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Uncertainty about predation risk: a conceptual review
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2023 Oct 15. doi: 10.1111/brv.13019. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTUncertainty has long been of interest to economists and psychologists and has more recently gained attention among ecologists. In the ecological world, animals must regularly make decisions related to finding resources and avoiding threats. Here, we describe uncertainty as a perceptual phenomenon of decision-makers, and we focus specifically on the functional ecology of such uncertainty regarding predation risk. Like all uncertainty, uncertainty about predation risk reflects informational limitations. When cues are available, they ...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - October 15, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Adam L Crane Laurence E A Feyten Alexyz A Preagola Maud C O Ferrari Grant E Brown Source Type: research

Cathemerality: a key temporal niche
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2023 Oct 15. doi: 10.1111/brv.13024. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTGiven the marked variation in abiotic and biotic conditions between day and night, many species specialise their physical activity to being diurnal or nocturnal, and it was long thought that these strategies were commonly fairly fixed and invariant. The term 'cathemeral', was coined in 1987, when Tattersall noted activity in a Madagascan primate during the hours of both daylight and darkness. Initially thought to be rare, cathemerality is now known to be a quite widespread form of time partitioning amongst arthropods, fish, birds, ...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - October 15, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Daniel T C Cox Kevin J Gaston Source Type: research

Small rodent population cycles and plants - after 70 years, where do we go?
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2023 Oct 12. doi: 10.1111/brv.13021. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSmall rodent population cycles characterise northern ecosystems, and the cause of these cycles has been a long-lasting central topic in ecology, with trophic interactions currently considered the most plausible cause. While some researchers have rejected plant-herbivore interactions as a cause of rodent cycles, others have continued to research their potential roles. Here, we present an overview of whether plants can cause rodent population cycles, dividing this idea into four different hypotheses with different pathways of plant i...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - October 12, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Eeva M Soininen Magne Neby Source Type: research

Beyond compliance: harmonising research and husbandry practices to improve experimental reproducibility using fish models
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2023 Oct 10. doi: 10.1111/brv.13020. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTReproducibility in animal research is impacted by the environment, by husbandry practices in the laboratory and by the animals' provenance. These factors, however, are often not adequately considered by researchers. A disconnect between researchers and animal care staff can result in inappropriate housing and husbandry decisions for scientific studies with those animals. This is especially the case for the research in neuro-behaviour, epigenetics, and the impact of climate change, as heritable phenotypic, behavioural or physiologic...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - October 11, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Gregory C Paull Carole J Lee Charles R Tyler Source Type: research

Convergence and divergence in science and practice of urban and rural forest restoration
This study aims to identify the challenges and opportunities for enhancing forest restoration in both urban and rural systems by reviewing the scientific evidence, engaging with key stakeholders and using an urban-rural forest restoration framework. Using the Society for Ecological Restoration's International Principles as discussion topics, we highlight aspects of convergence and divergence between the two fields to broaden our understanding of forest restoration and promote integrative management approaches to address future forest conditions. Our findings reveal that urban and rural forest restoration have convergent an...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - October 9, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Jo ão P Romanelli Max R Piana Valentin H Klaus Pedro H S Brancalion Carolina Murcia Fran çoise Cardou Kiri Joy Wallace Cristina Adams Philip A Martin Philip J Burton Heida L Diefenderfer Elise S Gornish John Stanturf Menilek Beyene Jo ão Paulo Bispo Sa Source Type: research

Finding navigation cues near fishways
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2023 Oct 9. doi: 10.1111/brv.13023. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMany fish species depend on migration for various parts of their life cycle. Well-known examples include diadromous fish such as salmon and eels that need both fresh water and salt water to complete their life cycle. Migration also occurs within species that depend only on fresh water. In recent decades, anthropogenic pressures on freshwater systems have increased greatly, and have resulted, among other effects, in drastic habitat fragmentation. Fishways have been developed to mitigate the resulting habitat fragmentation, but these ...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - October 9, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Jelger Elings Stijn Bruneel Ine S Pauwels Matthias Schneider Ianina Kopecki Johan Coeck Rachel Mawer Peter L M Goethals Source Type: research

Understanding the joint evolution of dispersal and host specialisation using phytophagous arthropods as a model group
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2023 Sep 19. doi: 10.1111/brv.13018. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTheory generally predicts that host specialisation and dispersal should evolve jointly. Indeed, many models predict that specialists should be poor dispersers to avoid landing on unsuitable hosts while generalists will have high dispersal abilities. Phytophagous arthropods are an excellent group to test this prediction, given extensive variation in their host range and dispersal abilities. Here, we explore the degree to which the empirical literature on this group is in accordance with theoretical predictions. We first briefly outl...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - September 19, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Virginie Ravign é Leonor R Rodrigues Maud Charlery de la Masseli ère Beno ît Facon Lechos ław Kuczyński Jacek Radwan Anna Skoracka Sara Magalh ães Source Type: research

The importance of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as high-quality food in freshwater ecosystems with implications of global change
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2023 Sep 19. doi: 10.1111/brv.13017. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTraditionally, trophic ecology research on aquatic ecosystems has focused more on the quantity of dietary energy flow within food webs rather than food quality and its effects on organisms at various trophic levels. Recent studies emphasize that food quality is central to consumer growth and reproduction, and the importance of food quality for aquatic ecosystems has become increasingly well recognized. It is timely to synthesise these findings and identify potential future research directions. We conducted a systematic review of om...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - September 19, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Keheng Yan Fen Guo Martin J Kainz Feilong Li Wei Gao Stuart E Bunn Yuan Zhang Source Type: research