English Journal

Consequences of plant invasions on compartmentalization and species' roles in plant-pollinator networks.

Albrecht M1, Padrón B2, Bartomeus I3, Traveset A2.
Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society.Proc Biol Sci.2014 Aug 7;281(1788). pii: 20140773. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0773.
Compartmentalization-the organization of ecological interaction networks into subsets of species that do not interact with other subsets (true compartments) or interact more frequently among themselves than with other species (modules)-has been identified as a key property for the functioning, stabi
PMID 24943368

Host ecotype generates evolutionary and epidemiological divergence across a pathogen metapopulation.

Laine AL1, Burdon JJ2, Nemri A2, Thrall PH2.
Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society.Proc Biol Sci.2014 Jul 22;281(1787). pii: 20140522. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0522.
The extent and speed at which pathogens adapt to host resistance varies considerably. This presents a challenge for predicting when--and where--pathogen evolution may occur. While gene flow and spatially heterogeneous environments are recognized to be critical for the evolutionary potential of patho
PMID 24870042

Emergence of a dynamic resource partitioning based on the coevolution of phenotypic plasticity in sympatric species.

Suzuki R1, Arita T2.
Journal of theoretical biology.J Theor Biol.2014 Jul 7;352:51-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.02.035. Epub 2014 Mar 4.
This paper investigates the coevolutionary dynamics of the phenotypic plasticity in the context of overlap avoidance behaviors of shared niches in sympatric species. Especially, we consider whether and how a differentiation of phenotypic plasticity can emerge under the assumption that there are no i
PMID 24607740

Japanese Journal

Abrupt community transitions and cyclic evolutionary dynamics in complex food webs.

Takahashi Daisuke,Brännström Ake,Mazzucco Rupert,Yamauchi Atsushi,Dieckmann Ulf
Journal of theoretical biology 337, 181-189, 2013-11-21
… To elucidate the eco-evolutionary processes underlying the long-term build-up and potential collapse of community diversity, here we develop and examine an individual-based model describing coevolutionary dynamics driven by trophic interactions and interference competition, of a pair of quantitative traits determining predator and prey niches. …
NAID 120005348998

久保良平,小野正人
植物の生長調節 46(1), 51-57, 2011-05-31
… In particular, chemoecological interactions between flowers and eusocial bees form the coevolutionary basis of improved fitness for both plants and bees. …
NAID 110008672880