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Volume 11(18); 2021 Sep

Academic Practice in Ecology and Evolution

Following Darwin’s footsteps: Evaluating the impact of an activity designed for elementary school students to link historically important evolution key concepts on their understanding of natural selection

Xana Sá‐Pinto, Alexandre Pinto, Joana Ribeiro, Inês Sarmento, Patrícia Pessoa, Leonor R. Rodrigues, Lucía Vázquez‐Ben, Evangelia Mavrikaki, Joaquim Bernardino Lopes

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12236–12250. Published online 2021 Aug 25. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7849

PMCID:: PMC8462140

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Nature Notes

Diversity and habitat association of medium and large mammals in Gibe Sheleko National Park, Southern Ethiopia

Kassahun Abie, Belete Tilahun, Abel Feyisa, Tewodros Kumssa, Alemneh Amare

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12251–12258. Published online 2021 Aug 4. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8000

PMCID:: PMC8462153

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Original Research

Precopulatory oral sex contact plays an important role in copulatory success in a cryptic desert beetle

Xinghu Qin, Jinshu Yang, Jingchuan Ma, Thomas Ryan Lock, Guangjun Wang, Zehua Zhang

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12285–12293. Published online 2021 Aug 25. doi: 10.1002/ece3.6595

PMCID:: PMC8462132

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Evaluation of environmental factors affecting the genetic diversity, genetic structure, and the potential distribution of Rhododendron aureum Georgi under changing climate

Wei Zhao, Xiaolong Wang, Lin Li, Jiangnan Li, Hang Yin, Ying Zhao, Xia Chen

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12294–12306. Published online 2021 Aug 25. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7803

PMCID:: PMC8462154

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Optimizing noninvasive sampling of a zoonotic bat virus

John R. Giles, Alison J. Peel, Konstans Wells, Raina K. Plowright, Hamish McCallum, Olivier Restif

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12307–12321. Published online 2021 Aug 27. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7830

PMCID:: PMC8462156

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Integrating demography and distribution modeling for the iconic Leontopodium alpinum Colm. in the Romanian Carpathians

Lăcrămioara M. Maghiar, Ilie A. Stoica, Andrew J. Tanentzap

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12322–12334. Published online 2021 Aug 25. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7864

PMCID:: PMC8462177

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Changes in leaf litter decomposition of primary Korean pine forests after degradation succession into secondary broad‐leaved forests

Yan‐Mei Fu, Xiu‐Yue Zhang, Dan‐Dan Qi, Fu‐Juan Feng

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12335–12348. Published online 2021 Aug 30. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7903

PMCID:: PMC8462155

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Fine‐scale foraging habitat selection by two diving central place foragers in the Northeast Atlantic

Mathilde Huon, Yann Planque, Mark John Jessopp, Michelle Cronin, Florence Caurant, Cécile Vincent

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12349–12363. Published online 2021 Aug 24. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7934

PMCID:: PMC8462179

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R package for animal behavior classification from accelerometer data—rabc

Hui Yu, Marcel Klaassen

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12364–12377. Published online 2021 Aug 20. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7937

PMCID:: PMC8462134

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The patterns of vascular plant discoveries in China

Muyang Lu, Lianming Gao, Hongtao Li, Fangliang He

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12378–12388. Published online 2021 Aug 24. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7971

PMCID:: PMC8462150

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Comprehensive evaluation of the allelopathic potential of Elymus nutans

Xiaolong Quan, Youming Qiao, Mengci Chen, Zhonghua Duan, Huilan Shi

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12389–12400. Published online 2021 Aug 24. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7982

PMCID:: PMC8462165

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Beyond the single index: Investigating ecological mechanisms underpinning ecosystem multifunctionality with network analysis

Ewa Siwicka, Rebecca Gladstone‐Gallagher, Judi E. Hewitt, Simon F. Thrush

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12401–12412. Published online 2021 Aug 24. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7987

PMCID:: PMC8462174

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Historical biogeography of the genus Rhadinaea (Squamata: Dipsadinae)

Uriel A. García‐Sotelo, Uri O. García‐Vázquez, David Espinosa

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12413–12428. Published online 2021 Aug 5. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7988

