Here we are:
- Old rural parks support higher biodiversity than forest remnants. That is, because they are at least much higher with large-diameter dead wood types, which increases diversity mediated by big wood chunks.
K Lõhmus & J Liira (2013). Old rural parks support higher biodiversity than forest remnants. Basic and Applied Ecology http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2012.12.009
- The Technological favourite: Functional genomics of a generalist parasitic plant: Laser microdissection of host-parasite interface reveals host-specific patterns of parasite gene expression. Certainly a prowess, spotting gene expression patterns at a very very local scale (cells). And the model plant parasite modulates expression depending on host encountered… Wow!
LA Honaas, EK Wafula, Z Yang, JP Der, NJ Wickett, NS Altman, CG Taylor, JI Yoder, MP Timko, JH Westwood & CW dePamphilis (2013) Functional genomics of a generalist parasitic plant: Laser microdissection of host-parasite interface reveals host-specific patterns of parasite gene expression. BMC Plant Biology 2013, 13:9 doi:10.1186/1471-2229-13-9 (open access!)
- Title says it all: Tropics accelerate the evolution of hybrid males sterility in Drosophila. If this finding can be generalized a bit, then it lays out a process to tropics species higher diversity.
R Yukilevich (2013). Tropics accelerate the evolution of hybrid males sterility in Drosophila. Evolution DOI: 10.1111/evo.12056
- A dating success story: genomes and fossils converge on placental mammal origins. Good news, sometimes hard stones evidence and molecular clocks agree at finer scale!
A Goswami (2013). A dating success story: genomes and fossils converge on placental mammal origins. EvoDevo DOI: 10.1186/2041-9139-3-18 %T (open access!)
- Title price: funny edition: The elephant in the room: the role of failed invasions in understanding invasion biology. That is for conclusion marketting! And indeed, there’s room to reflect upon failed invasions, because many studies of invasives try to correlate success with characteristics (we aim to predictability of invasions!).
RD Zenni & MA Nuñez (2013). The elephant in the room: the role of failed invasions in understanding invasion biology. OIKOS DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.00254.x
