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{"title":"Minimal Compositionality versus Bird Implicatures: two theories of ABC-D sequences in Japanese tits","authors":"Philippe Schlenker,&nbsp;Ambre Salis,&nbsp;Maël Leroux,&nbsp;Camille Coye,&nbsp;Luigi Rizzi,&nbsp;Shane Steinert-Threlkeld,&nbsp;Emmanuel Chemla","doi":"10.1111/brv.13068","DOIUrl":"10.1111/brv.13068","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>It was argued in a series of experimental studies that Japanese tits (<i>Parus minor</i>) have an ABC call that has an alert function, a D call that has a recruitment function, and an ABC-D call that is compositionally derived from ABC and D, and has a mobbing function. A key conclusion was that ABC-D differs from the combination of separate utterances of ABC and of D (e.g. as played by distinct but close loudspeakers). While the logic of the argument is arguably sound, no explicit rule has been proposed to derive the meaning of ABC-D from that of its parts. We compare two analyses. One posits a limited instance of semantic compositionality (‘Minimal Compositionality’); the other does without compositionality, but uses instead a more sophisticated pragmatics (‘Bird Implicatures’). Minimal Compositionality takes the composition of ABC and D to deviate only minimally from what would be found with two independent utterances: ABC means that ‘there is something that licenses an alert’, D means that ‘there is something that licenses recruitment’, and ABC-D means that ‘there is something that licenses both an alert and recruitment’. By contrast, ABC and D as independent utterances yield something weaker, namely: ‘there is something that licenses an alert, and there is something that licenses recruitment’, without any ‘binding’ across the two utterances. The second theory, Bird Implicatures, only requires that ABC-D should be more informative than ABC, and/or than D. It builds on the idea, proposed for several monkey species, that a less-informative call competes with a more informative one (the ‘Informativity Principle’): when produced alone, ABC and D trigger an inference that ABC-D is false. We explain how both Minimal Compositionality and Bird Implicatures could have evolved, and we compare the predictions of the two theories. Finally, we extend the discussion to some chimpanzee and meerkat sequences that might raise related theoretical problems.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":133,"journal":{"name":"Biological Reviews","volume":"99 4","pages":"1278-1297"},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140304107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Wilding cities for biodiversity and people: a transdisciplinary framework","authors":"Sébastien Bonthoux,&nbsp;Simon Chollet","doi":"10.1111/brv.13076","DOIUrl":"10.1111/brv.13076","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Accelerating urbanisation and associated lifestyle changes result in loss of biodiversity and diminished wellbeing of people through fewer direct interactions and experiences with nature. In this review, we propose the notion of urban wilding (the promotion of autonomous ecological processes that are independent of historical land-use conditions, with minimal direct human maintenance and planting interventions) and investigate its propensity to improve biodiversity and people–nature connections in cities. Through a large interdisciplinary synthesis, we explore the ecological mechanisms through which urban wilding can promote biodiversity in cities, investigate the attitudes and relations of city dwellers towards urban wild spaces, and discuss the integration of urban wilding into the fabric of cities and its governance. We show that favouring assembly spontaneity by reducing planting interventions, and functional spontaneity by limiting maintenance practices, can promote plant diversity and provide ecological resources for numerous organisms at habitat and city scales. These processes could reverse biotic homogenisation, but further studies are needed to understand the effects of wilding on invasive species and their consequences. From a socio-ecological perspective, the attitudes of city dwellers towards spontaneous vegetation are modulated by successional stages, with grassland and woodland stages preferred, but dense shrubby vegetation stages disliked. Wild spaces can diversify physical interactions with nature, and enrich multi-sensory, affective and cognitive experiences of nature in cities. However, some aspects of wild spaces can cause anxiety, feeling unsafe, and the perception of abandonment. These negative attitudes could be mitigated by subtle