DNA methylation markers of age (ing) in non‐model animals

M Tangili, AJ Slettenhaar, J Sudyka… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Inferring the chronological and biological age of individuals is fundamental to population
ecology and our understanding of ageing itself, its evolution, and the biological processes …

Identifying direct and indirect associations among traits by merging phylogenetic comparative methods and structural equation models

JT Thorson, AA Maureaud, R Frelat… - Methods in Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Traits underlie organismal responses to their environment and are essential to predict
community responses to environmental conditions under global change. Species differ in life …

[HTML][HTML] State of the art, gaps and future perspectives on common kestrel ecotoxicology

L Giovanetti, S Casini, T Campani, I Caliani - Environmental Toxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic activities have caused a steady decline of common kestrel (Falco
tinnunculus) since the 1980s. Effects, especially sublethal effects of contaminants, need to …

[HTML][HTML] Fish morphometric body condition indices reflect energy reserves but other physiological processes matter

P Brosset, A Averty, M Mathieu-Resuge, Q Schull… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Morphometric indices of body condition are assumed to reflect an animal's health and
ultimately its fitness, but their physiological significance remains a matter of debate. These …

Winter mortality of a passerine bird increases following hotter summers and during winters with higher maximum temperatures

L Lv, M van de Pol, HL Osmond, Y Liu, A Cockburn… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Climate change may influence animal population dynamics through reproduction and
mortality. However, attributing changes in mortality to specific climate variables is …

How job satisfaction affects professionalization behavior of new-generation construction workers: a model based on theory of planned behavior

W Zhao, PP Peng, H Liu, S Wang, W Liu - Engineering, Construction …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the influence mechanism of new-generation
construction workers (NGCWs)'job satisfaction on the professionalization behavior in China …

Direct and indirect linkages between trace element status and health indicators-a multi-tissue case-study of two deer species in Denmark

FM van Beest, NM Schmidt, ML Frederiksen… - … Trace Element Research, 2024 - Springer
Measuring trace element concentrations in tissue can be a valuable approach to monitor
animal health status. Temporal variation in the absorption, transport, and storage of …

Seychelles warblers with silver spoons: Juvenile body mass is a lifelong predictor of annual survival, but not annual reproduction or senescence

TJ Brown, HL Dugdale, M Hammers… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The environment experienced during development, and its impact on intrinsic condition, can
have lasting outcomes for individual phenotypes and could contribute to variation in adult …

Mitochondria as the powerhouses of sexual selection: Testing mechanistic links between development, cellular respiration, and bird song

OL Crino, S Falk, AC Katsis, FLOH Kraft… - Hormones and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The developmental environment can affect the expression of sexually selected traits in
adulthood. The physiological mechanisms that modulate such effects remain a matter of …

The thermal sensitivity of growth and survival in a wild reptile with temperature‐dependent sex determination

JA Leivesley, N Rollinson - Oikos, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The Charnov‐Bull hypothesis is the leading explanation for the evolution of environmental
sex determination (ESD), which includes temperature‐dependent sex determination (TSD) …