Metagenomic analysis of feces is emerging as a powerful tool for improving the monitoring of endangered species. A critical aspect in assessing the extinction risk of a species is the analysis of the ...

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Abstract. In Bayesian molecular-clock dating of species divergences, rate models are used to construct the prior on the molecular evolutionary rates for br

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Seed dispersal is crucial for ecosystem persistence, especially in fragmented landscapes, such as those common in Europe. Ongoing defaunation might compromise effective seed dispersal, but the conserv...

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A multigene molecular phylogeny of the highly diverse Eumolpinae leaf beetles in the South Pacific confirms their monophyletic origin and their time of origin during the Late Eocene to Oligocene. Th...