Patrick T. Rohner

TL;DR: Analysis of geographic SSD variation in closely related black scavenger flies revealed at least six independent origins of male‐biased SSD in Sepsidae, which is likely caused by sexual selection on male size and mediated by bimaturism.

TL;DR: The findings indicate that primarily selection on size, rather than the reproductive role per se, drives the evolution of sex-specific body size plasticity, which is congruent with theory in suggesting that condition dependence plays a pivotal role in the Evolution of sexual size dimorphism.

TL;DR: The impact of steep elevational gradients and geography on a community of closely related, often sympatric species is illustrated, and potential mechanisms of niche partitioning via temporal succession, thermal adaptation and differential resource use are discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the feasibility and accuracy of such an approach using dung insects of practical relevance in ecotoxicological assessments of veterinary pharmaceutical residues in the environment was tested using a set of 8 known mixtures that varied in absolute and relative composition of small-bodied and large-bodied species.

TL;DR: Winter dormancy induction mechanisms of European sepsids are congruent with their geographic distribution, co-defining their thermal niches and flexible adult winter quiescence appears the easiest route for insects spreading towards the poles to evolve the necessary overwinter survival.