American Society of Naturalists

A membership society whose goal is to advance and to diffuse knowledge of organic evolution and other broad biological principles so as to enhance the conceptual unification of the biological sciences.

Forthcoming Papers

Running against time: How energy constraints shape mate selection in termites

Running against time: How energy constraints shape mate selection in termites

Posted on by Purbayan Ghosh, edited by Julia Harenčár and Swapna Subramanian

Read about “Wasted Efforts Impair Random Search Efficiency and Reduce Choosiness in Mate-Pairing Termites” by Nobuaki Mizumoto (水元 惟暁), Naohisa Nagaya (永谷 直久), and Ryusuke Fujisawa (藤澤 隆介) (December 2024)

“Seasonality in Environment and Population Processes Alters Population Spatial Synchrony”

“Seasonality in Environment and Population Processes Alters Population Spatial Synchrony”

Posted on by Jeremy Summers

Read about “Seasonality in Environment and Population Processes Alters Population Spatial Synchrony” by Jonathan A. Walter, Daniel C. Reuman, Kimberly R. Hall, Herman H. Shugart, and Lauren G. Shoemaker (October 2023)

Spatial synchrony is a key feature of pest and disease outbreaks and major source of instability, but little is known about how seasonality affects it. Walter et al. show using theoretical models how seasonality in population processes and environmental drivers alters synchrony.