The abstracts of An experimental test of Hamiltonian habitat selection.
Contemporary phenotypic divergence of an introduced predatory freshwater fish (Northern pike, Esox lucius).
Fluctuating age distributions and sex ratio tracking in a protandrous shrimp.
Evolutionary ecology of hares (Lepus spp.) from northwestern Africa; The problem of cryptic species and the description of a new species (Lepus saharae sp. nov.).
Urbanization drives phenotypic evolution in mosquitofish.
The latitudinal distribution patterns of leaf sizes and florescences of Chinese endemic woody seed plants.
Within-niche pace of life acceleration as a fundamental evolutionary principle: a mammal pilot test case.
Theoretically exploring the likelihood for sympatric speciation: interactions between snail shell-coil direction and anti-predation morphology.
Effects of temperature and desiccation on the morphology, body condition and metamorphosis of tadpoles and froglets of Agalychnis moreletii.
Erratum: Diversity of gill raker number and diets among stickleback populations in novel habitats created by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami (Evolutionary Ecology Research, 2019, 20: 213–230). — a correction.
Are superfetation and matrotrophy more prominent in small species?
Genetic bandwagoning: Natural selection for quality-dependent altruism.
Neonates of the Mediterranean horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus euryale, pay no cost in body mass or length-adjusted body mass on account of the load of the ectoparasite, Eyndhovenia euryalis.
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Volume 20(5) – September 2019
Kerman Bajina, Douglas W. Morris & Per Lundberg — 2019(5) (dmorris@lakeheadu.ca)
Keywords: density-dependence, ESS, Folsomia candida, ideal free distribution, inclusive fitness,
spatial dynamics
Katja I. Berghaus, Joseph R. Spencer, Peter A. H. Westley — 2019(5) (kiberghaus@alaska.edu)
Keywords: morphometrics, northern pike, invasion, haldane, phenotypic divergence, shape variation
Eric L. Charnov & Scott D. Groth — 2019(5) (rlc@unm.edu)
Keywords: ESS, long‑term data sets, Pandalid shrimp, recruitment variation, sex‑change
Carmen Soria-Boix, Maria P. Donat-Torres, Hamid Rguibi Idrissi & Vicente Urios — 2019(5) (dcs45@alu.ua.es)
Keywords: Africa, DNA, holotype, Lepus mediterraneus, Lepus saharae, Lepus schlumbergeri, phylogeny
Zachary T. Wood, Caroline E. Booth, Rebecca R. Robinson, Rachel C. Van Gorden, Cowan J. Sikora, Mitchell R. Paisker, Eric P. Palkovacs & Michael T. Kinnison — 2019(5) (zachary.t.wood@maine.edu)
Keywords: Gambusia affinis, morphology, anthropogenic impacts, behaviour, environmental change, lake ecosystem alteration, introduced species
Ruoyun Yu, Hua Liu, Qian Li, Jihong Huang, Wei Ren, Yibo Liu, Yi Ding, Xinghui Lu, Yue Xu & Runguo Zang — 2019(5) (northalluvion@caf.ac.cn)
Keywords: endemic species, plant traits, florescence, leaf size, latitude
Marcus Clauss, Dennis W. H. Müller & Daryl Codron (mclauss@vetclinics.uzh.ch)
Keywords: competition, directional evolution, displacement, escalation, key innovation, life history, mammal
Christopher Degagne & Jonathon Stone (jstoner@mcmaster.ca)
Keywords: chirality, computer simulation, evolution, speciation
C. I. Hernández-Herrera, H. A. Pérez-Mendoza & J. Golubov (hibraimperez@ciencias.unam.mx)
Keywords: Phenotypic plasticity, tree frog, larval development, growth rate, developmental plasticity, metamorphosis synchrony
Takuya Hosoki, Seiichi Mori, Shotaro Nishida, Manabu Kume, Tetsuya Sumi & Jun Kitano (jkitano@nig.ac.jp)
Keywords: CORRECTION
Nabila Saleh-Subaie & J. Jaime Zúñiga-Vega (jzuniga@ciencias.unam.mx)
Keywords: body size, comparative analysis, reproductive modes, Poeciliidae, viviparous fishes
Idan S. Solon (IdanSolon@gmail.com)