design and maintenance interventions. While nature has long been thought of as ornamental and instrumental in cities, urban wilding could help to develop relational and intrinsic values of nature in the fabric of cities. Wildness and its singular aesthetics should be combined with cultural norms, resident uses and urban functions to plan and design urban spatial configurations promoting human–non-human cohabitation. For urban wilding to be socially just and adapted to the needs of residents, its implementation should be backed by inclusive governance opening up discussion forums to residents and urban workers. Scientists can support these changes by collaborating with urban actors to design and experiment with new wild spaces promoting biodiversity and wellbeing of people in cities.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":133,"journal":{"name":"Biological Reviews","volume":"99 4","pages":"1458-1480"},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140183216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Carrion ecology in inland aquatic ecosystems: a systematic review","authors":"Adrian Orihuela-Torres,&nbsp;Zebensui Morales-Reyes,&nbsp;Virgilio Hermoso,&nbsp;Félix Picazo,&nbsp;David Sánchez Fernández,&nbsp;Juan M. Pérez-García,&nbsp;Francisco Botella,&nbsp;José A. Sánchez-Zapata,&nbsp;Esther Sebastián-González","doi":"10.1111/brv.13075","DOIUrl":"10.1111/brv.13075","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;Carrion ecology, i.e. the decomposition and recycling of dead animals, has traditionally been neglected as a key process in ecosystem functioning. Similarly, despite the large threats that inland aquatic ecosystems (hereafter, aquatic ecosystems) face, the scientific literature is still largely biased towards terrestrial ecosystems. However, there has been an increasing number of studies on carrion ecology in aquatic ecosystems in the last two decades, highlighting their key role in nutrient recirculation and disease control. Thus, a global assessment of the ecological role of scavengers and carrion in aquatic ecosystems is timely. Here, we systematically reviewed scientific articles on carrion ecology in aquatic ecosystems to describe current knowledge, identify research gaps, and promote future studies that will deepen our understanding in this field. We found 206 relevant studies, which were highly biased towards North America, especially in lotic ecosystems, covering short time periods, and overlooking seasonality, a crucial factor in scavenging dynamics. Despite the low number of studies on scavenger assemblages, we recorded 55 orders of invertebrates from 179 families, with Diptera and Coleoptera being the most frequent orders. For vertebrates, we recorded 114 species from 40 families, with birds and mammals being the most common. Our results emphasise the significance of scavengers in stabilising food webs and facilitating nutrient cycling within aquatic ecosystems. Studies were strongly biased towards the assessment of the ecosystem effects of carrion, particularly of salmon carcasses in North America. The second most common research topic was the foraging ecology of vertebrates, which was mostly evaluated through sporadic observations of carrion in the diet. Articles assessing scavenger assemblages were scarce, and only a limited number of these studies evaluated carrion consumption patterns, which serve as a proxy for the role of scavengers in the ecosystem. The ecological functions performed by carrion and scavengers in aquatic ecosystems were diverse. The main ecological functions were carrion as food source and the role of scavengers in nutrient cycling, which appeared in 52.4% (&lt;i&gt;N&lt;/i&gt; = 108) and 46.1% (&lt;i&gt;N&lt;/i&gt; = 95) of publications, respectively. Ecosystem threats associated with carrion ecology were also identified, the most common being water eutrophication and carrion as source of pathogens (2.4%; &lt;i&gt;N&lt;/i&gt; = 5 each). Regarding the effects of carrion on ecosystems, we found studies spanning all ecosystem components (&lt;i&gt;N&lt;/i&gt; = 85), from soil or the water column to terrestrial vertebrates, with a particular focus on aquatic invertebrates and fish. Most of these articles found positive effects of carrion on ecosystems (e.g. higher species richness, abundance or fitness; 84.7%; &lt;i&gt;N&lt;/i&gt; = 72), while a minority found negative effects, changes in community composition, or even no effects. Enhancing our understanding of scavengers","PeriodicalId":133,"journal":{"name":"Biological Reviews","volume":"99 