Publications by authors named "Cleo Falvey"
Urban evolutionary ecology is inherently interdisciplinary. Moreover, it is a field with global significance. However, bringing researchers and resources together across fields and countries is challenging.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIf fitness optima for a given trait differ between males and females in a population, sexual dimorphism may evolve. Sex-biased trait variation may affect patterns of habitat use, and if the microhabitats used by each sex have dissimilar microclimates, this can drive sex-specific selection on thermal physiology. Nevertheless, tests of differences between the sexes in thermal physiology are uncommon, and studies linking these differences to microhabitat use or behavior are even rarer.
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- Invasive species can cause significant harm to ecosystems and economies due to their rapid population growth, often aided by a phenomenon called 'enemy release,' where they encounter fewer natural predators or parasites.
- A study involved translocating mite-infested slender anole lizards to different islands to observe the effects of native anole populations on mite parasitism and lizard population dynamics over several generations.
- Results showed that on islands with only one species of anole, mite populations went extinct, while lizards on islands with two species retained their mites; the two-species island had the highest overall lizard biomass but the lowest density of the introduced species, suggesting that native species can act as 'enemy reservoirs' and somewhat limit invasive