Keywords: programmed ageing, heterosis, depression, Hankshaw effect, evolution of cooperation, acceleration of adaptive evolution
Shetav Yousefi & Mozafar Sharifi (sharifimozafar2012@gmail.com)
Keywords: body-condition index, Eyndhovenia euryalis, nursing colony, parasite load, Rhinolophus euryale
edited by
Jun Kitano, Jeffrey McKinnon, Nadia Aubin-Horth, Katie Peichel & Andrew Hendry
Gasterosteus, Anolis, Mus and more: the changing roles of vertebrate models in evolution and behaviour
Keywords: Gasterosteus aculeatus, model system, Threespine stickleback
Trajectory and rate of change in female life-history traits following colonization of a freshwater, lacustrine environment by oceanic Threespine stickleback
John A. Baker, David C. Heins & Jordan E. Baum — 2019(3) (JBaker@Clarku.edu)
Keywords: clutch size, egg size, freshwater invasion, Gasterosteus aculeatus, rapid evolution, reproductive effort
The Threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) as a modifier of ecological disturbances
Ulrika Candolin — 2019(2) (ulrika.candolin@helsinki.fi)
Keywords: eco-evolutionary dynamics, ecosystem engineer, ecosystem function, eutrophication, species interactions, trophic cascade
The utility of stoichiometric and metabolic theory for understanding intraspecific variation in the foraging habitat and excretion of Threespine stickleback
Daniel J. Durston & Rana W. El-Sabaawi — 2019(2) (durston.dan@gmail.com or rana@uvic.ca)
Keywords: eco-evolutionary interactions, ecological stoichiometry, Ectodysplasin, elemental phenotype, intraspecific variation, metabolic theory of ecology, phosphorus, stable isotopes
Sex-biased mortality of marine Threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus L. during their spawning period in the White Sea
P.V. Golovin, A.E. Bakhvalova, M.V. Ivanov, T.S. Ivanova, K.A. Smirnova & D.L. Lajus — 2019(3) (pasha-golovin@yandex.ru)
Keywords: Atlantic cod, fourhorn sculpin, Gasterosteus aculeatus, mortality, population dynamics, predation, sex, sexual dimorphism, shorthorn sculpin, spawning, Threespine stickleback, White Sea
A comparison of nuptial colouration and breeding behaviour in white and common marine Threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) ecotypes.
Anne L. Haley, Anne C. Dalziel & Laura K. Weir — 2019(2) (laura.weir@smu.ca)
Keywords: Atlantic Canada, convergent evolution, melanophores, parental care, sexual selection, speciation
Diversity of gill raker number and diets among stickleback populations in novel habitats created by the 2011 Töhoku earthquake and tsunami
Takuya Hosoki, Seiichi Mori, Shotaro Nishida, Manabu Kume, Tetsuya Sumi & Jun Kitano — 2019(2) (jkitano@nig.ac.jp)
Keywords: contemporary evolution, diet, empty niche, hybridization, rapid diversification, trophic ecology
Homing ability and site fidelity of marine Threespine stickleback on spawning grounds
T.S. Ivanova, M.V. Ivanov A.E. Bakhvalova, N.V. Polyakova, P.V. Golovin, A.V. Kucheryavyy, A.O. Yurtseva, K.A. Smirnova & D.L. Lajus — 2019(3) (dlajus@gmail.com)
Keywords: fish tagging, Gasterosteus aculeatus, homing, site fidelity, Threespine stickleback, White Sea
Gill Na+/K+-ATPase in the Threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus): changes in transcript levels and sites of expression during acclimation to seawater
Makoto Kusakabe, Seiichi Mori & Jun Kitano — 2019(3) (Kusakabe.makoto@shizuoka.ac.jp)
Keywords: Gasterosteus aculeatus, gills, Na+/K+-ATPase, plasma Na+, salinity, stickleback
Evolutionary divergence in transcription levels of neuropeptide receptors linked to both social and stress-response behaviour between two Threespine stickleback populations exhibiting distinct behavioural types
Jennyfer Lacasse & Nadia Aubin-Horth — 2019(3) (Nadia.Aubin-Horth@bio.ulaval.ca)
