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		Research article Adaptive and variable intraguild predators facilitate local coexistence in an intraguild predation module San-He Wu, Toshinori Okuyama BMC Ecology 2012, 12:6 (24 May 2012) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Invasion analysis underestimates the possibility of coexistence in intraguild predation modules when individual variation in adaptive foraging behaviour is taken into account, suggesting that the possibility of stable coexistence is greater than previously thought.
		Research article Habitat fragmentation impacts mobility in a common and widespread woodland butterfly: do sexes respond differently? Benjamin Bergerot, Thomas Merckx, Hans Van Dyck, Michel Baguette BMC Ecology 2012, 12:5 (27 April 2012) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Dispersal of the woodland butterfly, Pararge aegeria, is lower in highly fragmented urban landscapes compared to fragmented agricultural and continuous woodland landscapes, with males more likely to remain in large patches than females.
		Research article Mapping the social network: tracking lice in a wild primate (Microcebus rufus) population to infer social contacts and vector potential Sarah Zohdy, Addison D Kemp, Lance A Durden, Patricia C Wright, Jukka Jernvall BMC Ecology 2012, 12:4 (26 March 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Transfer of lice between wild mouse lemurs indicates wider host ranging behavior and a greater risk of rapid population-wide pathogen transmission than predicted by standard lemur trapping data alone.
		Research article Palms, peccaries and perturbations: widespread effects of small-scale disturbance in tropical forests Simon A Queenborough, Margaret R Metz, Thorsten Wiegand, Renato Valencia BMC Ecology 2012, 12:3 (19 March 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Large fruiting palm trees exert a significant effect on the spatial structure, population dynamics and species diversity of neighbouring sapling and seedling communities, which is not reflected by non-fruiting palms, suggesting seed predators as the cause
		Research article Phenotypic variation in sexually and asexually recruited individuals of the Baltic Sea endemic macroalga Fucus radicans: in the field and after growth in a common-garden Kerstin Johannesson, Helena Forslund, Nastassja Capetillo, Lena Kautsky, Daniel Johansson, Ricardo T Pereyra, Sonja Råberg BMC Ecology 2012, 12:2 (22 February 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Plant and animal endemism in the eastern Andean slope: challenges to conservation Jennifer J Swenson, Bruce E Young, Stephan Beck, Pat Comer, Jesús H Córdova, Jessica Dyson, Dirk Embert, Filomeno Encarnación, Wanderley Ferreira, Irma Franke, Dennis Grossman, Pilar Hernandez, Sebastian K Herzog, Carmen Josse, Gonzalo Navarro, Víctor Pacheco, Bruce A Stein, Martín Timaná, Antonio Tovar, Carolina Tovar, Julieta Vargas, Carlos M Zambrana-Torrelio BMC Ecology 2012, 12:1 (27 January 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Areas of high endemic species concentrations in the Andes-Amazon basin are in need of greater protection at the national level, as revealed by accurate species distribution maps that combine climate, topography, vegetation and biodiversity data.
		Research article Ecological Niche Modelling of the Bacillus anthracis A1.a sub-lineage in Kazakhstan Jocelyn Mullins, Larissa Lukhnova, Alim Aikimbayev, Yerlan Pazilov, Matthew Van Ert, Jason K Blackburn BMC Ecology 2011, 11:32 (12 December 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Ecological transcriptomics of lake-type and riverine sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) Scott A Pavey, Ben JG Sutherland, Jong Leong, Adrienne Robb, Kris von Schalburg, Troy R Hamon, Ben F Koop, Jennifer L Nielsen BMC Ecology 2011, 11:31 (2 December 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Acquisition of chemical recognition cues facilitates integration into ant societies Christoph von Beeren, Stefan Schulz, Rosli Hashim, Volker Witte BMC Ecology 2011, 11:30 (1 December 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| 1 comment \| Editor’s summary The parasitic silverfish, Malayatelura ponerophila, evades recognition as alien when exploiting ant nests by acquiring the right chemical cues from the hosts by direct contact, allowing the silverfish to be socially accepted by the ants.
		Review Forest restoration, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning Raf Aerts, Olivier Honnay BMC Ecology 2011, 11:29 (24 November 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Olivier Honnay and Raf Aerts discuss forest restoration from a biodiversity-ecosystem functioning perspective and identify knowledge gaps, such as understanding the role of species richness and genetic diversity in this functioning, that require further research.
