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Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
#21
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Minimal Compositionality versus Bird Implicatures: two theories of ABC-D sequences in Japanese tits.
Philippe Schlenker, Ambre Salis, Maël Leroux, Camille Coye, Luigi Rizzi, Shane Steinert-Threlkeld, Emmanuel Chemla
It was argued in a series of experimental studies that Japanese tits (Parus minor) have an ABC call that has an alert function, a D call that has a recruitment function, and an ABC-D call that is compositionally derived from ABC and D, and has a mobbing function. A key conclusion was that ABC-D differs from the combination of separate utterances of ABC and of D (e.g. as played by distinct but close loudspeakers). While the logic of the argument is arguably sound, no explicit rule has been proposed to derive the meaning of ABC-D from that of its parts...
March 28, 2024: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
#22
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Sébastien Bonthoux, Simon Chollet
Accelerating urbanisation and associated lifestyle changes result in loss of biodiversity and diminished wellbeing of people through fewer direct interactions and experiences with nature. In this review, we propose the notion of urban wilding (the promotion of autonomous ecological processes that are independent of historical land-use conditions, with minimal direct human maintenance and planting interventions) and investigate its propensity to improve biodiversity and people-nature connections in cities. Through a large interdisciplinary synthesis, we explore the ecological mechanisms through which urban wilding can promote biodiversity in cities, investigate the attitudes and relations of city dwellers towards urban wild spaces, and discuss the integration of urban wilding into the fabric of cities and its governance...
March 21, 2024: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
#23
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Adrian Orihuela-Torres, Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Virgilio Hermoso, Félix Picazo, David Sánchez Fernández, Juan M Pérez-García, Francisco Botella, José A Sánchez-Zapata, Esther Sebastián-González
Carrion ecology, i.e. the decomposition and recycling of dead animals, has traditionally been neglected as a key process in ecosystem functioning. Similarly, despite the large threats that inland aquatic ecosystems (hereafter, aquatic ecosystems) face, the scientific literature is still largely biased towards terrestrial ecosystems. However, there has been an increasing number of studies on carrion ecology in aquatic ecosystems in the last two decades, highlighting their key role in nutrient recirculation and disease control...
March 20, 2024: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
#24
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Ismael Soto, Paride Balzani, Laís Carneiro, Ross N Cuthbert, Rafael Macêdo, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Danish A Ahmed, Alok Bang, Karolina Bacela-Spychalska, Sarah A Bailey, Thomas Baudry, Liliana Ballesteros-Mejia, Alejandro Bortolus, Elizabeta Briski, J Robert Britton, Miloš Buřič, Morelia Camacho-Cervantes, Carlos Cano-Barbacil, Denis Copilaș-Ciocianu, Neil E Coughlan, Pierre Courtois, Zoltán Csabai, Tatenda Dalu, Vanessa De Santis, James W E Dickey, Romina D Dimarco, Jannike Falk-Andersson, Romina D Fernandez, Margarita Florencio, Ana Clara S Franco, Emili García-Berthou, Daniela Giannetto, Milka M Glavendekic, Michał Grabowski, Gustavo Heringer, Ileana Herrera, Wei Huang, Katie L Kamelamela, Natalia I Kirichenko, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Gabriel Laufer, Boris Lipták, Chunlong Liu, Eugenia López-López, Vanessa Lozano, Stefano Mammola, Agnese Marchini, Valentyna Meshkova, Marco Milardi, Dmitrii L Musolin, Martin A Nuñez, Francisco J Oficialdegui, Jiří Patoka, Zarah Pattison, Daniel Pincheira-Donoso, Marina Piria, Anna F Probert, Jes Jessen Rasmussen, David Renault, Filipe Ribeiro, Gil Rilov, Tamara B Robinson, Axel E Sanchez, Evangelina Schwindt, Josie South, Peter Stoett, Hugo Verreycken, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Yong-Jian Wang, Yuya Watari, Priscilla M Wehi, András Weiperth, Peter Wiberg-Larsen, Sercan Yapıcı, Baran Yoğurtçuoğlu, Rafael D Zenni, Bella S Galil, Jaimie T A Dick, James C Russell, Anthony Ricciardi, Daniel Simberloff, Corey J A Bradshaw, Phillip J Haubrock
Standardised terminology in science is important for clarity of interpretation and communication. In invasion science - a dynamic and rapidly evolving discipline - the proliferation of technical terminology has lacked a standardised framework for its development. The result is a convoluted and inconsistent usage of terminology, with various discrepancies in descriptions of damage and interventions. A standardised framework is therefore needed for a clear, universally applicable, and consistent terminology to promote more effective communication across researchers, stakeholders, and policymakers...
March 18, 2024: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
#25
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Katarzyna Janas, Agnieszka Gudowska, Szymon M Drobniak
Brilliant, diverse colour ornaments of birds were one of the crucial cues that led Darwin to the idea of sexual selection. Although avian colouration plays many functions, including concealment, thermoregulation, or advertisement as a distasteful prey, a quality-signalling role in sexual selection has attracted most research attention. Sexually selected ornaments are thought to be more susceptible to external stressors than naturally selected traits, and as such, they might be used as a test for environmental quality...
