More social species live longer, have longer generation times and longer reproductive windows

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 379(1916)

Published: Oct. 28, 2024

The role of sociality in the demography animals has become an intense focus research recent decades. However, efforts to understand sociality–demography nexus have hitherto focused on single species or isolated taxonomic groups. Consequently, we lack generality regarding how associates with demographic traits within Animal Kingdom. Here, I propose a continuum sociality, from solitary tightly social, and test whether this correlates key properties 152 species, jellyfish humans. After correction for body mass phylogenetic relationships, show that is associated life history traits: more social live longer, postpone maturity, longer generation time greater probability achieving reproduction than solitary, gregarious, communal colonial species. Contrary buffering hypothesis, does not result buffered populations. While lower ability benefit disturbances, they display resistance Finally, also shape reproductive actuarial senescence rates. This cross-taxonomic examination across 13 classes highlights ways which individual interactions most aspects animal demography. article part discussion meeting issue ‘Understanding age society using natural populations’.

Language: Английский

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Is resilience a unifying concept for the biological sciences?

iScience, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 27(5), P. 109478 - 109478

Published: April 10, 2024

There is increasing interest in applying resilience concepts at different scales of biological organization to address major interdisciplinary challenges from cancer climate change. It unclear, however, whether can be a unifying concept consistently applied across the breadth sciences, or there limited capacity for integration. In this review, we draw on literature molecular biology community ecology ascertain commonalities and shortcomings how measured interpreted. Resilience studied all levels organization, although term often not used. suite mechanisms conserved scales, are tradeoffs that affect resilience. conceptually useful help diverse researchers think about systems respond perturbations, but need richer lexicon describe diversity lack widely applicable metrics

Language: Английский

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State-dependent mortality, not behavior, fragments population distribution of a long-lived mammal after ecological disturbance

Landscape Ecology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 40(1)

Published: Jan. 6, 2025

Natural selection favors species with strong fidelity to seasonal ranges where resources are predictable across space and time. Extreme disturbance events may negate the fitness benefits of faithfulness—with consequences for population distributions. We hypothesized that extreme fragment distributions through two mechanisms: (1) reductions in or (2) elevated mortality. tested relative contributions these mechanisms dynamics mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)—a long-lived mammal—with long-term, individual-based information before after occurred. evaluated our hypotheses response during winter using a unique dataset movement fate adult females from migratory over 8 years western Wyoming, USA. First, we calculated individuals between progressive winters identified vacant population-level represent gaps distribution. then assessed: how internal state conditions affected fidelity, state, conditions, survival, (3) survival creation Disturbance weakened but did not affect survival. Nutritional condition age Weakened change distribution; rather, nutritional underpinned dynamics, meaning behavior alone prevent distribution following disturbances. render behavioral plasticity incapable mitigating mortality risk, environmental animals experience months, seasons, even an event regulate organization its aftermath.

Language: Английский

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Monitoring Terrestrial Ecosystem Resilience Using Earth Observation Data: Identifying Consensus and Limitations Across Metrics

Global Change Biology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 31(3)

Published: March 1, 2025

ABSTRACT Resilience is a key feature of ecosystem dynamics reflecting system's ability to resist and recover from environmental perturbations. Slowing down in the rate recovery has been used as an early‐warning signal for abrupt transitions. Recent advances Earth observation (EO) vegetation data provide capability capture broad‐scale resilience patterns identify regions experiencing loss. However, proliferation methods evaluating using EO introduced significant uncertainty, leading contradictory estimates across approximately 73% Earth's land surface. To reconcile these perspectives, we review range associated metrics that aspects data. Using principal component analysis, empirically test relationships between most widely explore emergent within among world's biomes. Our analysis reveals 10 aggregate into four core components dynamics, highlighting multidimensional nature resilience. We also find ecosystems with slower are more resistant drought extremes. Furthermore, vary biomes types. These results illustrate inherent differences natural systems highlight need careful consideration when findings valuable insights identifying global patterns, which critically needed inform policy decisions guide conservation efforts globally.

