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Ecology
Nataly Gutierrez-Isaza, Eugenia M. M. Sampayo, Catherine E. E. Lovelock, Steven J. J. Dalton, Carrie A. A. Sims, Selina Ward, John M. M. Pandolfi
Summary: The aim of this study was to examine the role of temperature in latitudinal patterns of egg size and maternal investment trade-offs in coral taxa. A comprehensive global dataset was compiled, and Bayesian phylogenetic multilevel models were used to analyze the data. The results showed a significant relationship between coral egg size and symbiont transmission, but no significant relationship with sea surface temperature and fecundity for broadcast spawning corals. The findings have important implications for understanding population maintenance and connectivity in corals.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2023)
Review
Biology
Mark Roper, Pol Capdevila, Roberto Salguero-Gomez
Summary: Ageing patterns across the tree of life are more diverse than previously thought, and predicting these patterns requires a deeper understanding of how ecological and evolutionary factors influence age-related changes in mortality and reproduction. Key parameters such as population structure and reproductive value are crucial for understanding selection gradients and therefore senescence. Growth form, individual trade-offs, stage structure, and social interactions can all contribute to varying distributions of these parameters, allowing for the explanation of negligible and negative senescence within the same evolutionary framework as classical senescence.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
P. Gorostiague, J. Ollerton, P. Ortega-Baes
Summary: Cactus pollination systems in the tropics are slightly more ecologically specialized, but show no apparent trend in functional specialization.
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Ecology
Nadja Verspagen, Suvi Ikonen, Dirk Maes, Constanti Stefanescu, Michelle F. Dileo, Marjo Saastamoinen
Summary: Trade-offs among traits vary within species living across environmental clines, possibly as a consequence of natural selection to local environmental conditions or other genetic constraints. Understanding these variations is important in predicting species' responses to climate change.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Isabella J. Burger, Evin T. Carter, Lexie M. Magner, Martha M. Munoz, Michael W. Sears, Benjamin M. Fitzpatrick, Eric A. Riddell
Summary: Hybridization between species can have various impacts on biodiversity and population sustainability, depending on the fitness of the hybrid relative to the parental species. In this study, the physiological performance of three tiger salamander genotypes was compared at different temperatures, revealing that hybrids have a higher water-gas exchange ratio compared to the native species, potentially explaining the rapid spread of salamander hybrids.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2023)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Benjamin Larue, Fanie Pelletier, Steeve D. Cote, Sandra Hamel, Marco Festa-Bianchet
Summary: Life-history theory predicts energy allocation trade-offs between traits when resources are limited. This study evaluated growth versus reproduction trade-offs in female bighorn sheep and mountain goats, finding that growth traits can accurately predict reproductive history. The predictive models based on annual growth could assist conservation and management in a broad range of species.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biology
Jules Dezeure, Alice Baniel, Alecia Carter, Guy Cowlishaw, Bernard Godelle, Elise Huchard
Summary: This study on wild chacma baboons identifies two optimal birth timings in their annual cycle, maximizing offspring survival or minimizing maternal interbirth intervals. Observed births are most frequent between these optima, suggesting an adaptive trade-off between current and future reproduction.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Review
Plant Sciences
Xose Lopez-Goldar, Anurag A. Agrawal
Summary: Research on local adaptation of plants to their environment has shown that factors such as pollinators, herbivores, and resource availability play a crucial role in shaping plant phenotypes. Even within the same region, plant populations may exhibit differentiation due to natural selection. Future studies should combine traditional experimental approaches with novel population genetic analyses to uncover patterns and processes in plant local adaptation.
TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Brinda Yarlagadda, Thomas Wild, Xin Zhao, Leon Clarke, Ryna Cui, Zarrar Khan, Abigail Birnbaum, Jonathan Lamontagne
Summary: The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is important for global agriculture and carbon sinks. This study evaluates the impacts of agricultural market integration and land-based climate mitigation policy on LAC's economies, agricultural production, trade revenues, and land-water-climate systems. Increased market integration leads to higher agricultural production and trade revenues, while climate mitigation measures increase revenues through higher agricultural prices. The combined outcomes highlight the need for understanding interactions between multiple drivers and careful planning to address trade-offs.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Junwei Zhu, Yingjia Zhai, Shilan Feng, Ya Tan, Wendong Wei
Summary: This paper investigates the trade-offs and synergies among Chinese air pollution-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The findings reveal that most air pollution-related SDGs have synergies, except for SDG12 which has a trade-off relationship. Additionally, rapidly developing areas are more likely to experience a trade-off between economic development and air pollution problems.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Jianghuan Qin, Chunyu Fan, Yan Geng, Chunyu Zhang, Xiuhai Zhao, Lushuang Gao
Summary: This study examines the demographic trade-offs in forest dynamics, particularly the impacts of conspecific negative density dependence (CNDD) on growth and survival. The results suggest that density dependence and environmental filtering are key factors influencing individual growth-survival trade-offs. Additionally, CNDD plays a role in shaping these trade-offs at the community level. Shade-tolerance, mycorrhizal type, and life-stage of forest species respond differently to CNDD, providing insights into different community assembly mechanisms and their interactions.
