Life History

Recent Papers in Life History

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

Synthesis

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

Note

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

Open Access

Synergism and Antagonism of Proximate Mechanisms Enable and Constrain the Response to Simultaneous Selection on Body Size and Development Time: An Empirical Test Using Experimental Evolution

Goggy Davidowitz, Derek Roff, and H. Frederik Nijhout

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

Spatial Selection and Local Adaptation Jointly Shape Life-History Evolution during Range Expansion

Katrien H. P. Van Petegem, Jeroen Boeye, Robby Stoks, and Dries Bonte

Presidential Award Winner

We Happy Few: Using Structured Population Models to Identify the Decisive Events in the Lives of Exceptional Individuals

Robin E. Snyder and Stephen P. Ellner

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

Helminth Interaction with the Host Immune System: Short-Term Benefits and Costs in Relation to the Infectious Environment

Emmanuel Guivier, Jérome Bellenger, Gabriele Sorci, and Bruno Faivre