March 17, 2024: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
#26
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Federico Riva, Nicola Koper, Lenore Fahrig
Anthropogenic habitat loss is widely recognized as a primary environmental concern. By contrast, debates on the effects of habitat fragmentation persist. To facilitate overcoming these debates, here we: (i) review the state of the literature on habitat fragmentation, finding widespread confusion and stigma; (ii) identify consequences of this for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management; and (iii) suggest ways in which research can move forward to resolve these problems. Confusion is evident from the 25 most-cited fragmentation articles published between 2017 and 2021...
March 13, 2024: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
#27
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Amaury Korb, Shahragim Tajbakhsh, Glenda E Comai
Myofibres serve as the functional unit for locomotion, with the sarcomere as fundamental subunit. Running the entire length of this structure are hundreds of myonuclei, located at the periphery of the myofibre, juxtaposed to the plasma membrane. Myonuclear specialisation and clustering at the centre and ends of the fibre are known to be essential for muscle contraction, yet the molecular basis of this regionalisation has remained unclear. While the 'myonuclear domain hypothesis' helped explain how myonuclei can independently govern large cytoplasmic territories, novel technologies have provided granularity on the diverse transcriptional programs running simultaneously within the syncytia and added a new perspective on how myonuclei communicate...
March 13, 2024: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
#28
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Lars H Poding, Peter Jägers, Stefan Herlitze, Mareike Huhn
Fluorescence in marine animals has mainly been studied in Cnidaria but is found in many different phyla such as Annelida, Crustacea, Mollusca, and Chordata. While many fluorescent proteins and molecules have been identified, very little information is available about the biological functions of fluorescence. In this review, we focus on describing the occurrence of fluorescence in marine animals and the behavioural and physiological functions of fluorescent molecules based on experimental approaches. These biological functions of fluorescence range from prey and symbiont attraction, photoprotection, photoenhancement, stress mitigation, mimicry, and aposematism to inter- and intraspecific communication...
March 11, 2024: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
#29
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Alexander Walton, Jacob J Herman, Olav Rueppell
Resistance to and avoidance of stress slow aging and confer increased longevity in numerous organisms. Honey bees and other superorganismal social insects have two main advantages over solitary species to avoid or resist stress: individuals can directly help each other by resource or information transfer, and they can cooperatively control their environment. These benefits have been recognised in the context of pathogen and parasite stress as the concept of social immunity, which has been extensively studied...
March 11, 2024: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
#30
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Steven J Cooke, Morgan L Piczak, Navinder J Singh, Susanne Åkesson, Adam T Ford, Shawan Chowdhury, Greg W Mitchell, D Ryan Norris, Molly Hardesty-Moore, Douglas McCauley, Neil Hammerschlag, Marlee A Tucker, Joshua J Horns, Ryan R Reisinger, Vojtěch Kubelka, Robert J Lennox
Animal migration has fascinated scientists and the public alike for centuries, yet migratory animals are facing diverse threats that could lead to their demise. The Anthropocene is characterised by the reality that humans are the dominant force on Earth, having manifold negative effects on biodiversity and ecosystem function. Considerable research focus has been given to assessing anthropogenic impacts on the numerical abundance of species/populations, whereas relatively less attention has been devoted to animal migration...
March 4, 2024: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
#31
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Fengzhi He, Jens-Christian Svenning, Xing Chen, Klement Tockner, Tobias Kuemmerle, Elizabeth le Roux, Marcos Moleón, Jörn Gessner, Sonja C Jähnig
Freshwater megafauna, such as sturgeons, giant catfishes, river dolphins, hippopotami, crocodylians, large turtles, and giant salamanders, have experienced severe population declines and range contractions worldwide. Although there is an increasing number of studies investigating the causes of megafauna losses in fresh waters, little attention has been paid to synthesising the impacts of megafauna on the abiotic environment and other organisms in freshwater ecosystems, and hence the consequences of losing these species...
February 27, 2024: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
#32
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Emilienne Grzegorczyk, Alain Caizergues, Cyril Eraud, Charlotte Francesiaz, Kévin Le Rest, Matthieu Guillemain
Hunting has a long tradition in human evolutionary history and remains a common leisure activity or an important source of food. Herein, we first briefly review the literature on the demographic consequences of hunting and associated analytical methods. We then address the question of potential selective hunting and its possible genetic/evolutionary consequences. Birds have historically been popular models for demographic studies, and the huge amount of census and ringing data accumulated over the last century has paved the way for research about the demographic effects of harvesting...