Article
Plant Sciences
Rosario Sierra-de-Grado, Valentin Pando, Jordi Voltas, Rafael Zas, Juan Majada, Jose Climent
Summary: A study on maritime pine demonstrated that straight- and crooked-stemmed provenances showed contrasting responses to mechanical stress, indicating potential intraspecific divergence in adaptive phenotypic plasticity.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Isabelle Boutet, Camille Lacroix, Simon Devin, Arnaud Tanguy, Dario Moraga, Michel Auffret
Summary: The study found that the response capacity of mussels in coastal ecosystems is influenced by both water temperature increase and environmental history, with a possible genetic basis in physiological response. Immune parameters of blue mussels were notably affected by extreme warming. There was no significant difference in response between hybrids and M galloprovincialis.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Stephan Kambach, Richard Condit, Salomon Aguilar, Helge Bruelheide, Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin, Chia-Hao Chang-Yang, Yu-Yun Chen, George Chuyong, Stuart J. Davies, Sisira Ediriweera, Corneille E. N. Ewango, Edwino S. Fernando, Nimal Gunatilleke, Savitri Gunatilleke, Stephen P. Hubbell, Akira Itoh, David Kenfack, Somboon Kiratiprayoon, Yi-Ching Lin, Jean-Remy Makana, Mohizah Bt. Mohamad, Nantachai Pongpattananurak, Rolando Perez, Lillian Jennifer V. Rodriguez, I-Fang Sun, Sylvester Tan, Duncan Thomas, Jill Thompson, Maria Uriarte, Renato Valencia, Christian Wirth, S. Joseph Wright, Shu-Hui Wu, Takuo Yamakura, Tze Leong Yao, Jess Zimmerman, Nadja Rueger
Summary: Organisms in tropical forests must balance their allocation to growth, survival, and recruitment. Fast growth and high survival are common life-history strategies in these forests. Additionally, there is a trade-off between tree stature and recruitment success. These trade-offs structure tropical forests worldwide, with some variation between forests in different regions.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Development Studies
Huijuan Xiao, Yue Liu, Jingzheng Ren
Summary: The researchers propose a new method to evaluate the interactions between sustainable development goals and encourage UN member states to achieve these goals by maximizing synergies and minimizing trade-offs.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Ying-Jie Wang, Nedim Tuzun, Arnaud Sentis, Robby Stoks
Summary: Warming and eutrophication have negative impacts on freshwater ecosystems by altering trophic interactions. Experimental results show that warming and turbidity affect predator and prey differently in high-latitude and low-latitude environments, influencing system stability in various water conditions. Studies suggest that thermal plasticity and evolution may play a role in shaping trophic system stability under warming, particularly in turbid waters.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biology
Nedim Tuzun, Robby Stoks
Summary: The integration of life-history, behavioural and physiological traits into a 'pace-of-life syndrome' is a powerful concept in understanding trait variation in nature. This study investigated the relationship between pace-of-life and thermal performance in damselfly larvae. The results showed a trade-off between a faster pace-of-life and higher thermal performance, suggesting that the energetically costly maintenance of a fast pace-of-life may contribute to the variation in pace-of-life within populations.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Janne Swaegers, Rosa A. Sanchez-Guillen, Jose A. Carbonell, Robby Stoks
Summary: This study investigates the plasticity and evolution of trait changes in damselflies during their range expansion into a warmer region. The results suggest that the populations have evolved adaptive changes in terms of a faster pace-of-life, smaller body size, higher energy budget, and increased expression levels of the heat shock gene DnaJ. However, there is incomplete convergence towards the native sister species for thermal plasticity in traits associated with anaerobic metabolism and melanization.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lizanne Janssens, Marlies Van de Maele, Vienna Delnat, Charlotte Theys, Shinjini Mukherjee, Luc De Meester, Robby Stoks
Summary: This translated passage discusses the detrimental effects of pesticide exposure on aquatic communities and the evolution of tolerance to pesticides. It suggests that shifts in the microbiota community composition towards pesticide-degrading bacteria in hosts can contribute to the development of tolerance to pesticides in water fleas.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2022)
Article
Entomology
Mateusz Raczynski, Robby Stoks, Frank Johansson, Kamil Barton, Szymon Sniegula
Summary: This study investigated the effects of climate warming and hatching dates on a cannibalistic damselfly, Ischnura elegans. The results showed that warming had a significant impact on immune function, while hatching dates had a relatively small effect on life history traits. These findings are important for understanding the physiological and life history implications of climate warming on freshwater insects.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mengjie Chang, Mingyang Li, Wencheng Xu, Xin Li, Jian Liu, Robby Stoks, Chao Zhang
Summary: This study found that temperature fluctuations and multigenerational exposure have significant impacts on the ecological risk assessment of microplastics. Microplastics had no effects on Daphnia under standard temperature conditions, but increased fecundity, heat tolerance, energy storage, cytochrome P450 activity, and decreased energy consumption under increased mean temperature or temperature fluctuations, indicating a hormesis effect. The study highlights the importance of considering temperature fluctuations and multigenerational exposure to improve the ecological risk assessment of microplastics under global warming.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2023)
