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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.
BMC Ecology (ISSN 1472-6785) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, CAS, EMBASE, Scopus, Zoological Record, Agricola and Google Scholar.
BMC Ecology 2010, 10 :2
The geographic origins of 46 chimpanzees who found refuge at the Limbe Wildlife Centre are traced by genotyping, indicating that hunting and the smuggling of live animals is widespread throughout Cameroon.
BMC Ecology 2010, 10 :1
Over the last decades dunlins wintering on the Fraser River estuary in British Columbia have changed their body mass and roosting behavior in adaptation to increased predation by peregrine falcons.
BMC Ecology 2009, 9 :22
The formation of multiple trails by free-ranging horses in a Californian desert reduces vegetation cover and compacts soils, but, together with horse feces, increases native plant diversity.
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Bayesian salamanders: analysing the demography of an underground population of the European plethodontid Speleomantes strinatii with state-space modelling Jan Lindstrom, Richard Reeve, Sebastiano Salvidio BMC Ecology 2010, 10 :4 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Changes in gene expression linked with adult reproductive diapause in a northern malt fly species: a candidate gene microarray study Maaria Kankare, Tiina Salminen, Asta Laiho, Laura Vesala, Anneli Hoikkala BMC Ecology 2010, 10 :3 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Tracing the origins of rescued chimpanzees reveals widespread chimpanzee hunting in Cameroon Lora Ghobrial, Felix Lankester, John A Kiyang, Akih E Akih, Simone de Vries, Roger Fotso, Elizabeth L Gadsby, Peter D Jenkins Jr, Mary K Gonder BMC Ecology 2010, 10 :2 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Winter body mass and over-ocean flocking as components of danger management by Pacific dunlins Ronald C Ydenberg, Dick Dekker, Gary Kaiser, Philippa CF Shepherd, Lesley Evans Ogden, Karen Rickards, David B Lank BMC Ecology 2010, 10 :1 (21 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Environmental DNA sequencing primers for eutardigrades and bdelloid rotifers Michael S Robeson II, Elizabeth K Costello, Kristen R Freeman, Jeremy Whiting, Byron Adams, Andrew P Martin, Steve K Schmidt BMC Ecology 2009, 9 :25 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Temporal development and collapse of an Arctic plant-pollinator network Clementine Pradal, Jens M Olesen, Carsten Wiuf BMC Ecology 2009, 9 :24 (4 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Spurious and functional correlates of the isotopic composition of a generalist across a tropical rainforest landscape Terrence P McGlynn, Hee K Choi, Stefanie T Mattingly, Angela Upshaw, Evan K Poirson, Justin Betzelberger BMC Ecology 2009, 9 :23 (24 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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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 ] [Full text ] [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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Proteomic analysis of the metabolic adaptation of the biocontrol agent Pseudozyma flocculosa leading to glycolipid production Walid Hammami, Florian Chain, Dominique Michaud, Richard R Belanger Proteome Science 2010, 8 :7 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Can differences in phosphorus uptake kinetics explain the distribution of cattail and sawgrass in the Florida Everglades? Hans Brix, Bent Lorenzen, Irving A Mendelssohn, Karen L McKee, ShiLi Miao BMC Plant Biology 2010, 10 :23 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Mopane worm allergy in a 36-year-old woman: a case report Okechukwu A Okezie, Koloi K Kgomotso, Mavis M Letswiti Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010, 4 :42 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Further studies on the phlebotomine sandflies of the kala-azar endemic lowlands of Humera-Metema (north-west Ethiopia) with observations on their natural blood meal sources Teshome Gebre-Michael, Meshesha Balkew, Nega Berhe, Asrat Hailu, Yalemtsehay Mekonnen Parasites & Vectors 2010, 3 :6 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Assessing local determinants of neural tube defects in the Heshun Region, Shanxi Province, China Jin-Feng Wang, Xin Liu, George Christatkos, Yi-Lan Liao, Xue Gu, Xiao-Ying Zheng BMC Public Health 2010, 10 :52 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Factors influencing the production of stilbenes by the knotweed, Reynoutria xbohemica Marcela Kovarova, Kristyna Bartunkova, Tomas Frantik, Helena Koblihova, Katerina Prchalova, Miroslav Vosatka BMC Plant Biology 2010, 10 :19 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Dispersal and population structure at different spatial scales in the subterranean rodent Ctenomys australis. Matias S Mora, Fernando J Mapelli, Oscar E Gaggiotti, Marcelo J Kittlein, Enrique P Lessa BMC Genetics 2010, 11 :9 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Listeria monocytogenes virulence factor Listeriolysin O favors bacterial growth in co-culture with the ciliate Tetrahymena pyriformis, causes protozoan encystment and promotes bacterial survival inside cysts Valentina I Pushkareva, Svetlana A Ermolaeva BMC Microbiology 2010, 10 :26 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Malaria incidence and prevalence on Pemba Island before the onset of the successful control intervention on the Zanzibar Archipelago Thomas Jaenisch, David J Sullivan, Arup Dutta, Saikat Deb, Mahdi Ramsan, Mashavu K Othman, Roger Gaczkowski, James Tielsch, Sunil Sazawal Malaria Journal 2010, 9 :32 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Blood feeding patterns of mosquitoes: random or structured?
Luis F Chaves, Laura C Harrington, Carolyn L Keogh, Andy M Nguyen, Uriel D Kitron Frontiers in Zoology 2010, 7 :3 (21 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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