N. A. Dochtermann

Chronic exposure to predator cues fails to elicit plastic responses or transgenerational effects in banded crickets

This study shows that chronic exposure to predator cues in banded crickets does not lead to developmental plasticity or transgenerational effects, unlike direct predator exposure.

Flowering cues in a Costa Rican cloud forest: analyzing the effect of climate

The paper analyzes historical flowering data from Costa Rican cloud forest plants to identify climate cues influencing flowering patterns and their response to climate change.

Drift on holey landscapes as a dominant evolutionary process

The paper shows that genetic variation in quantitative traits across multiple species is better explained by 'holey landscapes' than by traditional Gaussian fitness landscapes, suggesting a need to revise evolutionary models.

The role of trade-offs and feedbacks in shaping integrated plasticity, behavioral syndromes, and behavioral correlations

This paper examines how behavioral correlations arise from trade-offs and feedbacks, finding that within-individual correlations are more influential than behavioral syndromes and that feedbacks can resolve inconsistencies between observed correlations and trade-off expectations.

Misalignment of selection, plasticity, and among-individual variation: A test of theoretical predictions with Peromyscus maniculatus.

The paper tests if genetic variation, plasticity, and selection align in deer mice by analyzing behavioral covariances and selection gradients, finding they are misaligned.