Forthcoming Papers

Wild Microbes Take the Evolutionary Road Less Traveled

Posted on February 18, 2025 by Deepika Gunasekaran, edited by Lena Holtmanns

Read about “Multivariate Divergence in Wild Microbes: No Evidence for Evolution along a Genetic Line of Least Resistance” by Emile Gluck-Thaler, Muhammad Arsam Shaikh, and Corlett W. Wood (Jan 2025)

How Randomness Can Flip Evolution: New Study Uncovers Surprising Role of Population Noise

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Tahirah Williams, edited by Lena Holtmanns and Julia Harenčár

Read about “Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics for Finite Populations and the Noise-Induced Reversal of Selection” by Ananda Shikhara Bhat and Vishwesha Guttal (Jan 2025)

Goldilocks and the Queen Bee: Finding the ideal soilscape temperature for an important pollinator

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Haleigh Yang, edited by Lena Holtmanns and Julia Harenčár

Read about “Soilscapes of Mortality Risk Suggest a Goldilocks Effect for Overwintering Ectotherms” by Sarah A. Waybright and Michael E. Dillon (Jan 2025)

What ratio of sons to daughters <i>should</i> you have?

What ratio of sons to daughters should you have?

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Iain R. Moodie, edited by Lena Holtmanns and Julia Harenčár

Read about “Sex Allocation in a Monogamous Bird: Advantaged Matrilines and Sons with Silver Spoons” by Ashley Atkins Coleman, Kelly D. Miller, Kelly L. O’Neil, Rin Pell, Shelby R. Green, and E. Keith Bowers (Jan 2025)

Small Populations, Large Conservation Challenges: The Surprising Power of Sporadic Events

Posted on January 29, 2025 by Madeline Eppley, edited by Swapna Subramanian and Julia Harenčár

Read about “Sporadic Events Have a Greater Influence on the Dynamics of Small, Isolated Populations Than Density Dependence and Environmental Conditions” by Roxanne Turgeon, Fanie Pelletier, Steeve D. Côté, Marco Festa-Bianchet, and Sandra Hamel (Dec 2024)

Parasite Power Plays: How Do Coinfections Shape Host Genetics and Traits?

Posted on January 29, 2025 by Elvira D’Bastiani, edited by Genrietta Yagudayeva and Julia Harenčár

Read about “The Dominance of Coinfecting Parasites’ Indirect Genetic Effects on Host Traits” by Daniel I. Bolnick, Sophia Arruda, Christian Polania, Lauren Simonse, Arshad Padhiar, Maria L. Rodgers, and Andrea J. Roth-Monzón (Nov 2024)

More resources don’t always mean more diversity: new insights from an ecological model

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Aakanksha Madhwal, edited by Genrietta Yagudayeva and Julia Harenčár

Read about “Metabolic Trade-Offs Can Reverse the Resource-Diversity Relationship” by Zachary R. Miller and James P. O’Dwyer (Nov 2024)

Modeling constraints on speciation: uniting population genetic and ecological insights

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Nikka Malakooti, edited by Genrietta Yagudayeva & Julia Harenčár

Read about “Reconciling Santa Rosalia: Both Reproductive Isolation and Coexistence Constrain Diversification” by Brian A. Lerch, Reinhard Bürger, and Maria R. Servedio (Nov 2024)

Golden Retriever Energy Helps Wild Dragons Navigate the Social Landscape

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Pooja Radhakrishnan, edited by Julia Harenčár

Read about “Sex-Specific Associations between Social Behavior, Its Predictability, and Fitness in a Wild Lizard” by Barbara Class, Kasha Strickland, Dominique Potvin, Nicola Jackson, Shinichi Nakagawa, and Celine Frère (Nov 2024)

Explosive pollination may confer a pre-pollination, male-competition advantage to plants

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Andrea Romero, edited by Swapna Subramanian and Julia Harenčár

Read about “Pollen Wars: Explosive Pollination Removes Pollen Deposited from Previously Visited Flowers” by Bruce Anderson, Bruce Anderson, Ana Carolina Sabino-Oliveira, Carlos Andres Matallana-Puerto, César Augusto Arvelos, Cinthia Soares Novaes, Daniela Cristina de Cario Calaça, Isadora Schulze-Albuquerque, João Pedro Santos Pereira, Jordana Oliveira Borges, Lilian Rodrigues Ferreira de Melo, Patrick Menezes Consorte, Sara Medina-Benavides, Tamires de Oliveira Andrade, Thainã Resende Monteiro, Vanessa Gonzaga Marcelo, Victor H. D. Silva, Paulo Eugênio Oliveira, and Vinícius Lourenço Garcia de Brito (Dec 2024)