Strategic growth in social vertebrates

P Buston, T Clutton-Brock - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2022 - cell.com
Individual differences in growth and size of vertebrates often represent adaptive, plastic
responses to contrasts in ecological conditions. Recent studies show that vertebrates can …

Keeping up with environmental change: the importance of sociality

J Komdeur, L Ma - Ethology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the current era of rapid climate change, populations are facing environments in which
food availability can quickly decline or become highly unpredictable. These conditions may …

Monks relax sibling competition over parental resources in Tibetan populations

L Zhou, E Ge, AJC Micheletti, Y Chen, J Du… - Behavioral …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Why parents in some societies induce some of their sons to become religious celibates is an
evolutionary puzzle. Some have speculated that this might be associated with brother …

Mechanistic toxicity and growth abnormalities mediated by subacute exposure to environmentally relevant levels of benzophenone-3 in clown anemonefish …

Y Zhang, Y Qin, H Ju, J Liu, F Chang, M Junaid… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Benzophenone-3 (BP-3) is a UV filter that is ubiquitously present in the environment
due to its photostability and degradation resistance and has wide applications in personal …

Counting Nemo: anemonefish Amphiprion ocellaris identify species by number of white bars

K Hayashi, NJM Locke… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
The brilliant colors of coral reef fish have received much research attention. This is well
exemplified by anemonefish, which have distinct white bar patterns and inhabit host …

Sex change from male to female: Active feminization of the brain, behavior, and gonads in anemonefish

L Casas, CG Parker, JS Rhodes - Evolution, development and …, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Anemonefishes are monogamous protandrous hermaphrodites that live in societies
structured by size-hierarchies that function as breeding queues. Within each group, the …

The next frontier in understanding the evolution of coral reef fish societies

T Rueger, R Branconi, CYM Froehlich… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Research on sociality in marine fishes is a vibrant field that is providing new insights into
social evolution more generally. Here, we review the past two decades of research …

Geographic variability in the gonadal development and sexual ontogeny of Hemigymnus, Cheilinus and Oxycheilinus wrasses among Indo‐Pacific coral reefs

JR Lowe, GR Russ, AA Bucol… - Journal of fish …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Patterns of reproductive ontogeny in four species of coral reef wrasses (F: Labridae)
Hemigymnus melapterus, Hemigymnus fasciatus, Cheilinus fasciatus and Oxycheilinus …

Parental care: Patterns, proximate and ultimate causes, and consequences

TA Barbasch, R DeAngelis, J Rhodes… - … and Ecology of …, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Parents play a key role in promoting the survival of their offspring, yet care is often given at
the expense of other activities. Therefore, the optimal parenting strategy can shift depending …

The clownfish-hosting sea anemones (Anthozoa: Actiniaria): updated nomenclature, biogeography, and practical field guide

BM Titus, MF Bennett-Smith, T Chiodo… - Zootaxa, 2024 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ten described species of sea anemones (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Actiniaria) serve as hosts
to charismatic clownfishes (or anemonefishes) on coral reefs throughout the tropical Indo …