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{"title":"Eyespot peek-a-boo: Leaf rolls enhance the antipredator effect of insect eyespots.","authors":"Elizabeth G Postema","doi":"10.1111/1365-2656.14232","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14232","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Animal colour patterns are often accompanied by specific, synergistic behaviours to most effectively defend prey against visual predators. Given the inherent context-dependence of colour perception, understanding how these colour-behaviour synergies function in a species' natural environment is crucial. For example, refuge-building species create a unique visual environment where most (or all) of the body is obscured unless closely inspected. How these built environments affect the perception of defensive colour patterns by predators is not well understood. Using artificial caterpillars that resemble a refuge-building species with conspicuous markings (Papilio troilus; Lepidoptera: Papilionidae), I tested the hypothesis that leaf rolls amplify the antipredator effect of this species' eyespots. I compared wild avian predation rates on 659 artificial swallowtail-like caterpillars from four treatment groups: eyespotted and non-eyespotted, and presented in leaf rolls or on open leaves of live host plants. In support of my hypothesis, eyespots only reduced predation for larvae in leaf rolls. On open leaves, eyespots had no antipredator effect. I also found that leaf rolls reduced predation in general for both eyespotted and non-eyespotted prey. These results highlight the importance of considering relevant behaviours in studies of animal coloration whenever possible, including behaviours that influence colour perception indirectly (e.g. through habitat use or modification).</p>","PeriodicalId":14934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Animal Ecology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142894565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Personality expression is shaped by the early experienced social context in predatory mites","authors":"Violette Chiara","doi":"10.1111/1365-2656.14229","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1365-2656.14229","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Research Highlights: Schausberger, P., &amp; Nguyen, T. H. (2024). Early social isolation disrupts adult personality expression in group-living mites. <i>Journal of Animal Ecology</i>. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14169. Personality traits in animals have been of great interest in the last decades. The number of studies demonstrating the existence of personality in a wide range of taxa is growing rapidly. Although the effect of early experience on later average values of behavioural traits is well documented, very few articles demonstrate the effects of those factors on personality expression itself. One factor in particular received very little, if not no, attention: social isolation. Although social isolation is known to have major impacts on later animal behaviour, it is still unknown whether it may favour or inhibit personality expression. In a recent study, Schausberger and Nguyen (2024) demonstrated that early-life social isolation had strong effects on adults of the predatory mite <i>Phytoseiulus persimilis</i>. They show for the first time that early social isolation decreased the expression of personality in the activity of adults when tested in a social context. Interestingly, they observed the opposite effect when the same mites were tested alone: previously isolated mites were highly repeatable but group-reared mites were not. Finally, they also show an indirect effect of early social isolation through mating: mating with a male who experienced social isolation increased the behavioural repeatability of females. This study not only reinforces the established understanding of personality but also paves the way for future research in the field.</p>","PeriodicalId":14934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Animal Ecology","volume":"94 1","pages":"7-10"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142780270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Erosion of behavioural plasticity and pace-of-life shifts under multigenerational pharmaceutical pollution","authors":"Clelia Gasparini","doi":"10.1111/1365-2656.14230","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1365-2656.14230","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Research Highlight</b>: Aich, U., Polverino, G., Yazdan Parast, F., Melo, G. C., Tan, H., Howells, J., Nosrati, R., &amp; Wong, B. B. M. (2024). Long-term effects of widespread pharmaceutical pollution on trade-offs between behavioural, life history and reproductive traits in fish. <i>Journal of Animal Ecology</i>. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14152. Pharmaceutical pollutants are increasingly common in aquatic ecosystems, and organisms living there are the unintended targets of these compounds, originally designed for humans. However, our understanding of these effects remains limited. In a recent study, Aich et al. (2024) investigated the effects of fluoxetine on a small freshwater fish, the guppy (<i>Poecilia reticulata</i>), with particular emphasis on behaviour. The authors found that, after multigenerational exposure to ecologically relevant concentrations of this compound, there was minimal impact on average behavioural traits at the population level. However, fluoxetine exposure reduced within-individual behavioural plasticity and altered the delicate equilibrium among these traits. These findings could have far-reaching evolutionary implications for how individuals and populations may respond to environmental changes and highlight the need for behavioural ecotoxicology to move beyond population-level effects. This research provides valuable insights into the subtle and multifaceted—yet profound—impacts of pollutants on ecological and evolutionary processes, highlighting the importance of studying behavioural responses at the individual level to predict how populations will respond to our rapidly changing world.</p>","PeriodicalId":14934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Animal Ecology","volume":"94 2","pages":"179-181"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142769155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Conceptualising ecology to support more theory-driven research","authors":"Roberto Salguero-Gómez,&nbsp;Darren M. Evans,&nbsp;Jean-Michel Gaillard,&nbsp;Lesley T. Lancaster,&nbsp;Nate Sanders,&nbsp;Milly Ivy Briden,&nbsp;Jennifer Meyer","doi":"10.1111/1365-2656.14206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14206","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;Concepts are abstract ideas that describe processes of interest. As such, concepts are the backbone to theories in any science. Concepts and theories are related in that novel theories cannot emerge without the existence of the solid concepts that underpin them. Indeed, Einstein and Darwin would not have been able to put forward their respective theories of relativity (Einstein, &lt;span&gt;1918&lt;/span&gt;) and evolution (Darwin, &lt;span&gt;1859&lt;/span&gt;) without the concepts of ‘gravity’ and ‘natural selection’. Concepts are not necessarily empirically testable, while theories must be.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Concepts are particularly useful to investigate and understand ecological systems because nature is complex. The development of concepts has historically enabled ecologists to better understand the interactions between organisms and their environments, as well as their underlying mechanisms. Indeed, ecological concepts encapsulate key processes such as energy transfer (e.g. ‘energy flows’, Lindeman, &lt;span&gt;1942&lt;/span&gt;), self-regulation (e.g. ‘density dependence’, Nicholson &amp; Bailey, &lt;span&gt;1935&lt;/span&gt;), species interactions (e.g. ‘competition’, Volterra, &lt;span&gt;1927&lt;/span&gt;; ‘facilitation’, Clements, &lt;span&gt;1916&lt;/span&gt;), or evolutionary dynamics (e.g. ‘fast evolution’, Reznick et al., &lt;span&gt;1990&lt;/span&gt;; ‘eco-evolutionary dynamics’, Pelletier et al., &lt;span&gt;2009&lt;/span&gt;). By providing a consistent structure to study ecological systems, ecological concepts allow researchers to classify life history strategies (Stearns, &lt;span&gt;1983&lt;/span&gt;; Stott et al., &lt;span&gt;2024&lt;/span&gt;), predict behaviours (Hamilton, &lt;span&gt;1964&lt;/span&gt;), quantify the stability and resilience of systems (Van Meerbeek et al., &lt;span&gt;2021&lt;/span&gt;), or identify key drivers of biodiversity (Mac Arthur &amp; Wilson, &lt;span&gt;1970&lt;/span&gt;). These foundational concepts integrate biology, evolution, environmental sciences, and conservation, enabling us to address global challenges such as resource depletion, climate change and biodiversity loss.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To further fuel the development and implementation of concepts in ecology, in 2020 &lt;i&gt;Journal of Animal Ecology&lt;/i&gt; added a seventh Article Type to its publishing portfolio: ‘Concepts’. The goal of Concept articles is to challenge existing paradigms or to introduce novel ideas that may guide the field of animal ecology in fresh directions and ultimately support more theory-driven research. Here, we provide some key examples of concepts that have helped advance ecology. In doing so, we also highlight contributions published in &lt;i&gt;Journal of Animal Ecology&lt;/i&gt;, and provide suggestions to authors interested in submitting Concept articles to the Journal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Other key concepts in ecology published by the Journals of the British Ecological Society can be found in this link: https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/learning-and-resources/career-development/key-concepts-in-ecology/.