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An in-depth dataset of northwestern European arthropod life histories and ecological traits

Garben Logghe (UGent) , Femke Batsleer (UGent) , Dirk Maes, Tristan Permentier, Matty Berg, Dimitri Brosens, Stijn Cooleman, Pallieter De Smedt (UGent) , Jonas Hagge, Jorg Lambrechts, et al.

(2025) BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL. 13.

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Drivers of plant-associated invertebrate community structure in West-European coastal dunes

Ruben Van De Walle, Maxime Dahirel (UGent) , Ward Langeraert, Dries Benoit (UGent) , Pieter Vantieghem (UGent) , Martijn L. Vandegehuchte (UGent) , François Massol and Dries Bonte (UGent)

(2025) NPJ BIODIVERSITY. 4.

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Northwestern European arthropod life histories and ecological traits

Garben Logghe (UGent) , Femke Batsleer (UGent) , Dirk Maes, Tristan Permentier, Matty P. Berg, Dimitri Brosens, Stijn Cooleman, Pallieter De Smedt (UGent) , Jonas Hagge, Jorg Lambrechts, et al.

(2025)

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Consistent phenological advancement of Common Toad migration in response to climate change in Flanders, Belgium

Ellen Blomme (UGent) , Femke Batsleer (UGent) , Hans Matheve (UGent) , Dominique Verbelen, An Martel (UGent) , Siska Croubels (UGent) , Frank Pasmans (UGent) and Dries Bonte (UGent)

(2025) AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA. 46(1). p.59-68

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Impact of veterinary drug and pesticide residues on populations of the European common toad (Bufo Bufo)

Sarah Devliegere (UGent) , Siegrid De Baere (UGent) , Tess Goessens (UGent) , Andrea Barbi (UGent) , Ellen Blomme (UGent) , Pieter Vantieghem (UGent) , An Martel (UGent) , Dries Bonte (UGent) , Frank Pasmans (UGent) , Lynn Vanhaecke (UGent) , et al.

(2025)

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The Impact of Agricultural Contaminants on Populations of the European Common Toad

Sarah Devliegere (UGent) , Siegrid De Baere (UGent) , Tess Goessens (UGent) , Andrea Barbi (UGent) , Ellen Blomme (UGent) , Pieter Vantieghem (UGent) , An Martel (UGent) , Dries Bonte (UGent) , Frank Pasmans (UGent) , Lynn Vanhaecke (UGent) , et al.

(2025)

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Interspecific transfer of genetic information through polyploid bridges

Felipe Kauai Pereira (UGent) , Quinten Bafort (UGent) , Frederik Mortier (UGent) , Marc Van Montagu (UGent) , Dries Bonte (UGent) and Yves Van de Peer (UGent)

(2024) PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 121(21).

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Understanding polyploid establishment : temporary persistence or stable coexistence?

Frederik Mortier (UGent) , Quinten Bafort (UGent) , Silvija Milosavljević (UGent) , Felipe Kauai Pereira (UGent) , Lucas Prost (UGent) , Yves Van de Peer (UGent) and Dries Bonte (UGent)

(2024) OIKOS. 2024(5).

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Urban Cepaea nemoralis snails are less likely to have nematodes trapped within their shells

Maxime Dahirel (UGent) , Hannah Reyné, Katrien De Wolf (UGent) and Dries Bonte (UGent)

(2024) PEER COMMUNITY JOURNAL. 4.

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Asymmetrical gene flow between coastal and inland dunes in a threatened digger wasp

Femke Batsleer (UGent) , Matthieu Gallin, Moyra Delafonteyne, Daan Dekeukeleire, Filiep T’Jollyn, Pieter Vantieghem (UGent) , An Vanden Broeck, Joachim Mergeay, Dirk Maes and Dries Bonte (UGent)

(2024) CONSERVATION GENETICS. 25(1). p.259-275

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Designing dunes in front of dikes : a hybrid blue-grey solutions for coastal safety under climate change

Dries Bonte (UGent) , Peter Troch (UGent) , Vincent Gruwez (UGent) , Maxime Dahirel (UGent) , Kim Van Tittelboom (UGent) , Nele De Belie (UGent) and [missing] Dunefront Consortium

(2024) EGU General Assembly 2024, Abstracts.