Keywords: behaviour, corticotropin-releasing factor, evolutionary divergence, Gasterosteus aculeatus, gene expression, genetic variation, isotocin, personality, stress, Threespine stickleback, vasotocin
Fluctuating asymmetry as an indicator of stress and fitness in stickleback: a review of the literature and examination of cranial structures
D.L. Lajus, P.V. Golovin, A.O. Yurtseva, T.S. Ivanova, A.S. Dorgham, & M.V. Ivanov — 2019(1) (dlajus@gmail.com)
Keywords: cranial bones, fluctuating asymmetry, Gasterosteus aculeatus, literature review, Threespine stickleback
Joint maternal and paternal stress Joint maternal and paternal stress
Whitley R. Lehto & Robin M. Tinghitella — 2019(2) (lehtowhi@gmail.com)
Keywords: cortisol, maternal effect, parental effect, paternal effect, predator, Threespine stickleback
Investigating the association between armour coverage and parasite infection in an estuarine population of stickleback
Meghan F. Maciejewski, Catherine A. Hernandez & Daniel I. Bolnick — 2019(1) (meghan.maciejewski@uconn.edu)
Keywords: Ectodysplasin (Eda), Gasterostereus aculeatus, lateral plates, pleiotropy, Threespine stickleback
The role of genetic and environmental background driving ontogenetic trajectories of skeletal variation in the Threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.)
Alexandra E. Pistore, Tegan N. Barry, Stevi L. Vanderzwan, Heidi Schutz, Sean M. Roger & Heather A. Jamniczky — 2019(1) (hajamnic@ucalgary.ca)
Keywords: development, Gasterosteus aculeatus, geometric morphometrics, ontogeny, phenotype, skeleton, Threespine stickleback
Predictive covariation among trophic, isotopic and genomic traits are consistent with intrapopulation diversifying selection
Thomas E. Reimchen, Sandra Frey, Shannon D. Brady & David M. — 2019(2) (reimchen@uvic.ca)
Keywords: diversifying selection, ecogenomics, Gasterosteus aculeatus, Haida Gwaii, individual niche, intrapopulation variation, stable isotopes, stickleback
Changes in kisspeptin, GnRHs and GtHs mRNA levels
in male Threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) during photoperiod-induced sexual maturation
Yi Ta Shao, Chrysoula Roufidou, Pei Chi Chung & Bertil Borg — 2019(3) (itshao@mail.ntou.edu.tw)
Keywords: fsh-?, lh-?, gnrh2, gnrh3, gpr54, kiss2, reproduction, stickleback, teleosts
Resources are more important than predation in driving the size at maturation of freshwater Threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus
Abdul R. Singkam & Andrew D.C. MacColl — 2019(3) (arsingkam@unib.ac.id)
Keywords: maturation event, PMRN, predation, resources, Threespine stickleback
Efficient CRISPR-Cas9 editing of major evolutionary loci in sticklebacks
Julia I. Wucherpfennig, Craig T. Miller & David M. Kingsley — 2019(1) (kingsley@stanford.edu)
Keywords: genome editing, stickleback, CRISPR-Cas9, SLC24A5, KITLG, EDA
Armour plate diversity in Japanese freshwater Threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
Yo Y. Yamasaki, Seiichi Mori, Tomoyuki Kokita & Jun Kitano — 2019(1) (email: jkitano@nig.ac.jp)
Keywords: convergent evolution, East Asia, freshwater adaptation, lateral plate, non-parallel genetic mechanism, scutes
19(6), November 2018
Comparing the temperature dependence of mitochondrial respiration among vertebrates.
David M. Anderson & James F. Gillooly — 2018(6) (daan4786@ufl.edu)
Keywords: metabolic rate, metabolic theory, respiration
Seasonal variation in thermal plasticity of an alpine lake Daphnia population.
Hamanda B. Cavalheri, Natalie T. Jones, Didra Felix, Jennifer Leong & Jonathan B. Shurin — 2018(6) (hbadonac@ucsd.edu)
Keywords: acclimation, alpine lakes, critical thermal maximum, plasticity, temperature variation, thermal stratification
Sex-specific growth, shape, and their impacts on the life history of a long-lived vertebrate.
