The use of terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates as a management tool for monitoring change
in ecosystems is reviewed and critically evaluated. Their suitability and value for assessing a …

There is growing evidence from both experimental and non-experimental studies that
fluctuating asymmetry does not consistently index stress or fitness. The widely held–yet …

Background Over the last two winters, there have been large-scale, unexplained losses of
managed honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies in the United States. In the absence of a …

Why does nature love symmetry? In Asymmetry, Developmental Stability and Evolution, M--
oslash--; ller and Swaddle analyse the evolutionary implications of symmetry. They advance …

In spite of a decade of furious activity and an increasingly bewildering array of analytical
methods, essential requirements for a robust study of fluctuating asymmetry have not …

Researchers have suggested fluctuating asymmetry (FA) as an indicator of environmental
stress and have usually tested this assertion by examining relations between FA of single …

We explored the relationships between facial attractiveness and several variables thought to
be related to genotypic and phenotypic quality in humans (namely fluctuating asymmetry …

Humans have a variety of direct and indirect impacts on wildlife and a number of methods
have been proposed to identify and quantify anthropogenic stressors that negatively impact …

Even though they are fed daily by their owners, free‐ranging pet cats Felis catus may kill
wild birds and, given their high densities (typically> 200 cats/km2), it has been postulated …

Although the terminology used in studies of developmental instability refers explicitly to
development, this field of research has largely existed in isolation from mainstream …