Journal Issue: BMC Ecol Evol Volume 25;  2025

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Volume 25;  2025

Comment

Come to the dark side – citizen science in nighttime ecology
S. E. Kimmig, F. Hölker, S. Schroer, A. Kassiem, S. Kiefer
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 15. Published online 2025 Feb 14. doi: 10.1186/s12862-025-02352-4
PMCID:
PMC11827155
Abstract Article PDF–1.2M

Research

Assessment of future habitat suitability and ecological vulnerability of Collichthys at population and species level
Kaiyu Liu, Yijun Tao, Wenhao Huang, Bei Wang, Shenghao Liu, Bailin Cong, Min Zhou, Linlin Zhao
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 1. Published online 2025 Jan 2. doi: 10.1186/s12862-024-02339-7
PMCID:
PMC11694423
Abstract Article PDF–2.1M
Age-dependent decline in sperm quality and function in a naturally short-lived vertebrate
Silvia Cattelan, Dario Riccardo Valenzano
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 2. Published online 2025 Jan 6. doi: 10.1186/s12862-024-02343-x
PMCID:
PMC11702220
Abstract Article PDF–2.7M
Floral diversity and conservation status of vascular plants in arid mountainous areas
Sara Hassanen, Elsayeda Gamal Eldin, Wafaa Kamel, Mohamed Saad Zaghloul, Yasmin M. Hassan
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 3. Published online 2025 Jan 7. doi: 10.1186/s12862-024-02342-y
PMCID:
PMC11705987
Abstract Article PDF–4.0M
Phylogeographic and genetic insights into Sinonychia martensi: an endemic cave-dwelling harvestman in Beijing
Ruoyi Xiao, Jingjing Zhao, Likun Zhao, Shahan Derkarabetian, Feng Zhang, Chao Zhang
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 5. Published online 2025 Jan 8. doi: 10.1186/s12862-024-02341-z
PMCID:
PMC11708087
Abstract Article PDF–6.0M
Tracing the paths of modular evolution by quantifying rearrangement events of protein domains
Abdulbaki Coban, Erich Bornberg-Bauer, Carsten Kemena
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 6. Published online 2025 Jan 8. doi: 10.1186/s12862-024-02347-7
PMCID:
PMC11707847
Abstract Article PDF–1.4M
The world’s most venomous spider is a species complex: systematics of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atracidae: Atrax robustus)
Stephanie F. Loria, Svea-Celina Frank, Nadine Dupérré, Helen M. Smith, Braxton Jones, Bruno A. Buzatto, Danilo Harms
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 7. Published online 2025 Jan 13. doi: 10.1186/s12862-024-02332-0
PMCID:
PMC11727706
Abstract Article PDF–6.7M
Evolutionary analysis of genes associated with the sense of balance in semi-aquatic mammals
Yuehuan Dong, Qinguo Wei, Guolei Sun, Xiaodong Gao, Tianshu Lyu, Lidong Wang, Shengyang Zhou, Xibao Wang, Yongquan Shang, Lupeng Shi, Honghai Zhang
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 8. Published online 2025 Jan 10. doi: 10.1186/s12862-024-02345-9
PMCID:
PMC11721335
Abstract Article PDF–2.0M
Osteology and functional morphology of a transitional pterosaur Dearc sgiathanach from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Scotland
Natalia Jagielska, Michael O’Sullivan, Ian B. Butler, Thomas J. Challands, Gregory F. Funston, Dugald Ross, Amelia Penny, Stephen L. Brusatte
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 9. Published online 2025 Jan 24. doi: 10.1186/s12862-024-02337-9
PMCID:
PMC11761736
Abstract Article PDF–4.0M
Wind farms reduce grassland plant community diversity and lead to plant community convergence
Xuancheng Zhao, Fengshi Li, Yuan Yuan, Guna Ari, Yongzhi Yan, Qing Zhang, Aruhan Olhnuud, Pengtao Liu
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 10. Published online 2025 Jan 15. doi: 10.1186/s12862-025-02350-6
PMCID:
PMC11734415
Abstract Article PDF–2.7M
