The total opportunity for sexual selection and the integration of pre‐and post‐mating episodes of sexual selection in a complex world

JP Evans, F Garcia‐Gonzalez - Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
It is well known that sexual selection can target reproductive traits during successive pre‐
and post‐mating episodes of selection. A key focus of recent studies has been to understand …

[HTML][HTML] Biological constraint, evolutionary spandrels and antagonistic pleiotropy

D Gems, C Kern - Ageing Research Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Maximum lifespan differs greatly between species, indicating that the process of senescence
is largely genetically determined. Senescence evolves in part due to antagonistic pleiotropy …

Context-dependent trait covariances: how plasticity shapes behavioral syndromes

DJ Mitchell, TM Houslay - Behavioral Ecology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The study of behavioral syndromes aims to understand among-individual correlations of
behavior, yielding insights into the ecological factors and proximate constraints that shape …

Lifetime fitness in wild female baboons: trade-offs and individual heterogeneity in quality

EM McLean, EA Archie… - The American …, 2019 - journals.uchicago.edu
Understanding the evolution of life histories requires information on how life histories vary
among individuals and how such variation predicts individual fitness. Using complete life …

Life‐history evolution in the anthropocene: Effects of increasing nutrients on traits and trade‐offs

E Snell‐Rood, R Cothran, A Espeset… - Evolutionary …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Variation in life‐history traits can have major impacts on the ecological and evolutionary
responses of populations to environmental change. Life‐history variation often results from …

The positive correlation between maternal size and offspring size: fitting pieces of a life‐history puzzle

N Rollinson, L Rowe - Biological Reviews, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of investment per offspring (I) is often viewed through the lens of the classic
theory, in which variation among individuals in a population is not expected. A substantial …

Pesticides in a warmer world: Effects of glyphosate and warming across insect life stages

ZR Stahlschmidt, J Whitlock, C Vo, P Evalen… - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Glyphosate (GLY) is a broad-spectrum herbicide that is the most commonly applied
pesticide in terrestrial ecosystems in the US and, potentially, worldwide. However, the …

Biological constraint as a cause of aging

D Gems, C Kern - 2022 - preprints.org
Aging rate differs greatly between species, indicating that the process of senescence is
largely genetically determined. Senescence evolves in part due to antagonistic pleiotropy …

Nocturnal dispersal flight of crickets: Behavioural and physiological responses to cool environmental temperatures

BJ Sun, C Huebner, LA Treidel, RM Clark… - Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Flight of nocturnal insects may be limited by cool nighttime environmental temperatures. We
used laboratory and field experiments to explore the thermal basis of nocturnal flight in wing …

Physiological demands and nutrient intake modulate a trade-off between dispersal and reproduction based on age and sex of field crickets

LA Treidel, RM Clark, MT Lopez… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
Animals adjust resource acquisition throughout life to meet changing physiological demands
of growth, reproduction, activity and somatic maintenance. Wing-polymorphic crickets invest …