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View article: Effects of environmental change on population growth: monitoring time-varying carrying capacity in free-ranging spotted hyenas
Effects of environmental change on population growth: monitoring time-varying carrying capacity in free-ranging spotted hyenas Open
In conservation, a growing population is often taken as a sign of success. But trends in population size can be misleading. When individuals are long-lived, populations may keep growing—for a time—even as the environment begins to stabiliz…
View article: Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole‐nesting passerines
Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole‐nesting passerines Open
Identifying the environmental drivers of variation in fitness‐related traits is a central objective in ecology and evolutionary biology. Temporal fluctuations of these environmental drivers are often synchronized at large spatial scales. Y…
View article: Diurnal pastoralism does not reduce juvenile recruitment nor elevate allostatic load in spotted hyenas
Diurnal pastoralism does not reduce juvenile recruitment nor elevate allostatic load in spotted hyenas Open
Anthropogenic activity can have substantial effects on wildlife. These effects may vary according to the characteristics of the activity and the species involved. Although effects on behaviour are well studied, studies of effects on fitnes…
View article: Differences in acute phase response to bacterial, fungal and viral antigens in greater mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis)
Differences in acute phase response to bacterial, fungal and viral antigens in greater mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis) Open
The acute phase response (APR) is an evolutionarily well-conserved part of the innate immune defense against pathogens. However, recent studies in bats yielded surprisingly diverse results compared to previous APR studies on both vertebrat…
View article: Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals
Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals Open
The rate of adaptive evolution, the contribution of selection to genetic changes that increase mean fitness, is determined by the additive genetic variance in individual relative fitness. To date, there are few robust estimates of this par…
View article: Bird populations most exposed to climate change are less sensitive to climatic variation
Bird populations most exposed to climate change are less sensitive to climatic variation Open
Includes phenological and climate data used for analysis of article titled 'Bird populations most exposed to climate change are less sensitive to climatic variation' (Nature Communications). Each data file is described below, with a descri…
View article: Love thy neighbour?—Spatial variation in density dependence of nest survival in relation to predator community
Love thy neighbour?—Spatial variation in density dependence of nest survival in relation to predator community Open
Aim In many species, density‐dependent effects on reproduction are an important driver of population dynamics. However, it is rarely considered that the direction of density dependence is expected to vary over space and time depending on a…
View article: Data and code for analysis of spatiotemporal variation in traits and environmental variables in European hole-nesting passerines
Data and code for analysis of spatiotemporal variation in traits and environmental variables in European hole-nesting passerines Open
Files: trait_data.csv – a comma-delimited file with population-specific annual fitness-related trait data. Traits included: laying date (LD, laying date of the first egg, where 1 = April 1st), clutch size (CS, number of eggs) and fledgling…
View article: High vulnerability of juvenile<scp>Nathusius</scp>' pipistrelle bats (<scp><i>Pipistrellus nathusii</i></scp>) at wind turbines
High vulnerability of juvenile<span>Nathusius</span>' pipistrelle bats (<span><i>Pipistrellus nathusii</i></span>) at wind turbines Open
Large numbers of bats are killed by wind turbines globally, yet the specific demographic consequences of wind turbine mortality are still unclear. In this study, we compared characteristics of Nathusius' pipistrelles ( Pipistrellus nathusi…
View article: High vulnerability of juvenile Nathusius' pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus nathusii) at wind turbines
High vulnerability of juvenile Nathusius' pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus nathusii) at wind turbines Open
Large numbers of bats are killed by wind turbines globally, yet the specific demographic consequences of wind turbine mortality are still unclear. In this study, we compared characteristics of Nathusius’ pipistrelles (Pipistrellus nathusii…
View article: High vulnerability of juvenile Nathusius' pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus nathusii) at wind turbines
High vulnerability of juvenile Nathusius' pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus nathusii) at wind turbines Open
Large numbers of bats are killed by wind turbines globally, yet the specific demographic consequences of wind turbine mortality are still unclear. In this study, we compared characteristics of Nathusius’ pipistrelles (Pipistrellus nathusii…
View article: Decreasing glucocorticoid levels towards the expansion front suggest ongoing expansion in a terrestrial mammal
Decreasing glucocorticoid levels towards the expansion front suggest ongoing expansion in a terrestrial mammal Open
Understanding the causes of range expansions in abundant species can help predict future species distributions. During range expansions, animals are exposed to novel environments and are required to cope with new and unpredictable stressor…
