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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
BMC Ecology 2009, 9 :15
Extra-pair paternity is common in Australian fairy wrens, but one species, the purple-crowned fairy wren, is surprisingly faithful despite sharing life history parameters with other birds in this genus, suggesting that minor inter-specific differences can cause radical shifts in behavior.
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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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Frequency-dependent selection by wild birds promotes polymorphism in model salamanders Benjamin M Fitzpatrick, Kim Shook, Reuben Izally BMC Ecology 2009, 9 :12 (8 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Alpine ethnobotany in Italy: traditional knowledge of gastronomic and medicinal plants among the Occitans of the upper Varaita valley, Piedmont Andrea Pieroni, Maria Elena Giusti Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2009, 5 :32 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Plant chemical defence: a partner control mechanism stabilising plant - seed-eating pollinator mutualisms. Sebastien Ibanez, Christiane Gallet, Fanny Dommanget, Laurence Despres BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :261 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Massively parallel tag sequencing reveals the complexity of anaerobic marine protistan communities Thorsten Stoeck, Anke Behnke, Richard Christen, Linda Amaral-Zettler, Maria J Rodriguez-Mora, Andrei Chistoserdov, William Orsi, Virginia P Edgcomb BMC Biology 2009, 7 :72 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Phylogenetic relatedness and host plant growth form influence gene expression of the polyphagous comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album) Hanna M Heidel-Fischer, Dalial Freitak, Niklas Janz, Lina Soderlind, Heiko Vogel, Soren Nylin BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :506 (31 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Genetic load and transgenic mitigating genes in transgenic Brassica rapa (field mustard) x Brassica napus (oilseed rape) hybrid populations Christy W Rose, Reginald J Millwood, Hong Seok Moon, Murali R Rao, Matthew D Halfill, Paul L Raymer, Suzanne I Warwick, Hani Al-Ahmad, Jonathan Gressel, C Neal Stewart Jr BMC Biotechnology 2009, 9 :93 (31 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Changes in timber haul emissions in the context of shifting forest management and infrastructure Sean P Healey, Jock A Blackard, Todd A Morgan, Dan Loeffler, Greg Jones, Jon Songster, Jason P Brandt, Gretchen G Moisen, Larry T DeBlander Carbon Balance and Management 2009, 4 :9 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A heritable component in sex ratio and caste determination in a Cardiocondyla ant Sabine Frohschammer, J Frontiers in Zoology 2009, 6 :27 (28 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Trade-off between morphological convergence and opportunistic diet behavior in fish hybrid zone Emmanuel Corse, Caroline Costedoat, Nicolas Pech, R Frontiers in Zoology 2009, 6 :26 (27 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Minute ventilation of cyclists, car and bus passengers: an experimental study Moniek Zuurbier, Gerard Hoek, Peter van den Hazel, Bert Brunekreef Environmental Health 2009, 8 :48 (27 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Relatedness facilitates cooperation in the subsocial spider, Stegodyphus tentoriicola Jasmin Ruch, Lisa Heinrich, Trine Bilde, Jutta M Schneider BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :257 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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