Addressing chemical pollution in biodiversity research

G Sigmund, M Ågerstrand, A Antonelli… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change, biodiversity loss, and chemical pollution are planetary‐scale emergencies
requiring urgent mitigation actions. As these “triple crises” are deeply interlinked, they need …

Effects of chemical contaminants on the ecology and evolution of organisms a review

PO Samuel, GI Edo, GO Oloni, U Ugbune… - Chemistry and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Chemical contaminants in the environment have become a growing concern due to their
detrimental effects on the ecology and evolution of organisms. Understanding the impacts of …

A multi-scale review of the dynamics of collective behaviour: from rapid responses to ontogeny and evolution

CC Ioannou, KL Laskowski - … transactions of the royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Collective behaviours, such as flocking in birds or decision making by bee colonies, are
some of the most intriguing behavioural phenomena in the animal kingdom. The study of …

Social consequences of rapid environmental change

DT Blumstein, LD Hayes, N Pinter-Wollman - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - cell.com
While direct influences of the environment on population growth and resilience are well
studied, indirect routes linking environmental changes to population consequences are less …

[HTML][HTML] Unravelling the microplastic menace: Different polymers additively increase bee vulnerability

F Ferrante, E Pasquini, F Cappa, L Bellocchio… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are growing and ubiquitous environmental pollutants and represent one
of the greatest contemporary challenges caused by human activities. Current research has …

EthoCRED: a framework to guide reporting and evaluation of the relevance and reliability of behavioural ecotoxicity studies

MG Bertram, M Ågerstrand, ESJ Thoré… - Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Behavioural analysis has been attracting significant attention as a broad indicator of sub‐
lethal toxicity and has secured a place as an important subdiscipline in ecotoxicology …

Antidepressant pharmaceuticals in aquatic systems, individual-level ecotoxicological effects: growth, survival and behavior

K Słoczyńska, J Orzeł, A Murzyn, J Popiół… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2023 - Elsevier
The growing consumption of antidepressant pharmaceuticals has resulted in their
widespread occurrence in the environment, particularly in waterways with a typical …

Pharmaceutical pollution alters the structure of freshwater communities and hinders their recovery from a fish predator

M Michelangeli, JM Martin, S Robson… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Freshwater ecosystems are under threat from rising pharmaceutical pollution. While such
pollutants are known to elicit biological effects on organisms, we have limited knowledge on …

[HTML][HTML] Conformity and differentiation are two sides of the same coin

CC Ioannou, KL Laskowski - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - cell.com
Variation between individuals is a key component of selection and hence evolutionary
change. Social interactions are important drivers of variation, potentially making behaviour …

Colony size buffers interactions between neonicotinoid exposure and cold stress in bumblebees

AC Easton-Calabria, JA Thuma… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Social bees are critical for supporting biodiversity, ecosystem function and crop yields
globally. Colony size is a key ecological trait predicted to drive sensitivity to environmental …