		Research article Invasive Acer negundo outperforms native species in non-limiting resource environments due to its higher phenotypic plasticity Annabel J Porté, Laurent J Lamarque, Christopher J Lortie, Richard Michalet, Sylvain Delzon BMC Ecology 2011, 11:28 (24 November 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary The invasive maple, Acer negundo, displays greater plasticity in foliage allocation compared to other native species, which permits better growth in non-limiting resource environments and contributes to their spread in European resource-rich riparian forests.
		Research article Forgotten forests - issues and prospects in biome mapping using Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests as a case study Tiina Särkinen, João RV Iganci, Reynaldo Linares-Palomino, Marcelo F Simon, Darién E Prado BMC Ecology 2011, 11:27 (24 November 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Current biome maps of South America perform poorly in depicting seasonally dry tropical forest distribution due to poor spatial resolution and biome delimitation and may be improved by the use of georeferenced herbarium data in conjunction with bioclimatic data.
		Research article Group decision-making in chacma baboons: leadership, order and communication during movement Cédric Sueur BMC Ecology 2011, 11:26 (20 October 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Can snow depth be used to predict the distribution of the high Arctic aphid Acyrthosiphon svalbardicum (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Spitsbergen? María L Ávila-Jiménez, Stephen J Coulson BMC Ecology 2011, 11:25 (13 October 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Expression plasticity of Phlebotomus papatasi salivary gland genes in distinct ecotopes through the sand fly season Iliano V Coutinho-Abreu, Rami Mukbel, Hanafi A Hanafi, Emad Y Fawaz, Shabaan S El-Hossary, Mariha Wadsworth, Gwen Stayback, Dilkushi A Pitts, Mahmoud Abo-Shehada, David F Hoel, Shaden Kamhawi, Marcelo Ramalho-Ortigão, Mary Ann McDowell BMC Ecology 2011, 11:24 (10 October 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article The costs of infection and resistance as determinants of West Nile virus susceptibility in Culex mosquitoes Alexander T Ciota, Linda M Styer, Mark A Meola, Laura D Kramer BMC Ecology 2011, 11:23 (5 October 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Incongruence between morphotypes and genetically delimited species in the coral genus Stylophora: phenotypic plasticity, morphological convergence, morphological stasis or interspecific hybridization? Jean-François Flot, Jean Blanchot, Loïc Charpy, Corinne Cruaud, Wilfredo Y Licuanan, Yoshikatsu Nakano, Claude Payri, Simon Tillier BMC Ecology 2011, 11:22 (4 October 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Queen dominance and worker policing control reproduction in a threatened ant Jürgen Trettin, Monika Haubner, Alfred Buschinger, Jürgen Heinze BMC Ecology 2011, 11:21 (30 September 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Queen ants, from Leptothorax acervorum, establish their position in the reproductive hierarchy by aggressive behavior towards other queens while worker ants reinforce these hierarchies by preferentially feeding and grooming high-ranking queens and attacking those ranked lower.
		Research article Population distribution models: species distributions are better modeled using biologically relevant data partitions Sergio C Gonzalez, J Angel Soto-Centeno, David L Reed BMC Ecology 2011, 11:20 (19 September 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Differential regulation of the foraging gene associated with task behaviors in harvester ants Krista K Ingram, Lindsay Kleeman, Swetha Peteru BMC Ecology 2011, 11:19 (10 August 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article When species matches are unavailable are DNA barcodes correctly assigned to higher taxa? An assessment using sphingid moths John Wilson, Rodolphe Rougerie, Justin Schonfeld, Daniel H Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs, Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Ian J Kitching, Jean Haxaire, Paul DN Hebert BMC Ecology 2011, 11:18 (1 August 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| 1 comment
		Research article The dynamics of social networks among female Asian elephants Shermin de Silva, Ashoka DG Ranjeewa, Sergey Kryazhimskiy BMC Ecology 2011, 11:17 (27 July 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Contrary to popular belief, female Asian elephants can form strong associations with multiple companions in large groups, especially in dry seasons when resources are scarce, however, individuals in smaller groups frequently change their day-to-day associations.
		Research article Loss of density-dependence and incomplete control by dominant breeders in a territorial species with density outbreaks Jana A Eccard, Ilmari Jokinen, Hannu Ylönen BMC Ecology 2011, 11:16 (4 July 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Ancient feeding ecology inferred from stable isotopic evidence from fossil horses in South America over the past 3 Ma José L Prado, Begoña Sánchez, María T Alberdi BMC Ecology 2011, 11:15 (14 June 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Converging seasonal prevalence dynamics in experimental epidemics Sandra Lass, Jürgen W Hottinger, Thomas Fabbro, Dieter Ebert BMC Ecology 2011, 11:14 (17 May 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed

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		Research article Adaptive and variable intraguild predators facilitate local coexistence in an intraguild predation module San-He Wu, Toshinori Okuyama BMC Ecology 2012, 12:6 (24 May 2012) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Invasion analysis underestimates the possibility of coexistence in intraguild predation modules when individual variation in adaptive foraging behaviour is taken into account, suggesting that the possibility of stable coexistence is greater than previously thought.
