Mass mortality events (MMEs) are rapidly occurring catastrophic demographic events that
punctuate background mortality levels. Individual MMEs are staggering in their observed …

Sexual selection has resulted in some of the most captivating features of insects, including
flashy colors, bizarre structures, and complex pheromones. These features evolve in …

In recent years, scientists have realized that evolution can occur on timescales much shorter
than the" long lapse of ages" emphasized by Darwin—in fact, evolutionary change is …

Climate change has the potential to affect the ecology and evolution of every species on
Earth. Although the ecological consequences of climate change are increasingly well …

Adaptive evolution in new or changing environments can be difficult to predict because the
functional connections between genotype, phenotype, and fitness are complex. Here, we …

Existing insight suggests that maternal effects have a substantial impact on evolution, yet
these predictions assume that maternal effects themselves are evolutionarily constant …

Phenotypic plasticity is frequently assumed to be an adaptive mechanism by which
organisms cope with rapid changes in their environment, such as shifts in temperature …

Impacts of climate change are apparent in natural systems around the world. Many species
are and will continue to struggle to persist in their current location as their preferred …

Meta‐analysis is increasingly used to synthesize major patterns in the large literatures within
ecology and evolution. Meta‐analytic methods that do not account for the process of …

Natural selection acts on phenotypic trait variation. Understanding the mechanisms that
create and maintain trait variation is fundamental to understanding the breadth of diversity …