Experimental evolution of resistance to an antimicrobial peptideProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences - Tập 273 Số 1583 - Trang 251-256 - 2006
Gabriel G. Perron, Michael Zasloff, Graham Bell
A novel class of antibiotics based on the antimicrobial properties of immune peptides of multicellular organisms is attracting increasing interest as a major weapon against resistant microbes. It has been claimed that cationic antimicrobial peptides exploit fundamental features of the bacterial cell so that resistance is much less likely to evolve than in the case of conventio...... hiện toàn bộ
Continental cichlid radiations: functional diversity reveals the role of changing ecological opportunity in the NeotropicsProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences - Tập 283 Số 1836 - Trang 20160556 - 2016
Jessica H. Arbour, Hernán López‐Fernández
Adaptive radiations have been hypothesized to contribute broadly to the diversity of organisms. Models of adaptive radiation predict that ecological opportunity and ecological release, the availability of empty ecological niches and the response by adapting lineages to occupy them, respectively, drive patterns of phenotypic and lineage diversification. Adaptive radiations driven by ‘ecolog...... hiện toàn bộ
Long-term isolation of a highly mobile seabird on the GalapagosProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences - Tập 278 Số 1707 - Trang 817-825 - 2011
Frank Hailer, Elizabeth A. Schreiber, Joshua M. Miller, Iris I. Levin, Patricia G. Parker, R. Terry Chesser, Robert C. Fleischer
The Galapagos Islands are renowned for their high degree of endemism. Marine taxa inhabiting the archipelago might be expected to be an exception, because of their utilization of pelagic habitats—the dispersal barrier for terrestrial taxa—as foraging grounds. Magnificent frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) have a highly vagile lifestyle and wide geographical distr...... hiện toàn bộ
Multiple gene evidence for expansion of extant penguins out of Antarctica due to global coolingProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences - Tập 273 Số 1582 - Trang 11-17 - 2006
Allan J. Baker, Sérgio L. Pereira, Oliver Haddrath, Kerri‐Anne Edge
Classic problems in historical biogeography are where did penguins originate, and why are such mobile birds restricted to the Southern Hemisphere? Competing hypotheses posit they arose in tropical–warm temperate waters, species-diverse cool temperate regions, or in Gondwanaland ∼100 mya when it was further north. To test these hypotheses we constructed a strongly supported phylogeny of ext...... hiện toàn bộ
Refugia revisited: individualistic responses of species in space and timeProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences - Tập 277 Số 1682 - Trang 661-671 - 2010
John R. Stewart, Adrian M. Lister, Ian Barnes, Love Dalén
Climate change in the past has led to significant changes in species' distributions. However, how individual species respond to climate change depends largely on their adaptations and environmental tolerances. In the Quaternary, temperate-adapted taxa are in general confined to refugia during glacials while cold-adapted taxa are in refugia during interglacials. In the Northern Hemisphere, ...... hiện toàn bộ
The role of citizen science in addressing grand challenges in food and agriculture researchProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences - Tập 285 Số 1891 - Trang 20181977 - 2018
Sean F. Ryan, Nancy Lee Adamson, Athena Aktipis, Linnea K. Andersen, Robert Austin, Linda Barnes, Malcolm Beasley, Kristin Bedell, Suzanne Briggs, Ben Chapman, Caren B. Cooper, Judy Corn, Nancy G. Creamer, Jason Delborne, Perrotta Domenico, Elizabeth Driscoll, Jean Goodwin, Angelique Hjarding, Joseph M. Hulbert, Scott A. Isard, Michael G. Just, Kaberi Kar Gupta, Margarita M. López‐Uribe, John O’Sullivan, Elizabeth A. Landis, Anne A. Madden, Erin A. McKenney, Lauren M. Nichols, Benjamin J. Reading, Shona Russell, Nilanjan Sengupta, Lori R. Shapiro, Leonora Shell, Julie Koch Sheard, DeWayne Shoemaker, Daniela Magdalena Sorger, C. Starling, Siddhartha Thakur, Ranga Raju Vatsavai, Meredith Blackwell Weinstein, Pamela Winfrey, Robert R. Dunn
The power of citizen science to contribute to both science and society is gaining increased recognition, particularly in physics and biology. Although there is a long history of public engagement in agriculture and food science, the term ‘citizen science’ has rarely been applied to these efforts. Similarly, in the emerging field of citizen science, most new citizen science projects do not ...... hiện toàn bộ
Functional group diversity of bee pollinators increases crop yieldProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences - Tập 275 Số 1648 - Trang 2283-2291 - 2008
Patrick Hoehn, Teja Tscharntke, Jason M. Tylianakis, Ingolf Steffan‐Dewenter
Niche complementarity is a commonly invoked mechanism underlying the positive relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, but little empirical evidence exists for complementarity among pollinator species. This study related differences in three functional traits of pollinating bees (flower height preference, daily time of flower visitation and within-flower behaviour) to t...... hiện toàn bộ