Publications by authors named "R Salguero-Gomez"
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- Understanding how climate impacts natural populations is crucial in Ecology, but direct studies linking the two are scarce.
- Antecedent effect models utilize climate and population data to identify correlated time periods for responses like survival or reproduction, acting as both predictive and exploratory tools.
- In comparing these models against simpler ones, the study found that while climate models sometimes didn't outperform basic models, they effectively revealed meaningful patterns in specific case studies, suggesting their value in limited sample datasets.
More social species live longer, have longer generation times and longer reproductive windows.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
December 2024
The role of sociality in the demography of animals has become an intense focus of research in recent decades. However, efforts to understand the sociality-demography nexus have hitherto focused on single species or isolated taxonomic groups. Consequently, we lack generality regarding how sociality associates with demographic traits within the Animal Kingdom.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnderstanding age and society using natural populations.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- Ageing is a significant process that impacts both human and non-human animals, affecting social behaviour and societal structures across various species.
- The article presents new research that combines evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology, and demography to explore how individual aging influences social networks, disease spread, and overall fitness within natural populations.
- Key themes discussed include the effects of social structures on lifespan and health, genetic and ecological factors influencing social ageing, and the diverse strategies species use to adapt to ageing, emphasizing the need for interdisciplinary research in this area.
Potential immortality is observed in several species (e.g. prickly pear cactus, hydra and flatworms) and is indicative of their negligible or even negative senescence rates.
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