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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 2008, 8 :3
The mosquito Anopheles darlingi, the most important malaria vector in the neotropics, has five genetically distinct subpopulations, with the greatest differentiation being found between Central American and Amazonian populations correlating with physical separation.
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To sleep or not to sleep: the ecology of sleep in artificial organisms Alberto Acerbi, Patrick McNamara, Charles L Nunn BMC Ecology 2008, 8 :10 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Responses of five small mammal species to micro-scale variations in vegetation structure in secondary Atlantic Forest remnants, Brazil Thomas Puettker, Renata Pardini, Yvonne Meyer-Lucht, Simone Sommer BMC Ecology 2008, 8 :9 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The influence of weather conditions on the activity of high-arctic arthropods inferred from long-term observations Toke T Hoye, Mads C Forchhammer BMC Ecology 2008, 8 :8 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Assessing meiofaunal variation among individuals utilising morphological and molecular approaches: an example using the Tardigrada Chester J Sands, Peter Convey, Katrin Linse, Sandra J McInnes BMC Ecology 2008, 8 :7 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A comparison of plotless density estimators using Monte Carlo
simulation on totally enumerated field data sets Neil A White, Richard M Engeman, Robert T Sugihara, Heather W Krupa BMC Ecology 2008, 8 :6 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Effects of intraspecific competition on the life cycle of the stonefly, Nemurella pictetii (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) Reimo Lieske, Peter Zwick BMC Ecology 2008, 8 :5 (16 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Effects of simulated daily precipitation patterns on annual plant populations depend on life stage and climatic region Martin K BMC Ecology 2008, 8 :4 (27 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Microsatellite data suggest significant population structure and differentiation within the malaria vector Anopheles darlingi in Central and South America Lisa Mirabello, Joseph H Vineis, Stephen P Yanoviak, Vera M Scarpassa, Marinete M P BMC Ecology 2008, 8 :3 (26 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Risk-sensitive foraging and the evolution of cooperative breeding and reproductive skew Hans J Poethke, J BMC Ecology 2008, 8 :2 (18 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Superior infectivity for mosquito vectors contributes to competitive displacement among strains of dengue virus Kathryn A Hanley, Jacob T Nelson, Erin E Schirtzinger, Stephen S Whitehead, Christopher T Hanson BMC Ecology 2008, 8 :1 (13 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A universal DNA mini-barcode for biodiversity analysis Isabelle Meusnier, Gregory AC Singer, Jean-Francois Landry, Donal A Hickey, Paul DN Hebert, Mehrdad Hajibabaei BMC Genomics 2008, 9 :214 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Migratory birds, the H5N1 influenza virus and the scientific method Thomas P Weber, Nikolaos I Stilianakis Virology Journal 2008, 5 :57 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [1 comment ]
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Reproductive isolation, evolutionary distinctiveness and setting conservation priorities: the case of European lake whitefish and the endangered North Sea houting (Coregonus spp.) Michael M Hansen, Dylan J Fraser, Thomas D Als, Karen-Lise D Mensberg BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8 :137 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Chloroplast genome sequencing analysis of Heterosigma akashiwo CCMP452 (West Atlantic) and NIES 293 (West Pacific) strains Rose Ann Cattolico, Michael A. Jacobs, Yang Zhou, Jean Chang, Melinda Duplessis, Terry Lybrand, John McKay, Han Chuan Ong, Elizabeth Sims, Gabrielle Rocap BMC Genomics 2008, 9 :211 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Acoustic divergence in communication of cryptic species of nocturnal primates (Microcebus ssp.) Pia Braune, Sabine Schmidt, Elke Zimmermann BMC Biology 2008, 6 :19 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Lack of agreement between measured and reported distance from public green parks in Glasgow, Scotland Sally Macintyre, Laura Macdonald, Anne Ellaway International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2008, 5 :26 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Gene flow and the genealogical history of Heliconius heurippa Camilo Salazar, Chris D Jiggins, Jesse E Taylor, Marcus R Kronforst, Mauricio Linares BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8 :132 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Landscape, demographic, entomological, and climatic associations with human incidence of West Nile virus in the state of Iowa, USA John P DeGroote, Ramanathan Sugumaran, Sarah M Brend, Brad J Tucker, Lyric C Bartholomay International Journal of Health Geographics 2008, 7 :19 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Coral kin aggregations exhibit mixed allogeneic reactions and enhanced fitness during early ontogeny Keren-Or Amar, Nanette E Chadwick, Baruch Rinkevich BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8 :126 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Mortality selection during the 2003 European heat wave in three-spined sticklebacks: effects of parasites and MHC genotype K Mathias Wegner, Martin Kalbe, Manfred Milinski, Thorsten BH Reusch BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8 :124 (30 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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