The prominent role of the matrix in ecology, evolution, and conservation

RJ Fletcher Jr, TAH Smith, S Troy… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
As the Anthropocene proceeds, the matrix in which remaining habitats are embedded is an
increasingly dominant component of altered landscapes. The matrix appears to have …

A review of the phenotypic traits associated with insect dispersal polymorphism, and experimental designs for sorting out resident and disperser phenotypes

D Renault - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
Dispersal represents a key life-history trait with several implications for the fitness of
organisms, population dynamics and resilience, local adaptation, meta-population …

Dispersal syndromes in challenging environments: A cross‐species experiment

J Cote, M Dahirel, N Schtickzelle, F Altermatt… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Dispersal is a central biological process tightly integrated into life‐histories, morphology,
physiology and behaviour. Such associations, or syndromes, are anticipated to impact the …

A multidimensional approach to the expression of phenotypic plasticity

T Morel‐Journel, V Thuillier, F Pennekamp… - Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Phenotypic plasticity is increasingly recognized as a key element of eco‐evolutionary
dynamics, but it remains challenging to assess because of its multidimensional nature …

Shifts from pulled to pushed range expansions caused by reduction of landscape connectivity

M Dahirel, A Bertin, M Haond, A Blin, E Lombaert… - Oikos, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Range expansions are key processes sha** the distribution of species; their ecological
and evolutionary dynamics have become especially relevant today, as human influence …

Transgenerational plasticity of dispersal‐related traits in a ciliate: genotype‐dependency and fitness consequences

H Cayuela, S Jacob, N Schtickzelle, R Verdonck… - Oikos, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Phenotypic plasticity, the ability of one genotype to produce different phenotypes in different
environments, plays a central role in species' response to environmental changes …

Plastic cell morphology changes during dispersal

AD Junker, S Jacob, H Philippe, D Legrand… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Dispersal is the movement of organisms from one habitat to another that potentially results in
gene flow. It is often plastic, allowing organisms to adjust dispersal movements depending …

The expanding role of movement behavior in insect conservation ecology

KC Kral-O'Brien, JP Harmon - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Including dispersal is vital to conservation, but species research is too rare.•More
species-specific research is necessary to identify barriers to dispersal.•Consider the parts of …

Fragmentation mediates thermal habitat choice in ciliate microcosms

E Laurent, N Schtickzelle… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Habitat fragmentation is expected to reduce dispersal movements among patches as a
result of increased inter-patch distances. Furthermore, since habitat fragmentation is …

Non‐genetic phenotypic variability affects populations and communities in protist microcosms

A Raffard, S Jacob, N Schtickzelle - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Intraspecific trait variation (ITV), potentially driven by genetic and non‐genetic mechanisms,
can underlie variability in resource acquisition, individual fitness and ecological interactions …