Luke A. Hoekstra, Rachel C. Weber, Anne M. Bronikowski
& Fredric J. Janzen — 2018(6) (lhoek@iastate.edu)
Keywords: growth, life history, reproduction, reptile, sexual dimorphism
Evolution of reproductive phenology in annual social insects competing for floral resources.
Magnus Lindh, Jörgen Ripa & Jacob Jonansson — 2018(6) (magnus.lindh@natgeo.su.se)
Keywords: adaptive dynamics, annual social insect, bumblebee, climate change, phenological mismatch, reproductive phenology, resource competition
Post-copulatory male mate-guarding in a solitary parasitoid wasp impedes re-mating in the female.
Deng Pan, Hui Pan, Min Zhang, Xiao-Li Ji, Jing Li, Cheng-Jie Zhu & Hao-Yuan Hu — 2018(6) (haoyuanhu@126.com)
Keywords: mate-guarding, mate system, sex ratio, sperm competition
The benefit of algae endosymbionts in Paramecium bursaria is temperature dependent.
Miranda E. Salsbery & John P. DeLong — 2018(6) (mesalsbery@gmail.com)
Keywords: endosymbionts, mutualism, Paramecium bursaria, temperature, thermal performance curve, zoochlorellae
19(5), September 2018
edited by
Timo Thünken, Ingolf P. Rick & Joachim G. Frommen
Timo Thünken, Ingolf P. Rick & Joachim G. Frommen — 2018(5) (tthuenken@evolution.uni-bonn.de)
Leon Hilgers, Fabian Herder, Renny K. Hadiaty & Jobst Pfaender — 2018(5) (l.hilgers@leibniz-zfmk.de)
Keywords: competition, flowerhorn cichlid, invasion, ontogenetic niche shift, predation, Telmatherina
Dario Josi, Michael Taborsky & Joachim G. Frommen — 2018(5) (dario.josi@iee.unibe.ch)
Keywords: cichlid, Neolamprologus pulcher, pay-to-stay, protection, shelter digging, territoriality
Marion Mehlis-Rick, Timo Thünken, Markus Krings, Simon Käfer & Ingolf P. Rick — 2018(5) (irick@evolution.uni-bonn.de)
Keywords: cerebral lateralization, cognitive abilities, Gasterosteus aculeatus, numerical contrasts, quantity discrimination, shoaling behaviour, threespine stickleback
Denis Meuthen, Patrick Flege, Ronja Brandt & Timo Thünken — 2018(5) (dmeuthen@evolution.uni-bonn.de)
Keywords: alarm cues, club cells, Pelvicachromis taeniatus, predation risk, predator, skin extract
Björn Müller, Oliver Keuling, Christian Glensk & Jörg Brün — 2018(5) (bmueller@evolution.uni-bonn.de)
Keywords: alternative reproductive tactics, European wild boar, microsatellites, multiple paternity, sexual conflict, Sus scrofa
Sarah S. Pannhausen, Martin Worm, Frank Kirschbaum & Gerhard von der Emde — 2018(5) (s6sapann@uni-bonn.de)
Keywords: electro-communication, group behaviour, robotic fish, weakly electric fish
Vera Schluessel & Christian Ober — 2018(5) (V.schluessel@uni-bonn.de )
Keywords: behaviour, cognition, egocentric, elasmobranchs, spatial orientation, stingrays
Tim Schmoll, Oddmund Kleven & Maria Rusche — 2018(5) (tim.schmoll@uni-bielefeld.de)
Keywords: great tit, individual phenotypic plasticity, Parus major, population divergence, repeatability, seasonality, sperm competition, sperm morphology
Timo Thünken, Simon Vitt, Sebastian A. Baldauf, Tina Jung & Joachim G. Frommen — 2018(5) (tthuenken@evolution.uni-bonn.de)
Keywords: behavioural manipulation, Gammarus pulex, individual variation, Polymorphus minutus, repeatability, host–parasite co-evolution
19(4), July 2018
Front loading life-histories: the enduring influence of juvenile growth on age, size, and reproduction of primiparous female freshwater turtles.
