C. M. Sgro

Fluctuating temperatures exacerbate nutritional stress during development in Drosophila melanogaster

This study shows that fluctuating temperatures worsen nutritional stress in Drosophila populations, with tropical populations more affected than temperate ones.

Within population plastic responses to combined thermal-nutritional stress differ from those in response to single stressors, and are genetically independent across traits in both males and females.

This study examines how within-population plastic responses to combined thermal-nutritional stress differ from single stressors and finds genetic independence across traits in both males and females.

Identifying the proximate mechanisms that generate variation in nutritional plasticity for fecundity in Drosophila melanogaster

This study identifies that genetic variation in fecundity plasticity in Drosophila melanogaster is due to differences in food intake and conversion efficiency, not morphology.

Anticipating change: the impact of simulated seasonal heterogeneity on heat tolerances along a latitudinal cline.

This study tests how seasonal environmental signals affect thermal tolerance clines in Daphnia carinata clones, finding that latitudinal thermal adaptation remains robust despite seasonal manipulations.

Thermal acclimation to warmer temperatures can protect host populations from both further heat stress and the potential invasion of pathogens

This study investigates how thermal acclimation affects host and pathogen performance in Daphnia magna and Pasteuria ramosa, finding that hosts benefit more from warming than pathogens.

A dietary sterol trade off determines lifespan responses to dietary restriction in Drosophila melanogaster

This study shows that dietary sterol partitioning between reproduction and lifespan, rather than macronutrients themselves, determines lifespan extension in Drosophila under dietary restriction.

Experimental support that natural selection has shaped the latitudinal distribution of mitochondrial haplotypes in Australian Drosophila melanogaster

The paper shows that thermal selection has shaped mitochondrial haplotype distribution in Australian Drosophila melanogaster, with haplotypes prevalent at different latitudes conferring distinct thermal tolerances.