		Research article Habitat fragmentation impacts mobility in a common and widespread woodland butterfly: do sexes respond differently? Benjamin Bergerot, Thomas Merckx, Hans Van Dyck, Michel Baguette BMC Ecology 2012, 12:5 (27 April 2012) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Dispersal of the woodland butterfly, Pararge aegeria, is lower in highly fragmented urban landscapes compared to fragmented agricultural and continuous woodland landscapes, with males more likely to remain in large patches than females.
		Research article Mapping the social network: tracking lice in a wild primate (Microcebus rufus) population to infer social contacts and vector potential Sarah Zohdy, Addison D Kemp, Lance A Durden, Patricia C Wright, Jukka Jernvall BMC Ecology 2012, 12:4 (26 March 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Transfer of lice between wild mouse lemurs indicates wider host ranging behavior and a greater risk of rapid population-wide pathogen transmission than predicted by standard lemur trapping data alone.
		Research article Palms, peccaries and perturbations: widespread effects of small-scale disturbance in tropical forests Simon A Queenborough, Margaret R Metz, Thorsten Wiegand, Renato Valencia BMC Ecology 2012, 12:3 (19 March 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Large fruiting palm trees exert a significant effect on the spatial structure, population dynamics and species diversity of neighbouring sapling and seedling communities, which is not reflected by non-fruiting palms, suggesting seed predators as the cause
		Research article Phenotypic variation in sexually and asexually recruited individuals of the Baltic Sea endemic macroalga Fucus radicans: in the field and after growth in a common-garden Kerstin Johannesson, Helena Forslund, Nastassja Capetillo, Lena Kautsky, Daniel Johansson, Ricardo T Pereyra, Sonja Råberg BMC Ecology 2012, 12:2 (22 February 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Plant and animal endemism in the eastern Andean slope: challenges to conservation Jennifer J Swenson, Bruce E Young, Stephan Beck, Pat Comer, Jesús H Córdova, Jessica Dyson, Dirk Embert, Filomeno Encarnación, Wanderley Ferreira, Irma Franke, Dennis Grossman, Pilar Hernandez, Sebastian K Herzog, Carmen Josse, Gonzalo Navarro, Víctor Pacheco, Bruce A Stein, Martín Timaná, Antonio Tovar, Carolina Tovar, Julieta Vargas, Carlos M Zambrana-Torrelio BMC Ecology 2012, 12:1 (27 January 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Areas of high endemic species concentrations in the Andes-Amazon basin are in need of greater protection at the national level, as revealed by accurate species distribution maps that combine climate, topography, vegetation and biodiversity data.
		Research article Ecological Niche Modelling of the Bacillus anthracis A1.a sub-lineage in Kazakhstan Jocelyn Mullins, Larissa Lukhnova, Alim Aikimbayev, Yerlan Pazilov, Matthew Van Ert, Jason K Blackburn BMC Ecology 2011, 11:32 (12 December 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Ecological transcriptomics of lake-type and riverine sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) Scott A Pavey, Ben JG Sutherland, Jong Leong, Adrienne Robb, Kris von Schalburg, Troy R Hamon, Ben F Koop, Jennifer L Nielsen BMC Ecology 2011, 11:31 (2 December 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Acquisition of chemical recognition cues facilitates integration into ant societies Christoph von Beeren, Stefan Schulz, Rosli Hashim, Volker Witte BMC Ecology 2011, 11:30 (1 December 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| 1 comment \| Editor’s summary The parasitic silverfish, Malayatelura ponerophila, evades recognition as alien when exploiting ant nests by acquiring the right chemical cues from the hosts by direct contact, allowing the silverfish to be socially accepted by the ants.
		Review Forest restoration, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning Raf Aerts, Olivier Honnay BMC Ecology 2011, 11:29 (24 November 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Olivier Honnay and Raf Aerts discuss forest restoration from a biodiversity-ecosystem functioning perspective and identify knowledge gaps, such as understanding the role of species richness and genetic diversity in this functioning, that require further research.