4","pages":"1425-1443"},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/brv.13075","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140173678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Taming the terminological tempest in invasion science","authors":"Ismael Soto,&nbsp;Paride Balzani,&nbsp;Laís Carneiro,&nbsp;Ross N. Cuthbert,&nbsp;Rafael Macêdo,&nbsp;Ali Serhan Tarkan,&nbsp;Danish A. Ahmed,&nbsp;Alok Bang,&nbsp;Karolina Bacela-Spychalska,&nbsp;Sarah A. Bailey,&nbsp;Thomas Baudry,&nbsp;Liliana Ballesteros-Mejia,&nbsp;Alejandro Bortolus,&nbsp;Elizabeta Briski,&nbsp;J. Robert Britton,&nbsp;Miloš Buřič,&nbsp;Morelia Camacho-Cervantes,&nbsp;Carlos Cano-Barbacil,&nbsp;Denis Copilaș-Ciocianu,&nbsp;Neil E. Coughlan,&nbsp;Pierre Courtois,&nbsp;Zoltán Csabai,&nbsp;Tatenda Dalu,&nbsp;Vanessa De Santis,&nbsp;James W. E. Dickey,&nbsp;Romina D. Dimarco,&nbsp;Jannike Falk-Andersson,&nbsp;Romina D. Fernandez,&nbsp;Margarita Florencio,&nbsp;Ana Clara S. Franco,&nbsp;Emili García-Berthou,&nbsp;Daniela Giannetto,&nbsp;Milka M. Glavendekic,&nbsp;Michał Grabowski,&nbsp;Gustavo Heringer,&nbsp;Ileana Herrera,&nbsp;Wei Huang,&nbsp;Katie L. Kamelamela,&nbsp;Natalia I. Kirichenko,&nbsp;Antonín Kouba,&nbsp;Melina Kourantidou,&nbsp;Irmak Kurtul,&nbsp;Gabriel Laufer,&nbsp;Boris Lipták,&nbsp;Chunlong Liu,&nbsp;Eugenia López-López,&nbsp;Vanessa Lozano,&nbsp;Stefano Mammola,&nbsp;Agnese Marchini,&nbsp;Valentyna Meshkova,&nbsp;Marco Milardi,&nbsp;Dmitrii L. Musolin,&nbsp;Martin A. Nuñez,&nbsp;Francisco J. Oficialdegui,&nbsp;Jiří Patoka,&nbsp;Zarah Pattison,&nbsp;Daniel Pincheira-Donoso,&nbsp;Marina Piria,&nbsp;Anna F. Probert,&nbsp;Jes Jessen Rasmussen,&nbsp;David Renault,&nbsp;Filipe Ribeiro,&nbsp;Gil Rilov,&nbsp;Tamara B. Robinson,&nbsp;Axel E. Sanchez,&nbsp;Evangelina Schwindt,&nbsp;Josie South,&nbsp;Peter Stoett,&nbsp;Hugo Verreycken,&nbsp;Lorenzo Vilizzi,&nbsp;Yong-Jian Wang,&nbsp;Yuya Watari,&nbsp;Priscilla M. Wehi,&nbsp;András Weiperth,&nbsp;Peter Wiberg-Larsen,&nbsp;Sercan Yapıcı,&nbsp;Baran Yoğurtçuoğlu,&nbsp;Rafael D. Zenni,&nbsp;Bella S. Galil,&nbsp;Jaimie T. A. Dick,&nbsp;James C. Russell,&nbsp;Anthony Ricciardi,&nbsp;Daniel Simberloff,&nbsp;Corey J. A. Bradshaw,&nbsp;Phillip J. Haubrock","doi":"10.1111/brv.13071","DOIUrl":"10.1111/brv.13071","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Standardised terminology in science is important for clarity of interpretation and communication. In invasion science – a dynamic and rapidly evolving discipline – the proliferation of technical terminology has lacked a standardised framework for its development. The result is a convoluted and inconsistent usage of terminology, with various discrepancies in descriptions of damage and interventions. A standardised framework is therefore needed for a clear, universally applicable, and consistent terminology to promote more effective communication across researchers, stakeholders, and policymakers. Inconsistencies in terminology stem from the exponential increase in scientific publications on the patterns and processes of biological invasions authored by experts from various disciplines and countries since the 1990s, as well as publications by legislators and policymakers focusing on practical applications, regulations, and management of resources. Aligning and standardising terminology across stakeholders remains a challenge in invasion science. Here, we review and evaluate the multiple terms used in invasion science (e.g. ‘non-native’, ‘alien’, ‘invasive’ or ‘invader’, ‘exotic’, ‘non-indigenous’, ‘naturalised’, ‘pest’) to propose a more simplified and standardised terminology. The streamlined framework we propose and translate into 28 other languages is based on the terms (<i>i</i>) ‘non-native’, denoting species transported beyond their natural biogeographic range, (<i>ii</i>) ‘established non-native’, i.e. those non-native species that have established self-sustaining populations in their new location(s) in the wild, and (<i>iii</i>) ‘invasive non-native’ – populations of established non-native species that have recently spread or are spreading rapidly in their invaded range actively or passively with or without human mediation. We also highlight the importance of conceptualising ‘spread’ for classifying invasiveness and ‘impact’ for management. Finally, we propose a protocol for classifying populations based on (<i>i</i>) dispersal mechanism, (<i>ii</i>) species origin, (<i>iii</i>) population status, and (<i>iv</i>) impact. Collectively and without introducing new terminology, the framework that we present aims to facilitate effective communication and collaboration in invasion science and management of non-native species.