Justin D. Congdon, Roy D. Nagle & Owen M. Kinney — 2018(4) (congdon@vtc.net)
Keywords: age and size at maturity, freshwater turtles, juvenile growth rates, reproductive traits of primiparous females.
Differences and similarities of sex ratios between dioecious angiosperms and dioicous bryophytes.
Tom J. de Jong, Heinjo J. During & Avi Shmida — 2018(4) (tomdejong@yahoo.com)
Keywords: cytoplasmic DNA, dioecy, gene drive, genomic conflict, sex allocation theory.
Testing for a whole-organism trade-off between natural and sexual selection; are the male guppies preferred by females more likely to be eaten by predators?
José Jonathas P. R. de Lira, Felipe Peréz-Jvostov, Kiyoko M. Gotanda, Sian Kou-Giesbrecht, Sarah K Pease, Marlee Jackson, Shaffiq Jersch & Andrew P. Hendry — 2018(4) (lirajjpr@gmail.com)
Keywords: mate choice, performance, Poecilia reticulata, predation.
Predator loss leads to reduced antipredator behaviours in Bahamas mosquitofish.
Alison E. Fowler, Doua J. Lor, Christine E. Farrell, McKenzie A. Bauman, M. Nils Peterson & R. Brian Langerhans — 2018(4) (aefowler@umass.edu)
Keywords: ecological opportunity, environmental change, innate behaviour, predator avoidance, predator release, relaxed selection.
Communities and diversities of Bacteria and Archaea in Arctic seawater.
Jia-Pei Liu, Ying-Ping Fan, Xue-Zhu Liu & Jian-Xin Wang — 2018(4) (jxwang@zjou.edu.cn)
Keywords: Archaea, Arctic Sea, bacteria, biotic community, function, Svalbard Archipelago.
A spatial game between a predator and social prey in multiple patches.
William A. Mitchell — 2018(4) (Wmitchell@indstate.edu)
Keywords: predator‑prey behavioural games at two spatial scales, predation risk, foraging opportunity, optimal foraging of both species, predicted influences of food abundance.
Evolutionary ecology of plant resistance traits across the herbivore diet spectrum: A test in the model plant, Mimulus guttatus.
Michael C. Rotter, John J. Couture, Elizabeth M. Rothwell, Jocelyn Garcia & Liza M. Holeski — 2018(4) (mcr268@nau.edu)
Keywords: diet breadth, herbivores, Mimulus guttatus, phenylpropanoid glycosides, phytochemical coevolution theory, plant resistance traits.
Influence of prey food abundance on predator-prey foraging games: a test with little egrets and goldfish.
Sundararaj Vijayan, William A Mitchell, Michael L Rosenzweig, Burt P Kotler, Jesse Balaban-Feld, Lotan Tamar Tovelem & Zvika Abramsky — 2018(4) (zvika@bgu.ac.il)
Keywords: food abundance, goldfish, intraspecific competition, little egret, optimal foraging, predator–prey behavioural games.
19(3), May 2018
Does thermal physiology explain the ecological and evolutionary success of invasive species? Lessons from ladybird beetles.
Francisca Boher, Fabián M. Jaksic, Sebastián, I. Martel, María J. Orellana & Francisco Bozinovic — 2018(3) (FBozinovic@bio.puc.cl)
Keywords: Coccinellidae, ecological and evolutionary physiology, global climate change, invasive species, thermal tolerance.
On the rediscovery of Volvox perglobator (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) and the evolution of outcrossing from self-fertilization.
Erik R. Hanschen, Dinah R. Davison, Patrick J. Ferris & Richard E. Michod
— 2018(3) (hanschen@lanl.gov)
Keywords: homothallism, phylogenetics, reversion, self-fertilization, sexual reproduction, volvocine green algae.
The role of climate in the dynamics of annual plants in a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem.
Danielle D. Ignace, Nancy Huntly & Peter Chesson — 2018(3) (dignace@smith.edu)
Keywords: Chihuahuan Desert, climate change, Erodium cicutarium, global warming, non-native invasives, seasonal precipitation, species diversity.
The evolutionary response of virulence to host heterogeneity: a general model with application to myxomatosis in rabbits co-infected with intestinal helminths.
