Niches

Recent Papers 

Tolerance of novel toxins through generalized mechanisms: simulating gradual host shifts of butterflies

Kristin L Sikkink, Reilly Hostager, Megan E Kobiela, Nathan Fremling, Katherine Johnston, Amod Zambre, and Emilie C. Snell-Rood

Blog and abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Mar-Sikkink.html

Synthesis

Context dependence of local adaptation to abiotic and biotic environments: a quantitative and qualitative synthesis

Ryan Briscoe Runquist, Amanda J Gorton, Jeremy B Yoder, Nicholas J Deacon, Jake J Grossman, Shan Kothari, Marta P Lyons, Seema N. Sheth, Peter Tiffin, and David A. Moeller

Blog and abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Mar-Briscoe-Runquist.html

Synthesis

Local adaptation to biotic interactions: a meta-analysis across latitudes

Anna Hargreaves, Rachel M Germain, Megan Bontrager, Joshua Persi, and Amy L Angert

Blog and abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Mar-Hargreaves.html

The Evolution of Immigration Strategies Facilitates Niche Expansion by Divergent Adaptation in a Structured Metapopulation Model

Éva Kisdi, Helene C. Weigang, and Mats Gyllenberg

Blog and abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Jan-Kisdi.html

Free Access

Niche Construction Affects the Variability and Strength of Natural Selection

Andrew D. Clark Dominik Deffner Kevin Laland John Odling-Smee and John Endler

Blurb and abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Jan-Clark.html

Free Access

Patch Size as a Niche Dimension: Aquatic Insects Behaviorally Partition Enemy-Free Space across Gradients of Patch Size

William J. Resetarits Jr., Matthew R. Pintar, Jason R. Bohenek, and Tyler M. Breech

Blog and abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Dec-Resetarits.html

A Grinnellian Niche Perspective on Species-Area Relationships

Jorge Soberón

Blurb and abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Dec-Soberon.html

On the Consequences of the Interdependence of Stabilizing and Equalizing Mechanisms

Chuliang Song, György Barabás, and Serguei Saavedra

Blog and abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Nov-Song.html

Note, Open Access

Omnivory in Bees: Elevated Trophic Positions among All Major Bee Families

Shawn A. Steffan, Prarthana S. Dharampal, Bryan N. Danforth, Hannah R. Gaines-Day, Yuko Takizawa, and Yoshito Chikaraishi

Blog and abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Sep-Steffan.html

Pulsed Immigration Events Can Facilitate Adaptation to Harsh Sink Environments

James H. Peniston, Michael Barfield, and Robert D. Holt

Blog and abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Sep-Peniston.html

Open Access

Ecological Release of the Anna’s Hummingbird during a Northern Range Expansion

C. J. Battey

Blog and abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Sep-Battey.html

Grow Where You Thrive, or Where Only You Can Survive? An Analysis of Performance Curve Evolution in a Clade with Diverse Habitat Affinities

Silas B. Tittes, Joseph F. Walker, Lorena Torres-Martínez, and Nancy C. Emery

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

American Society of Naturalists Presidential Address

The Snail’s Charm

Kathleen Donohue

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

The Role of Pleiotropy in the Evolutionary Maintenance of Positive Niche Construction
Rebecca H. Chisholm, Brian D. Connelly, Benjamin Kerr, and Mark M. Tanaka
Abstract: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/JulyChisholm-A.html

Frequency Dependence and Ecological Drift Shape Coexistence of Species with Similar Niches
Erik I. Svensson, Miguel A. Gómez-Llano, Anais Rivas Torres, and Hanna M. Bensch
Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/JuneSvensson.html

Testing Range-Limit Hypotheses Using Range-Wide Habitat Suitability and Occupancy for the Scarlet Monkeyflower (Erythranthe cardinalis)
Amy L. Angert, Matthew Bayly, Seema N. Sheth, and John R. Paul
Abstract: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/MarAngert-A.html

Toward a Mechanistic Understanding of Thermal Niche Partitioning
Daniel J. Smith and Priyanga Amarasekare
Abstract: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/MarSmith-A.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
Abstract: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/FebTonnabel-A.html

Toward a Periodic Table of Niches, or Exploring the Lizard Niche Hypervolume
Eric R. Pianka, Laurie J. Vitt, Nicolás Pelegrin, Daniel B. Fitzgerald, and Kirk O. Winemiller
Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/NovPianka.html

Microhabitat and Climatic Niche Change Explain Patterns of Diversification among Frog Families
Daniel S. Moen and John J. Wiens
Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/JulyMoen.html

Open Access
A Parent-Offspring Trade-Off Limits the Evolution of an Ontogenetic Niche Shift
Hanna ten Brink and André M. de Roos
Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/JulyTenBrink.html