H. E. Davis

Woman the Hunter? Female foragers sometimes hunt, yet gendered divisions of labor are real

The paper critiques a study claiming foraging societies lack gendered labor divisions, finding methodological flaws and emphasizing the importance of broader labor roles.

A lack of repeatability creates the illusion of a trade-off between basal and plastic cold tolerance.

The paper tests the thermotolerance-plasticity trade-off hypothesis in Drosophila melanogaster and finds that apparent correlations are due to regression to the mean, not physiological constraints.

Chill coma onset and recovery fail to reveal true variation in thermal performance among populations of Drosophila melanogaster

The study finds that Drosophila melanogaster populations from different climates do not consistently differ in chill coma onset and recovery but do differ in chronic cold survival, highlighting the need to measure multiple thermal traits.

Warm periods in repeated cold stresses protect Drosophila against ionoregulatory collapse, chilling injury, and reproductive deficits

This study shows that warm periods during repeated cold stresses improve survival, recovery, and reproduction in Drosophila melanogaster by mitigating ionoregulatory collapse.

An impressive capacity for cold tolerance plasticity protects against ionoregulatory collapse in the disease vector, Aedes aegypti

This study shows that Aedes aegypti larvae and adults can acclimate to cold temperatures by maintaining ion balance, which may help them spread to colder regions.

When to care and when to kill: termites shape their collective response based on stage of infection

This study shows termites adjust their social behaviors based on the infection stage of nestmates, with grooming increasing after spore germination and cannibalism occurring only when termites are visibly ill.