Ecological consequences of sexually selected traits: an eco-evolutionary perspective

ST Giery, CA Layman - The Quarterly Review of Biology, 2019 - journals.uchicago.edu
Evolution is rapidly gaining attention as an important driver of ecological process. Yet,
evolution via sexual selection has generally been omitted from this emerging synthesis. Our …

Terrestrial invasive species alter marine vertebrate behaviour

RL Gunn, CE Benkwitt, NAJ Graham… - Nature Ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
Human-induced environmental changes, such as the introduction of invasive species, are
driving declines in the movement of nutrients across ecosystems with negative …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-dimensional approaches to scaling up coral reef restoration

TAC Lamont, TB Razak, R Djohani, N Janetski, S Rapi… - Marine Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Local and global stressors have led to rapid declines in coral reef health around the world. A
range of active restoration techniques have recently been introduced in attempts to stem and …

Occupation Dynamics and Impacts of Damselfish Territoriality on Recovering Populations of the Threatened Staghorn Coral, Acropora cervicornis

SA Schopmeyer, D Lirman - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Large-scale coral reef restoration is needed to help recover structure and function of
degraded coral reef ecosystems and mitigate continued coral declines. In situ coral …

“Choice” and destiny: the substrate composition and mechanical stability of settlement structures can mediate coral recruit fate in post-bleached reefs

S Yadav, P Rathod, T Alcoverro, R Arthur - Coral Reefs, 2016 - Springer
Increasingly frequent and intense ocean warming events seriously test the buffer and
recovery capacities of tropical coral reefs. Post-disturbance, available settlement structures …

Farming behaviour of territorial damselfishes

H Hata, DM Ceccarelli - Biology of damselfishes, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
Herbivory on coral reefs is an essential factor in preventing competitive dominance of
macroalgae over corals (eg, Bellwood et al. 2004). Numerous herbivore exclusion …

Potential feedback between coral presence and farmerfish collective behavior promotes coral recovery

A Kamath, JN Pruitt, AJ Brooks, MC Ladd, DT Cook… - Oikos, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Stable between‐group differences in collective behavior have been documented in a variety
of social taxa. Here we evaluate the effects of such variation, often termed collective or …

Versatile habitat conditioning by damselfish cultivating turf algae on giant clams

PC Cabaitan, C Malvicini, F Sabban, C Conaco - Hydrobiologia, 2018 - Springer
Territorial farmer damselfishes are facilitators that selectively farm turf algae in degraded
reef patches. The effect of damselfish on algae and corals has been widely studied but the …

Red Sea Research: A Personal Perspective

P Vine - Oceanographic and Biological Aspects of the Red Sea, 2019 - Springer
In this chapter the author reflects on five strands of marine biological research in which he
was involved in the Red Sea and reviews subsequent progress in their respective fields. He …

Effects of competition on the territorial behaviour of a farmer damselfish, Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus (Perciformes: Pomacentridae)

LE Robles, PC Cabaitan… - Journal of Fish …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aggression and territory size of the farmer damselfish Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus were
examined in the presence of adjacent territories of conspecific and heterospecific farmers …