Yu et al. propose a measure for stochastic game dynamic: the likelihood ratio of the probability density of phenotypic frequency under selection versus neutral conditions.

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https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/739954

#DirectionalSelection #PhenotypeFrequency #EEB

Alencar et al. use a macroevolutionary framework to reveal how environmental, life history, and geographical factors interact with thermal tolerance to shape the distribution of the most diverse lizard family from North America.

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https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740125

#ThermalTolerance #Macroevolution #EEB

Caro et al. investigate cognition and metacognition in wild great tit parents deciding which chick to feed. They found that parents change their minds frequently, and the decision time varies with decision complexity and urgency.

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https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/738498

#Cognition #Metacognition #EEB

The manifold hypothesis posits that many high-dimensional datasets actually lie near a low-dimensional manifold. Boyko and Rabosky consider phylogenetic comparative methods, which typically assume a flat, euclidean, morphospace.

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https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740145

#Macroevolution #EvolutionaryDivergence #EEB

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Do subordinate ant workers really forgo reproduction? Shit et al. showed that in a clonal ant species, isolated subordinates can match dominants in fecundity with no apparent cost to longevity.

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https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/739956

#Fecundity #Longevity #EusocialInsects #EEB

Exploring the Genotype-to-Phenotype Map Using Quantifiable Patterns in Metazoan Genomic and Morphological Data by Peterson et al.

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https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/739490

#Genotypes #Phenotypes #EEB

The Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Sexual Traits That Increase Mate Encounter Rates by Watts and Fitzpatrick

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https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/739604

#SexualSelection #QuantitativeGenetics #EEB

Dougherty et al. present evidence that conditions in monsoonal molting areas influence the population dynamics of bird species that breed in western North America.

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https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/739609

#PopulationDynamics #Molt #EEB

Hernández et al. demonstrated that the apparent resilience of a population can increase or decrease with population density, depending on the resilience metric and the vital rate target of DD.

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https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/739605

#DensityDependence #PopulationResilience #EEB