Polyphenism predicts actuarial senescence and lifespan in tiger salamanders

H Cayuela, ACR Lackey, V Ronget… - Journal of Animal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Actuarial senescence (called 'senescence'hereafter) often shows broad variation at the
intraspecific level. Phenotypic plasticity likely plays a central role in among‐individual …

Temperature-size responses during ontogeny are independent of progenitors' thermal environments

G Martínez-De León, M Fahrni, MP Thakur - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Background Warming generally induces faster developmental and growth rates, resulting in
smaller asymptotic sizes of adults in warmer environments (a pattern known as the …

Life history strategies of two springtails species (Hexapoda: Collembola) from saline soils

D Pérez-Velázquez, G Castaño-Meneses… - Biologia, 2024 - Springer
Springtails are a very common, widely spread component of soil fauna that play a significant
role in numerous physical, chemical, and biological processes in the soil. Therefore, it is …

Extinction probabilities of small structured populations: adequate short-term model predictions in Folsomia candida

TJM Van Dooren, P Haccou, G Hermus, T Tully - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Population management requires predictions of extinction risk based on a general
understanding of these risks and on system-specific modelling. Life tables, available for …