February 26, 2024: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
#33
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Madison A K Lalica, Alexandru M F Tomescu
Periderm is a well-known structural feature with vital roles in protection of inner plant tissues and wound healing. Despite its importance to plant survival, knowledge of periderm occurrences outside the seed plants is limited and the evolutionary origins of periderm remain poorly explored. Here, we review the current knowledge of the taxonomic distribution of periderm in its two main forms - canonical periderm (periderm formed as a typical ontogenetic stage) and wound periderm (periderm produced as a self-repair mechanism) - with a focus on major plant lineages, living and extinct...
February 15, 2024: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
#34
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Raphaël Morard, Kate F Darling, Agnes K M Weiner, Christiane Hassenrück, Chiara Vanni, Tristan Cordier, Nicolas Henry, Mattia Greco, Nele M Vollmar, Tamara Milivojevic, Shirin Nurshan Rahman, Michael Siccha, Julie Meilland, Lukas Jonkers, Frédéric Quillévéré, Gilles Escarguel, Christophe J Douady, Thibault de Garidel-Thoron, Colomban de Vargas, Michal Kucera
The nature and extent of diversity in the plankton has fascinated scientists for over a century. Initially, the discovery of many new species in the remarkably uniform and unstructured pelagic environment appeared to challenge the concept of ecological niches. Later, it became obvious that only a fraction of plankton diversity had been formally described, because plankton assemblages are dominated by understudied eukaryotic lineages with small size that lack clearly distinguishable morphological features. The high diversity of the plankton has been confirmed by comprehensive metabarcoding surveys, but interpretation of the underlying molecular taxonomies is hindered by insufficient integration of genetic diversity with morphological taxonomy and ecological observations...
February 13, 2024: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
#35
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Clémentine Mutillod, Élise Buisson, Gregory Mahy, Renaud Jaunatre, James M Bullock, Laurent Tatin, Thierry Dutoit
As we enter the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) and address the urgent need to protect and restore ecosystems and their ecological functions at large scales, rewilding has been brought into the limelight. Interest in this discipline is thus increasing, with a large number of conceptual scientific papers published in recent years. Increasing enthusiasm has led to discussions and debates in the scientific community about the differences between ecological restoration and rewilding. The main goal of this review is to compare and clarify the position of each field...
February 12, 2024: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
#36
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Mayara de A Jordano, Renato M Nagata, André C Morandini
Cilia are widely present in metazoans and have various sensory and motor functions, including collection of particles through feeding currents in suspensivorous animals. Suspended particles occur at low densities and are too small to be captured individually, and therefore must be concentrated. Animals that feed on these particles have developed different mechanisms to encounter and capture their food. These mechanisms occur in three phases: (i) encounter; (ii) capture; and (iii) particle handling, which occurs by means of a cilia-generated current or the movement of capturing structures (e...
February 2, 2024: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
#37
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Tatjana Alves Soares, Barbara A Caspers, Helene M Loos
For a long time birds were assumed to be anosmic or at best microsmatic, with olfaction a poorly understood and seldom investigated part of avian physiology. The full viability of avian olfaction was first discovered through its functions in navigation and foraging. Subsequently, researchers have investigated the role of olfaction in different social and non-social contexts, including reproduction, kin recognition, predator avoidance, navigation and foraging. In parallel to the recognition of the importance of olfaction for avian social behaviour, there have been advances in the techniques and methods available for the sampling and analysis of trace volatiles and odourants, leading to insights into the chemistry underlying chemical communication in birds...
February 1, 2024: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
#38
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Pablo Quiles, Rafael Barrientos
Roads have pervasive impacts on wildlife, including habitat loss and fragmentation, road mortality, habitat pollution and increased human use of habitats surrounding them. However, the effects of roads on interspecific interactions are less understood. Here we provide a synthesis of the existing literature on how species interactions may be disrupted by roads, identify knowledge gaps, and suggest avenues for future research and conservation management. We conducted a systematic search using the Web of Science database for each species interaction (predation, competition, mutualism, parasitism, commensalism and amensalism)...
February 1, 2024: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
#39
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Alexandra Meira, James E Byers, Ronaldo Sousa
Predation is a dominant structuring force in ecological communities. In aquatic environments, predation on bivalves has long been an important focal interaction for ecological study because bivalves have central roles as ecosystem engineers, basal components of food webs, and commercial commodities. Studies of bivalves are common, not only because of bivalves' central roles, but also due to the relative ease of studying predatory effects on this taxonomic group. To understand patterns in the interactions of bivalves and their predators we synthesised data from 52 years of peer-reviewed studies on bivalve predation...
January 31, 2024: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
#40
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Bo Song, Jiaqi Chen, Simcha Lev-Yadun, Yang Niu, Yongqian Gao, Rong Ma, W Scott Armbruster, Hang Sun
Floral bracts (bracteoles, cataphylls) are leaf-like organs that subtend flowers or inflorescences but are of non-floral origin; they occur in a wide diversity of species, representing multiple independent origins, and exhibit great variation in form and function. Although much attention has been paid to bracts over the past 150 years, our understanding of their adaptive significance remains remarkably incomplete. This is because most studies of bract function and evolution focus on only one or a few selective factors...
January 30, 2024: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
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