Life History

Recent Papers

Genetic Quality Affects the Rate of Male and Female Reproductive Aging Differently in Drosophila melanogaster

Martin Brengdahl, Christopher M. Kimber, Jack Maguire-Baxter, Antonino Malacrinò, and Urban Friberg

Lay summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/DecBrengdahl.html

Female Life-History Trade-Offs and the Maintenance of Genetic Variation in Drosophila melanogaster

Devin Arbuthnott

Lay summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/OctArbuthnott.html

Early and Adult Social Environments Shape Sex-Specific Actuarial Senescence Patterns in a Cooperative Breeder

Vérane Berger, Jean-François Lemaître, Dominique Allainé, Jean-Michel Gaillard, and Aurélie Cohas

Lay summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/OctVBerger.html

The Energetic Cost of Reproduction and Its Effect on Optimal Life-History Strategies

Asta Audzijonyte and Shane A. Richards

Lay summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/OctAudzijonyte.html

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Generation Time in Structured Populations
Stephen P. Ellner

Evolution of Complex Asexual Reproductive Strategies in Jellyfish
Nicolas Azaña Schnedler-Meyer, Simone Pigolotti, and Patrizio Mariani

Collapse, Tipping Points, and Spatial Demographic Structure Arising from the Adopted Migrant Life History
Luke A. Rogers, Anne K. Salomon, Brendan Connors, and Martin Krkošek
Lay summary: http://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/JulyRogers.html

Life-History Multistability Caused by Size-Dependent Mortality
Barbara Taborsky, Mikko Heino, and Ulf Dieckmann

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Chronological and Biological Age Predict Seasonal Reproductive Timing: An Investigation of Clutch Initiation and Telomeres in Birds of Known Age
Carolyn M. Bauer, Jessica L. Graham, Mikus Abolins-Abols, Britt J. Heidinger, Ellen D. Ketterson, and Timothy J. Greives
Lay summary: http://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/JuneBauer.html

Morph-Specific Patterns of Reproductive Senescence: Connections to Discrete Reproductive Strategies
Andrea S. Grunst, Melissa L. Grunst, Vince A. Formica, Marisa L. Korody, Adam M. Betuel, Margarida Barcelo-Serra, Sarah Ford, Rusty A. Gonser, and Elaina M. Tuttle
Lay summary: http://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/JuneGrunst.html

How Life History Shapes Optimal Patterns of Senescence: Implications from Individuals to Societies
Natalie J. Lemanski and Nina H. Fefferman

Host Traits Drive Viral Life Histories across Phytoplankton Viruses
Kyle F. Edwards and Grieg F. Steward

Phylo-Allometric Analyses Showcase the Interplay between Life-History Patterns and Phenotypic Convergence in Cleaner Wrasses
Vikram B. Baliga and Rita S. Mehta

Lay summary: http://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/MayBaliga.html

Open Access
The Geometry of Nutrient Space–Based Life-History Trade-Offs: Sex-Specific Effects of Macronutrient Intake on the Trade-Off between Encapsulation Ability and Reproductive Effort in Decorated Crickets
James Rapkin, Kim Jensen, C. Ruth Archer, Clarissa M. House, Scott K. Sakaluk, Enrique del Castillo, and John Hunt
Lay summary: http://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/AprRapkin.html

Pluck or Luck: Does Trait Variation or Chance Drive Variation in Lifetime Reproductive Success?
Robin E. Snyder and Stephen P. Ellner
Lay summary: http://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/AprSnyder.html

Natural History Note
Extreme Climate-Induced Life-History Plasticity in an Amphibian
François S. Becker, Krystal A. Tolley, G. John Measey, and Res Altwegg
Lay summary: http://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/FebBecker.html

Life-History Traits Evolved Jointly with Climatic Niche and Disturbance Regime in the Genus Leucadendron (Proteaceae)
Jeanne Tonnabel, Frank M. Schurr, Florian Boucher, Wilfried Thuiller, Julien Renaud, Emmanuel J. P. Douzery, and Ophélie Ronce

