All Outputs (25)

Laterality, reproduction and parental care : an investigation in fish (2021)
Thesis
McLean, S. E. (2021). Laterality, reproduction and parental care : an investigation in fish. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224172

Cerebral lateralisation or ‘laterality’, the partitioning of different cognitive functions in specific brain hemispheres, is a selectively advantageous trait that can enhance cognition. The selective advantages of exhibiting laterality are hypothesis... Read More about Laterality, reproduction and parental care : an investigation in fish.

Unravelling the macro-evolutionary ecology of fish–jellyfish associations: life in the ‘gingerbread house’ (2019)
Journal Article
Griffin, D. C., Harrod, C., Houghton, J. D. R., & Capellini, I. (2019). Unravelling the macro-evolutionary ecology of fish–jellyfish associations: life in the ‘gingerbread house’. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286(1899), 20182325. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2325

Fish–jellyfish interactions are important factors contributing to fish stock success. Jellyfish can compete with fish for food resources, or feed on fish eggs and larvae, which works to reduce survivorship and recruitment of fish species. However, je... Read More about Unravelling the macro-evolutionary ecology of fish–jellyfish associations: life in the ‘gingerbread house’.

Mixed phylogenetic signal in fish toxicity data across chemical classes (2018)
Journal Article
Hylton, A., Chiari, Y., Capellini, I., Barron, M. G., & Glaberman, S. (2018). Mixed phylogenetic signal in fish toxicity data across chemical classes. Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America, 28(3), 605-611. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1698

Chemical use in society is growing rapidly and is one of the five major pressures on biodiversity worldwide. Since empirical toxicity studies of pollutants generally focus on a handful of model organisms, reliable approaches are needed to assess sens... Read More about Mixed phylogenetic signal in fish toxicity data across chemical classes.

The evolution of male parental care in mammals (2017)
Thesis
West, H. E. R. (2017). The evolution of male parental care in mammals. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220927

Males care for offspring across a diverse range of taxa. Why males give up mating opportunities and spend time and energy caring for offspring is unclear, especially when females already provide parental care. The evolutionary drivers for biparental... Read More about The evolution of male parental care in mammals.

Fast life history traits promote invasion success in amphibians and reptiles (2017)
Journal Article
Allen, W. L., Street, S. E., & Capellini, I. (2017). Fast life history traits promote invasion success in amphibians and reptiles. Ecology letters, 20(2), 222-230. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12728

Competing theoretical models make different predictions on which life history strategies facilitate growth of small populations. While ‘fast’ strategies allow for rapid increase in population size and limit vulnerability to stochastic events, ‘slow’... Read More about Fast life history traits promote invasion success in amphibians and reptiles.

Male care and life history traits in mammals (2016)
Journal Article
West, H. E., & Capellini, I. (2016). Male care and life history traits in mammals. Nature communications, 7, 11854. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11854

Male care has energetic and opportunity costs, and is more likely to evolve when males gain greater certainty of paternity or when future mating opportunities are scarce. However, little is known about the substantial benefits that males may provide... Read More about Male care and life history traits in mammals.

Sleep, evolution and brains : Commentary on Herculano-Houzel S (2015): Decreasing sleep requirement with increasing numbers of neurons as a driver for bigger brains and bodies in mammalian evolution. Proc Biol Sci 282:20151853 (2016)
Journal Article
Barton, R. A., & Capellini, I. (2016). Sleep, evolution and brains : Commentary on Herculano-Houzel S (2015): Decreasing sleep requirement with increasing numbers of neurons as a driver for bigger brains and bodies in mammalian evolution. Proc Biol Sci 282:20151853. Brain, behavior and evolution, 87(2), 65-68. https://doi.org/10.1159/000443716

Commentary on Herculano-Houzel S (2015): Decreasing Sleep Requirement with Increasing Numbers of Neurons as a Driver for Bigger Brains and Bodies in Mammalian Evolution. Proc Biol Sci 282:20151853

The role of life history traits in mammalian invasion success (2015)
Journal Article
Capellini, I., Baker, J., Allen, W. L., Street, S. E., & Venditti, C. (2015). The role of life history traits in mammalian invasion success. Ecology letters, 18(10), 1099-1107. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12493

Why some organisms become invasive when introduced into novel regions while others fail to even establish is a fundamental question in ecology. Barriers to success are expected to filter species at each stage along the invasion pathway. No study to d... Read More about The role of life history traits in mammalian invasion success.

Microparasites and placental invasiveness in eutherian mammals (2015)
Journal Article
Capellini, I., Nunn, C. L., & Barton, R. A. (2015). Microparasites and placental invasiveness in eutherian mammals. PLoS ONE, 10(7), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132563

© 2015 Capellini et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are... Read More about Microparasites and placental invasiveness in eutherian mammals.

Phylogenetic signal in amphibian sensitivity to copper sulfate relative to experimental temperature (2015)
Journal Article
Chiari, Y., Glaberman, S., Serén, N., Carretero, M. A., & Capellini, I. (2015). Phylogenetic signal in amphibian sensitivity to copper sulfate relative to experimental temperature. Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America, 25(3), 596-602. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-0439.1

The release of large quantities of chemicals into the environment represents a major source of environmental disturbance. In recent years, the focus of ecotoxicology has shifted from describing the effects of chemical contaminants on individual speci... Read More about Phylogenetic signal in amphibian sensitivity to copper sulfate relative to experimental temperature.