</p>","PeriodicalId":133,"journal":{"name":"Biological Reviews","volume":"99 4","pages":"1357-1390"},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/brv.13071","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140157217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Avian colouration in a polluted world: a meta-analysis","authors":"Katarzyna Janas,&nbsp;Agnieszka Gudowska,&nbsp;Szymon M. Drobniak","doi":"10.1111/brv.13067","DOIUrl":"10.1111/brv.13067","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Brilliant, diverse colour ornaments of birds were one of the crucial cues that led Darwin to the idea of sexual selection. Although avian colouration plays many functions, including concealment, thermoregulation, or advertisement as a distasteful prey, a quality-signalling role in sexual selection has attracted most research attention. Sexually selected ornaments are thought to be more susceptible to external stressors than naturally selected traits, and as such, they might be used as a test for environmental quality. For this reason, the last two decades have seen numerous studies on the impact of anthropogenic pollution on the expression of various avian colour traits. Herein, we provide the first meta-analytical summary of these results and examine whether there is an interaction between the mechanism of colour production (carotenoid-based, melanin-based and structural) and the type of anthropogenic factor (categorised as heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants, urbanisation, or other). Following the assumption of heightened condition dependence of ornaments under sexual selection, we also expected the magnitude of effect sizes to be higher in males. The overall effect size was close to significance and negative, supporting a general detrimental impact of anthropogenic pollutants on avian colouration. In contrast to expectations, there was no interaction between pollution types and colour-producing mechanisms. Yet there were significant differences in sensitivity between colour-producing mechanisms, with carotenoid-based colouration being the most affected by anthropogenic environmental disturbances. Moreover, we observed no significant tendency towards heightened sensitivity in males. We identified a publication gap on structural colouration, which, compared to pigment-based colouration, remains markedly understudied and should thus be prioritised in future research. Finally, we call for the unification of methods used in colour quantification in ecological research to ensure comparability of results among studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":133,"journal":{"name":"Biological Reviews","volume":"99 4","pages":"1261-1277"},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/brv.13067","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140142409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Functional specialisation and coordination of myonuclei","authors":"Amaury Korb,&nbsp;Shahragim Tajbakhsh,&nbsp;Glenda E. Comai","doi":"10.1111/brv.13063","DOIUrl":"10.1111/brv.13063","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Myofibres serve as the functional unit for locomotion, with the sarcomere as fundamental subunit. Running the entire length of this structure are hundreds of myonuclei, located at the periphery of the myofibre, juxtaposed to the plasma membrane. Myonuclear specialisation and clustering at the centre and ends of the fibre are known to be essential for muscle contraction, yet the molecular basis of this regionalisation has remained unclear. While the ‘myonuclear domain hypothesis’ helped explain how myonuclei can independently govern large cytoplasmic territories, novel technologies have provided granularity on the diverse transcriptional programs running simultaneously within the syncytia and added a new perspective on how myonuclei communicate. Building upon this, we explore the critical cellular and molecular sources of transcriptional and functional heterogeneity within myofibres, discussing the impact of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on myonuclear programs. This knowledge provides new insights for understanding muscle development, repair, and disease, but also opens avenues for the development of novel and precise therapeutic approaches.