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Temperature drives caste-specific morphological clines in ants.

Author(s): Brassard F, Francoeur A, Lessard JP

1. The morphology of organisms relates to most aspects of their life history and autecology. As such, elucidating the drivers of morphological variation along environmental gradients might give insight into processes limiting species distributions. In eusoc...

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The interplay of nested biotic interactions and the abiotic environment regulates populations of a hypersymbiont.

Author(s): Mestre A, Poulin R, Holt RD, Barfield M, Clamp JC, Fernandez-Leborans G, Mesquita-Joanes F

J Anim Ecol. 2019 12;88(12):1998-2010 Authors: Mestre A, Poulin R, Holt RD, Barfield M, Clamp JC, Fernandez-Leborans G, Mesquita-Joanes F

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Population variation in density-dependent growth, mortality and their trade-off in a stream fish.

Author(s): Matte JM, Fraser DJ, Grant JWA

J Anim Ecol. 2019 Oct 23;: Authors: Matte JM, Fraser DJ, Grant JWA

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Early-life conditions determine the between-individual heterogeneity in plasticity of calving date in reindeer.

Author(s): Paoli A, Weladji RB, Holand Ø, Kumpula J

J Anim Ecol. 2019 Aug 20;: Authors: Paoli A, Weladji RB, Holand Ø, Kumpula J

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Ant community response to disturbance: A global synthesis.

Author(s): Lessard JP

J Anim Ecol. 2019 Mar;88(3):346-349 Authors: Lessard JP

Article GUID: 30854640
Title:Ant community response to disturbance: A global synthesis.
Authors:Lessard JP
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30854640?dopt=Abstract
Category:J Anim Ecol
PMID:30854640
Dept Affiliation: BIOLOGY
1 Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Ant community response to disturbance: A global synthesis.

J Anim Ecol. 2019 Mar;88(3):346-349

Authors: Lessard JP

Abstract

In Focus: Andersen, A. N. (2019). Responses of ant communities to disturbance: Five principles for understanding the disturbance dynamics of a globally dominant faunal group. Journal of Animal Ecology 88, 350-362. Disturbance is a key driver of ecosystem dynamics. Whereas plant community responses to disturbance are relatively well understood, the same does not hold for animals. With rapid changes affecting our world's ecosystems, predicting the response of important ecological groups to ongoing disturbance should be a focus. In particular, ants are ecosystem engineers that create habitats for other organisms and have a crucial role to play in nutrient cycling. Nevertheless, our understanding of ant community response to disturbance is, at best, fragmented. Moreover, how ant communities respond to disturbance on a global scale appears highly idiosyncratic. The perspective article by Andersen (Journal of Animal Ecology 88, 350-362.) proposes five general principles that can help elucidate ant community response to disturbance. Specifically, this synthesis deepens our understanding of how contemporary disturbances, ecological processes and the evolutionary and biogeographic history of lineages interact to influence ant community structure.

PMID: 30854640 [PubMed - in process]