The evolutionary significance of placental interdigitation in mammalian reproduction: Contributions from comparative studies (2012)
Journal Article
Capellini, I. (2012). The evolutionary significance of placental interdigitation in mammalian reproduction: Contributions from comparative studies. Placenta, 33(10), 763-768. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2012.07.004

The placenta is fundamental to mammalian reproduction and is surprisingly diverse in gross morphology among species. Whether and how this diversity affects maternal investment and fetal growth is still poorly understood. Contrary to suggestions that... Read More about The evolutionary significance of placental interdigitation in mammalian reproduction: Contributions from comparative studies.

Ecological constraints on mammalian sleep architecture (2012)
Book Chapter
Preston, B., Nunn, C., McNamara, P., Barton, R., & Capellini, I. (2012). Ecological constraints on mammalian sleep architecture. In Evolution of Sleep. Phylogenetic and functional perspectives (12389). Cambridge University Press

In this chapter, we review the evidence for how ecological factors, including predation risk and foraging requirements, might shape patterns of sleep among mammals. We also highlight the need for more research on the degree to which animals can exhib... Read More about Ecological constraints on mammalian sleep architecture.

Placentation and maternal investment in mammals (2010)
Journal Article
Capellini, I., Venditti, C., & Barton, R. A. (2011). Placentation and maternal investment in mammals. The American naturalist, 177(1), 86-98. https://doi.org/10.1086/657435

The mammalian placenta exhibits striking interspecific morphological variation, yet the implications of such diversity for reproductive strategies and fetal development remain obscure. More invasive hemochorial placentas, in which fetal tissues direc... Read More about Placentation and maternal investment in mammals.

Adaptive evolution of four microcephaly genes and the evolution of brain size in anthropoid primates (2010)
Journal Article
Montgomery, S. H., Capellini, I., Venditti, C., Barton, R. A., & Mundy, N. I. (2011). Adaptive evolution of four microcephaly genes and the evolution of brain size in anthropoid primates. Molecular biology and evolution, 28(1), 625-638. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msq237

The anatomical basis and adaptive function of the expansion in primate brain size have long been studied; however, we are only beginning to understand the genetic basis of these evolutionary changes. Genes linked to human primary microcephaly have re... Read More about Adaptive evolution of four microcephaly genes and the evolution of brain size in anthropoid primates.

Phylogeny and metabolic scaling in mammals (2010)
Journal Article
Capellini, I., Venditti, C., & Barton, R. A. (2010). Phylogeny and metabolic scaling in mammals. Ecology, 91(9), 2783-2793. https://doi.org/10.1890/09-0817.1

The scaling of metabolic rates to body size is widely considered to be of great biological and ecological importance, and much attention has been devoted to determining its theoretical and empirical value. Most debate centers on whether the underlyin... Read More about Phylogeny and metabolic scaling in mammals.

Reconstructing the ups and downs of primate brain evolution: Implications for adaptive hypotheses and Homo floresiensis (2010)
Journal Article
Montgomery, S. H., Capellini, I., Barton, R. A., & Mundy, N. I. (2010). Reconstructing the ups and downs of primate brain evolution: Implications for adaptive hypotheses and Homo floresiensis. BMC biology, 8(1), 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-8-9

Background: Brain size is a key adaptive trait. It is often assumed that increasing brain size was a general evolutionary trend in primates, yet recent fossil discoveries have documented brain size decreases in some lineages, raising the question of... Read More about Reconstructing the ups and downs of primate brain evolution: Implications for adaptive hypotheses and Homo floresiensis.

Does sleep play a role in memory consolidation? A comparative test (2009)
Journal Article
Capellini, I., McNamara, P., Preston, B. T., Nunn, C. L., & Barton, R. A. (2009). Does sleep play a role in memory consolidation? A comparative test. PLoS ONE, 4(2), e4609. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004609

Sleep is a pervasive characteristic of mammalian species, yet its purpose remains obscure. It is often proposed that 'sleep is for the brain', a view that is supported by experimental studies showing that sleep improves cognitive processes such as me... Read More about Does sleep play a role in memory consolidation? A comparative test.

Parasite resistance and the adaptive significance of sleep (2009)
Journal Article
Preston, B. T., Capellini, I., McNamara, P., Barton, R. A., & Nunn, C. L. (2009). Parasite resistance and the adaptive significance of sleep. BMC evolutionary biology, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-7

Background. Sleep is a biological enigma. Despite occupying much of an animal's life, and having been scrutinized by numerous experimental studies, there is still no consensus on its function. Similarly, no hypothesis has yet explained why species ha... Read More about Parasite resistance and the adaptive significance of sleep.

Energetic constraints, not predation, influence the evolution of sleep patterning in mammals (2008)
Journal Article
Capellini, I., Nunn, C. L., McNamara, P., Preston, B. T., & Barton, R. A. (2008). Energetic constraints, not predation, influence the evolution of sleep patterning in mammals. Functional ecology, 22(5), 847-853. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01449.x

1 Mammalian sleep is composed of two distinct states – rapid-eye-movement (REM) and non-REM (NREM) sleep – that alternate in cycles over a sleep bout. The duration of these cycles varies extensively across mammalian species. Because the end of a slee... Read More about Energetic constraints, not predation, influence the evolution of sleep patterning in mammals.

Phylogenetic analysis of the ecology and evolution of mammalian sleep (2008)
Journal Article
Capellini, I., Barton, R. A., McNamara, P., Preston, B. T., & Nunn, C. L. (2008). Phylogenetic analysis of the ecology and evolution of mammalian sleep. Evolution, 62(7), 1764-1775. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00392.x

The amount of time asleep varies greatly in mammals, from 3 h in the donkey to 20 h in the armadillo. Previous comparative studies have suggested several functional explanations for interspecific variation in both the total time spent asleep and in r... Read More about Phylogenetic analysis of the ecology and evolution of mammalian sleep.