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":133,"journal":{"name":"Biological Reviews","volume":"99 4","pages":"1164-1195"},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140108539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Overcoming confusion and stigma in habitat fragmentation research","authors":"Federico Riva,&nbsp;Nicola Koper,&nbsp;Lenore Fahrig","doi":"10.1111/brv.13073","DOIUrl":"10.1111/brv.13073","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Anthropogenic habitat loss is widely recognized as a primary environmental concern. By contrast, debates on the effects of habitat fragmentation persist. To facilitate overcoming these debates, here we: (<i>i</i>) review the state of the literature on habitat fragmentation, finding widespread confusion and stigma; (<i>ii</i>) identify consequences of this for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management; and (<i>iii</i>) suggest ways in which research can move forward to resolve these problems.</p><p>Confusion is evident from the 25 most-cited fragmentation articles published between 2017 and 2021. These articles use five distinct concepts of habitat fragmentation, only one of which clearly distinguishes habitat fragmentation from habitat area and other factors (‘fragmentation <i>per se</i>’). Stigmatization is evident from our new findings that fragmentation papers are more charged with negative sentiments when compared to papers from other subfields in the environmental sciences, and that fragmentation papers with more negative sentiments are cited more.</p><p>While most empirical studies of habitat fragmentation <i>per se</i> find neutral or positive effects on species and biodiversity outcomes, which implies that small habitat patches have a high cumulative value, confusion and stigma in reporting and discussing such results have led to suboptimal habitat protection policy. For example, government agencies, conservation organizations, and land trusts impose minimum habitat patch sizes on habitat protection. Given the high cumulative value of small patches, such policies mean that many opportunities for conservation are being missed.</p><p>Our review highlights the importance of reducing confusion and stigma in habitat fragmentation research. To this end, we propose implementing study designs in which multiple sample landscapes are selected across independent gradients of habitat amount and fragmentation, measured as patch density. We show that such designs are possible for forest habitat across Earth's biomes. As such study designs are adopted, and as language becomes more precise, we expect that confusion and stigma in habitat fragmentation research will dissipate. We also expect important breakthroughs in understanding the situations where effects of habitat fragmentation <i>per se</i> are neutral, positive, or negative, and the reasons for these differences. Ultimately this will improve efficacy of area-based conservation policies, to the benefit of biodiversity and people.</p>","PeriodicalId":133,"journal":{"name":"Biological Reviews","volume":"99 4","pages":"1411-1424"},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/brv.13073","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140108540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Social life results in social stress protection: a novel concept to explain individual life-history patterns in social insects","authors":"Alexander Walton,&nbsp;Jacob J. Herman,&nbsp;Olav Rueppell","doi":"10.1111/brv.13074","DOIUrl":"10.1111/brv.13074","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Resistance to and avoidance of stress slow aging and confer increased longevity in numerous organisms. Honey bees and other superorganismal social insects have two main advantages over solitary species to avoid or resist stress: individuals can directly help each other by resource or information transfer, and they can cooperatively control their environment. These benefits have been recognised in the context of pathogen and parasite stress as the concept of social immunity, which has been extensively studied. However, we argue that social immunity is only a special case of a general concept that we define here as social stress protection to include group-level defences against all biotic and abiotic stressors. We reason that social stress protection may have allowed the evolution of reduced individual-level defences and individual life-history optimization, including the exceptional aging plasticity of many social insects. We describe major categories of stress and how a colonial lifestyle may protect social insects, particularly against temporary peaks of extreme stress. We use the honey bee (<i>Apis mellifera</i> L.) to illustrate how patterns of life expectancy may be explained by social stress protection and how modern beekeeping practices can disrupt social stress protection. We conclude that the broad concept of social stress protection requires rigorous empirical testing because it may have implications for our general understanding of social evolution and specifically for improving honey bee health.