Morgan P. Kain, Isabella M. Cattadori & Benjamin M. Bolker — 2018(3) (kainm@mcmaster.ca)
Keywords: evolutionarily stable strategy, MYXV, trade-off, vector-borne.
The role of mortality risk in parental behaviour.
Rebecca K. Pike, John M. McNamara & Alasdair I. Houston — 2018(3) (bex.pike@bristol.ac.uk)
Keywords: growth rate, mortality risk, optimality model, parental care.
The influence of manipulated risk of predation on a predator-prey foraging game in a patchy environment: A. Egret and goldfish in experimental aviaries.
Sundararaj Vijayan, William A Mitchell, Burt P Kotler, Michael L Rosenzweig, Jesse Balaban-Feld, Lotan Tamar Tov-Elem & Zvika Abramsky — 2018(3) (zvika@bgu.ac.il)
Keywords: cover, differential risk, killing efficiency, optimal foraging, predator–prey behavioural games, refuge from predation, risk of predation.
A predator-prey foraging game in experimental aviaries: the effects of number of goldfish and refuge size.
Sundararaj Vijayan, William A Mitchell, Burt P Kotler, Michael L Rosenzweig, Jesse Balaban-Feld, Lotan Tamar Tovelem & Zvika Abramsky — 2018(3) (zvika@bgu.ac.il)
Keywords: cover, differential risk, killing efficiency, optimal foraging, predator–prey behavioural games, refuge from predation, risk of predation.
19(2), March 2018
Changes in host discrimination behaviour of Callosobruchus maculatus: shifting from habitual to ancestral hosts.
Soumaya Haouel Hamdi, Olfa Bachrouch, Mariam Hedjal Chebheb, Meriem
Labidi, Ali Ouji, Emna Boushih & Jouda Mediouni-Ben Jemâa — 2018(2) (souma_haouel@yahoo.fr)
Keywords: behaviour, Callosobruchus maculatus, host discrimination, host shift.
How will climate change affect the temporal and spatial distributions of a reservoir host, the Indian gerbil (Tatera indica), and the spread of zoonotic diseases that it carries?
Kordiyeh Hamidi, Saeed Mohammadi, Naeimeh Eskandarzadeh — 2018(2) (kordiyeh.hamidi@yahoo.com)
Keywords: climate change, ectoparasites, Indian gerbil, leishmaniasis, species distribution projections.
Phenotypic plasticity during external embryonic development is affected more by maternal effects than multiple abiotic factors in brook trout.
Heather D. Penney, J. Beirão & C.F. Purchase — 2018(2) (p52hdp@mun.ca)
Keywords: hatch size, hatch time, maternal effects, pH, Salvelinus fontinalis, temperature.
Modeling the evolution of periodicity in the periodical cicadas.
Jaakko Toivonen & Lutz Fromhage — 2018(2) (jaakko.toivonen@alumni.helsinki.fi)
Keywords: Allee effect, individual-based simulation, numerical analysis, periodical cicadas, semelparity, structured population model.
One for all: can individual plant species indicate the overall number of plant species?
Polina A. Volkova, Maria O. Ivanova, Liudmila A. Abramova — 2018(2) (polina.an.volkova@gmail.com)
Keywords: anthropogenic disturbance, diversity of forest species, Eastern Europe, indicators, number of plant species, Russia.
Eco-evolutionary feedbacks in the functional role of a polymorphic colonizer: Arctic charr in subarctic lakes of Alaska and Iceland.
Pamela J. Woods, Skúli Skúlason, Sigurður S. Snorrason & Thomas P. Quinn — 2018(2) (pamela.woods@hafogvatn.is)
Keywords: Arctic charr, eco-evolutionary feedback, food web, resource polymorphism, subarctic lake.
Dental ecometrics of tropical Africa: linking vegetation types and communities of large plant-eating mammals.
Indrė Žliobaitė, Hui Tang, Juha Saarinen, Mikael Fortelius, Janne Rinne & Janina Rannikko — 2018(2) (indre.zliobaite@helsinki.fi)
Keywords: ecometrics, grasslands, mammalian teeth, pastoralism, Sahel, vegetation types.