The ephemeral resource patch concept

NJ Butterworth, ME Benbow, PS Barton - Biological Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ephemeral resource patches (ERPs)–short lived resources including dung, carrion,
temporary pools, rotting vegetation, decaying wood, and fungi–are found throughout every …

Carrying capacity of spatially distributed metapopulations

B Zhang, DL DeAngelis, WM Ni - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2021 - cell.com
Carrying capacity is a key concept in ecology. A body of theory, based on the logistic
equation, has extended predictions of carrying capacity to spatially distributed, dispersing …

Experimental evolution of dispersal: Unifying theory, experiments and natural systems

N Lustenhouwer, F Moerman, F Altermatt… - Journal of Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dispersal is a central life history trait that affects the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of
populations and communities. The recent use of experimental evolution for the study of …

Dispersal syndromes can link intraspecific trait variability and meta-ecosystem functioning

A Raffard, E Bestion, J Cote, B Haegeman… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2022 - cell.com
Dispersal mediates the flow of organisms in meta-communities and subsequently energy
and material flows in meta-ecosystems. Individuals within species often vary in dispersal …

Dispersal plasticity driven by variation in fitness across species and environmental gradients

JLM Campana, A Raffard, AS Chaine, M Huet… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Dispersal plasticity, when organisms adjust their dispersal decisions depending on their
environment, can play a major role in ecological and evolutionary dynamics, but how it …

The interplay between abiotic and biotic factors in dispersal decisions in metacommunities

M Thierry, J Cote, E Bestion… - Philosophical …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Suitable conditions for species to survive and reproduce constitute their ecological niche,
which is built by abiotic conditions and interactions with conspecifics and heterospecifics …

Dispersal syndromes in challenging environments: A cross‐species experiment

J Cote, M Dahirel, N Schtickzelle, F Altermatt… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Dispersal is a central biological process tightly integrated into life‐histories, morphology,
physiology and behaviour. Such associations, or syndromes, are anticipated to impact the …

A multidimensional approach to the expression of phenotypic plasticity

T Morel‐Journel, V Thuillier, F Pennekamp… - Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Phenotypic plasticity is increasingly recognized as a key element of eco‐evolutionary
dynamics, but it remains challenging to assess because of its multidimensional nature …

Ciliate cortical organization and dynamics for cell motility: comparing ciliates and vertebrates

AWJ Soh, CG Pearson - Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The generation of efficient fluid flow is crucial for organismal development and homeostasis,
sexual reproduction, and motility. Multi‐ciliated cells possess fields of motile cilia that beat in …

The macronuclear genomic landscape within Tetrahymena thermophila

R Derelle, R Verdonck, S Jacob, M Huet… - Microbial …, 2024 - microbiologyresearch.org
The extent of intraspecific genomic variation is key to understanding species evolutionary
history, including recent adaptive shifts. Intraspecific genomic variation remains poorly …