...Eric A. Riddell; Isabella J. Burger; Tamara L. Tyner-Swanson; Justin Biggerstaff; Martha M. Muñoz; Ofir Levy; Cody K. Porter ABSTRACT Mechanistic niche models are computational tools developed using biophysical principles to address grand challenges in ecology and evolution, such as the mechanisms...

..., and examine recent advances in primate energetics. Relative to other placental mammals, primates have low TEE, which may drive their slow pace of life and be an evolved response to the challenges presented by their ecologies and environments. TEE variation among hominoid primates appears to reflect adaptive...

... lumpsucker discs. Future studies should focus on sampling additional diversity and designing more ecologically relevant experiments when investigating differences in adhesive performance. Summary: The adhesive capabilities of clingfish, lumpsucker and snailfish suction discs are correlated...

... context- or activity-specific assessment ( Elliott et al., 2013b ; Elliott, 2016 ). Energy is the most important currency in animal ecology, influencing behavioural decisions, the timing of reproduction and, ultimately, fitness ( Brown et al., 2004 ; Grémillet et al., 2018 ). Nonetheless, animal...

...Eric Ste-Marie; Yuuki Y. Watanabe; Jayson M. Semmens; Marianne Marcoux; Nigel E. Hussey ABSTRACT Field metabolic rate (FMR) is a holistic measure of metabolism representing the routine energy utilization of a species living within a specific ecological context, thus providing insight into its...

... for Integrative Biodiversity Research) to interdisciplinary symposia and conference formats such as the Species On the Move Conference Series ( http://www.speciesonthemove.com/ ) or the Gordon Research Conferences ( https://www.grc.org/unifying-ecology-across-scales-conference/ ). Not least, reward...

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...Alex C. Keene; Erik R. Duboue ABSTRACT Sleep is nearly ubiquitous throughout the animal kingdom, yet little is known about how ecological factors or perturbations to the environment shape the duration and timing of sleep. In diverse animal taxa, poor sleep negatively impacts development, cognitive...

...Fiorella Magani; Tomas Luppi; Jesus Nuñez; Daniel Tomsic ABSTRACT Interpopulation comparisons in species that show behavioural variations associated with particular ecological disparities offer good opportunities for assessing how environmental factors may foster specific functional adaptations...

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... on the phylogenetic comparative approach. Understanding how acclimation ability is partitioned among populations and species in nature, and knowledge of the relevant genes and mechanisms, will be important for characterizing and predicting the ecological and evolutionary consequences of human-accelerated...

... ecology seaweed The flexibility of macroalgae is central to their ability to survive and sometimes dominate the landscape in the harsh hydrodynamic conditions of the wave-swept rocky intertidal zone ( Koehl,1984 ; Koehl, 1986 ; Koehl, 1996 ; Holbrook et al., 1991 ; Gaylord, 2000 ; Denny...

... functions to describe these changes. The model not only provides mechanistic parameters with which to compare reconfiguration among individuals and species, but also allows for more reliable predictions of drag at high, ecologically relevant water velocities. * Author for correspondence at present...

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