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Phylogenetic analysis of community assembly and structure over space and time by Emerson, Brent C., Gillespie, Rosemary G.

“…Evolutionary ecologists are increasingly combining phylogenetic data with distributional and ecological data to assess how and why communities of species…”
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Biodiversity soup: metabarcoding of arthropods for rapid biodiversity assessment and biomonitoring by Yu, Douglas W., Ji, Yinqiu, Emerson, Brent C., Wang, Xiaoyang, Ye, Chengxi, Yang, Chunyan, Ding, Zhaoli

“…Summary 1. Traditional biodiversity assessment is costly in time, money and taxonomic expertise. Moreover, data are frequently collected in ways (e.g. visual…”
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Biodiversity in the Mexican highlands and the interaction of geology, geography and climate within the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt by Mastretta-Yanes, Alicia, Moreno-Letelier, Alejandra, Piñero, Daniel, Jorgensen, Tove H., Emerson, Brent C.

“…Aim: (1) To synthesize data on the physical and phylogeographical history of the Mexican highlands, with a focus on the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (TMVB), and…”
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Reliable, verifiable and efficient monitoring of biodiversity via metabarcoding by Ji, Yinqiu, Ashton, Louise, Pedley, Scott M, Edwards, David P, Tang, Yong, Nakamura, Akihiro, Kitching, Roger, Dolman, Paul M, Woodcock, Paul, Edwards, Felicity A, Larsen, Trond H, Hsu, Wayne W, Benedick, Suzan, Hamer, Keith C, Wilcove, David S, Bruce, Catharine, Wang, Xiaoyang, Levi, Taal, Lott, Martin, Emerson, Brent C, Yu, Douglas W, Holyoak, Marcel

“…To manage and conserve biodiversity, one must know what is being lost, where, and why, as well as which remedies are likely to be most effective. Metabarcoding…”
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An integrated model of population genetics and community ecology by Overcast, Isaac, Emerson, Brent C., Hickerson, Michael J.

“…Aim Quantifying abundance distributions is critical for understanding both how communities assemble, and how community structure varies through time and space,…”
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Community metabarcoding reveals the relative role of environmental filtering and spatial processes in metacommunity dynamics of soil microarthropods across a mosaic of montane forests by Noguerales, Víctor, Meramveliotakis, Emmanouil, Castro‐Insua, Adrián, Andújar, Carmelo, Arribas, Paula, Creedy, Thomas J., Overcast, Isaac, Morlon, Hélène, Emerson, Brent C., Vogler, Alfried P., Papadopoulou, Anna

“…Disentangling the relative role of environmental filtering and spatial processes in driving metacommunity structure across mountainous regions remains…”
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Collembola, the biological species concept and the underestimation of global species richness by Cicconardi, Francesco, Fanciulli, Pietro P., Emerson, Brent C.

“…Despite its ancient origin, global distribution and abundance in nearly all habitats, the class Collembola is comprised of only 8000 described species and is…”
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Lack of support for the time-dependent molecular evolution hypothesis by Emerson, Brent C., Hickerson, Michael J.

“…There is increasing momentum surrounding the hypothesis that rates of molecular evolution between individuals within contemporary populations are high, and…”
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CRYPTIC CHOICE OF CONSPECIFIC SPERM CONTROLLED BY THE IMPACT OF OVARIAN FLUID ON SPERM SWIMMING BEHAVIOR by Yeates, Sarah E., Diamond, Sian E., Einum, Sigurd, Emerson, Brent C., Holt, William V., Gage, Matthew J. G.

“…Despite evidence that variation in male–female reproductive compatibility exists in many fertilization systems, identifying mechanisms of cryptic female choice…”
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Vulnerability to cavitation, hydraulic efficiency, growth and survival in an insular pine (Pinus canariensis) by López, Rosana, de Heredia, Unai López, Collada, Carmen, Cano, Francisco Javier, Emerson, Brent C., Cochard, Hervé, Gil, Luis

“…• Background and Aims It is widely accepted that hydraulic failure due to xylem embolism is a key factor contributing to drought-induced mortality in trees. In…”
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Genomic signatures accompanying the dietary shift to phytophagy in polyphagan beetles by Seppey, Mathieu, Ioannidis, Panagiotis, Emerson, Brent C, Pitteloud, Camille, Robinson-Rechavi, Marc, Roux, Julien, Escalona, Hermes E, McKenna, Duane D, Misof, Bernhard, Shin, Seunggwan, Zhou, Xin, Waterhouse, Robert M, Alvarez, Nadir

