Martin Streinzer, Nicolas Roth, Hannes F Paulus, Johannes Spaethe
{"title":"Color preference and spatial distribution of glaphyrid beetles suggest a key role in the maintenance of the color polymorphism in the peacock anemone (Anemone pavonina, Ranunculaceae) in Northern Greece.","authors":"Martin Streinzer, Nicolas Roth, Hannes F Paulus, Johannes Spaethe","doi":"10.1007/s00359-019-01360-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00359-019-01360-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the Mediterranean region, a group of unrelated plant species share an unusual deep-red flower color and are pollinated by glaphyrid beetles. Some of these species possess different color morphs, but the mechanisms maintaining this color polymorphism are unknown. The peacock anemone, Anemone pavonina, is a color polymorphic species with red or purple flowers. We investigated the spatial distribution of its color morphs and its potential glaphyrid pollinators, Pygopleurus spp., along an elevational gradient on the southern slopes of Mount Olympus, Greece. We found a correlation between relative proportions of the two color morphs with both elevation and beetle abundance. At low elevations (< 1000 m a.s.l.), beetles were abundant and anemone populations comprised only red flowers. Above a steep transition zone with mixed-colored populations (c. 1000-1300 m) most flowers were purple and beetles were rare. Color-trapping experiments revealed a strong preference for red over other colors in beetles and colorimetric modeling suggests that a simple chromatic mechanism is sufficient to explain their color choices. We thus hypothesize that beetles select for red flowers and that with increasing elevation and decreasing beetle density, other flower visitors (e.g., bees) gain importance as pollinators and select for a different color.</p>","PeriodicalId":15397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Physiology A","volume":"3 1","pages":"735-743"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91065069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Level-dependent masking of the auditory evoked responses in a dolphin: manifestation of the compressive nonlinearity","authors":"V. Popov, D. Nechaev, E. Sysueva, A. Supin","doi":"10.1007/s00359-019-01370-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-019-01370-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Physiology A","volume":"15 1","pages":"839 - 846"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83703621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. McGee, P. Nelson, Julia B. Ponder, J. Marr, P. Redig, E. Walsh
{"title":"Auditory performance in bald eagles and red-tailed hawks: a comparative study of hearing in diurnal raptors","authors":"J. McGee, P. Nelson, Julia B. Ponder, J. Marr, P. Redig, E. Walsh","doi":"10.1007/s00359-019-01367-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-019-01367-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Physiology A","volume":"32 1","pages":"793 - 811"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78856336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chance Bainbridge, Ben Clites, C. Caldart, Bridgitte E. Palacios, K. Rollins, D. Golombek, J. T. Pierce, A. Vidal-Gadea
{"title":"Factors that influence magnetic orientation in Caenorhabditis elegans","authors":"Chance Bainbridge, Ben Clites, C. Caldart, Bridgitte E. Palacios, K. Rollins, D. Golombek, J. T. Pierce, A. Vidal-Gadea","doi":"10.1007/s00359-019-01364-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-019-01364-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Physiology A","volume":"112 1","pages":"343 - 352"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86219390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mating triggers an up-regulation of vitellogenin and defensin in ant queens","authors":"Sarah Chérasse, P. Dacquin, S. Aron","doi":"10.1007/s00359-019-01362-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-019-01362-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Physiology A","volume":"4 1","pages":"745 - 753"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83009520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Energy metabolism during endurance flight and the post-flight recovery phase.","authors":"Susanne Jenni-Eiermann","doi":"10.1007/s00359-017-1150-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00359-017-1150-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Migrating birds are known to fly non-stop for thousands of kilometres without food or water intake and at a high metabolic rate thereby relying on energy stores which were built up preceding a flight bout. Hence, from a physiological point of view the metabolism of a migrant has to switch between an active fasting phase during flight and a fuelling phase during stopover. To meet the energetic and water requirements of endurance flight, migratory birds have to store an optimal fuel composition and they have to be able to quickly mobilize and deliver sufficient energy to the working flight muscles. After flight, birds have to recover from a strenuous exercise and sleeplessness, but, at the same time, they have to be alert to escape from predators and to prepare the next flight bout. In this overview, metabolic adaptations of free-ranging migrants to both phases will be presented and compared with results from windtunnel studies. The questions whether migratory strategy (long distance versus short distance) and diet composition influence the metabolic pathways will be discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":15397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Physiology A","volume":"386 1","pages":"431-438"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85481820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Endocrine regulation of fueling by hyperphagia in migratory birds","authors":"C. Eikenaar","doi":"10.1007/s00359-017-1152-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-017-1152-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Physiology A","volume":"126 1","pages":"439 - 445"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73258516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Phase-locking behavior in a high-frequency gymnotiform weakly electric fish, Adontosternarchus.","authors":"Masashi Kawasaki, John Leonard","doi":"10.1007/s00359-017-1148-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00359-017-1148-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An apteronotid weakly electric fish, Adontosternarchus, emits high-frequency electric organ discharges (700-1500 Hz) which are stable in frequency if no other fish or artificial signals are present. When encountered with an artificial signal of higher frequency than the fish's discharge, the fish raised its discharge frequency and eventually matched its own frequency to that of the artificial signal. At this moment, phase locking was observed, where the timing of the fish's discharge was precisely stabilized at a particular phase of the artificial signal over a long period of time (up to minutes) with microsecond precision. Analyses of the phase-locking behaviors revealed that the phase values of the artificial stimulus at which the fish stabilizes the phase of its own discharge (called lock-in phases) have three populations between -180° and +180°. During the frequency rise and the phase-locking behavior, the electrosensory system is exposed to the mixture of feedback signals from its electric organ discharges and the artificial signal. Since the signal mixture modulates in both amplitude and phase, we explored whether amplitude or phase information participated in driving the phase-locking behavior, using a numerical model. The model which incorporates only amplitude information well predicted the three populations of lock-in phases. When phase information was removed from the electrosensory stimulus, phase-locking behavior was still observed. These results suggest that phase-locking behavior of Adontosternarchus requires amplitude information but not phase information available in the electrosensory stimulus.</p>","PeriodicalId":15397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Physiology A","volume":"41 1","pages":"151-162"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87877667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}