Diet has a profound direct and indirect effect on reproductive success in both sexes. Variation in diet quality and quantity can significantly alter the capacity of females to lay eggs and of males to
Traits of chemically-defended animals can change as an individual grows and matures, and both theoretical and empirical evidence favour a direction of change from crypsis to aposematism. This study e
Variables: BirdID: unique identifier of individuals Day: numerical, day of testing Room: physical Location of aviary, arbitrary numbering Group: numerical. Each group consists of one sex. Degree
Melipona stingless bees display a paradoxical overproduction of queens, which are later eliminated by nestmate workers. Mechanistically, it was suggested that the monoterpenoid geraniol deposited into
Increased exposure to pathogens is often considered to be one of the most significant costs of group living. As a result, animals typically avoid close association with individuals that manifest sympt