Natural and sexual selection and functional roles influence colouration but not the amount of variation in butterfly wing colour patterns
Bhavya Dharmaraaj, Krushnamegh Kunte
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 11. Published online 2025 Jan 17. doi: 10.1186/s12862-024-02346-8
PMCID:
PMC11740640
Abstract Article PDF–3.5M
Comparative analysis of floristic richness and diversity in six central forest reserves of north eastern Uganda
Samuel Ojelel, Esther Katuura, Patrick Mucunguzi, James Kalema
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 12. Published online 2025 Jan 18. doi: 10.1186/s12862-024-02323-1
PMCID:
PMC11743001
Abstract Article PDF–1.7M
Wing spot in a tropical and a temperate drosophilid: C = C enrichment and conserved thermal response
Divita Garg, Harshad Vijay Mayekar, Sanjeev Paikra, Monalisa Mishra, Subhash Rajpurohit
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 13. Published online 2025 Jan 23. doi: 10.1186/s12862-024-02333-z
PMCID:
PMC11755964
Abstract Article PDF–1.8M
Inferring the energy cost of resistance to parasitic infection and its link to a trade-off
Frédéric Douhard, Carole Moreno-Romieux, Andrea B. Doeschl-Wilson
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 14. Published online 2025 Jan 28. doi: 10.1186/s12862-024-02340-0
PMCID:
PMC11776327
Abstract Article PDF–3.2M
The oldest continuous association between astigmatid mites and termites preserved in Cretaceous amber reveals the evolutionary significance of phoresy
Hemen Sendi, Pavel B. Klimov, Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov, Júlia Káčerová, Enrico Bonino, Dany Azar, Ninon Robin
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 16. Published online 2025 Feb 25. doi: 10.1186/s12862-025-02351-5
PMCID:
PMC11853500
Abstract Article PDF–4.4M
Phylogeny and species delimitation of ciliates in the genus Spirostomum (class Heterotrichea) using single-cell transcriptomes
Shahed Uddin Ahmed Shazib, Auden Cote-L’Heureux, Ragib Ahsan, Sergio A. Muñoz-Gómez, JunMo Lee, Laura A. Katz, Mann Kyoon Shin
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 17. Published online 2025 Feb 27. doi: 10.1186/s12862-025-02353-3
PMCID:
PMC11866625
Abstract Article PDF–4.2M
Confronting cultures: northern Madagascar’s cultural beliefs and the relationship of owls and humans
Manana Oclin Arsene, Xiaoya Shan
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 18. Published online 2025 Mar 12. doi: 10.1186/s12862-025-02357-z
PMCID:
PMC11899044
Abstract Article PDF–1.3M
Increased phenotypic diversity as a consequence of ecological opportunity in the island radiation of Sulawesi ricefishes (Teleostei: Adrianichthyidae)
Jan Möhring, Sebastian Hüllen, Sebastian Martin, Daniel F. Mokodongan, Daisy Wowor, Julia Schwarzer, Fabian Herder
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 19. Published online 2025 Mar 12. doi: 10.1186/s12862-025-02355-1
PMCID:
PMC11900528
Abstract Article PDF–4.2M
Short-distance seed and pollen dispersal in both hunted and intact forests in the lower canopy African rainforest tree, Coula edulis Baill. (Coulaceae)
Narcisse Guy Kamdem, Bonaventure Sonké, Saskia Sergeant, Vincent Deblauwe, Olivier J. Hardy
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 20. Published online 2025 Mar 13. doi: 10.1186/s12862-025-02356-0
PMCID:
PMC11905475
Abstract Article PDF–1.9M
Mutations in the signal peptide of effector gene Pi04314 contribute to the adaptive evolution of the Phytophthora infestans
Hai-Bing Ouyang, Yan-Ping Wang, Meng-Han He, E-Jiao Wu, Bin-Hong Hu, Jiasui Zhan, Lina Yang
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 21. Published online 2025 Mar 14. doi: 10.1186/s12862-025-02360-4
PMCID:
PMC11907978
Abstract Article PDF–1.9M
Molecular evolution of gustatory receptors in the Anopheles gambiae complex
Zachary R. Popkin-Hall, Michel A. Slotman
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 22. Published online 2025 Mar 17. doi: 10.1186/s12862-025-02359-x
PMCID:
PMC11912695
Abstract Article PDF–2.0M
Cryptic diversity, phenotypic congruence, and evolutionary history of the Leptobotia citrauratea complex (Pisces: Botiidae) within subtropical eastern China
Dongming Guo, Xiong Gong, Wenjing Yi, Liang Cao, E Zhang
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 23. Published online 2025 Mar 17. doi: 10.1186/s12862-025-02362-2
PMCID:
PMC11912635
Abstract Article PDF–3.9M
The Latitudinal Biotic Interaction Hypothesis revisited: contrasting latitudinal richness gradients in actively vs. passively accumulated interaction partners of honey bees
Alyssa R. Cirtwill, Tomas Roslin, Pablo Peña-Aguilera, Agathe Agboto, William Bercê, Svetlana N. Bondarchuk, Robert Brodschneider, Behzad Heidari, Camara Kaizirege, Justine Muhoro Nyaga, Ojonugwa Ekpah, Gonzalo Ossa Gomez, Claudia Paz, Christian Pirk, Amir Salehi-Najafabadi, Anneli Salonen, Chantal Soloniaina, Helena Wirta
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 24. Published online 2025 Mar 17. doi: 10.1186/s12862-025-02363-1
PMCID:
PMC11912709
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Repetitive DNAs and differentiation of the ZZ/ZW sex chromosome system in the combtail fish Belontia hasselti (Perciformes: Osphronemidae)
Alan Moura de Oliveira, Geize Aparecida Deon, Alexandr Sember, Caio Augusto Gomes Goes, Weerayuth Supiwong, Alongklod Tanomtong, Fábio Porto-Foresti, Ricardo Utsunomia, Thomas Liehr, Marcelo de Bello Cioffi
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 25. Published online 2025 Mar 18. doi: 10.1186/s12862-025-02358-y
PMCID:
PMC11917085
Abstract Article PDF–1.6M
Crowdsourcing conservation: unveiling Taiwan’s sea turtle foraging grounds, emerging threats, and residency with broad societal engagement
Chia-Ling Fong, Daphne Z. Hoh, Huai Su, Peng-Yu Chen, Chia-Chen Tsai, Kelly W. H. Tseng, Hao-Chih Huang, Jun-Yi Wu, Yoko Nozawa, Benny K. K. Chan
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 27. Published online 2025 Mar 24. doi: 10.1186/s12862-025-02354-2
PMCID:
PMC11931839
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Glomalin related soil protein, soil aggregate stability and soil aggregate-associated organic carbon under agroforestry practices in southern Ethiopia
Nebiyou Masebo, Emiru Birhane, Serekebrehane Takele, Araceli Perez-Sanz, Juan J. Lucena, Zerihun Belay, Agena Anjulo, Felipe Yunta
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 28. Published online 2025 Apr 3. doi: 10.1186/s12862-025-02365-z
PMCID:
PMC11966829
Abstract Article PDF–2.0M

Editorial Expression of Concern

Editorial Expression of Concern: mtDNA structure: the women who formed the Brazilian northeast
Ana Paula Schaan, Lorenna Costa, Diego Santos, Antonio Modesto, Marcos Amador, Camile Lopes, Sílvia Helena Rabenhorst, Raquel Montenegro, Bruno D. A. Souza, Thayson Lopes, France Keiko Yoshioka, Giovanny Pinto, Vivian Silbiger, Ândrea Ribeiro-dos-Santos
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 26. Published online 2025 Mar 21. doi: 10.1186/s12862-025-02366-y
Expression of Concern about:
BMC Evol Biol. 2017; 17: 185.
PMCID:
PMC11927178
Article PDF–713K

Correction

Correction: Citizen science in eDNA monitoring for Mediterranean monk seal conservation
Sofia Bonicalza, Elena Valsecchi, Emanuele Coppola, Valeria Catapano, Harriet Thatcher
BMC Ecol Evol. 2025; 25: 4. Published online 2025 Jan 7. doi: 10.1186/s12862-025-02348-0
Corrects:
BMC Ecol Evol. 2024; 24: 148.
PMCID:
PMC11706199
Correction PDF–774K
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