Category: Translated Summaries

plant-animal interaction, Translated Summaries

Biological control by parasitic wasps is higher when cabbage and wheat grow together (With Dutch Translation)

Luuk Croijmans, Dirk van Apeldoorn, Fabrizio Sanfilippo, Tshelthrim Zangpo, Erik H. Poelman This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Modern agriculture is characterized by large monocultural fields and high usage of external inputs, like pesticides. However, growing societal concern about the negative effects of pesticides on biodiversity, soil quality and human health ask for alternatives … Continue reading Biological control by parasitic wasps is higher when cabbage and wheat grow together (With Dutch Translation)

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evolutionary ecology, Translated Summaries

Evolution of Flower Colour on Islands (including Spanish version)

Cristina Rodríguez-Sambruno, Eduardo Narbona, José Carlos del Valle, Alfredo Valido This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here.   Many insular plants have flower traits to attract birds (e.g., red-orange petals), but these islands are not inhabited (now or in the past) by specialised nectarivorous birds such as hummingbirds and sunbirds (i.e., specialist pollinators). On the contrary, … Continue reading Evolution of Flower Colour on Islands (including Spanish version)

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evolutionary ecology, Translated Summaries

The effect of food limitation on sexual selection continues after mating in a sexually promiscuous fish (+Italian translation)

Elisa Morbiato, Silvia Cattelan, Andrea Pilastro This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Sexual selection theory postulates that the evolution of conspicuous traits, such as coloration, increased body size or extravagant ornaments occur, usually in males, in response to the competition for the access to the females, which is usually the limited sex. Males with … Continue reading The effect of food limitation on sexual selection continues after mating in a sexually promiscuous fish (+Italian translation)

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behavioural ecology, Translated Summaries

Heatwaves are harmful to survival and reproduction in the guppy Poecilia reticulata, a livebearing freshwater fish

Merel C. Breedveld, Alessandro Devigili, Oliviero Borgheresi, Clelia Gasparini This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Evidence that gradual climate change threatens biodiversity is growing. For instance, by forcing animals or plants to move to higher elevations or latitudes, global warming increases the risk of species extinction. However, the impact of climate change-driven extreme weather … Continue reading Heatwaves are harmful to survival and reproduction in the guppy Poecilia reticulata, a livebearing freshwater fish

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plant-animal interaction, Translated Summaries

Plant sex changes the outcome of ant-plant interactions in O. robusta—a facultative myrmecophytic cactus (including Spanish & Polish translation)

Mario A. Sandoval-Molina, José G. García-Franco, Cecilia Díaz Castelazo, Mariusz Krzysztof Janczur This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Plants have developed different mechanisms to defend themselves against herbivore insects, like the production of extrafloral nectaries (EFNs). In exchange for extrafloral nectar, ants deter herbivores from the plants, thus decreasing herbivore damage and increasing plant … Continue reading Plant sex changes the outcome of ant-plant interactions in O. robusta—a facultative myrmecophytic cactus (including Spanish & Polish translation)

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animal physiological ecology, Translated Summaries

Rãs arborícolas e rãs diurnas bloqueiam a luz UV de seus olhos com filtros em seus cristalinos

Kate N. Thomas, David J. Gower, Jeffrey W. Streicher, Rayna C. Bell, Matthew K. Fujita, Ryan K. Schott, H. Christoph Liedtke, Célio F. B. Haddad, C. Guilherme Becker, Christian L. Cox, Renato A. Martins, Ron H. Douglas This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which is published here. This summary is available in English here Os olhos dos animais são … Continue reading Rãs arborícolas e rãs diurnas bloqueiam a luz UV de seus olhos com filtros em seus cristalinos

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