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Environmental DNA metabarcoding reflects spatiotemporal fish community shifts in the Scheldt estuary

Charlotte Van Driessche (UGent) , Teun Everts, Sabrina Neyrinck, David Halfmaerten, Pieter Verschelde, Jan Breine, Dries Bonte (UGent) and Rein Brys

(2024) SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 934.

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Reduced sampling intensity through key sampling site selection for optimal characterization of riverine fish communities by eDNA metabarcoding

Charlotte Van Driessche (UGent) , Teun Everts, Sabrina Neyrinck, Io Deflem, Dries Bonte (UGent) and Rein Brys

(2024) ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS. 169.

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Vertical growth rate of planted vegetation controls dune growth on a sandy beach

Glenn Strypsteen, Sierd de Vries, Bart van Westen, Dries Bonte (UGent) , Jan-Markus Homberger, Caroline Hallin and Pieter Rauwoens

(2024) COASTAL ENGINEERING. 194.

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Species interactions affect dispersal : a meta-analysis

Elvire Bestion, Delphine Legrand, Celina B. Baines, Dries Bonte (UGent) , Aurelie Coulon, Maxime Dahirel (UGent) , María Delgado, Jhelam N. Deshpande, Alison B. Duncan, Emanuel A. Fronhofer, et al.

(2024) PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 379(1907).

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Species interactions and eco-evolutionary dynamics of dispersal : the diversity dependence of dispersal

Dries Bonte (UGent) , Sally Keith and Emanuel A. Fronhofer

(2024) PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 379(1907).

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A successional shift enhances stability in ant symbiont communities

Thomas Parmentier (UGent) , Dries Bonte (UGent) and Frederik De Laender

(2024) COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY. 7(1).

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Three years of morphological dune development after planting marram grass on a beach

Glenn Strypsteen, Dries Bonte (UGent) , Charlotte Taelman (UGent) , Jennifer Derijckere and Pieter Rauwoens

(2024) EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS. 49(10). p.2980-2997

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Data and code for "Species interactions affect dispersal: a meta-analysis"

Elvire Bestion, Delphine Legrand, Celina B. Baines, Dries Bonte (UGent) , Aurelie Coulon, Maxime Dahirel (UGent) , Maria Delgado, Jhelam Deshpande, Alison B. Duncan, Emanuel A. Fronhofer, et al.

(2024)

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Evolutionary ecology of dispersal in biodiverse spatially structured systems: what is old and what is new?

Emanuel A. Fronhofer, Dries Bonte (UGent) , Elvire Bestion, Julien Cote, Jhelam N. Deshpande, Alison B. Duncan, Thomas Hovestadt, Oliver Kaltz, Sally A. Keith, Hanna Kokko, et al.

(2024) PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 379(1907).

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Book Chapter

Integrating dispersal in life history

Dries Bonte (UGent)

(2024) Life history evolution : traits, interactions, and applications. p.175-190

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A metabolic perspective on polyploid invasion and the emergence of life histories : insights from a mechanistic model

Silvija Milosavljević (UGent) , Felipe Kauai Pereira (UGent) , Frederik Mortier (UGent) , Yves Van de Peer (UGent) and Dries Bonte (UGent)

(2024) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 111(8).

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Unravelling arthropod movement in natural landscapes : small‐scale effects of body size and weather conditions

Garben Logghe (UGent) , Charlotte Taelman (UGent) , Florian Van Hecke, Femke Batsleer (UGent) , Dirk Maes and Dries Bonte (UGent)

(2024) JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY. 93(9). p.1365-1379

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Data from: Using environmental DNA metabarcoding to monitor fish communities in small rivers and large brooks: Insights on the spatial scale of information

Charlotte Van Driessche (UGent) , Teun Everts, Sabrina Neyrinck, David Halfmaerten, Annelies Haegeman, Tom Ruttink (UGent) , Dries Bonte (UGent) and Rein Brys (UGent)