PMCID:: PMC8462180

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Drivers of Solidago species invasion in Central Europe—Case study in the landscape of the Carpathian Mountains and their foreground

Peliyagodage Chathura Dineth Perera, Tomasz H. Szymura, Adam Zając, Dominika Chmolowska, Magdalena Szymura

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12429–12444. Published online 2021 Aug 10. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7989

PMCID:: PMC8462131

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Effective distance of volatile cues for plant–plant communication in beech

Tomika Hagiwara, Masae Iwamoto Ishihara, Junji Takabayashi, Tsutom Hiura, Kaori Shiojiri

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12445–12452. Published online 2021 Aug 2. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7990

PMCID:: PMC8462143

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Long‐term changes in occurrence, relative abundance, and reproductive fitness of bat species in relation to arrival of White‐nose Syndrome in West Virginia, USA

Catherine Johnson, Donald J. Brown, Chris Sanders, Craig W. Stihler

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12453–12467. Published online 2021 Aug 4. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7991

PMCID:: PMC8462164

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Using Delaunay triangulation to sample whole‐specimen color from digital images

Jennifer J. Valvo, Jose David Aponte, Mitch J. Daniel, Kenna Dwinell, Helen Rodd, David Houle, Kimberly A. Hughes

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12468–12484. Published online 2021 Aug 20. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7992

PMCID:: PMC8462138

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Predator biomass and vegetation influence the coastal distribution of threespine stickleback morphotypes

Casey L. Yanos, Eeke P. Haanstra, Fiona Colgan Carey, Sorsha A. Passmore, Johan S. Eklöf, Ulf Bergström, Joakim P. Hansen, Michael C. Fontaine, Martine E. Maan, Britas Klemens Eriksson

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12485–12496. Published online 2021 Aug 12. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7993

PMCID:: PMC8462182

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The cost of evolved constitutive lac gene expression is usually, but not always, maintained during evolution of generalist populations

Kelly N. Phillips, Tim F. Cooper

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12497–12507. Published online 2021 Aug 6. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7994

PMCID:: PMC8462147

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The hidden side of diversity: Effects of imperfect detection on multiple dimensions of biodiversity

Aline Richter, Gabriel Nakamura, Cristiano Agra Iserhard, Leandro da Silva Duarte

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12508–12519. Published online 2021 Aug 10. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7995

PMCID:: PMC8462181

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Antibacterial and anatomical defenses in an oil contaminated, vulnerable seaduck

Anders Pape Møller, Karsten Laursen, Jorge Izaguirre, Alfonso Marzal

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12520–12528. Published online 2021 Aug 19. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7996

PMCID:: PMC8462148

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Multiple coping strategies maintain stability of a small mammal population in a resource‐restricted environment

Anne Y. Polyakov, William D. Tietje, Arjun Srivathsa, Virginie Rolland, James E. Hines, Madan K. Oli

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12529–12541. Published online 2021 Aug 16. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7997

PMCID:: PMC8462162

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Melanic pigmentation and light preference within and between two Drosophila species

Arielle M. Cooley, Suzanne Schmitz, Eduardo J. Cabrera, Mitchell Cutter, Maxwell Sheffield, Ian Gingerich, Gabriella Thomas, Calvin N. M. Lincoln, Virginia H. Moore, Alexandra E. Moore, Sarah A. Davidson, Nikhil Lonberg, Eli B. Fournier, Sophia M. Love, Galen Posch, Matthew B. Bihrle, Spencer D. Mayer, Kuenzang Om, Lauren Wilson, Casey Q. Doe, Chantalle E. Vincent, Elizabeth R. T. Wong, Ilona Wall, Jarred Wicks, Stephon Roberts

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12542–12553. Published online 2021 Aug 12. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7998

PMCID:: PMC8462139

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Structural features of the mitogenome of the leafhopper genus Cladolidia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) and phylogenetic implications in Cicadellidae

Xianyi Wang, Jiajia Wang, Renhuai Dai

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12554–12566. Published online 2021 Aug 5. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8001

PMCID:: PMC8462178

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Species distribution models for invasive Eurasian watermilfoil highlight the importance of data quality and limitations of discrimination accuracy metrics

