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BMC Ecology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in environmental, behavioral and population ecology of plants, animals, and microbes.
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BMC Ecology 2009, 9 :21
Species of Leptoseris, a light-dependent coral found at depths of 67– 100 m, harbor the common shallow-water dinoflagellate Symbiodinium, suggesting that adaptation of Leptoseris to deep water does not depend on a specialist symbiont.
BMC Ecology 2009, 9 :19
Spatial genetic patterns of the coral Pocillopora damicornis across East African reefs reveal variable degrees of ecological and evolutionary isolation and help to identify potential source reefs and genetically isolated reefs to aid management decisions
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Impacts of feral horses on a desert environment Stacey D Ostermann-Kelm, Edward A Atwill, Esther S Rubin, Larry E Hendrickson, Walter M Boyce BMC Ecology 2009, 9 :22 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Generalist dinoflagellate endosymbionts and host genotype diversity detected from mesophotic (67-100 m depths) coral Leptoseris Yvonne L Chan, Xavier Pochon, Marla A Fisher, Daniel Wagner, Gregory T Concepcion, Samuel E Kahng, Robert J Toonen, Ruth D Gates BMC Ecology 2009, 9 :21 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Geographical patterning of sixteen goat breeds from Italy, Albania and Greece assessed by Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Lorraine Pariset, Antonella Cuteri, Christina Ligda, Paolo Ajmone-Marsan, Alessio Valentini, ECONOGENE Consortium BMC Ecology 2009, 9 :20 (2 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Patterns of genetic structuring in the coral Pocillopora damicornis on reefs in East Africa Petra Souter, Oskar Henriksson, Niklas Olsson, Mats Grahn BMC Ecology 2009, 9 :19 (26 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The effects of spatial and temporal heterogeneity on the population dynamics of four animal species in a Danish landscape Richard M Sibly, Jacob Nabe-Nielsen, Mads C Forchhammer, Valery E Forbes, Christopher J Topping BMC Ecology 2009, 9 :18 (23 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Ecological niche partitioning between Anopheles gambiae molecular forms in Cameroon: the ecological side of speciation Fr BMC Ecology 2009, 9 :17 (21 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Living at the edge: biogeographic patterns of habitat segregation conform to speciation by niche expansion in Anopheles gambiae Carlo Costantini, Diego Ayala, Wamdaogo M Guelbeogo, Marco Pombi, Corentin Y Some, Imael HN Bassole, Kenji Ose, Jean-Marie Fotsing, N'Fal BMC Ecology 2009, 9 :16 (21 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Radical loss of an extreme extra-pair mating system Sjouke A Kingma, Michelle L Hall, Gernot Segelbacher, Anne Peters BMC Ecology 2009, 9 :15 (19 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Life cycle and population growth rate of Caenorhabditis elegans studied by a new method Daniel Muschiol, Fabian Schroeder, Walter Traunspurger BMC Ecology 2009, 9 :14 (16 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Tracking the global dispersal of a cosmopolitan insect pest, the peach potato aphid John T Margaritopoulos, Louise Kasprowicz, Gaynor L Malloch, Brian Fenton BMC Ecology 2009, 9 :13 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The risks of malaria infection in Kenya in 2009 Abdisalan M Noor, Peter W Gething, Victor A Alegana, Anand P Patil, Simon I Hay, Eric Muchiri, Elizabeth Juma, Robert W Snow BMC Infectious Diseases 2009, 9 :180 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Puma predation on radiocollared and uncollared bighorn sheep Sean M Clemenza, Esther S Rubin, Christine K Johnson, Randall A Botta, Walter M Boyce BMC Research Notes 2009, 2 :230 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Importance of the xenarthrans in the eco-epidemiology of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Virginia B Richini-Pereira, Sandra MG Bosco, Raquel C Theodoro, Ligia Barrozo, Silvia CB Pedrini, Patricia S Rosa, Eduardo Bagagli BMC Research Notes 2009, 2 :228 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Commercial activities and subsistence utilization of mangrove forests around the Wouri estuary and the Douala-Edea reserve (Cameroon) Adolphe Nfotabong Atheull, Ndongo Din, Simon N Longonje, Nico Koedam, Farid Dahdouh-Guebas Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2009, 5 :35 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Preliminary study on temporal variations in biting activity of Simulium damnosum s.l. in Abeokuta North LGA, Ogun State Nigeria Akinola S Oluwole, Uwem F Ekpo, Chiedu F Mafiana, Clement O Adeofun, Olufunmilayo A Idowu Parasites & Vectors 2009, 2 :55 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Predicting the impact of insecticide-treated bed nets on malaria transmission: the devil is in the detail Weidong Gu, Robert J Novak Malaria Journal 2009, 8 :256 (16 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Target gene approaches: Gene expression in Daphnia magna exposed to predator-borne kairomones or to microcystin-producing and microcystin-free Microcystis aeruginosa Anke Schwarzenberger, Cornelius Courts, Eric Von Elert BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :527 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD): a climate change mitigation strategy on a critical track Michael Kohl, Thomas Baldauf, Daniel Plugge, Joachim Krug Carbon Balance and Management 2009, 4 :10 (13 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A remarkable diversity of bone-eating worms (Osedax; Siboglinidae; Annelida) Robert C Vrijenhoek, Shannon B Johnson, Greg W Rouse BMC Biology 2009, 7 :74 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Assessing population genetic structure via the maximisation of genetic distance Silvia T Rodr Genetics Selection Evolution 2009, 41 :49 (9 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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