(2023)

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Plant clustering generates negative plant-soil feedback without changing the spatial distribution of soil fauna

Peihua Zhang, Dries Bonte (UGent) , Gerlinde De Deyn and Martijn L. Vandegehuchte (UGent)

(2023) WEB ECOLOGY. 23(1). p.1-15

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Arthropod food webs predicted from body size ratios are improved by incorporating prey defensive properties

Ruben Van De Walle, Garben Logghe (UGent) , Nina Haas, François Massol, Martijn L. Vandegehuchte (UGent) and Dries Bonte (UGent)

(2023) JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY. 92(4). p.913-924

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Experimental evolution of dispersal : unifying theory, experiments and natural systems

Nicky Lustenhouwer, Felix Moerman, Florian Altermatt, Ronald D. Bassar, Greta Bocedi, Dries Bonte (UGent) , Sutirth Dey, Emanuel A. Fronhofer, Erika Garcez da Rocha, Andrea Giometto, et al.

(2023) JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY. 92(6). p.1113-1123

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Hydrogen cyanide, a key plant defense, as a potential driver of root-associated nematode communities along urbanization gradients

Jiao Qu, Dries Bonte (UGent) and Martijn L. Vandegehuchte (UGent)

(2023) FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 11.

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Dispersal capacity underlies scale‐dependent changes in species richness patterns under human disturbance

Elena Piano, Dries Bonte (UGent) , Luc De Meester and Frederik Hendrickx (UGent)

(2023) ECOLOGY. 104(3).

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The duplication of genomes and genetic networks and its potential for evolutionary adaptation and survival during environmental turmoil

Mehrshad Ebadi (UGent) , Quinten Bafort (UGent) , Eshchar Mizrachi, P. Audenaert (UGent) , Pieter Simoens (UGent) , Marc Van Montagu (UGent) , Dries Bonte (UGent) and Yves Van de Peer (UGent)

(2023) PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 120(41).

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The functional composition of dune nematode communities is structured by both biogeographic region and the local marram grass environment

Ruben Van De Walle, Francois Massol, Martijn L. Vandegehuchte (UGent) and Dries Bonte (UGent)

(2023) EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY. 117.

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Egg provisioning explains the penetrance of symbiont-mediated sex allocation distortion in haplodiploids

Nicky Wybouw (UGent) , Emma Van Reempts (UGent) , Jens Zarka, Flore Zélé and Dries Bonte (UGent)

(2023) HEREDITY. 131(3). p.221-229

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Neutral processes underlying the macro eco-evolutionary dynamics of mixed-ploidy systems

Felipe Kauai Pereira (UGent) , Frederik Mortier (UGent) , Silvija Milosavljević (UGent) , Yves Van de Peer (UGent) and Dries Bonte (UGent)

(2023) PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 290(1995).

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Urbanization impacts short‐ but not long‐distance natal dispersal in a common orb web spider

Dries Bonte (UGent) , Clémence Rose, Thomas Bastiaensen, Jesper Jesper Bechsgaard, Trine Bilde, Maxime Dahirel (UGent) , Katrien De Wolf (UGent) , Hélène Thylys, Tine Uytterschaut (UGent) and Bram Vanthournout (UGent)

(2023) OIKOS. 2023(12).

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Integrating ecosystem services into impact assessments : a process-based approach applied to the Belgian coastal zone

Katrien van der Biest, Jan Staes, Laura Prigge, Tim Schellekens, Dries Bonte (UGent) , Bram D'hondt (UGent) , Tom Ysebaert, Thomas Vanagt and Patrick Meire

(2023) SUSTAINABILITY. 15(21).