</p>","PeriodicalId":133,"journal":{"name":"Biological Reviews","volume":"99 4","pages":"1444-1457"},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/brv.13074","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140100541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Diversity and function of fluorescent molecules in marine animals","authors":"Lars H. Poding,&nbsp;Peter Jägers,&nbsp;Stefan Herlitze,&nbsp;Mareike Huhn","doi":"10.1111/brv.13072","DOIUrl":"10.1111/brv.13072","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Fluorescence in marine animals has mainly been studied in Cnidaria but is found in many different phyla such as Annelida, Crustacea, Mollusca, and Chordata. While many fluorescent proteins and molecules have been identified, very little information is available about the biological functions of fluorescence. In this review, we focus on describing the occurrence of fluorescence in marine animals and the behavioural and physiological functions of fluorescent molecules based on experimental approaches. These biological functions of fluorescence range from prey and symbiont attraction, photoprotection, photoenhancement, stress mitigation, mimicry, and aposematism to inter- and intraspecific communication. We provide a comprehensive list of marine taxa that utilise fluorescence, including demonstrated effects on behavioural or physiological responses. We describe the numerous known functions of fluorescence in anthozoans and their underlying molecular mechanisms. We also highlight that other marine taxa should be studied regarding the functions of fluorescence. We suggest that an increase in research effort in this field could contribute to understanding the capacity of marine animals to respond to negative effects of climate change, such as rising sea temperatures and increasing intensities of solar irradiation.</p>","PeriodicalId":133,"journal":{"name":"Biological Reviews","volume":"99 4","pages":"1391-1410"},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/brv.13072","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140100495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Animal migration in the Anthropocene: threats and mitigation options","authors":"Steven J. Cooke,&nbsp;Morgan L. Piczak,&nbsp;Navinder J. Singh,&nbsp;Susanne Åkesson,&nbsp;Adam T. Ford,&nbsp;Shawan Chowdhury,&nbsp;Greg W. Mitchell,&nbsp;D. Ryan Norris,&nbsp;Molly Hardesty-Moore,&nbsp;Douglas McCauley,&nbsp;Neil Hammerschlag,&nbsp;Marlee A. Tucker,&nbsp;Joshua J. Horns,&nbsp;Ryan R. Reisinger,&nbsp;Vojtěch Kubelka,&nbsp;Robert J. Lennox","doi":"10.1111/brv.13066","DOIUrl":"10.1111/brv.13066","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Animal migration has fascinated scientists and the public alike for centuries, yet migratory animals are facing diverse threats that could lead to their demise. The Anthropocene is characterised by the reality that humans are the dominant force on Earth, having manifold negative effects on biodiversity and ecosystem function. Considerable research focus has been given to assessing anthropogenic impacts on the numerical abundance of species/populations, whereas relatively less attention has been devoted to animal migration. However, there are clear linkages, for example, where human-driven impacts on migration behaviour can lead to population/species declines or even extinction. Here, we explore anthropogenic threats to migratory animals (in all domains – aquatic, terrestrial, and aerial) using International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Threat Taxonomy classifications. We reveal the diverse threats (e.g. human development, disease, invasive species, climate change, exploitation, pollution) that impact migratory wildlife in varied ways spanning taxa, life stages and type of impact (e.g. from direct mortality to changes in behaviour, health, and physiology). Notably, these threats often interact in complex and unpredictable ways to the detriment of wildlife, further complicating management. Fortunately, we are beginning to identify strategies for conserving and managing migratory animals in the Anthropocene. We provide a set of strategies that, if embraced, have the potential to ensure that migratory animals, and the important ecological functions sustained by migration, persist.</p>","PeriodicalId":133,"journal":{"name":"Biological Reviews","volume":"99 4","pages":"1242-1260"},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/brv.13066","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140026964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}