Forthcoming Papers

Adapt or Freeze: How Harsh Winters Are Reshaping Bluebirds’ Survival

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Baltazar González Chávez, edited by Swapna Subramanian and Julia Harenčár

Read about “Natural Selection after Severe Winter Favors Larger and Duller Bluebirds” by Virginie Rolland, Susan L. Balenger, Jennifer L. Grindstaff, and Lynn Siefferman (Dec 2024)

The Cost of Life: Programmed Cell Death in Multicellular Evolution

Posted on March 22, 2025 by Zachary Compton, edited by Gretta Yagudayeva and Julia Harenčár

Read about “Disentangling the Factors Selecting for Unicellular Programmed Cell Death” by J. David Van Dyken and Peter C. Zee (Nov 2024)

Building Connections: How the flow of resource networks drives ecosystem function and diversity

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Nidhi Vinod, edited by Gretta Yagudayeva and Julia Harenčár

Read about “Resource Flow Network Structure Drives Metaecosystem Function” by Tianna Peller, Isabelle Gounand, and Florian Altermatt (Dec 2024)

Nonliving resources frequently flow across ecosystem boundaries, yielding networks of spatially coupled ecosystems. Peller et al. show ecosystem function at landscape scales can depend on the spatial structure of resource flow networks connecting ecosystems and organism feeding traits.

Why snake skins make a great addition to your home (if you’re a bird, that is)

Posted on February 18, 2025 by Megha Srigyan, edited by Juan Carvajal Castro and Julia Harenčár

Read about “The Evolution of Using Shed Snake Skin in Bird Nests” by Vanya G. Rohwer, Jennifer L. Houtz, Maren N. Vitousek, Robyn L. Bailey, and Eliot T. Miller (Feb 2025)

Why do some birds incorporate shed snake skin in their nest? Rohwer et al. suggest that the evolution of this unique, but wide spread behavior is dependent upon nest morphology and most commonly observed in cavity nesting species...

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)