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Sex-Dependent Phenological Plasticity in an Arctic Hibernator
Cory T. Williams, C. Loren Buck, Michael J. Sheriff, Melanie M. Richter, Jesse S. Krause, and Brian M. Barnes
Lay summary: http://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/DecWilliams.html

Disentangling Genetic and Prenatal Maternal Effects on Offspring Size and Survival
Joel L. Pick, Christina Ebneter, Pascale Hutter, and Barbara Tschirren
Lay summary: http://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/DecPick.html

Bioinvasion Triggers Rapid Evolution of Life Histories in Freshwater Snails

Elodie Chapuis, Thomas Lamy, Jean-Pierre Pointier, Nicolas Juillet, Adeline Ségard, Philippe Jarne, and Patrice David

Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/NovChapuis.html

Habitat Association Predicts Genetic Diversity and Population Divergence in Amazonian Birds

Michael G. Harvey, Alexandre Aleixo, Camila C. Ribas, and Robb T. Brumfield

Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/NovHarvey.html

Open Access

Effects of Clonal Reproduction on Evolutionary Lag and Evolutionary Rescue

Maria E. Orive, Michael Barfield, Carlos Fernandez, and Robert D. Holt

Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/OctOrive.html

Assessing the Influence of Temporal Autocorrelations on the Population Dynamics of a Disturbance Specialist Plant Population in a Random Environment

Eric Alan Eager, Diana Pilson, Helen M. Alexander, and Brigitte Tenhumberg

Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/OctEager.html

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Cannibalism and Infectious Disease: Friends or Foes?

Benjamin G. Van Allen, Forrest P. Dillemuth, Andrew J. Flick, Matthew J. Faldyn, David R. Clark, Volker H. W. Rudolf, and Bret D. Elderd

Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/SepVanAllen.html

The Biased Evolution of Generation Time

Mélissa Verin, Salomé Bourg, Frédéric Menu, and Etienne Rajon

Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/AugVerin.html

Influence of Early Reproductive Success on Longevity and Late Reproductive Success in an Alpine Ungulate

Andrea Panagakis, Sandra Hamel, and Steeve D. Côté

Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/JunPanagakis.html

Natural History Note

Testing the Terminal Investment Hypothesis in California Oaks

Walter D. Koenig, Johannes M. H. Knops, William J. Carmen, and Mario B. Pesendorfer

Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/MayKoenig.html

Variation in Growth Drives the Duration of Parental Care: A Test of Ydenberg’s Model

Kyle H. Elliott, Jannie F. Linnebjerg, Chantelle Burke, Anthony J. Gaston, Anders Mosbech, Morten Frederiksen, and Flemming Merkel

Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/MayElliott.html

Unexpected Nongenetic Individual Heterogeneity and Trait Covariance in Daphnia and Its Consequences for Ecological and Evolutionary Dynamics

Clayton E. Cressler, Stefan Bengtson, and William A. Nelson

Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/JulyCressler.html

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Royal Darwinian Demons: Enforced Changes in Reproductive Efforts Do Not Affect the Life Expectancy of Ant Queens

Alexandra Schrempf, Julia Giehr, Ramona Röhrl, Sarah Steigleder, and Jürgen Heinze

Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/AprSchrempf.html

Trophic Strategies of Unicellular Plankton

Subhendu Chakraborty, Lasse Tor Nielsen, and Ken H. Andersen

Surviving in a Cosexual World: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Dioecy in Tropical Trees

Marjolein Bruijning, Marco D. Visser, Helene C. Muller-Landau, S. Joseph Wright, Liza S. Comita, Stephen P. Hubbell, Hans de Kroon, and Eelke Jongejans

Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/MarBruijning.html

The Evolution of Reproductive Phenology in Broadcast Spawners and the Maintenance of Sexually Antagonistic Polymorphism

Colin Olito, Dustin J. Marshall, and Tim Connallon

Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/FebOlito.html