View article: Identifying migratory pathways of Nathusius' pipistrelles ( <i>Pipistrellus nathusii</i> ) using stable hydrogen and strontium isotopes
Identifying migratory pathways of Nathusius' pipistrelles ( <i>Pipistrellus nathusii</i> ) using stable hydrogen and strontium isotopes Open
Rationale Identifying migratory corridors of animals is essential for their effective protection, yet the exact location of such corridors is often unknown, particularly for elusive animals such as bats. While migrating along the German co…
View article: Connecting the data landscape of long‐term ecological studies: The SPI‐Birds data hub
Connecting the data landscape of long‐term ecological studies: The SPI‐Birds data hub Open
The integration and synthesis of the data in different areas of science is drastically slowed and hindered by a lack of standards and networking programmes. Long‐term studies of individually marked animals are not an exception. These studi…
View article: Bird populations most exposed to climate change are less responsive to climatic variation
Bird populations most exposed to climate change are less responsive to climatic variation Open
The phenology of many species shows strong sensitivity to climate change; however, with few large scale intra-specific studies it is unclear how such sensitivity varies over a species’ range. We document large intra-specific variation in p…
View article: Using different body size measures can lead to different conclusions about the effects of climate change
Using different body size measures can lead to different conclusions about the effects of climate change Open
Aim Declining animal body size has been proposed as a general response to increasing global temperatures that should be observed across a broad biogeographical scale. However, published studies have shown large variation in both the magnit…
View article: Functional and Morphological Characterization of Small and Large Steroidogenic Luteal Cells From Domestic Cats Before and During Culture
Functional and Morphological Characterization of Small and Large Steroidogenic Luteal Cells From Domestic Cats Before and During Culture Open
The current study aimed to isolate, culture and characterize small (SLC) and large (LLC) steroidogenic cells from the corpora lutea (CL) of non-pregnant domestic cats. Isolation of feline SLC was based on an enzymatic digestion of luteal t…
View article: Correction: Age, sex and storage time influence hair cortisol levels in a wild mammal population
Correction: Age, sex and storage time influence hair cortisol levels in a wild mammal population Open
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221124.].
View article: Age, sex and storage time influence hair cortisol levels in a wild mammal population
Age, sex and storage time influence hair cortisol levels in a wild mammal population Open
The measurement of hair cortisol is increasingly used to understand the effect of natural and anthropogenic stressors on wild animals, but it is potentially confounded by individual, seasonal and sex-dependant variations in baseline cortis…
View article: Habitat selection can reduce effects of extreme climatic events in a long‐lived shorebird
Habitat selection can reduce effects of extreme climatic events in a long‐lived shorebird Open
Changes in the frequency of extreme climatic events (ECEs) can have profound impacts on individual fitness by degrading habitat quality. Organisms may respond to such changes through habitat selection, favouring those areas less affected b…
View article: Learning from single extreme events
Learning from single extreme events Open
Extreme climatic events (ECEs) have a disproportionate effect on ecosystems. Yet much of what we know about the ecological impact of ECEs is based on observing the effects of single extreme events. We examined what characteristics affect t…
View article: No phenotypic plasticity in nest-site selection in response to extreme flooding events
No phenotypic plasticity in nest-site selection in response to extreme flooding events Open
Phenotypic plasticity is a crucial mechanism for responding to changes in climatic means, yet we know little about its role in responding to extreme climatic events (ECEs). ECEs may lack the reliable cues necessary for phenotypic plasticit…
View article: Supplementary table 3 from Learning from single extreme events
Supplementary table 3 from Learning from single extreme events Open
List of studies used in meta-analysis of the effect of heat waves on mortality (box 3).
View article: Supplementary material from "No phenotypic plasticity in nest-site selection in response to extreme flooding events"
Supplementary material from "No phenotypic plasticity in nest-site selection in response to extreme flooding events" Open
Phenotypic plasticity is a crucial mechanism for responding to changes in climatic means, yet we know little about its role in responding to extreme climatic events (ECEs). ECEs may lack the reliable cues necessary for phenotypic plasticit…
View article: Supplementary material from "Learning from single extreme events"
Supplementary material from "Learning from single extreme events" Open
Extreme climatic events (ECEs) have a disproportionate effect on ecosystems. Yet much of what we know about the ecological impact of ECEs is based on observing the effects of single extreme events. We examined what characteristics affect t…
View article: Supplementary table 3 from Learning from single extreme events
Supplementary table 3 from Learning from single extreme events Open
List of studies used in meta-analysis of the effect of heat waves on mortality (box 3).