期刊： AMERICAN NATURALIST, 2022; 199 (2)
Cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) have undergone a radical transformation from the typical terrestrial mammalian body plan to a streamlined ......
期刊： AMERICAN NATURALIST, 2022; 200 (2)
Crook published a landmark study on the social organization of weavers (or weaverbirds, family Ploceidae) that contributed to the emergence of sociobi......
期刊： AMERICAN NATURALIST, 2022; 200 (2)
Resource competition theory predicts coexistence and exclusion patterns based on species' R*s, the minimum resource values required for a species to p......
期刊： AMERICAN NATURALIST, 2021; 197 (6)
Inbreeding depression is often found in small, inbred populations, but whether it can be detected in and have evolutionary consequences for large, wid......
期刊： AMERICAN NATURALIST, 2020; 195 (3)
The ontogeny of seed plants usually involves a dormant dehydrated state and the breaking of dormancy and germination, which distinguishes it from that......
期刊： AMERICAN NATURALIST, 2020; 195 (4)
A key assumption of epidemiological models is that population-scale disease spread is driven by close contact between hosts and pathogens. At larger s......
期刊： AMERICAN NATURALIST, 2020; 195 (4)
The potential for either pathogens or mutualists to alter the outcome of interactions between host species has been clearly demonstrated experimentall......
期刊： AMERICAN NATURALIST, 2020; 196 (2)
Competition over mates is a powerful force shaping trait evolution. For instance, better cognitive abilities may be beneficial in male-male competitio......
期刊： AMERICAN NATURALIST, 2020; 196 (4)
Anticipatory changes in organismal responses, triggered by reliable environmental cues for future conditions, are key to species' persistence in tempo......
期刊： AMERICAN NATURALIST, 2020; 195 (3)
When environmental variation is spatially continuous, dispersing individuals move among nearby sites with similar habitat conditions. But as an enviro......
期刊： AMERICAN NATURALIST, 2019; 193 (3)
Pollen limitation, when inadequate pollen receipt results in a plant setting fewer seeds and fruits, can reduce plant reproductive success and promote......
期刊： AMERICAN NATURALIST, 2019; 194 (5)
The genetic diversity-area relationship (GAR), compared with the extensively explored species-area relationship (SAR), remains poorly recognized despi......
期刊： AMERICAN NATURALIST, 2019; 194 (5)
We argue that predator-prey dynamics, a cornerstone of ecology, can be driven by insufficiently explored aspects of predator performance that are inhe......
期刊： AMERICAN NATURALIST, 2019; 193 (4)
Most groups of organisms occur in multiple regions and have different numbers of species in different regions. These richness patterns are directly ex......
期刊： AMERICAN NATURALIST, 2018; 191 (1)
Complex systems can undergo abrupt state transitions near critical points. Theory and controlled experimental studies suggest that the approach to cri......
