H. Cayuela

Anthropogenic impacts on threatened species erode functional diversity in turtles and crocodilians

The paper assesses functional diversity loss in turtles and crocodilians due to anthropogenic threats, finding habitat disturbance causes twice the functional diversity loss compared to other threats.

Genome-wide DNA methylation predicts environmentally-driven life history variation in a marine fish

This study shows that DNA methylation patterns differ between two life history strategies in capelin, suggesting epigenetic changes, not genetic differences, drive these variations.

Locally-adaptive inversions modulate genetic variation at different geographic scales in a seaweed fly

This study examines how chromosomal inversions influence genetic variation across geographic scales in the seaweed fly, finding they differentiate populations more strongly than collinear regions.

Drivers of amphibian population dynamics and asynchrony at local and continental scales

The paper examines factors driving population synchrony in great crested newts, finding low synchrony and strong density-dependence across local and continental scales.

Anthropogenic disturbance drives dispersal syndromes, demography, and gene flow in spatially structured amphibian populations

This study shows that human-driven habitat patch turnover affects dispersal rates, phenotypic specialization, and genetic structure in amphibian populations.

Transgenerational dispersal plasticity and its fitness consequences are under genetic control

This study investigates how genotype influences transgenerational plasticity of dispersal traits across 200 clonal generations in ciliates, showing stable inheritance and genotype-dependent fitness effects.

Demography, genetic, and extinction process in a spatially structured population of lekking bird

This study examines demographic and genetic factors in the extinction of a lekking bird population, finding a severe decline and low genetic diversity without evidence of inbreeding depression.

The role of recombination on genome-wide patterns of local ancestry exemplified by supplemented Brook Charr populations

The paper examines how recombination affects local ancestry patterns in Brook Charr populations following hybridization, finding that deleterious mutations influence introgression dynamics.

Population position along the fast-slow life-history continuum predicts intraspecific variation in actuarial senescence

This study shows that population position along the fast-slow life-history continuum predicts differences in senescence onset and rate in wild Bombina variegata populations.

Slow life-history strategies are associated with negligible actuarial senescence in western Palearctic salamanders

This study shows that western Palearctic salamanders exhibit negligible actuarial senescence, consistent with their slow life history and high regenerative abilities.

Population dynamics and age-dependent mortality processes in tropical reptiles

This study examines age-dependent mortality patterns in tropical reptiles, revealing varied senescence processes and highlighting negative senescence in ectotherms.

Kin-dependent dispersal influences relatedness and genetic structuring in a lek system

The paper examines how kin-dependent dispersal affects relatedness and genetic structure in a lekking bird population, finding stronger spatial relatedness and genetic structuring in males than females.

Co-occurrence of contrasting life-history strategies in a metapopulation inhabiting temporally variable and stable breeding sites

This study examines how environmental stochasticity affects life-history strategies in a yellow-bellied toad metapopulation, finding that variable breeding sites lead to slower life histories and increased survival.

Survival cost to relocation does not reduce population self-sustainability in an amphibian

The study shows that while adult survival is lower in relocated yellow-bellied toads, offspring survival rates are similar to source and control populations, and the relocated population remains self-sustaining.

Toads and roads: transport infrastructure severely impacts dispersal regardless of life stage

This study shows transport infrastructure, particularly roads, negatively impacts toad dispersal, with roads having a stronger effect than gravel tracks, regardless of the toads' age.

Environmentally mediated reproductive success predicts breeding dispersal decisions in an early successional amphibian

This study shows that reproductive success in yellow-bellied toads is influenced by patch size and disturbance, which in turn affect dispersal decisions.