naples.","authors":"Simona Noè, Francesco Stenico, Frine Cardone, Antonio Terlizzi, Simonepietro Canese, Teresa Romeo, Chiara Bonaviri, Andrea Aiello, Trevor J Willis","doi":"10.1002/ecy.70388","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ecy.70388","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93986,"journal":{"name":"Ecology","volume":"107 4","pages":"e70388"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147730941","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":"Swimming snakes wipe out endemic lizards from Mediterranean islets.","authors":"Guillem Casbas, Marc Vez-Garzón, Ariadna Sanglas, Victor Colomar, Esteban Cardona, Elba Montes, Juan Pleguezuelos, Oriol Lapiedra","doi":"10.1002/ecy.70373","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ecy.70373","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93986,"journal":{"name":"Ecology","volume":"107 4","pages":"e70373"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13096984/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147731023","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}

{"title":"Spatial heterogeneity in density dependence across life-history stages drives the dynamics of a bird metapopulation.","authors":"Tor Hansson Frank, Peter Sjolte Ranke, Hamish Burnett, Paul Acker, Thor Harald Ringsby, Jonathan Wright, Henrik Jensen, Bernt-Erik Sæther, Yimen G Araya-Ajoy","doi":"10.1002/ecy.70356","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ecy.70356","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Density-dependent effects on individual vital rates play a critical role in determining a population's equilibrium size and rate of return following stochastic disturbances. In fragmented landscapes, spatial variation in density dependence across life-history stages causes heterogeneity in limitations of population growth, which influences extinction-persistence dynamics. As habitat loss leads to increased landscape fragmentation, understanding the factors driving variation in the strength of density dependence across life-history stages is necessary to assess population viability and guide conservation strategies. We quantified spatial variation in the strength of density dependence across life-history stages in a house sparrow metapopulation encompassing 11 islands in northern Norway, collected from 1994 to 2022. Our findings reveal that increased density negatively affects the demographic contributions of individuals to population growth. We found a pronounced negative effect of density, especially on survival, which was stronger in juveniles than in adults. In contrast, there was no clear impact on nestling production. We recorded stronger density dependence on islands further from the mainland, likely due to harsher environmental conditions during winter. Furthermore, the density dependence of survival was stronger in juveniles relative to adults on islands where adult survival contributed more to population growth than on islands where juvenile survival was more important. This indicates that the strength of density dependence at different life-history stages was related to each island's average pace-of-life. Thus, this study demonstrates potential links between spatial variation in density dependence across life-history stages, population dynamics, and life-history evolution.</p>","PeriodicalId":93986,"journal":{"name":"Ecology","volume":"107 3","pages":"e70356"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147517794","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}