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A multi‐trait evaluation of patterns and fitness consequences of breeding phenology plasticity with nocturnal warming and food restriction in a lizard

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Faced with climate warming, ectothermic species shift their breeding phenology, which is in part attributed to an acceleration of gestation or incubation in warmer environments.
Théo Bodineau, Pierre de Villemereuil, Baptiste Lemaire, Simon Agostini, Beatriz Decencière, Matéo Millet, Sandrine Meylan, Jean‐François Le Galliard   +7 more
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Heating up parasitoid–host interactions: High temperature increased mortality of late‐instar braconid larvae and reduced ladybird recovery rate

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract With ongoing climate change, temperature‐dependent outcomes of host–parasitoid interactions can affect ecosystem functioning and key ecosystem services such as biological control. However, most studies addressing the impacts of temperature on host–parasitoid systems are
Florencia Baudino, Barbora Žabová, Michal Řeřicha, Michal Knapp   +3 more
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Renewal bud traits as a link between whole plant traits and herbaceous species phenology

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Overwintering below‐ground buds and organs determine spring regrowth of perennial herbs in temperate regions. This effect could also manifest further in the timing and duration of plant growth and flowering and has been documented in some species and organ types ...
Renáta Schnablová, Tereza Mašková, Tomáš Koubek, Alena Bartušková, Petr Šmarda, Jitka Klimešová, Tomáš Herben   +6 more
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Size variation of an herbivorous insect affects host plant damage: Mechanisms behind the effect

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Intraspecific trait variation can strengthen or weaken species interactions in ecological communities. A mechanistic understanding of how intraspecific variation affects species interactions will help identify general rules about when intraspecific variation strengthens
Monica Paniagua Montoya, Nora Underwood, Brian D. Inouye   +2 more
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Local climate and genetic influence on intraspecific variation in torpor physiology of a cave‐roosting bat

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Many small endotherms employ torpor as a survival strategy to reduce energy expenditure during periods with low food availability and cold temperatures. The expression and physiology of torpor can vary substantially within species because of phenotypic plasticity and ...
Nicholas C. Wu, Tomás Villada‐Cadavid, Christopher Turbill   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmentally induced stress affects fitness of bold and shy alike: A long‐term study of personality and feather corticosterone in Arctic‐breeding kittiwakes

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Quantifying how individuals differ as their environment changes around them is crucial to predict population responses to climate change. By incorporating personality, physiology and life‐history the authors show that while environmental change is likely to impact the whole population equally, when individuals are most impacted will vary across the ...
Frederick C. Mckendrick, Samantha C. Patrick, Sébastien Descamps, Alexis P. Will, Kathryn E. Arnold, Stephanie M. Harris, Alexander S. Kitaysky   +6 more
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Muscle strength in overwintering bears [PDF]

Nature, 2001
H J, Harlow, T, Lohuis, T D, Beck, P A, Iaizzo   +3 more
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Generation cycles in experimental populations of a multivoltine insect

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Although theory suggests various mechanisms by which environmental and ecological factors may drive generational fluctuations, our field‐cage experiment is the first to demonstrate how internal dynamics and external disturbances jointly produce synchronised, large‐scale outbreak cycles.
Takehiko Yamanaka, Yasushi Sato, William A. Nelson, Ottar N. Bjørnstad   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multilocus sequence typing of the invasive pest Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and associated endosymbiont reveals unexplored diversity

Insect Science, EarlyView.
A multilocus sequence typing approach is proposed to explore Halymorpha halys genetic diversity, taking into consideration both insect nuclear markers and markers from the gut symbiont “Candidatus Pantoa carbekii.” Increased information was revealed regarding the number of distinct holobiont haplotypes in native and invasive populations of the pest ...
Matteo Dho, Matteo Montagna, Chenxi Liu, Giulia Magoga, Giobbe Forni, Alberto Alma, Elena Gonella   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Alien versus predator”: predatory effect of coccinellid Exochomus quadripustulatus on the scale insect Toumeyella parvicornis. An open‐field experimentation on the Pinus pinea of Rome

Insect Science, EarlyView.
The release of gravid Exochomus quadripustulatus females proved to be effective in containing Toumeyella parvicornis infestations on stone pine trees, under open‐field condition. The ladybugs caused a lower infestation level compared to the trees that did not receive any ladybugs during the observation season.
Nicolò Di Sora, Luca Rossini, Giulia Luziatelli, Mario Contarini, Stefano Speranza   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source