Shyam M. Thomas, Michael R. Verhoeven, Jake R. Walsh, Daniel J. Larkin, Gretchen J. A. Hansen

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12567–12582. Published online 2021 Aug 13. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8002

PMCID:: PMC8462136

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Phylogeographic structure of the dwarf snakehead (Channa gachua) around Gulf of Tonkin: Historical biogeography and pronounced effects of sea‐level changes

Junjie Wang, Chao Li, Jiaqi Chen, Jujing Wang, Jinjin Jin, Shuying Jiang, Luobin Yan, Hung‐Du Lin, Jun Zhao

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12583–12595. Published online 2021 Aug 17. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8003

PMCID:: PMC8462176

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Parasites rather than phoronts: Teratorhabditis synpapillata nematodes reduce lifespan of their Rhynchophorus ferrugineus host in a life stage‐dependent manner

Manel Ibrahim, Ameni Loulou, Anissa Brouk, Arthur Muller, Ricardo A. R. Machado, Sadreddine Kallel

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12596–12604. Published online 2021 Aug 9. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8004

PMCID:: PMC8462169

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Sublethal effects of a rapidly spreading native alga on a key herbivore

Daniel J. Bradley, Jordi Boada, William Gladstone, Timothy M. Glasby, Paul E. Gribben

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12605–12616. Published online 2021 Aug 16. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8005

PMCID:: PMC8462141

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What does it mean to be wild? Assessing human influence on the environments of nonhuman primate specimens in museum collections

Andrea R. Eller, Stephanie L. Canington, Sana T. Saiyed, Rita M. Austin, Courtney A. Hofman, Sabrina B. Sholts

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12617–12629. Published online 2021 Aug 9. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8006

PMCID:: PMC8462175

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Natal dispersal of Whooping Cranes in the reintroduced Eastern Migratory Population

Hillary L. Thompson, Andrew J. Caven, Matthew A. Hayes, Anne E. Lacy

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12630–12638. Published online 2021 Aug 11. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8007

PMCID:: PMC8462167

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Cloning capacity helps seeds of Garcinia xanthochymus counter animal predation

Zhen‐yu Wang, Lin Cao, Chuan Yan, Yu‐da Niu, Kang Chong, Zhi‐bin Zhang

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12639–12650. Published online 2021 Aug 23. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8008

PMCID:: PMC8462166

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Nestedness theory suggests wetland fragments with large areas and macrophyte diversity benefit waterbirds

Rongxing Wang, Xiaojun Yang

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12651–12664. Published online 2021 Aug 16. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8009

PMCID:: PMC8462146

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Ecosystem functions in degraded riparian forests of southeastern Kenya

Jan Christian Habel, Werner Ulrich

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12665–12675. Published online 2021 Aug 25. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8011

PMCID:: PMC8462158

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Evolutionary dynamics of the Trivers–Willard effect: A nonparametric approach

Matthias Borgstede

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12676–12685. Published online 2021 Aug 17. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8012

PMCID:: PMC8462157

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Does lake eutrophication support biological invasions in rivers? A study on Dreissena polymorpha (Bivalvia) in lake–river ecotones

Robert Czerniawski, Tomasz Krepski

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12686–12696. Published online 2021 Aug 13. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8013

PMCID:: PMC8462168

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Pleistocene dynamics of the Eurasian steppe as a driving force of evolution: Phylogenetic history of the genus Capsella (Brassicaceae)

Anže Žerdoner Čalasan, Herbert Hurka, Dmitry A. German, Simon Pfanzelt, Frank R. Blattner, Anna Seidl, Barbara Neuffer

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12697–12713. Published online 2021 Aug 18. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8015

PMCID:: PMC8462161

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Generalist bird exhibits site‐dependent resource selection

Samantha M. Cady, Craig A. Davis, Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Rheinhardt Scholtz, Daniel R. Uden, Dirac Twidwell

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12714–12727. Published online 2021 Aug 16. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8016

PMCID:: PMC8462173

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Effects of spawning Pacific salmon on terrestrial invertebrates: Insects near spawning habitat are isotopically enriched with nitrogen‐15 but display no differences in body size

