European and Asian populations of Borrelia (B.) bavariensis, a causative agent of Lyme borreliosis, substantially differ in their infection dynamics. This is argued to be a byproduct of the unique dem...

In den letzten Jahren haben sich Zecken in Deutschland weiter ausgebreitet und es sind neue Arten hinzugekommen. Gemeinsam mit Ihnen möchten NABU|naturgucker und wir mehr über das Verhalten und die Ve...

Magnetoreception is the ability of animals to detect and use the geomagnetic field (GMF) for spatial orientation. Cataglyphis ants are experimental models for insect navigation and magnetoreception. A...

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This research experimentally manipulated the quality of early-life conditions in Japanese quail, and monitored individual performance over the complete adult lifespan under standardized conditions. I...

Heligoland is an island located in the North Sea, where vegetation was almost destroyed as a result of heavy bombardment during and after the Second World War. However, over the past 70 years, the veg...

Abstract. Multiple methods of demography inference are based on the ancestral recombination graph. This powerful approach uses observed mutations to model

Combining individual-based radio-tracking and whole-genome sequencing, we investigated the population genetics of a partial migratory songbird, the common blackbird. Using population genetic summary ...