Conspecific females and males often follow different development trajectories which leads to
sex differences in age at maturity (sexual bimaturism, SBM). Whether SBM is typically …

Abstract “What controls the distribution and abundance of organisms”? This question, at the
heart of the dynamics of ecological communities, would have been familiar to the earliest …

Ivermectin is a very common parasiticide used in livestock. It is excreted in the dung and has
negative effects on survival and reproduction of dung-degrading organisms, including dung …

Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) arises when the net effects of natural and sexual selection on
body size differ between the sexes. Quantitative SSD variation between taxa is common, but …

Environmental stressors can have unintended negative effects on beneficial organisms.
Testing environmental effects of pharmaceutical residues is therefore often mandated in …

The use of veterinary medical products and herbicides is a common practice in intensified
livestock systems. These compounds affect nontarget organisms that perform important …

The application of veterinary medical products to livestock can impact soil organisms in
manure‐amended fields or adversely affect organisms that colonize dung pats of treated …

Elevational gradients influence the distribution and abundance of species drastically and
can lead to variation in community composition. Although coprophagous flies are of …

Registration of veterinary medical products includes the provision that field tests may be
required to assess potential nontarget effects associated with the excretion of product …

Avermectins are potent and popular veterinary pharmaceuticals used globally to fight
parasites of livestock and humans. By disturbing ion channel transport through the …