Which traits matter for linking individuals to ecology? Rota et al. reveal that behavior and physiology often outpace form in predicting ecological responses from individual performance to community and ecosystem levels.
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Antonson et al. show that cowbirds’ neck muscles are unusually fatigue-resistant, suggesting muscular innovation for exaggerated begging as a key driver for how brood parasites outcompete hosts.
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Molting is a key annual event for birds' fitness. This article from The American Naturalist focuses on population in southwestern North America and how the deviations from historical precipitation threatens predictable resources to supply molt. https://ow.ly/g7xV50YUzOi. American Naturalist / ASN 🐌
Effects of Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles on Behaviors and Reproduction in a Common Songbird by Delaitre et al.
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Our NEW PAPER is out: "Traffic Reduction during COVID-19 Lockdowns Benefited Species Already Tolerant of Noise Pollution: An Acoustic Analysis." Hot off the press in American Naturalist: doi.org/10.1086/740812
We found something surprising about traffic and birdsong... 🧵1
Chicago Journals
Dan Mennill
Riddell uncovers that salamanders from different elevations achieve similar plastic responses through distinct molecular mechanisms, offering new insight into how populations may respond (or fail to respond) to environmental change.
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McKenzie et al. applied a novel pipeline to automate floral color phenotyping from community science photographs, supporting anecdotal evidence that Monarda fistulosa is deeper purple in western vs. eastern North America.
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“One must suffer to be beautiful,” says an old adage. Bateman and Larsson find that the same held true for pachycephalosaurs, who traded feeding performance for a cranial dome.
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Super excited to have been part of the project using participatory science to study flower color variation, led by @patrickmckenzie.bsky.social!
Bacteria already killed by a host's immune response make it harder to handle those still alive. The same phenomenon might also help in tuning the immune response and decreasing the costs of the pathogen.
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American Naturalist / ASN 🐌
American Naturalist / ASN 🐌
American Naturalist / ASN 🐌
American Naturalist / ASN 🐌
American Naturalist / ASN 🐌
American Naturalist / ASN 🐌
American Naturalist / ASN 🐌
McKenzie et al. applied a novel pipeline to automate floral color phenotyping from community science photographs, supporting anecdotal evidence that Monarda fistulosa is deeper purple in western vs. eastern North America.
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