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Dune toe dynamics along the urbanised macro-tidal coast of Belgium

Glenn Strypsteen, Sebastian Dan, Toon Verwaest, Bart Roest, Alain De Wulf (UGent) , Dries Bonte (UGent) and Pieter Rauwoens

(2023) EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS. 48(13). p.2433-2445

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Unravelling arthropod movement in natural landscapes: small-scale effects of body size and weather conditions

Garben Logghe (UGent) , Charlotte Taelman (UGent) , Florian Van Hecke, Femke Batsleer (UGent) , Dirk Maes and Dries Bonte (UGent)

(2023)

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Evolutionary ecology of plant-arthropod interactions in light of the 'omics' sciences : a broad guide

Ivan M. De-la-Cruz, Femke Batsleer (UGent) , Dries Bonte (UGent) , Carolina Diller, Timo Hytönen, Anne Muola, Sonia Osorio, David Posé, Martijn L. Vandegehuchte (UGent) and Johan A. Stenberg

(2022) FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE. 13.

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The demographic consequences of adaptation : evidence from experimental evolution

Karen Bisschop (UGent) , Adriana Alzate Vallejo, Dries Bonte (UGent) and Rampal S. Etienne

(2022) AMERICAN NATURALIST. 199(6). p.729-742

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Tree species diversity and forest edge density jointly shape the gut microbiota composition in juvenile great tits (Parus major)

Evy Goossens (UGent) , Roschong Boonyarittichaikij (UGent) , Daan Dekeukeleire, Lionel Hertzog (UGent) , Sarah Van Praet (UGent) , Frank Pasmans (UGent) , Dries Bonte (UGent) , Kris Verheyen (UGent) , Luc Lens (UGent) , An Martel (UGent) , et al.

(2022) FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY. 13.

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Dispersal syndromes in challenging environments: a cross‐species experiment

Julien Cote, Maxime Dahirel (UGent) , Nicolas Schtickzelle, Florian Altermatt, Armelle Ansart, Simon Blanchet, Alexis S. Chaine, Frederik De Laender, Jonathan De Raedt, Bart Haegeman, et al.

(2022) ECOLOGY LETTERS. 25(12). p.2675-2687

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Accelerated invasion through the evolution of dispersal behaviour

Nijat Narimanov, Tobias Bauer, Dries Bonte (UGent) , Lorenz Fahse and Martin H. Entling

(2022) GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY. 31(12). p.2423-2436

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Interacting host modifier systems control Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility in a haplodiploid mite

Nicky Wybouw (UGent) , Frederik Mortier (UGent) and Dries Bonte (UGent)

(2022) EVOLUTION LETTERS. 6(3). p.255-265

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Rapid conservation evidence for the impact of sheep grazing on a threatened digger wasp

Femke Batsleer (UGent) , Jan Van Uytvanck, Johan Lamaire, Dirk Maes and Dries Bonte (UGent)

(2022) INSECT CONSERVATION AND DIVERSITY. 15(1). p.149-156

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Phenotypic and genotypic divergence of plant–herbivore interactions along an urbanization gradient

Jiao Qu, Dries Bonte (UGent) and Martijn L. Vandegehuchte (UGent)

(2022) EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS. 15(5). p.865-877

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Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover

James S. Santangelo, Rob W. Ness, Beata Cohan, Connor R. Fitzpatrick, Simon G. Innes, Sophie Koch, Lindsay S. Miles, Samreen Munim, Pedro R. Peres-Neto, Cindy Prashad, et al.

(2022) SCIENCE. 375(6586). p.1275-1281

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The distribution and impact of an invasive plant species (Senecio inaequidens) on a dune building engineer (Calamagrostis arenaria)

Ruben Van De Walle, François Massol, Martijn L. Vandegehuchte (UGent) and Dries Bonte (UGent)

(2022) NEOBIOTA. 72. p.1-23

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Heritability of dispersal in a rapidly spreading invasive spider

Nijat Narimanov, Dries Bonte (UGent) and Martin H. Entling

(2022) ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR. 183. p.93-101

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Behavioral strategies and the spatial pattern formation of nesting

Femke Batsleer (UGent) , Dirk Maes and Dries Bonte (UGent)

(2022) AMERICAN NATURALIST. 199(1). p.E15-E27

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Dissecting the costs of a facultative symbiosis in an isopod living with ants

Jens Zarka, Frederik C. De Wint, Luc De Bruyn, Dries Bonte (UGent) and Thomas Parmentier (UGent)

(2022) OECOLOGIA. 199(2). p.355-366

An in-depth dataset of northwestern European arthropod life histories and ecological traits

Drivers of plant-associated invertebrate community structure in West-European coastal dunes

Northwestern European arthropod life histories and ecological traits

Consistent phenological advancement of Common Toad migration in response to climate change in Flanders, Belgium

Impact of veterinary drug and pesticide residues on populations of the European common toad (Bufo Bufo)

The Impact of Agricultural Contaminants on Populations of the European Common Toad

Interspecific transfer of genetic information through polyploid bridges

Understanding polyploid establishment : temporary persistence or stable coexistence?

