Predator and prey functional traits: understanding the adaptive machinery driving predator–prey interactions

O Schmitz - F1000Research, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Predator–prey relationships are a central component of community dynamics. Classic
approaches have tried to understand and predict these relationships in terms of …

Dead or alive: sediment DNA archives as tools for tracking aquatic evolution and adaptation

M Ellegaard, MRJ Clokie, T Czypionka… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
DNA can be preserved in marine and freshwater sediments both in bulk sediment and in
intact, viable resting stages. Here, we assess the potential for combined use of ancient …

Temperature optima of a natural diatom population increases as global warming proceeds

GSI Hattich, S Jokinen, S Sildever, M Gareis… - Nature Climate …, 2024 - nature.com
Studies in laboratory-based experimental evolution have demonstrated that phytoplankton
species can rapidly adapt to higher temperatures. However, adaptation processes and their …

Socio‐eco‐evolutionary dynamics in cities

S Des Roches, KI Brans, MR Lambert… - Evolutionary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cities are uniquely complex systems regulated by interactions and feedbacks between
nature and human society. Characteristics of human society—including culture, economics …

Locally adapted gut microbiomes mediate host stress tolerance

S Houwenhuyse, R Stoks, S Mukherjee… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
While evidence for the role of the microbiome in sha** host stress tolerance is becoming
well-established, to what extent this depends on the interaction between the host and its …

Plasticity leaves a phenotypic signature during local adaptation

R Radersma, DWA Noble, T Uller - Evolution Letters, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Phenotypic responses to a novel or extreme environment are initially plastic, only later to be
followed by genetic change. Whether or not environmentally induced phenotypes are …

The response of life history defense of cladocerans under predation risk varies with the size and concentration of microplastics

Q Liu, L Liu, J Huang, L Gu, Y Sun, L Zhang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics are an emerging and increasingly serious pollutant in freshwater environment,
which have become a threat to freshwater organisms. However, whether microplastics …

Analysing eco‐evolutionary dynamics—The challenging complexity of the real world

L De Meester, KI Brans, L Govaert… - Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The field of eco‐evolutionary dynamics is develo** rapidly, with a growing number of well‐
designed experiments quantifying the impact of evolution on ecological processes and …

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity for life-history and less fitness-related traits

C Acasuso-Rivero, CJ Murren… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Organisms are faced with variable environments and one of the most common solutions to
cope with such variability is phenotypic plasticity, a modification of the phenotype to the …

Extensive standing genetic variation from a small number of founders enables rapid adaptation in Daphnia

A Chaturvedi, J Zhou, JAM Raeymaekers… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
We lack a thorough understanding of the origin and maintenance of standing genetic
variation that enables rapid evolutionary responses of natural populations. Whole genome …