Morphological variance in cave and surface populations of Asellus aquaticus challenges the fluctuating selection and greater male variability hypotheses Introduction: Fluctuating selection, the changes in the strength and/or direction of natural selection stemming from fine-scale spatio-temporal environmental variation, is a fundamental, yet rarely tested explanation for the maintenance of phenotypic variation within…
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Publication – Csősz et al., Ecology and Evolution
Hungary’s Current Climate Conditions Converge With the North-Mediterranean of the 1980s: A Case Study in Mediterranean Ant Species New to Hungary Climate change reshapes our environment, affects species distributions, and threatens biodiversity. Our warming climate allows species to broaden their ranges naturally by expanding or shifting their distribution areas towards…
Continue Reading....Publication – Vilizzi et al., Management of Biological Invasions
Global framework for communication of biological invasion risks Biological invasions, driven by the spread of non-native species, have become a critical global issue because of their far-reaching ecological and socioeconomic impacts. Effective communication of the risks of biological invasions is essential for implementing robust policy and legislation and gaining public…
Continue Reading....Publication – Wagner & Csősz, Ecology and Evolution
The “Chameleon Ant” Colobopsis imitans Adapts Its Mimetic Appearance to Local Model Species Across the Mediterranean Basin (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Mimicry, where an organism (the mimic) convergently evolves traits resembling another (the model), is one of the most compelling phenomena in evolutionary biology. Despite ants frequently serving as models for Batesian…
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