Life‐history evolution under fluctuating density‐dependent selection and the adaptive alignment of pace‐of‐life syndromes

J Wright, GH Bolstad, YG Araya‐Ajoy… - Biological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We present a novel perspective on life‐history evolution that combines recent theoretical
advances in fluctuating density‐dependent selection with the notion of pace‐of‐life …

Acute and multigenerational toxicity of polylactic acid microplastics on a copepod bioindicator

W Ali, S Das, J Thery, H Jeong, JS Lee, P Zinck… - Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Bioplastics such as polylactic acid are actually promoted as eco-friendly alternatives to fossil
fuel-derived plastics, yet bioplastic toxicity remains poorly known. Here we studied the acute …

Destabilizing effect of climate change on the persistence of a short-lived primate

A Ozgul, C Fichtel, M Paniw, PM Kappeler - Proceedings of the National …, 2023 - pnas.org
Seasonal tropical environments are among those regions that are the most affected by shifts
in temperature and rainfall regimes under climate change, with potentially severe …

Decoupling the effects of food and density on life‐history plasticity of wild animals using field experiments: Insights from the steward who sits in the shadow of its tail …

B Dantzer, AG McAdam, MM Humphries… - Journal of Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐term studies of wild animals provide the opportunity to investigate how phenotypic
plasticity is used to cope with environmental fluctuations and how the relationships between …

The new kid on the block: immigrant males win big whereas females pay fitness cost after dispersal

AR Martinig, AG McAdam, B Dantzer, JE Lane… - Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Dispersal is nearly universal; yet, which sex tends to disperse more and their success
thereafter depends on the fitness consequences of dispersal. We asked if lifetime fitness …

Reproductive trade-offs of the estuarine copepod Eurytemora affinis under different thermal and haline regimes

A Souissi, JS Hwang, S Souissi - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Copepod females invest a quantity of resources in their reproduction. Depending on several
biotic and abiotic factors and their evolutionary history a trade-off can be commonly …

Estimation of fitness from energetics and life‐history data: An example using mussels

KP Sebens, G Sarà, E Carrington - Ecology and Evolution, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Changing environments have the potential to alter the fitness of organisms through effects
on components of fitness such as energy acquisition, metabolic cost, growth rate …

Indirect effects on fitness between individuals that have never met via an extended phenotype

DN Fisher, JA Haines, S Boutin, B Dantzer… - Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Interactions between organisms are ubiquitous and have important consequences for
phenotypes and fitness. Individuals can even influence those they never meet, if they have …

Advancing plant phenology causes an increasing trophic mismatch in an income breeder across a wide elevational range

M Rehnus, M Peláez, K Bollmann - Ecosphere, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
To avoid trophic mismatches, large herbivores should reschedule the breeding timing to
keep in synchrony with the recent advance of plant phenology caused by climate change. To …

Pulsed resources and the resource‐prediction strategy: A field‐test using a 36‐year study of small mammals

GF Dri, ML Hunter Jr, J Witham, A Mortelliti - Oikos, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pulsed resource environments are known for their marked variations in resource availability
over space and time. Animals living in such environments usually increase reproduction …