Coevolution

Recent Papers

Macroevolutionary Origin and Adaptive Function of a Polymorphic Female Signal Involved in Sexual Conflict

Beatriz Willink, M. Catherine Duryea, and Erik I. Svensson

Lay summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Nov-Willink.html

Coevolution Creates Complex Mosaics across Large Landscapes

Lucas D. Fernandes, Paula Lemos-Costa, Paulo R. Guimarães Jr., John N. Thompson, and Marcus A. M. de Aguiar

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

Free Access

How Does the Evolution of Universal Ecological Traits Affect Population Size? Lessons from Simple Models

Peter A. Abrams

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

Indirect Interactions Shape Selection in a Multispecies Food Web

Denon Start, Arthur E. Weis, and Benjamin Gilbert

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

Assortative Mating by an Obliquely Transmitted Local Cultural Trait Promotes Genetic Divergence: A Model

D. Justin Yeh

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

Sexual Conflict and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs): Coevolution of Sexually Antagonistic Host Traits with an STI

Alison M. Wardlaw and Aneil F. Agrawal

Gene-Culture Coinheritance of a Behavioral Trait

Elliot G. Aguilar and Erol Akçay

Coevolution Slows the Disassembly of Mutualistic Networks

Scott L. Nuismer, Bob Week, and Marcelo A. Aizen

Host Traits Drive Viral Life Histories across Phytoplankton Viruses

Kyle F. Edwards and Grieg F. Steward

Neutral Community Dynamics and the Evolution of Species Interactions

Marco Túlio P. Coelho and Thiago F. Rangel

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

Open Access

Coevolution between Mutualists and Parasites in Symbiotic Communities May Lead to the Evolution of Lower Virulence

Paul G. Nelson and Georgiana May

Natural History Note

Hollow Internodes Permit a Neotropical Understory Plant to Shelter Multiple Mutualistic Ant Species, Obtaining Protection and Nutrient Provisioning (Myrmecotrophy)

Alain Dejean, Frédéric Petitclerc, Arthur Compin, Frédéric Azémar,1 Bruno Corbara, Jacques H. C. Delabie, and Céline Leroy

Note

Rethinking Conventional Wisdom: Are Locally Adapted Parasites Ahead in the Coevolutionary Race?

Scott L. Nuismer

Sanctions, Partner Recognition, and Variation in Mutualism

Jeremy B. Yoder and Peter Tiffin

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

Open Access

The Role of the Environment in the Evolution of Tolerance and Resistance to a Pathogen

Michael Zeller and Jacob C. Koella