Article
Biology
Ying-Jie Wang, Nedim Tuezuen, Luc De Meester, Heidrun Feuchtmayr, Arnaud Sentis, Robby Stoks
Summary: Species can adapt to warming through rapid evolution and plastic responses. In this study, we investigated the rapid evolution of thermal performance curves (TPCs) for multiple traits in the water flea Daphnia magna through a 2-year experimental evolution trial. The results showed that heat-selected Daphnia exhibited evolutionary shifts in TPCs for survival, fecundity, and population growth rate towards higher optimum temperatures, indicating a better ability to maintain fitness at high temperatures. However, there was no evolution observed in TPCs for somatic growth, mass, and development rate, as well as energy gain and cost-related traits.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Charlotte Theys, Julie Verheyen, Vienna Delnat, Lizanne Janssens, Nedim Tuzun, Robby Stoks
Summary: Integrating life-history, physiological, and behavioral traits into the pace-of-life helps understand trait variation in nature. This study provides evidence for the contribution of the gut microbiome to the latitudinal differentiation in both the pace-of-life and heat adaptation in damselfly larvae populations. The gut microbiome composition showed an adaptive latitude-specific shift under heat wave exposure.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Julie Verheyen, Kiani Cuypers, Robby Stoks
Summary: Ecotoxicological studies have made significant progress in assessing the toxicity of pollutants at different temperatures, but they often overlook the interaction patterns between pollutants and temperature. Through laboratory experiments, this study found that the impact of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on Ischnura elegans damselfly larvae varied across different mean temperatures and daily temperature fluctuations. The physiological traits of the larvae were negatively affected by chlorpyrifos at high or extreme high temperatures, with the impact being stronger at lower mean temperatures when daily temperature fluctuations were present. Overall, it highlights the importance of evaluating pesticide toxicity along a temperature gradient and taking a mechanistic approach to understand the combined effects of pollutants and temperature in natural populations.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sarah Jorissen, Lizanne Janssens, Julie Verheyen, Robby Stoks
Summary: In order to improve the ecological risk assessment of aquatic pollutants, it is important to study their effects not only on aquatic larvae, but also on terrestrial adults with a complex life cycle. Through our research on damselflies, we found that exposure to the pesticide DNP and limited food availability had negative effects on the life history, behavior, and physiology of both larvae and adults. The negative effects of DNP were magnified by food limitation, particularly in terms of survival-related traits in the non-exposed adults.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Julie Verheyen, Robby Stoks
Summary: Ecotoxicological studies have traditionally neglected the effects of temperature fluctuations on the toxicity of pollutants. This study investigated the combined effects of pesticide exposure and daily temperature fluctuations on the thermal performance curves of damselfly larvae. The findings suggest that temperature fluctuations can exacerbate the toxic effects of pesticides on survival.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Philippe Lambret, Martin Jeanmougin, Robby Stoks
Summary: Freshwater insects, specifically the Lestes macrostigma damselfly, have declined significantly in recent decades. Understanding its larval ecological requirements is essential for conservation management and habitat restoration.
JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Charlotte Theys, Julie Verheyen, Lizanne Janssens, Nedim Tuezuen, Robby Stoks
Summary: This study investigated the effects of dual stressors on damselfly larvae, focusing on their life history, physiology, and gut microbiome composition. The results showed that both heat waves and pesticides had negative impacts on the larvae's growth and gut microbiome, with different effects observed in two species of damselflies.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Evolutionary Biology
Gemma Palomar, Guillaume Wos, Robby Stoks, Szymon Sniegula
Summary: Many species are adapting to cities at different latitudes, with eco-evolutionary changes in response to temperature and invasive species. In this study, damselfly populations were studied to understand how they respond to increased temperatures and an invasive predator, with differences observed between central and high latitudes. Urbanization type and temperature had an impact on damselfly traits, but these effects were dependent on latitude and sex. Our findings highlight the context-dependency of responses to urbanization and caution against generalizing findings from a single latitude population.
EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Evolutionary Biology
Janne Swaegers, Simon De Cupere, Noah Gaens, Lesley T. Lancaster, Jose A. Carbonell, Rosa A. Sanchez Guillen, Robby Stoks
Summary: Due to global change, many species are experiencing new thermal conditions at the moving range edges. Plasticity and epigenetic mechanisms play a role in helping species adapt to these new environments. The damselfly Ischnura elegans exhibited plastic thermal responses in the new edge populations and constitutively evolved higher heat tolerance in the old edge populations, with the involvement of epigenetic mechanisms.
