The evolutionary ecology of fatty‐acid variation: Implications for consumer adaptation and diversification

CW Twining, JR Bernhardt, AM Derry… - Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The nutritional diversity of resources can affect the adaptive evolution of consumer
metabolism and consumer diversification. The omega‐3 long‐chain polyunsaturated fatty …

The importance of omega‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as high‐quality food in freshwater ecosystems with implications of global change

K Yan, F Guo, MJ Kainz, F Li, W Gao… - Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Traditionally, trophic ecology research on aquatic ecosystems has focused more on the
quantity of dietary energy flow within food webs rather than food quality and its effects on …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change shifts the timing of nutritional flux from aquatic insects

JR Shipley, CW Twining, M Mathieu-Resuge… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Climate change can decouple resource supply from consumer demand, with the potential to
create phenological mismatches driving negative consequences on fitness. However, the …

Experimental evidence for neonicotinoid driven decline in aquatic emerging insects

SH Barmentlo, M Schrama… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
There is an ongoing unprecedented loss in insects, both in terms of richness and biomass.
The usage of pesticides, especially neonicotinoid insecticides, has been widely suggested …

Current methods and future directions in avian diet analysis

BD Hoenig, AM Snider, AM Forsman, KA Hobson… - The Auk, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Identifying the composition of avian diets is a critical step in characterizing the roles of birds
within ecosystems. However, because birds are a diverse taxonomic group with equally …

Declines in an abundant aquatic insect, the burrowing mayfly, across major North American waterways

PM Stepanian, SA Entrekin… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Seasonal animal movement among disparate habitats is a fundamental mechanism by
which energy, nutrients, and biomass are transported across ecotones. A dramatic example …

Indexing of fatty acids in poultry meat for its characterization in healthy human nutrition: a comprehensive application of the scientific literature and new proposals

A Dal Bosco, A Cartoni Mancinelli, G Vaudo, M Cavallo… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chicken meat is becoming the most consumed in the world for both economic and nutritional
reasons; regarding the latter, the lipid profile may play positive or negative roles in the …

Stable isotopes of fatty acids: current and future perspectives for advancing trophic ecology

CW Twining, SJ Taipale, L Ruess… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
To understand consumer dietary requirements and resource use across ecosystems,
researchers have employed a variety of methods, including bulk stable isotope and fatty acid …

Lipid metabolism analysis in liver of different chicken genotypes and impact on nutritionally relevant polyunsaturated fatty acids of meat

A Cartoni Mancinelli, A Di Veroli, S Mattioli… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Humans and mammalian species are unable to synthesize significant amounts of
polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), which therefore must be introduced with the diet. In …

Linking human impacts to community processes in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems

IR McFadden, A Sendek, M Brosse, PM Bach… - Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Human impacts such as habitat loss, climate change and biological invasions are radically
altering biodiversity, with greater effects projected into the future. Evidence suggests human …