Matching habitat choice and plasticity contribute to phenotype–environment covariation in a stream salamander

WH Lowe, BR Addis - Ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Populations optimize the match of phenotype to environment by localized natural selection,
adaptive phenotypic plasticity, and habitat choice. Habitat choice may also be achieved by …

Hydrologic variability contributes to reduced survival through metamorphosis in a stream salamander

WH Lowe, LK Swartz, BR Addis… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Changes in the amount, intensity, and timing of precipitation are increasing hydrologic
variability in many regions, but we have little understanding of how these changes are …

Environmentally associated variation in dispersal distance affects inbreeding risk in a stream salamander

BR Addis, WH Lowe - The American Naturalist, 2022 - journals.uchicago.edu
Avoiding inbreeding is considered a key driver of dispersal evolution, and dispersal
distances should be especially important in mediating inbreeding risk because the …

Outbreeding reduces survival during metamorphosis in a headwater stream salamander

WH Lowe, BR Addis, MM Cochrane - Molecular Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Assessing direct fitness effects of individual genetic diversity is challenging due to the
intensive and long‐term data needed to quantify survival and reproduction in the wild. But …

Differences in Corticosterone Release Rates of Larval Spring Salamanders (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus) in Response to Native Fish Presence

AR Bryant, CR Gabor, LK Swartz, R Wagner… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In amphibians, glucocorticoid hormones play a key role in the response to
predation stress. Predators can directly affect prey via injury and death, but they can also …

Seasonal variation in the strength of interference competition among headwater stream predators

KK Cecala, EH Walker, JR Ennen, SM Fix… - Freshwater …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Vertebrate communities in headwater streams are assumed to be regulated through
competitive and predatory interactions. Although documented predation is rare, studies …

Long‐term survival probability, not current habitat quality, predicts dispersal distance in a stream salamander

BR Addis, WH Lowe - Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Dispersal evolves as an adaptive mechanism to optimize individual fitness across the
landscape. Specifically, dispersal represents a mechanism to escape fitness costs resulting …

Role of abiotic factors and habitat heterogeneity in the interactions between stream salamanders and crayfish in the southern Appalachians

S Cragg, KK Cecala, SM Fix, JR Ennen… - Freshwater …, 2021 - journals.uchicago.edu
Species interactions are important for determining the biological organization of natural
communities. Presumably, as interacting organisms become more similar in resource …

Interspecific Interactions between Salamanders and a Small-Bodied Stream Fish Are Not Mediated by Flow in Experimental Streams

SA Drake, JR Ennen, KK Cecala… - Ichthyology & …, 2024 - meridian.allenpress.com
Humans have modified ecosystems around the globe. Due to such modifications, freshwater
streams are experiencing shifts in thermal and hydrologic regimes. These changes are also …

Evolutionary implications of habitat choice

CK Porter, CK Akcali - eLS, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is a growing realisation that habitat choice can have profound consequences for the
processes of adaptation and speciation. Habitat choice may be a rapid and effective route by …