... supercolony members. Some supercolonies have greater desiccation resistance, but this is likely due to differences in body size, not cuticular hydrocarbons. Invasive species Chemical ecology Waterproofing Communication Supercolonies National Science Foundation http://dx.doi.org/10.13039...

... Invasive species Bluegill sunfish National Science Foundation http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001 1359341 National Institutes of Health http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000002 R15 CA227573 The genus Lepomis in the order Perciformes and family Centrarchidae contains 13...

...Katharina Bremer; Hitoyoshi Yasuo; Paul Vincent Debes; Howard Trevor Jacobs ABSTRACT Ecological communities and biodiversity are shaped by both abiotic and biotic factors. This is well illustrated by extreme environments and invasive species. Besides naturally occurring sulphide-rich environments...

...Andrea Dissegna; Andrea Caputi; Cinzia Chiandetti ABSTRACT Behavioural flexibility allows adaptation to environmental changes, a situation that invasive species have often to face when colonizing new territories. Such flexibility arises from a set of cognitive mechanisms among which generalization...

... the fundamental niche of both introduced and native species. Acclimation Plasticity Invasive species Seasonality Thermal performance curves The ranges of most species are not static, but expand and contract throughout their evolutionary history ( Davis and Shaw, 2001 ). A special case of range...

... such as freshwater mussels. However, some species seem to thrive more than others in face of temperature-related stressors. Thermal tolerance may, for example, explain the success of invasive species. It is also known that mitochondria can play a key role in setting an ectothermic species' thermal tolerance...

...: The relationship between digestive physiology and energetic physiology may play an important role in invasive species' success, demonstrated in invasive lionfish ( Pterois spp.) in the context of a warming ocean. Invasive species Metabolic phenotype Specific dynamic action Thermal physiology Temperature...

... contribute to the generation of the standing variation, facilitating invasions as suggested for other species ( Schrader et al., 2014 ; Stapley et al., 2015 ). Differentially expressed genes may be relevant to the success of C. monoculus as an invasive species in Lake Gatun. Indeed, it has been...

... of early-life exposure to a stress-relevant hormone. Corticosterone Early-life stress Fire ant Invasive species Hemagglutination Lizard The immune system plays a critical role in maintaining health by protecting an organism from pathogens and parasites, repairing damage and responding...

...Hannah Page; Andrew Sweeney; Anna Pilko; Noa Pinter-Wollman ABSTRACT Uncovering how and why animals explore their environment is fundamental for understanding population dynamics, the spread of invasive species, species interactions, etc. In social animals, individuals within a group can vary...

...Giovanni Vimercati; Sarah J. Davies; John Measey ABSTRACT Invasive species frequently cope with ecological conditions that are different from those to which they adapted, presenting an opportunity to investigate how phenotypes change across short time scales. In 2000, the guttural toad Sclerophrys...

... continues after the physiological limitation has been lifted, until specific environmental changes or endogenous processes lead to diapause termination ( Koštál, 2006 ). RNA-Seq diapause invasive species metabolism quiescence Aedes albopictus © 2013. Published by The Company...

... for correspondence ( craitj@uwyo.edu ) 14 10 2011 © 2012. 2012 albumin chloride shift hemoglobin binding affinity invasive species Lontra canadensis nitric oxide oxygen dissociation curve Two of the most physiologically challenging conditions encountered by air-breathing animals...

...Brent L. Lockwood; Jon G. Sanders; George N. Somero SUMMARY Invasive species are increasingly prevalent in marine ecosystems worldwide. Although many studies have examined the ecological effects of invasives, little is known about the physiological mechanisms that might contribute to invasive...

... — that is, in habitats and communities very much simplified by man.’ (C. S. Elton, 1957; p. 147) emerging disease community ecology global change disease ecology parasite invasive species biodiversity © 2010. 2010 29 10 2009 * Author for correspondence ( pieter.johnson@colorado.edu ) ...

... a range of species from different climatic zones there is evidence that over the past 30-50 years there have been changes in distributions — with northward advances into ‘colder areas’, in phenologies (with earlier migrations, and in the establishment of invasive species in new locations) ( Bale, 2010...

... acclimation temperatures and salinities. These intrinsic differences in basal heart rate, thermal and salinity responses, acclimatory capacity, and survivorship are discussed in the contexts of the species' biogeographic patterning and, for the invasive species M. galloprovincialis , the potential for further...

... are of greater selective importance in adapting kinetic properties than the more extreme temperatures that occur during emersion. The relative warm adaptation of M. galloprovincialis cMDH may be one of a suite of physiological characters that enhance the competitive ability of this invasive species in warm...