J. Ellers

Urban sensory conditions alter rival interactions and mate choice in urban and forest tungara frogs

This study examines how urban sensory conditions affect rival interactions and mate choice in urban and forest tungara frogs, showing origin-dependent effects on sexual communication.

Tetrapod vocal evolution: higher frequencies and faster rates of evolution in mammalian vocalizations

The paper compares vocal frequency evolution across mammals, birds, and frogs, finding mammals have higher frequencies and faster evolutionary rates.

Predicting and quantifying coexistence outcomes between resident and invading species using trait and abundance data

The paper develops a statistical framework using trait and abundance data to predict and quantify coexistence outcomes between resident and invading species, applying it to geckos on Curacao.

Elevated human impact on islands increases the introduction and extinction status of native insular reptiles

The paper examines how human impact on islands affects the introduction and extinction status of native reptiles, finding that introduced and extinction-prone species occupy opposite ends of trait continua.

Population bottleneck has only marginal effect on fitness evolution and its repeatability in dioecious C. elegans

This study tests if population bottlenecks reduce fitness evolution repeatability in C. elegans, finding no significant effect despite reduced genetic diversity.

Environmental and morphological constraints interact to drive the evolution of communication signals in frogs

This study investigates how environmental and morphological factors influence the evolution of frog vocalizations, finding that aquatic frogs produce lower-pitched calls, partly due to larger body size.

Lipids as currency in ecological interactions: Competition and facilitation between two lipid scavenging parasitoids

This study examines competitive interactions between two lipid-scavenging parasitoids, showing that Nasonia vitripennis outcompetes Tachinaephagus zealandicus when parasitizing hosts later, but faces resource limitations due to prior parasitization.

Parallel evolution in the integration of a co-obligate aphid symbiosis

This study identifies three independent transitions to a co-obligate aphid symbiosis and shows a predictable sequence of metabolic and physical integration between symbionts.