Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is revolutionizing the monitoring of aquatic
biodiversity. The use of eDNA has the potential to enable non-invasive, cost-effective, time …

Evidence of behavioural sleep has been observed in every animal species studied to date,
but current knowledge of the behaviour, neurophysiology and ecophysiology associated …

Adaptive phenotypes are shaped by a combination of genetic and environmental forces, but
how they interact remains poorly understood. Here, we utilize the cichlid oral jaw apparatus …

Activity patterns tend to be highly stereotyped and critical for executing many different
behaviors including foraging, social interactions, and predator avoidance. Differences in the …

Phenotypic integration is an important metric that describes the degree of covariation among
traits in a population, and is hypothesized to arise due to selection for shared functional …

Covariation among discrete phenotypes can arise due to selection for shared functions,
and/or shared genetic and developmental underpinnings. The consequences of such …

Trophic niche partitioning is observed in many adaptive radiations and is hypothesised to be
a central process underlying species divergence. However, patterns of dietary niche …

The partitioning of ecological niches is a fundamental component of species diversification
in adaptive radiations. However, it is presently unknown if and how such bursts of …

Sleep and locomotor rhythms are nearly universal behaviors that are critical for the function
of diverse biological processes. While the timing and duration of sleep vary dramatically …

Sleep is a highly conserved behavior that is nearly ubiquitous throughout the animal
kingdom. In recent years, the application of behavioral criteria to define sleep has allowed …