Bioenergetics in environmental adaptation and stress tolerance of aquatic ectotherms: linking physiology and ecology in a multi-stressor landscape

I Sokolova - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2021‏ - journals.biologists.com
Energy metabolism (encompassing energy assimilation, conversion and utilization) plays a
central role in all life processes and serves as a link between the organismal physiology …

The Drosophila‐parasitizing wasp Leptopilina heterotoma: A comprehensive model system in ecology and evolution

M Quicray, L Wilhelm, T Enriquez, S He… - Ecology and …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The parasitoid Leptopilina heterotoma has been used as a model system for more than 70
years, contributing greatly to diverse research areas in ecology and evolution. Here, we …

Development under predation risk increases serotonin-signaling, variability of turning behavior and survival in adult fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster

T Krama, M Munkevics, R Krams… - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
The development of high-throughput behavioral assays, where numerous individual animals
can be analyzed in various experimental conditions, has facilitated the study of animal …

Great Tit (Parus major) Nestlings Have Longer Telomeres in Old‐Growth Forests Than in Young Forests

R Krams, D Cīrule, M Munkevics, S Popovs… - Ecology and …, 2025‏ - Wiley Online Library
Modification and deterioration of old‐growth forests by industrial forestry have seriously
threatened species diversity worldwide. The loss of natural habitats increases the …

Serotoninergic Modulation of Phototactic Variability Underpins a Bet-Hedging Strategy in Drosophila melanogaster

IA Krams, T Krama, R Krams, G Trakimas… - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
When organisms' environmental conditions vary unpredictably in time, it can be
advantageous for individuals to hedge their phenotypic bets. It has been shown that a bet …

Physiological stress and higher reproductive success in bumblebees are both associated with intensive agriculture

T Krama, R Krams, M Munkevics, J Willow, S Popovs… - PeerJ, 2022‏ - peerj.com
Free-living organisms face multiple stressors in their habitats, and habitat quality often
affects development and life history traits. Increasing pressures of agricultural intensification …

Ecological stoichiometry of bumblebee castes, sexes, and age groups

R Krams, M Munkevics, S Popovs, L Dobkeviča… - Frontiers in …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Ecological stoichiometry is important for revealing how the composition of chemical
elements of organisms is influenced by their physiological functions and ecology. In this …

Spider odors induce stoichiometric changes in fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster

R Krams, T Krama, M Munkevics, S Eichler… - Current …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Animal senses and signals are amazingly diverse, and the major modalities by which
animals acquire sensory input from their environments are sound, light, vibration, and …

A diabetes-like biochemical and behavioural phenotype of Drosophila induced by predator stress

T Krama, D Bahhir, L Ots, S Popovs… - … of the Royal …, 2023‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Predation can have both lethal and non-lethal effects on prey. The non-lethal effects of
predation can instil changes in prey life history, behaviour, morphology and physiology …