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Environmental interference 环境干扰

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Biology & Philosophy Pub Date : 2024-09-17 DOI: 10.1007/s10539-024-09955-z

Karen Kovaka

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Trait-centered vs. fitness-centered definitions of natural selection 以性状为中心的自然选择定义与以适应性为中心的自然选择定义

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Biology & Philosophy Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI: 10.1007/s10539-024-09965-x

Ciprian Jeler

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Exploration and perspectival modelling with model organisms: developmental biology as a case study 利用模式生物进行探索和视角建模：发育生物学案例研究

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Biology & Philosophy Pub Date : 2024-09-09 DOI: 10.1007/s10539-024-09964-y

Juan Larraín

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Different kinds of data: samples and the relational framework 不同类型的数据：样本和关系框架

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Biology & Philosophy Pub Date : 2024-09-09 DOI: 10.1007/s10539-024-09962-0

Aline Potiron

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The evolution of reproductive characters: an organismal-relational approach 生殖特征的进化：一种生物体关系方法

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Biology & Philosophy Pub Date : 2024-09-09 DOI: 10.1007/s10539-024-09961-1

David Cortés-García, Arantza Etxeberria, Laura Nuño de la Rosa

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Explanatory gaps in evolutionary theory 进化论中的解释性缺陷

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Biology & Philosophy Pub Date : 2024-09-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10539-024-09957-x

Bendik Hellem Aaby, Gianmaria Dani, Grant Ramsey

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Teaching and the origin of the normativity 教学与规范性的起源

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Biology & Philosophy Pub Date : 2024-09-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10539-024-09960-2

Laureano Castro, Miguel Ángel Castro-Nogueira, Miguel Ángel Toro

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Behavioural ecology of sexual autonomy and the case of protection against risky courtship 性自主的行为生态学和防止危险求偶的案例

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Biology & Philosophy Pub Date : 2024-08-27 DOI: 10.1007/s10539-024-09963-z

Jan Verpooten

{"title":"Behavioural ecology of sexual autonomy and the case of protection against risky courtship","authors":"Jan Verpooten","doi":"10.1007/s10539-024-09963-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-024-09963-z","url":null,"abstract":"Evolutionary changes and interspecific diversity in sexual coercion and autonomy are often linked to indirect selection on mate preferences. Yet, this approach overlooks the small fraction of indirect selection in total selection on mate choice and assumes unnecessarily specific conditions in the recent ‘autonomy-enhancing’ risk-reduction model. This paper proposes a more parsimonious approach based on direct selection and basic signalling theory, incorporating ecological variables to better explain sexual biodiversity. Particularly, the spatial dimensionality of mating environments is emphasized for its role in enhancing sexual freedom through both diminishing monopolization and elevating escape potential from sexual coercion. Empirical evidence, ranging from waterfowl to humans, seems to better align with this ecologically constrained signalling perspective. Furthermore, it suggests that choosers keep coercion risk at ecological baseline by leveraging their escape potential. This repositions intriguing protective elements like bowerbirds' constructions as courtship features that have been bargained to respect sexual autonomy rather than enhancing it through indirect selection. It implies that courtship induced risks, such as reduced mobility, may in principle increase substantially precisely because they are offset by protective measures. Future research could reveal the prevalence of such risk-balancing strategies, advancing our understanding of mating dynamics. This work suggests new theoretical and empirical research avenues within the ecology of mating dynamics.","PeriodicalId":55368,"journal":{"name":"Biology & Philosophy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142213677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A personal tribute to Frans De Waal (1948–2024), who inspired the philosophy of animal minds 向启迪动物心灵哲学的弗兰斯-德瓦尔（1948-2024）致敬

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Biology & Philosophy Pub Date : 2024-08-22 DOI: 10.1007/s10539-024-09956-y

Kristin Andrews

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Delineating dingoes: framing the domestication process as a landscape 划定野狗的范围：将驯化过程视为一种景观

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Biology & Philosophy Pub Date : 2024-08-15 DOI: 10.1007/s10539-024-09959-9

Daniel Bisgrove

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