http://www.journalofanimalecology.org current issue RSS Feed http://www.journalofanimalecology.org/details/journalArticle/1307567/Differences_in_relative_fitness_among_alternative_mating_tactics_might_be_more_a.html [ Males of the striped mouse can follow alternative reproductive tactics, the fitness consequences of which might differ greatly between generations. Image by Ivana Schoepf. ] Schradin, C. & Lindholm, A. (2011) Relative fitness of alternative male reproductive tactics in a mammal varies between years. Journal of Animal Ecology, 80, 908–917. ... 2011-07-26T00:00:00Z http://www.journalofanimalecology.org/details/journalArticle/1006009/Response_of_ecosystems_to_realistic_extinction_sequences.html [ Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) – one of the IUCN Red‐Listed species in the Serengeti food web. Photograph by Fredrik Larsson. ] de Visser, S., Freymann, B. & Olff, H. (2011) The Serengeti food web: empirical quantification and analysis of topological changes under increasing human impact. Journal of Animal Ecology80, 465–475. ... 2011-02-05T00:00:00Z http://www.journalofanimalecology.org/details/journalArticle/590379/Safety_in_numbers_extinction_arising_from_predatordriven_Allee_effects.html A.M. Kramer & J.M. Drake (2010) Experimental demonstration of population extinction due to a predator‐driven Allee effect. Journal of Animal Ecology, 79, 633–639. Experimental evidence of extinction via an Allee effect (AE) is a priority as more species become threatened by human activity. Kramer & Drake (2010) begin the International Year of... 2010-03-22T00:00:00Z http://www.journalofanimalecology.org/details/journalArticle/558687/Transgenerational_immune_priming_as_cryptic_parental_care.html O. Roth, G. Joop, H. Eggert, J. Hilbert, J. Daniel, P. Schmid‐Hempel & J. Kurtz (2009) Paternally derived immune priming for offspring in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. Journal of Animal Ecology, 79, 403–413. Eggs are relatively large and can provide offspring with resources that improve their survival. While such maternal effects are... 2010-02-05T00:00:00Z http://www.journalofanimalecology.org/details/journalArticle/493287/Environmental_variance_population_growth_and_evolution.html N. Jonzén, T. Pople, K. Knape & M. Skjöld (2009) Stochastic demography and population dynamics in the red kangaroo (Macropus rufus). Journal of Animal Ecology, 79, 109–116. Environmental fluctuations on time scales of one to tens of generations are increasingly recognized as important determinants of population dynamics and microevolution. Jonzén... 2009-12-11T00:00:00Z http://www.journalofanimalecology.org/details/journalArticle/399289/The_physiology_of_predator_stress_in_freeranging_prey.html M.J. Sheriff, C.J. Krebs & R. Boonstra (2009) The sensitive hare: sublethal effects of predator stress on reproduction in snowshoe hares. Journal of Animal Ecology, 78, 1249–1258. Ecologists have only begun to understand the physiological mechanisms underlying individual‐ and population‐level responses of prey‐ to predator‐related stress. Sheriff,... 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z http://www.journalofanimalecology.org/details/journalArticle/235211/Disentangling_multiple_predator_effects_in_biodiversity_and_ecosystem_functionin.html 2009-06-04T00:00:00Z http://www.journalofanimalecology.org/details/journalArticle/178291/Infectious_food_webs.html 2009-03-31T00:00:00Z http://www.journalofanimalecology.org/details/journalArticle/165760/Global_warming_tugs_at_trophic_interactions.html Climate change impacts are becoming increasingly evident as 1 °C warming above pre‐industrial temperatures is approached. One of the signature biological effects is a shift towards earlier‐timed reproduction. If individual species lack sufficient adaptive plasticity to alter phenology, they will have reduced fitness in a hotter world. Yet, a long‐term study of an oak–caterpillar–songbird–sparrowhawk food web reveals that what could... 2008-12-11T00:00:00Z http://www.journalofanimalecology.org/details/journalArticle/165822/Crossdisciplinary_demands_of_multihost_pathogens.html The dynamics of infectious disease spread depend on host population contact structure. Heterogeneities in this contact structure can arise from various forms of demographic and spatial phenomena. Craft et al. (this issue) have constructed an exploratory simulation model of the spread of canine distemper virus through a multispecies carnivore community. Each species in this community is modelled with a contact structure reflecting host social... 2008-10-14T00:00:00Z http://www.journalofanimalecology.org/details/journalArticle/165853/To_breathe_or_not_to_breathe_optimal_strategies_for_finding_prey_in_a_dark_three.html The use of sophisticated telemetry logging devices has revealed that short‐finned pilot whales employ energetic sprints to chase down their deep‐dwelling prey. These sprints are costly in terms of energy, and therefore oxygen, which is a valuable resource for an animal that has to hold its breath while hunting. This finding highlights the challenges faced by ecologists when trying to develop foraging models for marine predators because... 2008-08-13T00:00:00Z http://www.journalofanimalecology.org/details/journalArticle/165879/On_being_the_right_size_foodlimited_feedback_on_optimal_body_size.html An insular population of white‐tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus introduced in 1896 to predator‐free Anticosti Island, Quebec, has caused long‐term changes in the plant community. Food quality declined as did body weight. Although different parameters of reproduction changed, overall reproductive rates remained similar, thus maintaining deer density and promoting further change in habitat. These results show (i) long‐term feedbacks on... 2008-06-06T00:00:00Z http://www.journalofanimalecology.org/details/journalArticle/165903/How_helpers_help_disentangling_ecological_confounds_from_the_benefits_of_coopera.html Evolutionary explanations for helping in cooperative breeding systems usually require a positive effect of helping on the fitness of the breeders being assisted. However, such helper effects have proven surprisingly difficult to quantify. Cockburn et al. (this issue) apply detailed statistical analyses to long‐term field data on the enigmatic superb fairy‐wren. They show that it is possible to disentangle the complex web of ecological and... 2008-03-26T00:00:00Z http://www.journalofanimalecology.org/details/journalArticle/165930/Parasites_as_weapons_of_mouse_destruction.html 2008-01-31T00:00:00Z http://www.journalofanimalecology.org/details/journalArticle/165982/The_anatomy_of_predatorprey_dynamics_in_a_changing_climate.html Summary 1Humans are increasingly influencing global climate and regional predator assemblages, yet a mechanistic understanding of how climate and predation interact to affect fluctuations in prey populations is currently lacking. 2Here we develop a modelling framework to explore the effects of different predation strategies on the response of age‐structured prey populations to a... 2007-08-17T00:00:00Z