Language: Английский

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Forest storm resilience depends on the interplay between functional composition and climate—Insights from European‐scale simulations

Functional Ecology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 38(3), P. 500 - 516

Published: Jan. 24, 2024

Tree species composition is known to influence forest productivity, but its effect on resilience disturbances such as storms remains largely unexplored. Furthermore, climate likely directly also the of tree resilience. In Europe, storm-induced mortality currently increasing across all climatic biomes. Understanding drivers and consistency climates appears be crucial for predicting consequences change European forests. this study, we used a simulation approach with an integral projection model calibrated National Forest Inventory (NFI) data at scale. We restricted our simulations assemblages observed in NFI data, covering diversity gradient nested within gradient. quantified functional mean position each assemblage equilibrium two axis: (i) conservative versus fast growing (ii) low high recruitment. disturbed from using species-specific storm disturbance probabilities assemblages' resistance (inverse immediate basal area loss), recovery (slope post-disturbance increase area) cumulative deviation undisturbed state). found that average, species-rich had higher disturbance, while improved recovery. When analysing how varied climate, significantly increased margins only. Finally, was driven by along both axes. particular, conservative-productive axis three times greater than diversity: forests dominated were more resistant resilient, lower fast-growing species. Taken together, these results show interact control ability resist recover through direct indirect effects. As such, findings should help better anticipate ecosystems. Read free Plain Language Summary article Journal blog.

Language: Английский

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Environmental Variability Shapes Life History of the World's Birds

Ecology Letters, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 28(2)

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Theory suggests life history plays a key role in the ability of organisms to persist under fluctuating environmental conditions. However, notion that variability has shaped distribution traits across large spatial and taxonomic scales gone largely untested using empirical data. Synthesising collection data resources on global climate, species traits, ranges, we quantified over time played shaping pace world's non-migratory, non-marine bird (N = 7477). In support existing theory, found experience high inter-annual temperature tended have slower life, while opposite was true for intra-annual variability. The effect precipitation less pronounced more uncertain. These observed patterns were apparent despite vastly different ecologies our study evidence strong phylogenetic constraint. Additionally, highlight importance contextualising rates change terms historical systems species' life. Species experiencing higher relative change, standard deviations per generation, may be most susceptible climate change.

Language: Английский

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Observation of polyp bailout after stress exposure in Primnoa pacifica

Coral Reefs, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 29, 2025

Language: Английский

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Hatchery supplementation increases potential spawning stock of Rio Grande Silvery Minnow after population bottlenecks

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 152(2), P. 187 - 200

Published: Jan. 5, 2023

Abstract Objective Supplementation of imperiled wild fish stocks with captively raised is a commonly used conservation tool. Programs designed to maintain or improve populations through supplementation should be evaluated determine whether they are meeting objectives. The Rio Grande Silvery Minnow Hybognathus amarus small‐bodied, endangered minnow endemic the basin southwestern United States. population has been supplemented captive‐reared since 2002. Our objective was measurably increases number spawning after years bottlenecks; this simplified because nearly all hatchery‐released have given identifying markings. Methods We leveraged long‐term sampling data set (18 years) covering species' contemporary range and single‐season, high spatial coverage potential spawners increased by addition hatchery fish. Result Hatchery‐reared catch rates up an order magnitude in some years. also observed that most hatchery‐reared were recaptured near point release. able abundance distribution provided desired demographic boost severe bottlenecks. Conclusion Releasing may useful tool for freshwater fishes. However, there need rearing infrastructure matches life‐history species sufficient postrelease monitoring evaluate effectiveness supplementation. Use beneficial improving resiliency following recruitment however, natural can greatly exceed conditions promoting restored.

Language: Английский

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Coping with stress: Salt type, concentration, and exposure history limit life history tradeoffs in response to road salt salinization

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 949, P. 174998 - 174998

Published: July 23, 2024

Substantial increases in the salinity of freshwater ecosystems has occurred around globe from causes such as climate change, industrial operations, and application road deicing salts. We know very little about how plastic responses life history traits or rapid evolution new among organisms could promote stability ecological communities affected by salinization. performed a cohort analysis birth to death with 180 individuals ubiquitous zooplankter understand are exposure two common salt types causing salinization-sodium chloride (NaCl) calcium (CaCl

Language: Английский

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Ecological debts induced by heat extremes

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 39(11), P. 1024 - 1034

Published: July 29, 2024

Heat extremes have become the new norm in Anthropocene. Their potential to trigger major ecological responses is widely acknowledged, but their unprecedented severity hinders our ability predict magnitude of such responses, both during and after extreme heat events. To address this challenge we propose a conceptual framework inspired by core concepts stability thermal biology depict how populations communities accumulate at three response stages (exposure, resistance, recovery). Biological mechanisms mitigating given stage incur associated costs that only apparent other stages; these are known as 'ecological debts'. We outline several scenarios for associate with debts better understand biodiversity changes caused extremes.

Language: Английский

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