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
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
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
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
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
Evolution is faster with stronger selection, but this may come with a demographic cost. Xu & Osmond characterized conditions when the chance of evolutionary rescue increases with the strength of selection across different scenarios.
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https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/739607
Ma et al. discover that light & soil trumps crowding in young tropical tree growth, but here's the puzzle: while traits help species thrive in different habitats, they don't predict how they handle same-species interaction!
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https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/739608
ASN Address: The Evolutionary and Ecological Consequences of Cooperation
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https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/739292
Satoh et al. identify an evolutionary correlation between egg size and parental care strategies in cichlids inhabiting Lake Tanganyika, one of the African Great Lakes.
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https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/739303
Banerjee et al. propose that the underlying structure of positive feedbacks in an ecosystem may determine the tipping-evasion mechanism relevant to that particular system.
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https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/739177
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