American Society of Naturalists

Lucas P. Medeiros, Karina Boege, Ek del-Val, Alejandro Zaldivar-Riverón, and Serguei Saavedra (Jan 2021)

Observed ecological communities are not all equally likely to be seen, rather they are among the most likely to persist

Tomos Potter, Ronald D. Bassar, Paul Bentzen, Emily W. Ruell, Julián Torres-Dowdall, Corey A. Handelsman, Cameron K. Ghalambor, Joseph Travis, David N. Reznick, and Tim Coulson (Jan 2021)

Increased population density drives evolution in wild guppies, but also confounds estimation of genetic change

Vassiliki B. Smocovitis, Daniel I. Bolnick, Christopher M. Moore, and Patricia L. Morse (Dec 2020)

David M. Watson (Dec 2020)

Mistletoes are the quintessential bird-dispersed plants, but ancient mammals may have first brought them to the treetops

Collin B. Edwards and Louie H. Yang (Jan 2021)

A model simulating the evolution of phenological cueing strategies with climate data shows variable phenological shifts

Mar Unzeta, Thomas E. Martin, and Daniel Sol (Dec 2020)

Lower daily nest predation in larger passerine birds reduces total predation compensating their extended development

Ryan S. Terrill (Dec 2020)

Why do some birds lose flight more readily than others? This research finds a link with rare form of wing feather molt

Louise Chevalier, Jacques Labonne, Matthias Galipaud, and François-Xavier Dechaume-Moncharmont (Dec 2020)

Fluctuations in the mating market trigger the evolution of flexible and quality-dependent choosiness in males as in females

Junnosuke Horita, Yoh Iwasa, and Yuuya Tachiki (Dec 2020)

Positive feedback loop between competition and hormone synthesis induces the alternative life-history tactics

Michael H. Cortez and Meghan A. Duffy (Dec 2020)