fx dechaume-moncharmont @fxdm@mamot.fr

Grany cure in a #bird species: russet sparrows incorporate fresh medical herb in their nest as anti-parasite treatment. #science #biology #animalbehaviour #behaviour #parasite #folkremedy #medecine
📄 Yang et al. (2020) Sparrows use a medicinal herb to defend against parasites and increase offspring condition. Current Biology 30:R1411–R1412 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.021

How will global change affect phenotypes? Ongoing debate about Gogler's rule and the evolution of thermal #melanism. #science #biology #ecology #globalchange #color #cryptism #camouflage
📄 Delhey et al. (2020) Why climate change should generally lead to lighter coloured animals. Current Biology 30:R1406–R1407 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.070

Martin Steven is an ecologist specialized in #camouflage and #cryptism in animal prey species. Here is a new study about plant cryptism as a response to human harvesting. #science #biology #ecology #botany predation #conservation
📄 Niu et al (2021) Commercial harvesting has driven the evolution of camouflage in an alpine plant. Current Biology http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.078

Nice global map of bee species richness: note the striking bimodal distribution at mid-latitudes. #science #biology #conservation #species #biodiversity #insect #entomology #bee #hymenoptera
📄 Orr et al (2021) Global patterns and drivers of bee distribution. Current Biology 31:1–8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.053

Collective decision and wisdom of the crowd: new considerations about the #Condorcet jury theorem in natural condition. #science #biology #socialnetwork #consensus #vote #collectiveintelligence #animalbehaviour
📄 Winklmayr et al (2020) The wisdom of stalemates: consensus and clustering as filtering mechanisms for improving collective accuracy. Proc R Soc Lond B 287:20201802 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1802

Fossil behaviours: towards behavioural #paleontology. #science #biology #fossil #animalbehaviour
📄 Hsieh & Plotnick (2020) The representation of animal behaviour in the fossil record. Animal Behaviour 169:65–80 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.09.010

Too hot to dance? Trade-off between sexual attractiveness and risk of overheating in fiddler #crab. #science #biology #sexualselection #matechoice #temperature #heat #courtship
📄 Darnell et al. (2020) Balancing risk and reward: mating opportunity influences thermal refuge use in fiddler crabs. Animal Behaviour 169:51–56 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.08.013

Closing time effect: towards the end of the mating season, your acceptance threshold decreases (or the partner's attractiveness increases). Congratulation to Louise for this nice theoretical analysis. #science #biology #evolution #gametheory #decisionrule #animalbehaviour #model #dynamicprogramming
📄 Chevalier et al (2020) Fluctuating dynamics of mate availability promote the evolution of flexible choosiness in both sexes. American Naturalist http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/711417

Very rare case in mammals of #venom used for agonistic intraspecific competition. #science #biology #evolution #sexualselection #territoriality #aggressivness #teeth
📄 Nekaris et al (2020) Slow lorises use venom as a weapon in intraspecific competition. Current Biology 30:R1252–R1253 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.08.084

#Personality composition determines social learning pathways within shoaling #fish. #science #biology #animalbehaviour #shoal #socialnetwork #boldness #cognition #problemsolving #collectiveintelligence #guppy
📄 Hasenjager et al (2020) Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287:20201871 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1871

Bodysnatcher, puppeteer, #zombie: the words have meaning. Very relevant analysis of misuse of catchy sentences and #sensationalism in science illustrated by the literature about host manipulation by #parasite. #science #biology #ecology #evolution #writing #popularscience #media
📄 Doherty (2020) When fiction becomes fact: exaggerating host manipulation by parasites. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287:20201081 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1081

Rejection of the hypothesis of #convergence in physical appearance between spouse. #science #similarity #marriage #matechoice #sexualpreference #sexualselection
📄 Tea-makorn & Kosinski (2020) Spouses' faces are similar but do not become more similar with time. Scientific Reports 10:17001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73971-8

Effects of climate change on the incubation behaviour in #Arctic nesting shorebirds. Incubation strategy modulates the trade-off between incubation and foraging. #science #biology #ecology #animalbehaviour #bird #shorebird #fox #predation #nest #climatechange #climatecrisis
📄 Meyer et al. (2021) Behavioural responses of breeding arctic sandpipers to ground-surface temperature and primary productivity. Science of The Total Environment 755:142485 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142485

Looking for a good book about game theory in biology? This is surely an excellent introduction by some of the most influential theoreticians in behavioural ecology. #science #biology #gametheory #evolution #animalbehaviour
📄 McNamara & Leimar (2020) Game theory in biology: concepts and frontiers. Oxford University press, Oxford, UK https://global.oup.com/academic/product/game-theory-in-biology-9780198815785?cc=fr&lang=en&

A clever use of #accelerometer to monitor body roundness in #fish. #science #biology #ecology #biologging
📄 Dechaume-Moncharmont F-X (2020) Extreme weight loss: when accelerometer could reveal reproductive investment in a semelparous fish species. Peer Community in Ecology:100060 http://dx.doi.org/10.24072/pci.ecology.100060

Congratulation to Charlotte for her new paper about trans-generational #senescence in #woodlice Armadillidium vulgare. #science #biology #arthropod #ecology
Depeux et al. (2020)
📄 Reproductive senescence and parental effects in an indeterminate grower. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 33:1256–1264 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13667