Mammals display diverse reproductive strategies, however, the ultimate and proximate
mechanisms that underlie this diversity and its composite traits remain poorly understood …

The digitization and open availability of life history traits measured directly from individuals
provide a key means of linking organismal function to environmental and ecological contexts …

High-altitude environments, characterized by low oxygen levels and low ambient
temperatures, have been repeatedly colonized by small altricial mammals. These species …

Shifts in reproductive timing are among the most commonly documented responses of
organisms to global climate change. However, our knowledge of these responses is biased …

Body size decline is hypothesized to be a key response to climate warming, including
warming driven by urban heat islands. However, urbanization may also generate selective …

Although rodents are recognized as pests, they are still an important part of agricultural
ecosystems. In 2018–2020, we snap-trapped small mammals in Lithuania in 18 commercial …

Relative reproductive success and failure are the ultimate determinants of Darwinian fitness.
As such, reproductive traits and variation therein have an immediate and considerable …

Functional traits are phenotypic characteristics that contribute to fitness of individuals in
dynamic and changing environments. In mammals, both categorical and continuous (eg …

Energy transformation powers change in the universe. In physical systems, maximal power
(rate of energy input or output) may occur only at submaximal efficiency (output/input), or …

Abstract Effects of global climate change on population persistence are often mediated by
life‐history traits of individuals, especially the timing of somatic growth, reproductive …