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Nature Ecology & Evolution, May 2021

Volume 5 Issue 5, May 2021

Volume 5 Issue 5

Bioherm biodiversity

More than 1,200 animal taxa were recorded on Halimeda bioherms in the Great Barrier Reef. Most (78%) were invertebrates, such as this crinoid (feather star) photographed within a Halimeda algal meadow at 26-m water depth.

See McNeil et al.

Image: Kent Holmes. Cover Design: Allen Beattie.

Editorial

Editorial | 06 May 2021

A renewed focus on nature’s utility is intended to enhance biodiversity protection. To avoid undermining conservation goals, this must be accompanied by safeguards on resource extraction, as well as meaningful acknowledgement and integration of Indigenous knowledge.

Correspondence

Correspondence | 24 March 2021

  • Gabriela Serrato Marks
  • Caroline Solomon
  • Kaitlin Stack Whitney

Comment & Opinion

Comment | 31 March 2021

Concerted conservation efforts have led to a remarkable recovery of multiple green turtle (Chelonia mydas) populations worldwide. The voracious feeding of these returning populations is radically transforming tropical seagrass habitats in ways that prompt a re-think of the reference state and management plans for seagrass meadows.

  • Marjolijn J. A. Christianen
  • Marieke M. van Katwijk
  • Teresa Alcoverro

News & Views

News & Views | 08 March 2021

Global warming is irrevocably changing coastal marine communities, resulting in community reorganizations that favour generalist fishes that are able to associate with degraded or novel habitats.

  • Maria Beger

News & Views | 29 March 2021

It has long been asserted that samples of taxa that span more of the Tree of Life contain more features that humans find useful. This has now been tested at a global scale: across 13,500 plant genera and nearly 9,500 uses, the prediction holds, supporting a macroevolutionary perspective on biodiversity conservation.

  • Arne Mooers
  • Caroline M. Tucker

News & Views | 04 March 2021

A coarse-grained model of bacterial metabolism quantitatively predicts the trade-off between drug-free growth rate and antibiotic resistance evolution.

  • Matthew Scott

Reviews

Review Article | 15 April 2021

Correlational selection is selection on the basis of combinations of traits. This Review demonstrates how considering correlational selection through a genomics lens will enhance integration of evolutionary research in different fields.

  • Erik I. Svensson
  • Stevan J. Arnold
  • Anna Runemark

Perspective | 01 March 2021

This Perspective highlights how conservation of intraspecific variation is critical for sustaining nature’s contributions to people.

  • Simone Des Roches
  • Linwood H. Pendleton
  • Eric P. Palkovacs

Research

Brief Communication | 29 March 2021

Maximum levels of global plant phylogenetic diversity capture more human benefits and at higher diversity levels than does random selection of taxa.

  • Rafael Molina-Venegas
  • Miguel Á. Rodríguez
  • David J. Mabberley

Matters Arising | 05 April 2021

  • Ellen A. R. Welti
  • Anthony Joern
  • Michael Kaspari

Matters Arising | 05 April 2021

  • Marion Desquilbet
  • Pierre-André Cornillon
  • Jean-Marc Bonmatin

Matters Arising | 05 April 2021

  • Michael S. Crossley
  • William E. Snyder
  • Matthew D. Moran

Article | 01 March 2021

Horseshoe bats are thought to be natural hosts of SARS-CoV-2 but it is unclear whether other bat species are potential hosts. Virus–host receptor binding and infection assays, including receptors of 46 bat species, show dramatic variation in susceptibility to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 infection among bat species.

  • Huan Yan
  • Hengwu Jiao
  • Huabin Zhao

Article | 01 March 2021

CT scanning and an auditory bioengineering model are used to establish the sound power transmission and occupied bandwidth of the Neanderthal ear, suggesting similar auditory and speech capacities as those in Homo sapiens.

  • Mercedes Conde-Valverde
  • Ignacio Martínez
  • Juan Luis Arsuaga

Article | 22 March 2021

A comprehensive search for super-archaic introgression in >400 modern human genomes, including >200 from Island Southeast Asia, corroborates widespread Denisovan ancestry in ISEA populations but fails to detect any substantial super-archaic admixture signals compatible with the endemic fossil record.

  • João C. Teixeira
  • Guy S. Jacobs
  • Kristofer M. Helgen

Article | 25 March 2021

Comparing pelvic sex differences across modern humans and chimpanzees reveals a similar pattern despite differences in magnitude of pelvis shape dimorphism, suggesting that this pattern did not evolve de novo in modern humans but was present in the last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees.

  • Barbara Fischer
  • Nicole D. S. Grunstra
  • Philipp Mitteroecker

Article | 22 March 2021

The number of species unknown to science is profound and limits effective conservation of diversity. Here the authors estimate which clades and locations are most ripe for taxonomic discovery.

  • Mario R. Moura
  • Walter Jetz

Article | 29 March 2021

By analysing the evolutionary relationships of angiosperm species in 63 alpine floras worldwide, the authors find that each of the alpine floras represents an assemblage of more closely related species compared with their respective regional floras.

  • Hong Qian
  • Robert E. Ricklefs
  • Wilfried Thuiller

Article | 01 March 2021

The authors document unexpectedly high levels of biodiversity in algal habitats between the coral reefs in the Great Barrier Reef.

  • Mardi McNeil
  • Jennifer Firn
  • C. Roland Pitcher

Article | 08 March 2021

Using a species generalization index calculated from a global dataset of reef fishes and their habitats, the authors show that generalist species respond more successfully to habitat disruption and are better able to move polewards in response to climate change.

  • Rick D. Stuart-Smith
  • Camille Mellin
  • Graham J. Edgar

Article | 01 March 2021

Approximately half a trillion reef-building corals live across the Pacific Ocean, based on estimates of the population sizes of more than 300 species.

  • Andreas Dietzel
  • Michael Bode
  • Terry P. Hughes

Article | 11 March 2021

The authors demonstrate eco-evolutionary dynamics between the microbiome and a constituent member, which jointly affect fitness in the host plant.

  • Jiaqi Tan
  • Julia E. Kerstetter
  • Martin M. Turcotte

Article | 04 March 2021

This study develops metabolic fitness models that integrate drug action with evolutionary response to predict growth rates of resistance mutations and prevalent mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli.

  • Fernanda Pinheiro
  • Omar Warsi
  • Michael Lässig

Article | 15 March 2021

When signalling to attract mates, animals in poor condition could signal less to conserve resources (ability-based signalling) or more to maximize short-term reproductive success (needs-based signalling). Meta-analysis of 147 animal species shows that signalling is predominantly an honest indication of ability, although there is a trend for needs-based signalling when comparing old with young unmated individuals.

  • Liam R. Dougherty

Amendments & Corrections

Author Correction | 16 March 2021

  • Andreas Dietzel
  • Michael Bode
  • Terry P. Hughes

Author Correction | 18 March 2021

  • Alma Dal Co
  • Simon van Vliet
  • Martin Ackermann

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