COMPETITION, DROUGHT, SEASON LENGTH? DISENTANGLING KEY FACTORS FOR LOCAL ADAPTATION IN TWO MEDITERRANEAN ANNUALS ACROSS COMBINED MACROCLIMATIC AND MICROCLIMATIC ARIDITY GRADIENTS

Competition, Drought, Season Length? Disentangling Key Factors for Local Adaptation in Two Mediterranean Annuals across Combined Macroclimatic and Microclimatic Aridity Gradients

ABSTRACT Competition in mesic sites and drought stress combined with short growing seasons in drier sites are key environmental factors along macroclimatic aridity gradients.They impose a triangular trade‐off for local adaptation.However, as experiments have rarely disentangled their effects on plant fitness, uncertainty remained whether mesic po

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A distinct neuronal ensemble of prelimbic cortex mediates spontaneous pain in rats with peripheral inflammation

Abstract The absence of a comprehensive understanding of the neural basis of spontaneous pain limits the development of therapeutic acupatch strategies targeting this primary complaint of patients with chronic pain.Here we report a distinct neuronal ensemble within the prelimbic cortex which processes signals related to spontaneous pain in rats wit

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Dehydration alters behavioral thermoregulation and the geography of climatic vulnerability in two Amazonian lizards.

High temperatures and low water availability often strike organisms concomitantly.Observing how organisms behaviorally thermohydroregulate may help us to better understand their climatic vulnerability.This is especially important for tropical forest lizards, species that are purportedly under greater climatic risk.Here, we observed the influence of

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