Nicola F. Rammell, Allison M. Dennert, Christopher M. Ernst, John D. Reynolds

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12728–12738. Published online 2021 Aug 24. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8017

PMCID:: PMC8462137

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Delimitation despite discordance: Evaluating the species limits of a confounding species complex in the face of mitonuclear discordance

Thomas J. Firneno, Jr., Justin R. O’Neill, Michael W. Itgen, Timothy A. Kihneman, Josiah H. Townsend, Matthew K. Fujita

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12739–12753. Published online 2021 Aug 11. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8018

PMCID:: PMC8462145

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Mitochondrial genomes of five Hyphessobrycon tetras and their phylogenetic implications

Wei Xu, Shupeng Lin, Hongyi Liu

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12754–12764. Published online 2021 Aug 11. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8019

PMCID:: PMC8462149

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Functional groups in piscivorous fishes

Michalis Mihalitsis, David R. Bellwood

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12765–12778. Published online 2021 Sep 2. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8020

PMCID:: PMC8462170

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Predicting range shifts of Davidia involucrata Ball. under future climate change

Teng Long, Junfeng Tang, Nicholas W. Pilfold, Xuzhe Zhao, Tingfa Dong

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12779–12789. Published online 2021 Aug 11. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8023

PMCID:: PMC8462142

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Strong isolation by distance among local populations of an endangered butterfly species (Euphydryas aurinia)

Cino Pertoldi, Aritz Ruiz‐Gonzalez, Simon Bahrndorff, Nanna Renee Lauridsen, Thøger Nisbeth Henriksen, Anne Eskildsen, Toke Thomas Høye

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12790–12800. Published online 2021 Aug 13. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8027

PMCID:: PMC8462152

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Long‐term development of species richness in a central European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest affected by windthrow—Support for the intermediate disturbance hypothesis?

Peter Meyer, Marcus Schmidt, Eike Feldmann, Jürgen Willig, Robert Larkin

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12801–12815. Published online 2021 Aug 16. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8028

PMCID:: PMC8462171

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Restoration of species‐rich grasslands by transfer of local plant material and its impact on species diversity and genetic variation—Findings of a practical restoration project in southeastern Germany

Franziska Kaulfuß, Christoph Reisch

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12816–12833. Published online 2021 Aug 22. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8029

PMCID:: PMC8462159

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Marking through molts: An evaluation of visible implant elastomer to permanently mark individuals in a lower termite species

Rebecca F. B. Padget, Faye J. Thompson

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12834–12844. Published online 2021 Aug 18. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8030

PMCID:: PMC8462160

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Impact of Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pisces: Cichlidae) invasion on taxonomic and functional diversity of native fish species in the upper Kabompo River, northwest of Zambia

Arthertone Jere, Wilson W. L. Jere, Austin Mtethiwa, Daud Kassam

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12845–12857. Published online 2021 Aug 19. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8031

PMCID:: PMC8462144

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Inferring species interactions from ecological survey data: A mechanistic approach to predict quantitative food webs of seed feeding by carabid beetles

Michael J. O. Pocock, Reto Schmucki, David A. Bohan

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12858–12871. Published online 2021 Aug 25. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8032

PMCID:: PMC8462163

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The species range‐size patterns for vascular plants of Seorak Mountain (Korea): Relationship between group of life forms and phytogeography affinity along the elevational gradient

Mi‐Hyun Lee, Ju Hyeon Song, Seong Yeob Byeon, Jeong Eun Lee, Ho Jin Kim, Seung‐Beom Chae, Chung Weon Yun, Ji‐Dong Kim

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12872–12881. Published online 2021 Aug 24. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8033

PMCID:: PMC8462172

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Review

Resilience of terrestrial and aquatic fauna to historical and future wildfire regimes in western North America

Henriette I. Jager, Jonathan W. Long, Rachel L. Malison, Brendan P. Murphy, Ashley Rust, Luiz G. M. Silva, Rahel Sollmann, Zachary L. Steel, Mark D. Bowen, Jason B. Dunham, Joseph L. Ebersole, Rebecca L. Flitcroft

Ecol Evol. 2021 Sep; 11(18): 12259–12284. Published online 2021 Aug 30. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8026

PMCID:: PMC8462151

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