scholarly journals Food availability as a major driver in the evolution of life-history strategies of sibling species

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 4163-4172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raphaël Arlettaz ◽  
Philippe Christe ◽  
Michael Schaub
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Food Availability ◽  
Sibling Species ◽  
Life History Strategies ◽  
Evolution Of Life

scholarly journals Comparative phylogenomics reveal complex evolution of life history strategies in a clade of bivalves with parasitic larvae (Bivalvia: Unionoida: Ambleminae)

Cladistics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 505-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chase H. Smith ◽  
John M. Pfeiffer ◽  
Nathan A. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Life History Strategies ◽  
Evolution Of Life

The Evolution of Life History Strategies in Parasitic Animals

1996 ◽  
pp. 107-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Poulin
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Life History Strategies ◽  
Evolution Of Life

scholarly journals Cuckoos, cowbirds and hosts: adaptations, trade-offs and constraints

2006 ◽  
Vol 362 (1486) ◽  
pp. 1873-1886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Krüger
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Brood Parasitism ◽  
Reproductive Strategies ◽  
Life History Theory ◽  
Model Systems ◽  
Life History Strategies ◽  
Host System ◽  
Brood Parasites ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Evolution Of Life

The interactions between brood parasitic birds and their host species provide one of the best model systems for coevolution. Despite being intensively studied, the parasite–host system provides ample opportunities to test new predictions from both coevolutionary theory as well as life-history theory in general. I identify four main areas that might be especially fruitful: cuckoo female gentes as alternative reproductive strategies, non-random and nonlinear risks of brood parasitism for host individuals, host parental quality and targeted brood parasitism, and differences and similarities between predation risk and parasitism risk. Rather than being a rare and intriguing system to study coevolutionary processes, I believe that avian brood parasites and their hosts are much more important as extreme cases in the evolution of life-history strategies. They provide unique examples of trade-offs and situations where constraints are either completely removed or particularly severe.

Leeches (Oligochaeta?: Euhirudinea), their phylogeny and the evolution of life-history strategies

Hydrobiologia ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 334 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 277-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark E. Siddall ◽  
Eugene M. Burreson
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Life History Strategies ◽  
Evolution Of Life

scholarly journals Viral load, not food availability or temperature, predicts colony longevity in an invasive eusocial wasp with plastic life history

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin J. Loope ◽  
Erin E. Wilson Rankin
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Food Availability ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Winter Precipitation ◽  
Life History Strategies ◽  
Nest Location ◽  
Colony Density ◽  
Introduced Range ◽  
Colony Survival

AbstractSocial insect colonies exhibit a variety of life history strategies, from the annual, semelparous colonies of temperate bees and wasps to the long-lived colonies of many ants and honeybees. Species introduced to novel habitats may exhibit plasticity in life history strategies as a result of the introduction, but the factors governing these changes often remain obscure. Vespula pensylvanica, a yellowjacket wasp, exhibits such plasticity in colony longevity. Multi-year (perennial) colonies are relatively common in introduced populations in Hawaii, while source populations in the western United States are typically on an annual cycle. Here, we use experiments and observational data to examine how diet, disease, nest thermal environment, and nest location influence colony longevity in a population with both annual and perennial colonies. Counter to our predictions, experimental feeding and warming did not increase colony survival in the winter in the introduced range. However, Moku Virus load and wasp colony density predicted colony survival in one year, suggesting a potential role for disease in modulating colony phenology. We also found that local V. pensylvanica colony density was positively correlated with Moku Virus loads, and that Arsenophonus sp. bacterial loads in V. pensylvanica colonies were positively associated with proximity to feral honeybee (Apis mellifera) hives, suggesting potential transmission routes for these poorly understood symbionts. The factors influencing colony longevity in this population are likely multiple and interactive. More important than food availability, we propose winter precipitation as a critical factor that may explain temporal and spatial variation in colony longevity in these invasive wasps.

scholarly journals Phylogeny and evolution of life-history strategies in the Sycophaginae non-pollinating fig wasps (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea)

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Astrid Cruaud ◽  
Roula Jabbour-Zahab ◽  
Gwenaëlle Genson ◽  
Finn Kjellberg ◽  
Noppol Kobmoo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Life History Strategies ◽  
Fig Wasps ◽  
Evolution Of Life ◽  
Phylogeny And Evolution

scholarly journals Breeding biology of the Green-backed Tit (Parus monticolus) in southwest China

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Ye ◽  
Xiaogang Yao ◽  
Jianli Bi ◽  
Guangrong Li ◽  
Wei Liang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Reproductive Strategies ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Parental Behavior ◽  
Egg Laying ◽  
Breeding Biology ◽  
Life History Strategies ◽  
Reproductive Outcome ◽  
Behavioral Patterns ◽  
Evolution Of Life

AbstractStudies on breeding biology enable us to broaden our understanding of the evolution of life history strategies. We studied the breeding biology of the Green-backed Tit (Parus monticolus) to provide comprehensive data on nest and egg characteristics, parental behavior throughout egg laying and nestling periods, and reproductive outcome. Our study reveals adaptive behavioral patterns and reproductive strategies for P. monticolus.

Evolution of life history strategies for an asexual annual plant model

1980 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas L. Vincent ◽  
H.Ronald Pulliam
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Life History Strategies ◽  
Annual Plant ◽  
Plant Model ◽  
Evolution Of Life
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