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Authors wishing to submit a &lt;i&gt;Concepts in Animal Ecology&lt;/i&gt; article are encouraged to contact ","PeriodicalId":14934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Animal Ecology","volume":"93 12","pages":"1814-1818"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2656.14206","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142764320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ecological and intrinsic drivers of foraging parameters of Eurasian lynx at a continental scale","authors":"Teresa Oliveira,&nbsp;Jenny Mattisson,&nbsp;Kristina Vogt,&nbsp;John Linnell,&nbsp;John Odden,&nbsp;Julian Oeser,&nbsp;Joseph Premier,&nbsp;Mariano Rodríguez-Recio,&nbsp;Elisa Belotti,&nbsp;Ludek Bufka,&nbsp;Rok Černe,&nbsp;Martin Duľa,&nbsp;Urša Fležar,&nbsp;Andrej Gonev,&nbsp;Micha Herdtfelder,&nbsp;Marco Heurich,&nbsp;Lan Hočevar,&nbsp;Tilen Hvala,&nbsp;Tomáš Iľko,&nbsp;Raido Kont,&nbsp;Petr Koubek,&nbsp;Jarmila Krojerová-Prokešová,&nbsp;Jakub Kubala,&nbsp;Marko Kübarsepp,&nbsp;Josip Kusak,&nbsp;Miroslav Kutal,&nbsp;Beňadik Machciník,&nbsp;Peep Männil,&nbsp;Dime Melovski,&nbsp;Paolo Molinari,&nbsp;Aivars Ornicāns,&nbsp;Aleksandar Pavlov,&nbsp;Maruša Prostor,&nbsp;Vedran Slijepčević,&nbsp;Peter Smolko,&nbsp;Branislav Tam,&nbsp;Miha Krofel","doi":"10.1111/1365-2656.14228","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1365-2656.14228","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":14934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Animal Ecology","volume":"94 1","pages":"154-167"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11730767/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142728884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Maternal effect senescence and caloric restriction interact to affect fitness through changes in life history timing","authors":"Christina M. Hernández,&nbsp;Silke F. van Daalen,&nbsp;Alyssa Liguori,&nbsp;Michael G. Neubert,&nbsp;Hal Caswell,&nbsp;Kristin E. Gribble","doi":"10.1111/1365-2656.14220","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1365-2656.14220","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":14934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Animal Ecology","volume":"94 1","pages":"99-111"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11730777/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142715850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bee fear responses are mediated by dopamine and influence cognition","authors":"Gaoying Gu,&nbsp;Ziqi Wang,&nbsp;Tao Lin,&nbsp;Sainan Wang,&nbsp;Jianjun Li,&nbsp;Shihao Dong,&nbsp;James C. Nieh,&nbsp;Ken Tan","doi":"10.1111/1365-2656.14224","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1365-2656.14224","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":14934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Animal Ecology","volume":"94 1","pages":"112-124"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142675884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reproductive success and offspring survival decline for female elephant seals past prime age","authors":"Allison R. Payne,&nbsp;Max F. Czapanskiy,&nbsp;A. Marm Kilpatrick,&nbsp;Patrick W. Robinson,&nbsp;Cara M. O. Munro,&nbsp;Kelli Ong,&nbsp;Adrien Bastidas,&nbsp;Alegra O. Negrete,&nbsp;Brecken Theders,&nbsp;Bryn Stillwell,&nbsp;Danissa Coffey,&nbsp;Elijah Schweitzer,&nbsp;Elise Baugh,&nbsp;Jasmine Salazar,&nbsp;Keenan Chau-Pech,&nbsp;Mason Rodrigues,&nbsp;Mimi Chavez,&nbsp;Savanna Wright,&nbsp;Sofia Rivas,&nbsp;Joanne Reiter,&nbsp;Daniel P. Costa,&nbsp;Roxanne S. Beltran","doi":"10.1111/1365-2656.14226","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1365-2656.14226","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":14934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Animal Ecology","volume":"94 3","pages":"423-435"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2656.14226","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142675061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Long-term multi-species demographic studies reveal divergent negative impacts of winter storms on seabird survival","authors":"Kirsty Laurenson,&nbsp;Matt J. Wood,&nbsp;Tim R. Birkhead,&nbsp;Matthew D. K. Priestley,&nbsp;Richard B. Sherley,&nbsp;Annette L. Fayet,&nbsp;Tim Guilford,&nbsp;Ben J. Hatchwell,&nbsp;Stephen C. Votier","doi":"10.1111/1365-2656.14227","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1365-2656.14227","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":14934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Animal Ecology","volume":"94 1","pages":"139-153"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11729536/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142675885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A ‘how-to’ guide for estimating animal diel activity using hierarchical models","authors":"Fabiola Iannarilli,&nbsp;Brian D. Gerber,&nbsp;John Erb,&nbsp;John R. Fieberg","doi":"10.1111/1365-2656.14213","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1365-2656.14213","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":14934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Animal Ecology","volume":"94 2","pages":"182-194"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2656.14213","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142667810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}