Frontiers in quantifying wildlife behavioural responses to chemical pollution

MG Bertram, JM Martin, ES McCallum… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Animal behaviour is remarkably sensitive to disruption by chemical pollution, with
widespread implications for ecological and evolutionary processes in contaminated wildlife …

Genomics for monitoring and understanding species responses to global climate change

L Bernatchez, AL Ferchaud, CS Berger… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
All life forms across the globe are experiencing drastic changes in environmental conditions
as a result of global climate change. These environmental changes are happening rapidly …

Life in fluctuating environments

JR Bernhardt, MI O'Connor… - … Transactions of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Variability in the environment defines the structure and dynamics of all living systems, from
organisms to ecosystems. Species have evolved traits and strategies that allow them to …

Behavioral plasticity can facilitate evolution in urban environments

T Caspi, JR Johnson, MR Lambert, CJ Schell… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2022 - cell.com
Plasticity-led evolution is central to evolutionary theory. Although challenging to study in
nature, this process may be particularly apparent in novel environments such as cities. We …

Daily activity timing in the Anthropocene

NA Gilbert, KA McGinn, LA Nunes, AA Shipley… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Animals are facing novel 'timescapes' in which the stimuli entraining their daily activity
patterns no longer match historical conditions due to anthropogenic disturbance. However …

Transgenerational transmission of aspartame-induced anxiety and changes in glutamate-GABA signaling and gene expression in the amygdala

SK Jones, DM McCarthy, C Vied… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
We report the effects of aspartame on anxiety-like behavior, neurotransmitter signaling and
gene expression in the amygdala, a brain region associated with the regulation of anxiety …

Interactive effects of warming and pollutants on marine and freshwater invertebrates

KV Dinh, HS Konestabo, K Borgå, K Hylland… - Current Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Global warming and pollution are among the five major causes
of global biodiversity loss, particularly in aquatic invertebrates which are highly diverse but …

A species' response to spatial climatic variation does not predict its response to climate change

DL Perret, MEK Evans, DF Sax - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
The dominant paradigm for assessing ecological responses to climate change assumes that
future states of individuals and populations can be predicted by current, species-wide …

Predictability of biotic stress structures plant defence evolution

D Mertens, K Boege, A Kessler, J Koricheva… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2021 - cell.com
To achieve ecological and reproductive success, plants need to mitigate a multitude of
stressors. The stressors encountered by plants are highly dynamic but typically vary …

How is epigenetics predicted to contribute to climate change adaptation? What evidence do we need?

K McGuigan, AA Hoffmann… - … Transactions of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Transgenerational effects that are interpreted in terms of epigenetics have become an
important research focus at a time when rapid environmental changes are occurring. These …