		Research article Invasive Acer negundo outperforms native species in non-limiting resource environments due to its higher phenotypic plasticity Annabel J Porté, Laurent J Lamarque, Christopher J Lortie, Richard Michalet, Sylvain Delzon BMC Ecology 2011, 11:28 (24 November 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary The invasive maple, Acer negundo, displays greater plasticity in foliage allocation compared to other native species, which permits better growth in non-limiting resource environments and contributes to their spread in European resource-rich riparian forests.
		Research article Forgotten forests - issues and prospects in biome mapping using Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests as a case study Tiina Särkinen, João RV Iganci, Reynaldo Linares-Palomino, Marcelo F Simon, Darién E Prado BMC Ecology 2011, 11:27 (24 November 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Current biome maps of South America perform poorly in depicting seasonally dry tropical forest distribution due to poor spatial resolution and biome delimitation and may be improved by the use of georeferenced herbarium data in conjunction with bioclimatic data.
		Research article Group decision-making in chacma baboons: leadership, order and communication during movement Cédric Sueur BMC Ecology 2011, 11:26 (20 October 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Can snow depth be used to predict the distribution of the high Arctic aphid Acyrthosiphon svalbardicum (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Spitsbergen? María L Ávila-Jiménez, Stephen J Coulson BMC Ecology 2011, 11:25 (13 October 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Expression plasticity of Phlebotomus papatasi salivary gland genes in distinct ecotopes through the sand fly season Iliano V Coutinho-Abreu, Rami Mukbel, Hanafi A Hanafi, Emad Y Fawaz, Shabaan S El-Hossary, Mariha Wadsworth, Gwen Stayback, Dilkushi A Pitts, Mahmoud Abo-Shehada, David F Hoel, Shaden Kamhawi, Marcelo Ramalho-Ortigão, Mary Ann McDowell BMC Ecology 2011, 11:24 (10 October 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article The costs of infection and resistance as determinants of West Nile virus susceptibility in Culex mosquitoes Alexander T Ciota, Linda M Styer, Mark A Meola, Laura D Kramer BMC Ecology 2011, 11:23 (5 October 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Incongruence between morphotypes and genetically delimited species in the coral genus Stylophora: phenotypic plasticity, morphological convergence, morphological stasis or interspecific hybridization? Jean-François Flot, Jean Blanchot, Loïc Charpy, Corinne Cruaud, Wilfredo Y Licuanan, Yoshikatsu Nakano, Claude Payri, Simon Tillier BMC Ecology 2011, 11:22 (4 October 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Queen dominance and worker policing control reproduction in a threatened ant Jürgen Trettin, Monika Haubner, Alfred Buschinger, Jürgen Heinze BMC Ecology 2011, 11:21 (30 September 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Queen ants, from Leptothorax acervorum, establish their position in the reproductive hierarchy by aggressive behavior towards other queens while worker ants reinforce these hierarchies by preferentially feeding and grooming high-ranking queens and attacking those ranked lower.
		Research article Population distribution models: species distributions are better modeled using biologically relevant data partitions Sergio C Gonzalez, J Angel Soto-Centeno, David L Reed BMC Ecology 2011, 11:20 (19 September 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Differential regulation of the foraging gene associated with task behaviors in harvester ants Krista K Ingram, Lindsay Kleeman, Swetha Peteru BMC Ecology 2011, 11:19 (10 August 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article When species matches are unavailable are DNA barcodes correctly assigned to higher taxa? An assessment using sphingid moths John Wilson, Rodolphe Rougerie, Justin Schonfeld, Daniel H Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs, Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Ian J Kitching, Jean Haxaire, Paul DN Hebert BMC Ecology 2011, 11:18 (1 August 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| 1 comment
		Research article The dynamics of social networks among female Asian elephants Shermin de Silva, Ashoka DG Ranjeewa, Sergey Kryazhimskiy BMC Ecology 2011, 11:17 (27 July 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Contrary to popular belief, female Asian elephants can form strong associations with multiple companions in large groups, especially in dry seasons when resources are scarce, however, individuals in smaller groups frequently change their day-to-day associations.
		Research article Loss of density-dependence and incomplete control by dominant breeders in a territorial species with density outbreaks Jana A Eccard, Ilmari Jokinen, Hannu Ylönen BMC Ecology 2011, 11:16 (4 July 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Ancient feeding ecology inferred from stable isotopic evidence from fossil horses in South America over the past 3 Ma José L Prado, Begoña Sánchez, María T Alberdi BMC Ecology 2011, 11:15 (14 June 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Converging seasonal prevalence dynamics in experimental epidemics Sandra Lass, Jürgen W Hottinger, Thomas Fabbro, Dieter Ebert BMC Ecology 2011, 11:14 (17 May 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed