Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Original Research

Published on 14 May 2025

Self-directed and prosocial wound care, snare removal, and hygiene behaviors amongst the Budongo chimpanzees

in Evolutionary Ecology of Social Behavior

Elodie Freymann
Catherine Hobaiter
Michael Alan Huffman
Harmonie Klein
Geresomu Muhumuza
Vernon Reynolds
Nora E. Slania
Adrian Soldati
Eguma Robert Yikii
Klaus Zuberbühler

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2025.1540922

3,442 views

Editorial

Published on 13 May 2025

Editorial: Urban biodiversity in the Global South

in Urban Ecology

Lucas M. Leveau
Laura C. Pereyra
Rubén Ortega-Álvarez

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2025.1591037

499 views

Original Research

Accepted on 12 May 2025

The influence of environmental stability and upwelling variation on copepod diversity in the Humboldt Current System off Chile

in Biogeography and Macroecology

Manuela Isabel Pérez Aragón
Reinaldo Rivera
Vera Oerder
Carolina E. Gonzalez
Cristián E. Hernández
Ruben Escribano

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2025.1527735

Original Research

Accepted on 09 May 2025

Taxonomic and functional shifts in soil nematode communities following estuarine island reclamation

in Population, Community, and Ecosystem Dynamics

Sufeng Pan
Jing Liang
Haibing Wu
Yongli Cai

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2025.1606331

Original Research

Published on 09 May 2025

Water quality degradation processes and driving mechanisms in typical macrophytic lakes of the Yangtze River mid-lower reaches: a case study of East Taihu Lake and Liangzi Lake

in Conservation and Restoration Ecology

Jinliang Liu
Wei Zou
Shuaidong Li
Xiaolei Wang
Xiaoli Gu
Sophia Shuang Chen
Chenxi Fei

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2025.1575255

385 views

Original Research

Accepted on 08 May 2025

Population genetics and evolutionary history of the black howler monkey Alouatta pigra and hybrid populations in Mexico

in Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology

Ella Vázquez-Domínguez
Brenda Solórzano-García
Mariana Reyes-Vázquez
Diego Zubillaga-Martín

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2025.1551979

Brief Research Report

Published on 08 May 2025

Validation of fish environmental RNA metabarcoding analysis for ecological surveys by additional traditional field surveys in the Naka River

in Conservation and Restoration Ecology

Kaede Miyata
Yuta Kusakabe
Yasuaki Inoue
Masayuki Yamane
Hiroshi Honda

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2025.1540001

454 views

Hypothesis and Theory

Accepted on 07 May 2025

The behavioural ecology of hominin locomotion: What can we learn from landscapes of fear and primate terrestriality?

in Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology

Philippa Hammond
René Bobe
Susana Carvalho

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2025.1473794

Original Research

Published on 07 May 2025

Facilitative and competitive effects of bracken fronds and litter on tree seedling recruitment

in Conservation and Restoration Ecology

Cecilia L. López
Cesar Mayta
Andrea Soliz
Isabell Hensen
Silvia C. Gallegos

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2025.1534920

488 views

Original Research

Accepted on 06 May 2025

Research on the Spatial Characterization of Herder Grazing Intensity Supported by Mobile Phone Signaling

in Conservation and Restoration Ecology

Zhanming Qiao
Min Zheng
Zheng Li
Quanming Dong
Chunping Zhang
Yang Yu
Cao Quan

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2025.1526099

Original Research

Published on 06 May 2025

Patterns of mature woody plant species encroachment on vegetation structure, density, and diversity of the understory layer across the Marikana Thornveld

in Models in Ecology and Evolution

Mziwanda Mangwane
Ignacio Casper Madakadze
Tlou Julius Tjelele
Abel Ramoelo

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2025.1498429

389 views

Editorial

Published on 06 May 2025

Editorial: Biological and physical basis of the development of integument and associated structures

in Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Cédric Finet
Anupama Prakash

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2025.1609597

744 views

Original Research

Accepted on 05 May 2025

Tree diversity patterns along an elevational gradient in Durango, Mexico

in Biogeography and Macroecology

Norberto Domínguez-Amaya
Fabian Brambach
Jose Javier Corral Rivas
Martin Ehbrecht

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2025.1562841

Perspective

Accepted on 05 May 2025

Integration of specific metrics can promote the understanding of scavenging dynamics

in Population, Community, and Ecosystem Dynamics

Akino Inagaki
Maximilian L. Allen
Shinsuke Koike

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2025.1611982

Technology and Code

Accepted on 02 May 2025

WEGAN: A Web-based Community Ecology Platform

in Population, Community, and Ecosystem Dynamics

Gina P. Sykes
Louisa Normington
Jenna Poelzer
Shiyang Zhao
Dana Allen
Samuel J. Stuart
Eponine Oler
Komal Jot
Vasuk Gautam
Xin (David) Zhao

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2025.1604480

Original Research

Accepted on 02 May 2025

Balancing ecosystem services supply-flow-demand for watershed ecological security: A case study of the Hai River Basin, China

in Conservation and Restoration Ecology

Yuejing Rong
Lifu Zheng
Yu Zhao

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2025.1587167