The genetic paradox of invasions revisited: the potential role of inbreeding× environment interactions in invasion success

K Schrieber, S Lachmuth - Biological Reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive species that successfully establish, persist, and expand within an area of
introduction, in spite of demographic bottlenecks that reduce their genetic diversity …

The impact of proliferation-migration tradeoffs on phenotypic evolution in cancer

JA Gallaher, JS Brown, ARA Anderson - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Tumors are not static masses of cells but dynamic ecosystems where cancer cells
experience constant turnover and evolve fitness-enhancing phenotypes. Selection for …

Winter range expansion of a hummingbird is associated with urbanization and supplementary feeding

EI Greig, EM Wood, DN Bonter - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Anthropogenic changes to the landscape and climate cause novel ecological and
evolutionary pressures, leading to potentially dramatic changes in the distribution of …

Positive species interactions shape species' range limits

P Stephan, B Bramon Mora, JM Alexander - Oikos, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The relationship between niche and distribution, and especially the role of biotic interactions
in sha** species' geographic distributions, has gained increasing interest in the last two …

The house sparrow in the service of basic and applied biology

HE Hanson, NS Mathews, ME Hauber, LB Martin - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
From the northernmost tip of Scandinavia to the southernmost corner of Patagonia, and
across six continents, house sparrows (Passer domesticus) inhabit most human-modified …

Living on the edge: range edge birds consume novel foods sooner than established ones

AL Liebl, LB Martin - Behavioral Ecology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The ability to adjust behavioral responses to environmental cues probably contributes to an
individual's ability to persist in unfamiliar habitats. One behavior, how an individual responds …

Comparative landscape genomics reveals species-specific spatial patterns and suggests human-aided dispersal in a global hotspot for biological invasions

CC Mothes, CA Searcy - Biological invasions, 2024 - Springer
Biological invasions are a growing threat to native ecosystems, and genomic studies have
become an increasingly useful tool for invasive species management by providing the ability …

Age‐related changes in the gut microbiota of wild House Sparrow nestlings

KD Kohl, A Brun, E Caviedes‐Vidal, WH Karasov - Ibis, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Here, we document the development of the House Sparrow Passer domesticus gut
microbiota for the benefit of future ecological and evolutionary studies in this widely used …

Introduced house sparrows (Passer domesticus) have greater variation in DNA methylation than native house sparrows

ME Lauer, H Kodak, T Albayrak, MR Lima… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
As a highly successful introduced species, house sparrows (Passer domesticus) respond
rapidly to their new habitats, generating phenotypic patterns across their introduced range …

Epigenetic Potential and DNA Methylation in an Ongoing House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Range Expansion

HE Hanson, C Wang, AW Schrey… - The American …, 2022 - journals.uchicago.edu
During range expansions, organisms can use epigenetic mechanisms to adjust to conditions
in novel areas by altering gene expression and enabling phenotypic plasticity. Here, we …