Information benefits organisms living in a heterogeneous world by reducing uncertainty
associated with decision making. For breeding passerines, information reliably associated …

Pathogens are one of the main forces driving the evolution and maintenance of the highly
polymorphic genes of the vertebrate major histocompatibility complex (MHC). Although MHC …

Supplementary feeding stations, or “vulture restaurants”, are common conservation
management tools. While a number of studies have investigated the consequences of …

The ideal free distribution (IFD) model predicts that a density‐dependent mechanism
operates to regulate habitat selection and reproductive performance. We studied a Little …

Highlights•Social structure influences demography through fitness.•We conducted a
simulation combining social network analysis and survival modelling.•Models showed …

The role of temporal changes and spatial variability in predation risk and prey's means of
mitigating such risks is poorly understood in the context of potential threats of global climate …

Classical models predict that male fitness is based on resources monopolized and invested
in reproduction, and/or on individual quality providing offspring with sexually attractive traits …

In evolutionary studies, blood parasites in avian populations are commonly used as a model
of host–parasite interactions. The effect of mixed infections on avian hosts has recently …

It has commonly been argued that many territorial species select their breeding sites
following an ideal despotic distribution model, in which the most productive, high‐quality …

Both habitat heterogeneity and species' life-history traits play important roles in driving
population dynamics, yet there is little scientific consensus around the combined effect of …