Love in the Time of Climate Change: The Fate of Nuptial Gift-Giving Behavior in Unpredictable Environments
Read a summary and analysis by Ratna Karatgi of a new forthcoming paper: "Variability in precipitation weakens sexual selection for nuptial gifts in spiders" by Pavón-Peláez et al.
https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Nov-2024-Pav-n-Pel-ez.html
Small Populations, Large Conservation Challenges:
Turgeon et al. evaluate the relative influence of density-dependence, environmental conditions, and sporadic events on annual ungulate population growth. Summary & Analysis by Madeline Eppley!
https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/2024-Dec-Turgeon.html
#population #conservation #densityDependence #environment #ungulate #populationGrowth
<p>Read about “Sporadic Events Have a Greater Influence on the Dynamics of Small, Isolated Populations Than Density Dependence and Environmental Conditions” by Roxanne Turgeon, Fanie Pelletier, Steeve D. Côté, Marco Festa-Bianchet, and Sandra Hamel (Dec 2024)</p><br/>
Golden Retriever Energy Helps Wild Dragons Navigate the Social Landscape: Class et al. found evidence for sex-specific associations between behavior, its predictability and fitness in wild Eastern water dragons.
Summary & Analysis by Pooja Radhakrishnan: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Nov-2024-Class.html
#dragon #fitness #behavior #socialBehavior #sex #waterDragons
<p>Read about “Sex-Specific Associations between Social Behavior, Its Predictability, and Fitness in a Wild Lizard” by Barbara Class, Kasha Strickland, Dominique Potvin, Nicola Jackson, Shinichi Nakagawa, and Celine Frère (Nov 2024)</p><br/>
"Pollen Wars: Explosive Pollination Removes Pollen Deposited from Previously Visited Flowers"
Anderson et al. find that explosive pollination may confer a pre-pollination, male-competition advantage to plants.
Summary & analysis by Andrea Romero: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Dec-2024-Anderson.html
<p>Read about “Pollen Wars: Explosive Pollination Removes Pollen Deposited from Previously Visited Flowers” by Bruce Anderson, Bruce Anderson, Ana Carolina Sabino-Oliveira, Carlos Andres Matallana-Puerto, César Augusto Arvelos, Cinthia Soares Novaes, Daniela Cristina de Cario Calaça, Isadora Schulze-Albuquerque, João Pedro Santos Pereira, Jordana Oliveira Borges, Lilian Rodrigues Ferreira de Melo, Patrick Menezes Consorte, Sara Medina-Benavides, Tamires de Oliveira Andrade, Thainã Resende Monteiro, Vanessa Gonzaga Marcelo, Victor H. D. Silva, Paulo Eugênio Oliveira, and Vinícius Lourenço Garcia de Brito<br/>(Dec 2024)</p>
Story Collider returns for #Evol2024! This in-person event will feature true, personal stories from members of the evolutionary biology community. We are seeking story pitches from now until May 17. Submit yours today! https://www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display/2024/4/22/story-collider-at-evolution-2024-call-for-pitches/
#StoryCollider #storytelling #sciencestories #evolution #EvolutionaryBiology
