Addressing important questions in animal ecology, physiology, and environmental science
often requires in situ information from wild animals. This difficulty is being overcome by …

The rapid loss of intraspecific variation is a hidden biodiversity crisis. Intraspecific variation,
which includes the genomic and phenotypic diversity found within and among populations …

Microplastics (size of plastic debris< 5 mm) occur in various environments worldwide these
days and cause detrimental effects on biota. However, the behavioral responses of fish to …

Cities are uniquely complex systems regulated by interactions and feedbacks between
nature and human society. Characteristics of human society—including culture, economics …

Individual decisions regarding how, why and when organisms interact with one another and
with their environment scale up to shape patterns and processes in communities. Recent …

Harvest of fish and wildlife, both commercial and recreational, is a selective force that can
induce evolutionary changes to life history and behavior. Naturally selective forces may …

Drought events are increasingly affecting the planet's biodiversity. While shrinking body size
in response to drought has been observed in many vertebrate animals, whether this rule …

Mobile consumers are key vectors of cross-ecosystem nutrients, yet have experienced
population declines which threaten their ability to fill this role. Despite their importance and …

Migration is ubiquitous and can strongly shape food webs and ecosystems. Less familiar,
however, is that the majority of life cycle, seasonal and diel migrations in nature are partial …

The movement of energy and nutrients through ecological communities represents the
biological 'pulse'underpinning ecosystem functioning and services. However, energy and …