Temperature impacts all behavioral interactions during insect and arachnid reproduction

NT Leith, A Macchiano, MP Moore… - Current Opinion in Insect …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•The expression and outcomes of mating behaviors vary as complex, continuous
functions of temperature.•Thermal mating windows emerge from sex-specific effects on …

The ecological causes and consequences of hard and soft selection

DA Bell, RP Kovach, ZL Robinson, AR Whiteley… - Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Interactions between natural selection and population dynamics are central to both
evolutionary‐ecology and biological responses to anthropogenic change. Natural selection …

Reproducing in hot water: Experimental heatwaves deteriorate multiple reproductive traits in a freshwater ectotherm

MC Breedveld, A Devigili, O Borgheresi… - Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Heatwaves are occurring at an increasing frequency and intensity under ongoing climate
change. As many reproductive traits—including mating behaviour and gamete traits—are …

Sex-specific ornament evolution is a consistent feature of climatic adaptation across space and time in dragonflies

MP Moore, K Hersch, C Sricharoen… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Adaptation to different climates fuels the origins and maintenance of biodiversity. Detailing
how organisms optimize fitness for their local climates is therefore an essential goal in …

[HTML][HTML] Meta-analysis reveals an extreme “decline effect” in the impacts of ocean acidification on fish behavior

JC Clements, J Sundin, TD Clark, F Jutfelt - PLoS biology, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Ocean acidification—decreasing oceanic pH resulting from the uptake of excess
atmospheric CO2—has the potential to affect marine life in the future. Among the possible …

Evolutionary interactions between thermal ecology and sexual selection

NT Leith, KD Fowler‐Finn, MP Moore - Ecology Letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal ecology and mate competition are both pervasive features of ecological adaptation.
A surge of recent work has uncovered the diversity of ways in which temperature affects …

Sexual dimorphism in phenotypic plasticity and persistence under environmental change: An extension of theory and meta‐analysis of current data

S Hangartner, CM Sgrò, T Connallon… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Populations must adapt to environmental changes to remain viable. Both evolution and
phenotypic plasticity contribute to adaptation, with plasticity possibly being more important …

Population density affects sexual selection in an insect model

L Winkler, R Eilhardt, T Janicke - Functional Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the impact of demographic and ecological factors on the strength of sexual
selection is pivotal to predict eco‐evolutionary dynamics in populations facing …

Selection on phenotypic plasticity favors thermal canalization

EI Svensson, M Gomez-Llano… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Climate change affects organisms worldwide with profound ecological and evolutionary
consequences, often increasing population extinction risk. Climatic factors can increase the …

Fertilization mode differentially impacts the evolution of vertebrate sperm components

AF Kahrl, RR Snook, JL Fitzpatrick - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Environmental change frequently drives morphological diversification, including at the
cellular level. Transitions in the environment where fertilization occurs (ie, fertilization mode) …