Urban Cepaea nemoralis snails are less likely to have nematodes trapped within their shells

Asymmetrical gene flow between coastal and inland dunes in a threatened digger wasp

Designing dunes in front of dikes : a hybrid blue-grey solutions for coastal safety under climate change

Environmental DNA metabarcoding reflects spatiotemporal fish community shifts in the Scheldt estuary

Reduced sampling intensity through key sampling site selection for optimal characterization of riverine fish communities by eDNA metabarcoding

Vertical growth rate of planted vegetation controls dune growth on a sandy beach

Species interactions affect dispersal : a meta-analysis

Species interactions and eco-evolutionary dynamics of dispersal : the diversity dependence of dispersal

A successional shift enhances stability in ant symbiont communities

Three years of morphological dune development after planting marram grass on a beach

Data and code for "Species interactions affect dispersal: a meta-analysis"

Evolutionary ecology of dispersal in biodiverse spatially structured systems: what is old and what is new?

Integrating dispersal in life history

A metabolic perspective on polyploid invasion and the emergence of life histories : insights from a mechanistic model

Unravelling arthropod movement in natural landscapes : small‐scale effects of body size and weather conditions

Data from: Using environmental DNA metabarcoding to monitor fish communities in small rivers and large brooks: Insights on the spatial scale of information

Plant clustering generates negative plant-soil feedback without changing the spatial distribution of soil fauna

Arthropod food webs predicted from body size ratios are improved by incorporating prey defensive properties

Experimental evolution of dispersal : unifying theory, experiments and natural systems

Hydrogen cyanide, a key plant defense, as a potential driver of root-associated nematode communities along urbanization gradients

Dispersal capacity underlies scale‐dependent changes in species richness patterns under human disturbance

The duplication of genomes and genetic networks and its potential for evolutionary adaptation and survival during environmental turmoil

The functional composition of dune nematode communities is structured by both biogeographic region and the local marram grass environment

Egg provisioning explains the penetrance of symbiont-mediated sex allocation distortion in haplodiploids

Neutral processes underlying the macro eco-evolutionary dynamics of mixed-ploidy systems

Urbanization impacts short‐ but not long‐distance natal dispersal in a common orb web spider

Integrating ecosystem services into impact assessments : a process-based approach applied to the Belgian coastal zone

Dune toe dynamics along the urbanised macro-tidal coast of Belgium

Unravelling arthropod movement in natural landscapes: small-scale effects of body size and weather conditions

Evolutionary ecology of plant-arthropod interactions in light of the 'omics' sciences : a broad guide

The demographic consequences of adaptation : evidence from experimental evolution

Tree species diversity and forest edge density jointly shape the gut microbiota composition in juvenile great tits (Parus major)

Dispersal syndromes in challenging environments: a cross‐species experiment

Accelerated invasion through the evolution of dispersal behaviour

Interacting host modifier systems control Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility in a haplodiploid mite

Rapid conservation evidence for the impact of sheep grazing on a threatened digger wasp

Phenotypic and genotypic divergence of plant–herbivore interactions along an urbanization gradient

Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover

﻿The distribution and impact of an invasive plant species (Senecio inaequidens) on a dune building engineer (Calamagrostis arenaria)

Heritability of dispersal in a rapidly spreading invasive spider

Behavioral strategies and the spatial pattern formation of nesting

Dissecting the costs of a facultative symbiosis in an isopod living with ants

The distribution and impact of an invasive plant species (Senecio inaequidens) on a dune building engineer (Calamagrostis arenaria)