Comparative analyses of phenotypic trait covariation within and among populations

KS Peiman, BW Robinson - The American Naturalist, 2017 - journals.uchicago.edu
Many morphological, behavioral, physiological, and life-history traits covary across the
biological scales of individuals, populations, and species. However, the processes that …

Variability of functional traits and their syndromes in a freshwater fish species (Phoxinus phoxinus): The role of adaptive and nonadaptive processes

A Raffard, J Cucherousset, JG Prunier… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Functional traits can covary to form “functional syndromes.” Describing and understanding
functional syndromes is an important prerequisite for predicting the effects of organisms on …

Heterospecific aggression and dominance in a guild of coral-feeding fishes: the roles of dietary ecology and phylogeny

SA Blowes, MS Pratchett… - The American …, 2013 - journals.uchicago.edu
Interspecific competition mediates biodiversity maintenance and is an important selective
pressure for evolution. Competition is often conceptualized as being exploitative (indirect) or …

Energy expenditure and body size are targets of natural selection across a wide geographic range, in a terrestrial invertebrate

JL Bartheld, JD Gaitán‐Espitia, P Artacho… - Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
One of the central questions in evolutionary ecology is how different functional capacities
impact fitness, and how it varies across populations. For instance, do phenotypic attributes …

Harnessing the nutraceutical properties, Microbial composition of scarabaeoid beetle Larvae and antibacterial compounds of its Endozoic fungus (aspergillus …

SS MWANZA - 2024 - repository.embuni.ac.ke
The systematic development of antibiotic resistance poses huge worldwide health
challenges, specifically in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) increasing the …