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The ecology of gestational growth in a wild cooperative mammal
1 INTRODUCTION In wild mammals, birth timing and birth weight can have important consequences for offspring development, reproductive success and survival, and both depend on the rate and duration of foetal growth (Guinness et al., 1978; Maniscalco, 2014; Post, 2003).
Disentangling the effects of temperature and rainfall on the population dynamics of Kalahari meerkats
Introduction Global temperatures have been rising steadily over the last century (IPCC 2022), with some of the strongest warming occurring in arid regions (Kruger and Sekele 2013, Zhou et al. 2015).
Plastic Behaviour Buffers Climate Variability in the Wandering Albatross
1 Introduction Human impacts present a major threat to global biodiversity, with 20% of vertebrates now considered at risk of extinction, and climate change is recognised as playing a key role (Pereira et al. 2010; Bellard et al. 2012). Climate exerts profound influences on global weather patterns and oceanic systems, with significant downstream consequences for ecosystems and ecological dynamics.
Boldness predicts plasticity in flight responses to winds
2.4.1 Behavioural classification and transition probabilities We used the momentuHMM R package (McClintock & Michelot, 2018) to fit three-state generalised HMMs to foraging tracks. We fitted HMMs both to categorise 15-min fixes into states representing discrete behaviours (rest, travel and search) and to model for each sex the effect of boldness and wind covariates on the probability of transitioning between each state.
Breeders are less active foragers than non-breeders in wild Damaraland mole-rats
Abstract Eusocial societies are characterized by a clear division of labour between non-breeding workers and breeding queens, and queens often do not contribute to foraging, defence and other maintenance tasks. It has been suggested that the structure and organization of social mole-rat groups resembles that of eusocial insect societies.
Reproduction triggers adaptive increases in body size in female mole-rats
Research article: Reproduction triggers adaptive increases in body size in female mole-rats Jack Thorley, Nathan Katlein, Katy Goddard, Markus Zöttl, Tim Clutton-Brock Proc. R. Soc. B 2018 285 20180897; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0897. Published 6 June 2018
Variation in growth of Damaraland mole-rats is explained by competition rather than by functional specialization for different tasks
Variation in growth of Damaraland mole-rats is explained by competition rather than by functional specialization for different tasks Markus Zöttl, Jack Thorley, David Gaynor, Nigel C. Bennett, Tim Clutton-Brock Biol. Lett. 2016 12 20160820; DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0820. Published 14 December 2016
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