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Leaf herbivory is a ubiquitous ecological interaction that varies significantly in intensity across species, habitats, and biogeographic regions. Although quantification of leaf damage is crucial for understanding many ecological processes, the accuracy and precision of various damage estimation methods used by researchers, including visual estimation, digital image analysis, and artificial intelligence, have not been evaluate...
Once a reservoir, always a reservoir? Seasonality affects the pathogen maintenance potential of amphibian hostsNARA Subscribed
Host species that can independently maintain a pathogen in a host community and contribute to infection in other species are important targets for disease management. However, the potential of host species to maintain a pathogen is not fixed over time, and an important challenge is understanding how within‐ and across‐season variability in host maintenance potential affects pathogen persistence over longer time scales relevant...
Heterozygosity predicts clutch and egg size but not plasticity in a house sparrow population with no evidence of inbreedingNARA Subscribed
We investigated the link between heterozygosity and the reaction norm attributes of reproductive performance in female house sparrows ( Passer domesticus ). We collected data on clutch size, egg size, hatching success and nestling survival in 2816 nesting attempts made by 791 marked individuals over a 16‐year period. Pedigree analysis revealed no evidence of inbreeding. Neither parent–offspring regression nor an animal model r...
Heterozygosity and extra‐pair paternity: biased tests result from the use of shared markersNARA Subscribed
Recent studies of extra‐pair paternity have found support for the idea that heterozygous males have an advantage in siring offspring. Most studies use DNA microsatellite loci to determine paternity and then use the same loci to estimate individual heterozygosity. However, because the likelihood of detecting extra‐pair offspring depends on the combinations of parental alleles, it is possible that biases arise from particular al...
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