American Society of Naturalists

Barney Luttbeg, Maud C. O. Ferrari, Daniel T. Blumstein, and Douglas P. Chivers (Apr 2020)

Prey fitness increased by safety cues (precise information at low risk levels) over danger cues (precise at high risk)

Andrés E. Quiñones, Arnon Lotem, Olof Leimar, and Redouan Bshary (Apr 2020)

Reinforcement learning theory unveils the cognitive mechanisms cleaner fish use to deal with their social environment

Tim Burton, Njal Rollinson, Simon McKelvey, David C. Stewart, John D. Armstrong, and Neil B. Metcalfe (Apr 2020)

Maternal growth trajectory influences offspring growth & survival independently of variation in initial offspring size

Joseph R. Mihaljevic, Carlos M. Polivka, Constance J. Mehmel, Chentong Li, Vanja Dukic, and Greg Dwyer (Apr 2020)

Study shows that small-scale transmission dynamics are insufficient to explain large-scale patterns of disease incidence

Pei-Chi Ho, Chun-Wei Chang, Fuh-Kwo Shiah, Pei-Ling Wang, Chih-hao Hsieh, and Ken H. Andersen (Apr 2020)

Our field observations and model extend the light-nutrient theory determining plankton C:N with body size dependency

Inon Scharf (Apr 2020)

The spatial distribution of large and small predators living in clusters is not random but depends on various factors

Ian S. Pearse, Jessica M. Aguilar, and Sharon Y. Strauss (Apr 2020)

Mustards live in drought; having trait plasticity keeps their fitness high

Jiang Jiang, Karen C. Abbott, Mara Baudena, Maarten B. Eppinga, James A. Umbanhowar, and James Bever (Apr 2020)

Pathogens and mutualists as joint drivers of host species coexistence and turnover

Denon Start, Arthur E. Weis, and Benjamin Gilbert (Apr 2020)

Random ecological and evolutionary processes have deterministic consequences

Lara Meade, Sam Finnegan, Ridhima Kad, Kevin Fowler, and Andrew Pomiankowski (Apr 2020)

Males with meiotic drive have enlarged testes to maintain high fertility despite the destruction of half their sperm