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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, Zoological Record and Google Scholar.
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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.
BMC Ecology 2009, 9 :13
The aphid crop pest, Myzus persicae, can rapidly reproduce by sexual and asexual modes and has dispersed worldwide, accompanying human colonisation, to result in genetically distinctive populations in Europe and New Zealand, as well as a tobacco-specific sub-species.
BMC Ecology 2009, 9 :12
Birds attack salamander models with or without a stripe on their back with a frequency that depends on how common each type is, suggesting that predation may maintain variation in prey color and patterning.
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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 ] [Provisional 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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Within-host competitive exclusion among species of the anther smut pathogen Alexander Gold, Tatiana Giraud, Michael E Hood BMC Ecology 2009, 9 :11 (7 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Predation and fragmentation portrayed in the statistical structure of prey time series Ditte K Hendrichsen, Chris J Topping, Mads C Forchhammer BMC Ecology 2009, 9 :10 (6 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Resource heterogeneity and foraging behaviour of cattle across spatial scales Santiago A Utsumi, Carlos A Cangiano, Julio R Galli, Mary B McEachern, Montague W Demment, Emilio A Laca BMC Ecology 2009, 9 :9 (24 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Folksong based appraisal of bio-eco-cultural heritage of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench): A new approach in ethnobiology Firew Mekbib Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2009, 5 :19 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Evolutionary divergence times in the Annonaceae: evidence of a late Miocene origin of Pseuduvaria in Sundaland with subsequent diversification in New Guinea Yvonne C.F. Su, Richard M.K. Saunders BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :153 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Impacts of inbreeding on bumblebee colony fitness under field conditions Penelope R Whitehorn, Matthew C Tinsley, Mark JF Brown, Ben Darvill, Dave Goulson BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :152 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Friend or foe? Evolutionary history of glycoside hydrolase family 32 genes encoding for sucrolytic activity in fungi and its implications for plant-fungal symbioses Jeri LYNN Parrent, Timothy Y. James, Rimvydas Vasaitis, Andrew F.S. Taylor BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :148 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Evidence that pairing with genetically similar mates is maladaptive in a monogamous bird Herve Mulard, Etienne Danchin, Sandra L Talbot, Andrew M Ramey, Scott A Hatch, Joel F White, Fabrice Helfenstein, Richard H Wagner BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :147 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Optimum land cover products for use in a Glossina-morsitans habitat model of Kenya. Mark H DeVisser, Joseph P Messina International Journal of Health Geographics 2009, 8 :39 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Habitat adaptation rather than genetic distance correlates with female preference in fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) Barbara A Caspers, Claudia Junge, Markus Weitere, Sebastian Steinfartz Frontiers in Zoology 2009, 6 :13 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Food taboos: Their origins and purposes Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2009, 5 :18 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Spatial analysis of plague in California: Niche modeling predictions of the current distribution and potential response to climate change Ashley C. Holt, Daniel J. Salkeld, Curtis L. Fritz, James R. Tucker, Peng Gong International Journal of Health Geographics 2009, 8 :38 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Evaluation of community level interventions to address social and structural determinants of health: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Martin Wall, Richard Hayes, Derek Moore, Mark Petticrew, Angela Clow, Elena Schmidt, Alizon Draper, Karen Lock, Rebecca Lynch, Adrian Renton BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :207 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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