Temperature as a modulator of sexual selection

R García‐Roa, F Garcia‐Gonzalez… - Biological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A central question in ecology and evolution is to understand why sexual
selection varies so much in strength across taxa; it has long been known that ecological …

Social status, immune response and parasitism in males: a meta-analysis

B Habig, EA Archie - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In male vertebrates, two conflicting paradigms—the energetic costs of high dominance rank
and the chronic stress of low rank—have been proposed to explain patterns of immune …

Distinct immune and transcriptomic profiles in dominant versus subordinate males in mouse social hierarchies

W Lee, TM Milewski, MF Dwortz, RL Young… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Social status is a critical factor determining health outcomes in human and nonhuman social
species. In social hierarchies with reproductive skew, individuals compete to monopolize …

Social status predicts wound healing in wild baboons

EA Archie, J Altmann… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Social status can have striking effects on health in humans and other animals, but the
causes often are unknown. In male vertebrates, status-related differences in health may be …

Meta-analysis suggests choosy females get sexy sons more than “good genes”

ZM Prokop, Ł Michalczyk, SM Drobniak, M Herdegen… - …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Female preferences for specific male phenotypes have been documented across a wide
range of animal taxa, including numerous species where males contribute only gametes to …

Relationship between pace of life and immune responses in wild rodents

MA Previtali, RS Ostfeld, F Keesing, AE Jolles… - Oikos, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Life histories of animals tend to vary along a slow to fast continuum. Those with fast life
histories have shorter life spans, faster development, and higher reproductive rates relative …

Antineoplastic agents: Environmental prevalence and adverse outcomes in aquatic organisms

AM Wormington, M De María, HG Kurita… - Environmental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide, with 9.6 million cancer‐related
deaths in 2018. Cancer incidence has increased over time, and so has the prescription rate …

Temporal dynamics of the tick Ixodes ricinus in northern Europe: epidemiological implications

C Cayol, E Koskela, T Mappes, A Siukkola, ER Kallio - Parasites & vectors, 2017 - Springer
Background Tick-borne pathogens pose an increasing threat to human and veterinary
health across the northern hemisphere. While the seasonal activity of ticks is largely …

Hormonally mediated maternal effects, individual strategy and global change

S Meylan, DB Miles, J Clobert - … Transactions of the …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A challenge to ecologists and evolutionary biologists is predicting organismal responses to
the anticipated changes to global ecosystems through climate change. Most evidence …

Life-long shedding of Puumala hantavirus in wild bank voles (Myodes glareolus)

L Voutilainen, T Sironen, E Tonteri… - Journal of General …, 2015 - microbiologyresearch.org
The knowledge of viral shedding patterns and viraemia in the reservoir host species is a key
factor in assessing the human risk of zoonotic viruses. The shedding of hantaviruses (family …