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Methodology article
Different methods have been used to map species and habitat distributions. In this paper, similarity-based reasoning—a methodological approach that has received less attention—was applied to estimate the distr...
BMC Ecology 2017 17:7
Published on: 21 February 2017
Research article
Insect pollinators play an important role in crop pollination, but the relative contribution of wild pollinators and honey bees to pollination is currently under debate. There is virtually no information avail...
BMC Ecology 2017 17:6
Published on: 21 February 2017
Research article
Herbivore-induced changes in plant traits can cause indirect interactions between spatially and/or temporally separated herbivores that share the same host plant. Feeding modes of the herbivores is one of the ...
BMC Ecology 2017 17:5
Published on: 8 February 2017
Research article
Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPN) are major crop pests. On olive (Olea europaea), they significantly contribute to economic losses in the top-ten olive producing countries in the world especially in nurseries and u...
BMC Ecology 2017 17:4
Published on: 6 February 2017
Research article
A previous multi-locus lineage (MLL) analysis of SSR-microsatellite data of old olive trees in the southeast Mediterranean area had shown the predominance of the Souri cultivar (MLL1) among grafted trees. The ...
BMC Ecology 2017 17:3
Published on: 6 February 2017
Research article
Learning processes can be broadly categorized into associative and non-associative. Associative learning occurs through the pairing of two previously unrelated stimuli, whereas non-associative learning occurs ...
BMC Ecology 2017 17:2
Published on: 14 January 2017
Erratum
BMC Ecology 2017 17:1
Published on: 9 January 2017
The original article was published in BMC Ecology 2016 16:52
Erratum
BMC Ecology 2016 16:56
Published on: 7 December 2016
The original article was published in BMC Ecology 2016 16:54
Research article
Nematodes play a key role in soil processes with alterations in the nematode community structure having the potential to considerably influence ecosystem functioning. As a result fluctuations in nematode diver...
BMC Ecology 2016 16:55
Published on: 1 December 2016
Research article
Conifer populations appear disproportionately threatened by global change. Most examples are, however, drawn from the northern hemisphere and long-term rates of population decline are not well documented as hi...
BMC Ecology 2016 16:53
Published on: 30 November 2016
Research article
Nepal provides habitat for approximately 100–125 wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus). Although a small proportion of the world population of this species, this group is important for maintaining the genetic di...
BMC Ecology 2016 16:54
Published on: 17 November 2016
The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Ecology 2016 16:56
Research article
The Belly River Group of southern Alberta is one of the best-sampled Late Cretaceous terrestrial faunal assemblages in the world. This system provides a high-resolution biostratigraphic record of terrestrial v...
BMC Ecology 2016 16:52
Published on: 15 November 2016
The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Ecology 2017 17:1
Research article
One way to cope with irregularly occurring resources is to adjust reproduction according to the anticipated future resource availability. In support of this hypothesis, few rodent species have been observed to...
BMC Ecology 2016 16:51
Published on: 14 November 2016
Meeting abstracts
01 The eco-toxicological effects of cadmium stress on five ornamental plants
BMC Ecology 2016 16(Suppl 2):50
Published on: 7 November 2016
This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 16 Supplement 2
Research article
Aquatic habitats have been altered over the past century due to a variety of anthropogenic influences. Ecomorphology is an area of aquatic ecology that can both directly and indirectly assess the effects of ha...
BMC Ecology 2016 16:48
Published on: 20 October 2016
Software
Making forecasts about biodiversity and giving support to policy relies increasingly on large collections of data held electronically, and on substantial computational capability and capacity to analyse, model...
BMC Ecology 2016 16:49
Published on: 20 October 2016
Research article
Climate change factors such as elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations (e[CO2]) and altered rainfall patterns can alter leaf composition and phenology. This may subsequently impact insect herbivory. In...
BMC Ecology 2016 16:47
Published on: 19 October 2016
Research article
Geographic isolation is an important factor that limit species dispersal and thereby affects genetic diversity. Because islands are often small and surrounded by a natural water barrier to dispersal, they gene...
BMC Ecology 2016 16:46
Published on: 13 October 2016
Research article
Human beings use plants for a multitude of purposes of which a prominent one across the globe is for their medicinal values. Medicinal plants serve as one of the major sources of income for high altitude inhab...
BMC Ecology 2016 16:45
Published on: 11 October 2016
Research article
Overexploitation and persecution of large carnivores resulting from conflict with humans comprise major causes of declines worldwide. Although little is known about the interplay between these mortality types,...
BMC Ecology 2016 16:44
Published on: 11 October 2016
Research article
Phylogenetic diversity and evolutionary distinctiveness are highly valuable components of biodiversity, but they are rarely considered in conservation practices. Focusing on a biodiversity hotspot, the Mediter...
BMC Ecology 2016 16:43
Published on: 7 October 2016
Research article
Species−area relationship (SAR), endemics-area relationship (EAR) and overlap-area relationship (OAR) are three important concepts in biodiversity study. The application of fundamental equations linking the SA...
BMC Ecology 2016 16:42
Published on: 7 October 2016
Research article
An understanding of year-round habitat use is essential for determining how carry-over effects shape population dynamics in long-distance migratory songbirds. The recent discovery of long-term migratory stagin...
BMC Ecology 2016 16:41
Published on: 4 October 2016
Research article
Phytophagous insects differ in their degree of specialisation on host plants, and range from strictly monophagous species that can develop on only one host plant to extremely polyphagous species that can devel...
BMC Ecology 2016 16:40
Published on: 20 September 2016
Research article
The grey partridge (Perdix perdix) and the common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) are galliform birds typical of arable lands in Central Europe and exhibit a partly dramatic negative population trend. In order to ...
BMC Ecology 2016 16:39
Published on: 9 September 2016
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