Anthropogenic Change and the Process of Speciation

M Ålund, M Cenzer, N Bierne… - Cold Spring …, 2023 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Anthropogenic impacts on the environment alter speciation processes by affecting both
geographical contexts and selection patterns on a worldwide scale. Here we review …

[HTML][HTML] Intersecting planetary health: Exploring the impacts of environmental stressors on wildlife and human health

F Chen, F Jiang, J Ma, MA Alghamdi, Y Zhu… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This comprehensive review articulates critical insights into the nexus of environmental
stressors and their health impacts across diverse species, underscoring significant findings …

Microhabitat conditions drive uncertainty of risk and shape neophobic responses in Trinidadian guppies, Poecilia reticulata

LEA Feyten, IW Ramnarine, GE Brown - Ecology and Evolution, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In response to uncertain risks, prey may rely on neophobic phenotypes to reduce the costs
associated with the lack of information regarding local conditions. Neophobia has been …

Drivers of ecological condition identify bright spots and sites for management across coastal seascapes

BL Gilby, LA Goodridge Gaines, HP Borland… - Estuaries and …, 2023 - Springer
Disentangling natural and anthropogenic effects on ecosystem condition can uncover bright
spots in urban landscapes that are performing above expectations and so are potential sites …

Effect of a temperature gradient on the behaviour of an endangered Mexican topminnow and an invasive freshwater fish

S Gomez-Maldonado, M Camacho-Cervantes - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Climate change and biological invasions are two of the major threats to biodiversity. They
could act synergistically to the detriment of natives as non-native species may be more …

Habitat structural complexity predicts cognitive performance and behaviour in western mosquitofish

K Irwin, AS Aspbury, T Bonner… - Biology …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Urban stream syndrome alters stream habitat complexity. We define habitat complexity as
the degree of variation in physical habitat structure, with increasing variation equating to …

The costs and benefits of larger brains in fishes

S Fischer, A Jungwirth - Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The astonishing diversity of brain sizes observed across the animal kingdom is typically
explained in the context of trade‐offs: the benefits of a larger brain, such as enhanced …

Multi-omics analysis unravels the underlying mechanisms of the escape response of the common strain black carp (Cyprinus carpio var. baisenensis)

Y Xu, P Dong, DY Sewo, S Su, J Li, W Feng… - Aquaculture …, 2024 - Springer
The fish escape response is a high-energy, stress-induced reaction displayed when
encountering environmental hazards. Reducing the escape response during the …

Predation risk and the evolution of a vertebrate stress response: Parallel evolution of stress reactivity and sexual dimorphism

J Vinterstare, GMO Ekelund Ugge… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Predation risk is often invoked to explain variation in stress responses. Yet, the answers to
several key questions remain elusive, including the following:(1) how predation risk …

Molecular plasticity to ocean warming and habitat loss in a coral reef fish

AR Swank, CB Tracy, MT Mendonça… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Sea surface temperatures are rising at unprecedented rates, leading to a progressive
degradation of complex habitats formed by coral reefs. In parallel, acute thermal stress can …