“…The diversity and evolutionary success of beetles (Coleoptera) are proposed to be related to the diversity of plants on which they feed. Indeed, the largest…”
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Climate drives community‐wide divergence within species over a limited spatial scale: evidence from an oceanic island by Salces‐Castellano, Antonia, Patiño, Jairo, Alvarez, Nadir, Andújar, Carmelo, Arribas, Paula, Braojos‐Ruiz, Juan José, Arco‐Aguilar, Marcelino, García‐Olivares, Víctor, Karger, Dirk N., López, Heriberto, Manolopoulou, Ioanna, Oromí, Pedro, Pérez‐Delgado, Antonio J., Peterman, William E., Rijsdijk, Kenneth F., Emerson, Brent C., Wiens, John

“…Geographic isolation substantially contributes to species endemism on oceanic islands when speciation involves the colonisation of a new island. However, less…”
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A unified model of species abundance, genetic diversity, and functional diversity reveals the mechanisms structuring ecological communities by Overcast, Isaac, Ruffley, Megan, Rosindell, James, Harmon, Luke, Borges, Paulo, Emerson, Brent C., Etienne, Rampal S., Gillespie, Rosemary G., Krehenwinkel, Henrik, Mahler, D. Luke, Massol, Francois, Parent, Christine E., Patiño, Jairo, Peter, Ben, Week, Bob, Wagner, Catherine, Hickerson, Michael J., Rominger, Andrew

“…Biodiversity accumulates hierarchically by means of ecological and evolutionary processes and feedbacks. Within ecological communities drift, dispersal,…”
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Dispersal ability and niche breadth influence interspecific variation in spider abundance and occupancy by Suárez, Daniel, Arribas, Paula, Macías-Hernández, Nuria, Emerson, Brent C

“…The relationship between species local abundance and their regional distribution (occupancy) is one of the most extensively recognized and investigated…”
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Smaller islands, bigger appetites: evolutionary strategies of insular endemic skinks by Pinho, Catarina J, Dinis, Herculano A, Emerson, Brent C, Vasconcelos, Raquel

“…Competitive dietary and morphological divergence among co-occurring species are fundamental aspects of ecological communities, particularly on islands. Cabo…”
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Quantifying surface‐area changes of volcanic islands driven by Pleistocene sea‐level cycles: biogeographical implications for the Macaronesian archipelagos by Rijsdijk, Kenneth F, Hengl, Tom, Norder, Sietze J, Otto, Rüdiger, Emerson, Brent C, Ávila, Sérgio P, López, Heriberto, Loon, E. Emiel, Tjørve, Even, Fernández‐Palacios, José María, Heaney, Lawrence

“…AIM: We assessed the biogeographical implications of Pleistocene sea‐level fluctuations on the surface area of Macaronesian volcanic oceanic islands. We…”
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Gene conversion rapidly generates major histocompatibility complex diversity in recently founded bird populations by SPURGIN, LEWIS G., Van OOSTERHOUT, COCK, ILLERA, JUAN CARLOS, BRIDGETT, STEPHEN, GHARBI, KARIM, EMERSON, BRENT C., RICHARDSON, DAVID S.

“…Population bottlenecks can restrict variation at functional genes, reducing the ability of populations to adapt to new and changing environments. Understanding…”
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A road map for molecular ecology by Andrew, Rose L., Bernatchez, Louis, Bonin, Aurélie, Buerkle, C. Alex, Carstens, Bryan C., Emerson, Brent C., Garant, Dany, Giraud, Tatiana, Kane, Nolan C., Rogers, Sean M., Slate, Jon, Smith, Harry, Sork, Victoria L., Stone, Graham N., Vines, Timothy H., Waits, Lisette, Widmer, Alex, Rieseberg, Loren H.

“…The discipline of molecular ecology has undergone enormous changes since the journal bearing its name was launched approximately two decades ago. The field has…”
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Phylogeography and demographic history of Lacerta lepida in the Iberian Peninsula: multiple refugia, range expansions and secondary contact zones by Miraldo, Andreia, Hewitt, Godfrey M, Paulo, Octavio S, Emerson, Brent C

“…The Iberian Peninsula is recognized as an important refugial area for species survival and diversification during the climatic cycles of the Quaternary. Recent…”
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Inbreeding Promotes Female Promiscuity by Michalczyk, Łukasz, Millard, Anna L., Martin, Oliver Y., Lumley, Alyson J., Emerson, Brent C., Chapman, Tracey, Gage, Matthew J. G.

“…The widespread phenomenon of polyandry (mating by females with multiple males) is an evolutionary puzzle, because females can sustain costs from promiscuity,…”
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