The Wonder Years: A Demographic Approach to Revisit the Age‐at‐Size Conundrum in Amphibians
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.We combined repeated body size measurements of marked individuals of unknown age throughout their adult life with growth records of individuals marked as postmetamorphic juveniles and recaptured years later as sexually mature adults, focusing on 10 amphibian species in central Spain.
Gregorio Sánchez‐Montes +5 more
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Thermal fluctuations affect embryonic physiology in a tropical agamid lizard. [PDF]
J Exp BiolBen A, Das D, Bm N, Thaker M.
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Juvenile Procambarus clarkii exposed to noise exhibited behavioral changes, shifts in enzymatic activity, and altered expression of stress and immune genes. The findings highlight the sensitivity of invertebrate juveniles to anthropogenic acoustic pollution.
Maria Ceraulo +8 more
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Offspring Defensive Investment Covaries With Brood Value in a Female Cobweb Spider
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.We performed a thorough field investigation on the web architectures of Campanicola campanulata to research its cobweb architecture variation under the condition of whether it carried egg sacs, in order to test the theory of its brood value. Our results demonstrate that retreat construction in female cobweb spiders is modulated by brood value.
Haixin Zhang +7 more
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Metabolic and life-history effects of heat stress in early life stages of a marine copepod, <i>Calanus finmarchicus</i>. [PDF]
J Plankton ResRousseau SEJ, Hienne J, Altin D, Yap KN.
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.In barn swallows, nestlings raised in larger broods or by older social fathers have shorter telomeres, and those with longer telomeres tend to live longer, suggesting that early‐life conditions may shape individual lifespan through telomere dynamics. ABSTRACT Parental decisions on breeding, such as brood size and timing of reproduction, influence the ...
Andrea Novelli +6 more
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Effect of Adult Male Diet on Mating Propensity and Competitiveness of the Asian Tiger Mosquito (<i>Aedes albopictus</i>). [PDF]
InsectsKaltsou SP +4 more
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Fragment Edges Benefit a Common Predator of Pollinators via Bottom‐Up Effects
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.This study investigated the hypotheses regarding the effects of habitat fragmentation on spider biomass and causing bottom‐up or top‐down effects on multi‐trophic relationships. ABSTRACT Defaunation following habitat fragmentation typically threatens predators at higher trophic levels, which further alter prey and plants via top‐down effects.
Wenlong Zhou +7 more
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The role of viability selection in shaping short- and long-term consequences of early-life conditions: An experiment in the Alpine swift. [PDF]
J Anim EcolJarayseh B, Masoero G, Bize P.
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Captive Breeding of the Chinese Alligator Reduces Inbreeding but Increases Genetic Load
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Captive breeding of the Chinese alligator successfully reduced genomic inbreeding but increased the burden of deleterious mutations. Genomic analyses indicate that managing both genetic diversity and genetic load is essential for the long‐term conservation of this critically endangered species.
Yihang Fan +3 more
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