Winter is a key driver of individual performance, community composition, and ecological
interactions in terrestrial habitats. Although climate change research tends to focus on …

Obesity represents one of the most serious global health issues with∼ 310 million people
presently affected. It develops because of a mismatch between energy intake and …

Population declines are often attributed to either habitat change or increased predation
rates, without a full consideration of the potential for these two factors to interact. This may …

Daily patterns in the foraging behaviour of birds are assumed to balance the counteracting
risks of predation and starvation. Predation risks are a function of the influence of weight on …

Body weight and fatness appear to be regulated phenomena. Several different theoretical
models are available to capture the essence of this idea. These include the set-point …

The prevalence of obesity in modern societies has two major contributory factors—an
environmental change that has happened in historical times and a genetic predisposition …

Assessments of the impact of offshore energy developments are constrained because it is
not known whether fine-scale behavioural responses to noise lead to broader-scale …

Human obesity has a large genetic component, yet has many serious negative
consequences. How this state of affairs has evolved has generated wide debate. The thrifty …

Predation risk is known to influence behaviour and development, especially in breeding
animals. Mothers may be selected to transfer information about the intensity of such risk to …

Both body size dimorphism and sex differences in the relative costs and benefits associated
with acquiring energy for reproduction have been advanced to explain the evolution of sex …