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The interplay between leptin, glucocorticoids, and GLP1 regulates food intake and feeding behaviour
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2023 Dec 10. doi: 10.1111/brv.13039. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTNutritional, endocrine, and neurological signals converge in multiple brain centres to control feeding behaviour and food intake as part of the allostatic regulation of energy balance. Among the several neuroendocrine systems involved, the leptin, glucocorticoid, and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP1) systems have been extensively researched. Leptin is at the top hierarchical level since its complete absence is sufficient to trigger severe hyperphagia. Glucocorticoids are key regulators of the energy balance adaptation to stress and th...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - December 10, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Claudio Perez-Leighton Bredford Kerr Philipp E Scherer Ren é Baudrand V íctor Cortés Source Type: research

Ecological responses of squamate reptiles to nocturnal warming
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2023 Dec 7. doi: 10.1111/brv.13037. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTNocturnal temperatures are increasing at a pace exceeding diurnal temperatures in most parts of the world. The role of warmer nocturnal temperatures in animal ecology has received scant attention and most studies focus on diurnal or daily descriptors of thermal environments' temporal trends. Yet, available evidence from plant and insect studies suggests that organisms can exhibit contrasting physiological responses to diurnal and nocturnal warming. Limiting studies to diurnal trends can thus result in incomplete and misleading inter...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - December 8, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Alexis Rutschmann Constant Perry Jean-Fran çois Le Galliard Andr éaz Dupoué Olivier Lourdais Micha ël Guillon George Brusch Julien Cote Murielle Richard Jean Clobert Donal B Miles Source Type: research

Impacts of coprophagic foraging behaviour on the avian gut microbiome
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2023 Dec 8. doi: 10.1111/brv.13036. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAvian gut microbial communities are complex and play a fundamental role in regulating biological functions within an individual. Although it is well established that diet can influence the structure and composition of the gut microbiota, foraging behaviour may also play a critical, yet unexplored role in shaping the composition, dynamics, and adaptive potential of avian gut microbiota. In this review, we examine the potential influence of coprophagic foraging behaviour on the establishment and adaptability of wild avian gut microbio...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - December 8, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Alice Dunbar Barbara Drigo Steven P Djordjevic Erica Donner Bethany J Hoye Source Type: research

Scientific history, biogeography, and biological traits predict presence of cryptic or overlooked species
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2023 Dec 4. doi: 10.1111/brv.13034. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTGenetic data show that many nominal species are composed of more than one biological species, and thus contain cryptic species in the broad sense (including overlooked species). When ignored, cryptic species generate confusion which, beyond biodiversity or vulnerability underestimation, blurs our understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes and may impact the soundness of decisions in conservation or medicine. However, very few hypotheses have been tested about factors that predispose a taxon to contain cryptic or overlook...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - December 4, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Abigail E Cahill Emese Megl écz Anne Chenuil Source Type: research

Facing the facts: adaptive trade-offs along body size ranges determine mammalian craniofacial scaling
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2023 Nov 29. doi: 10.1111/brv.13032. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe mammalian cranium (skull without lower jaw) is representative of mammalian diversity and is thus of particular interest to mammalian biologists across disciplines. One widely retrieved pattern accompanying mammalian cranial diversification is referred to as 'craniofacial evolutionary allometry' (CREA). This posits that adults of larger species, in a group of closely related mammals, tend to have relatively longer faces and smaller braincases. However, no process has been officially suggested to explain this pattern, there are m...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - November 29, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: D Rex Mitchell Emma Sherratt Vera Weisbecker Source Type: research