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Family living sets the stage for cooperative breeding and ecological resilience in birds by Griesser, Michael, Drobniak, Szymon M, Nakagawa, Shinichi, Botero, Carlos A

“…Cooperative breeding is an extreme form of cooperation that evolved in a range of lineages, including arthropods, fish, birds, and mammals. Although…”
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Evolutionary tipping points in the capacity to adapt to environmental change by Botero, Carlos A., Weissing, Franz J., Wright, Jonathan, Rubenstein, Dustin R.

“…In an era of rapid climate change, there is a pressing need to understand how organisms will cope with faster and less predictable variation in environmental…”
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Complementarity in Allen’s and Bergmann’s rules among birds by Baldwin, Justin W., Garcia-Porta, Joan, Botero, Carlos A.

“…Biologists have long noted that endotherms tend to have larger bodies (Bergmann’s rule) and shorter appendages (Allen’s rule) in colder environments…”
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D-PLACE: A Global Database of Cultural, Linguistic and Environmental Diversity by Kirby, Kathryn R, Gray, Russell D, Greenhill, Simon J, Jordan, Fiona M, Gomes-Ng, Stephanie, Bibiko, Hans-Jörg, Blasi, Damián E, Botero, Carlos A, Bowern, Claire, Ember, Carol R, Leehr, Dan, Low, Bobbi S, McCarter, Joe, Divale, William, Gavin, Michael C

“…From the foods we eat and the houses we construct, to our religious practices and political organization, to who we can marry and the types of games we teach…”
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Fluctuating environments, sexual selection and the evolution of flexible mate choice in birds by Botero, Carlos A, Rubenstein, Dustin R

“…Environmentally-induced fluctuation in the form and strength of natural selection can drive the evolution of morphology, physiology, and behavior. Here we test…”
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ecology of religious beliefs by Botero, Carlos A., Gardner, Beth, Kirby, Kathryn R., Bulbulia, Joseph, Gavin, Michael C., Gray, Russell D.

“…Significance Here we show that the spatial prevalence of human societies that believe in moralizing high gods can be predicted with a high level of accuracy…”
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The uses and abuses of tree thinking in cultural evolution by Evans, Cara L, Greenhill, Simon J, Watts, Joseph, List, Johann-Mattis, Botero, Carlos A, Gray, Russell D, Kirby, Kathryn R

“…Modern phylogenetic methods are increasingly being used to address questions about macro-level patterns in cultural evolution. These methods can illuminate the…”
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Alternative ecological strategies lead to avian brain size bimodality in variable habitats by Fristoe, Trevor S., Botero, Carlos A.

“…The ecological contexts that promote larger brains have received considerable attention, but those that result in smaller-than-expected brains have been…”
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Ecological uncertainty favours the diversification of host use in avian brood parasites by Antonson, Nicholas D., Rubenstein, Dustin R., Hauber, Mark E., Botero, Carlos A.

“…Adaptive responses to ecological uncertainty may affect the dynamics of interspecific interactions and shape the course of evolution within symbioses. Obligate…”
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Niche expansion and adaptive divergence in the global radiation of crows and ravens by Garcia-Porta, Joan, Sol, Daniel, Pennell, Matt, Sayol, Ferran, Kaliontzopoulou, Antigoni, Botero, Carlos A.

“…The processes that allow some lineages to diversify rapidly at a global scale remain poorly understood. Although earlier studies emphasized the importance of…”
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Sexual selection accelerates signal evolution during speciation in birds by Seddon, Nathalie, Botero, Carlos A., Tobias, Joseph A., Dunn, Peter O., MacGregor, Hannah E. A., Rubenstein, Dustin R., Uy, J. Albert C., Weir, Jason T., Whittingham, Linda A., Safran, Rebecca J.

“…Sexual selection is proposed to be an important driver of diversification in animal systems, yet previous tests of this hypothesis have produced mixed results…”
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Using colony size to measure fitness in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Miller, James H, Fasanello, Vincent J, Liu, Ping, Longan, Emery R, Botero, Carlos A, Fay, Justin C

“…Competitive fitness assays in liquid culture have been a mainstay for characterizing experimental evolution of microbial populations. Growth of microbial…”
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Sexual selection, speciation and constraints on geographical range overlap in birds by Cooney, Christopher R., Tobias, Joseph A., Weir, Jason T., Botero, Carlos A., Seddon, Nathalie, Westneat, David

“…The role of sexual selection as a driver of speciation remains unresolved, not least because we lack a clear empirical understanding of its influence on…”
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Alternative responses to rare selection events are differentially vulnerable to changes in the frequency, scope, and intensity of environmental extremes by Haaland, Thomas R., Botero, Carlos A.

“…Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent, severe, and/or widespread as a consequence of anthropogenic climate change. While the economic and…”
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Bartonella quintana and Typhus Group Rickettsiae Exposure among Homeless Persons, Bogotá, Colombia by Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A, Márquez, Andrea C, Bravo-Estupiñan, Diana M, Calixto, Omar-Javier, López-Castillo, Christian A, Botero-García, Carlos A, Hidalgo, Marylin, Cuervo, Claudia

“…In 2015, we investigated Bartonella quintana and typhus group rickettsiae in body lice from homeless persons in Bogotá, Colombia. We found B. quintana-infected…”
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The biogeography and evolution of land ownership by Haynie, Hannah J., Kushnick, Geoff, Kavanagh, Patrick H., Ember, Carol R., Bowern, Claire, Low, Bobbi S., Tuff, Ty, Vilela, Bruno, Kirby, Kathryn R., Botero, Carlos A., Gavin, Michael C.

“…Aim Land ownership norms are well documented and play a central role in social–ecological systems. Yet only recently has the spatial and temporal distribution…”
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Big brains stabilize populations and facilitate colonization of variable habitats in birds by Fristoe, Trevor S., Iwaniuk, Andrew N., Botero, Carlos A.

“…The cognitive buffer hypothesis posits that environmental variability can be a major driver of the evolution of cognition because an enhanced ability to…”
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Cooperation facilitates the colonization of harsh environments by Cornwallis, Charlie K., Botero, Carlos A., Rubenstein, Dustin R., Downing, Philip A., West, Stuart A., Griffin, Ashleigh S.

“…Animals living in harsh environments, where temperatures are hot and rainfall is unpredictable, are more likely to breed in cooperative groups. As a result,…”
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Geography is not destiny: A quantitative test of Diamond's axis of orientation hypothesis by Chira, Angela M, Gray, Russell D, Botero, Carlos A

“…Jared Diamond suggested that the unique East-West orientation of Eurasia facilitated the spread of cultural innovations and gave it substantial political,…”
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Trill consistency is an age-related assessment signal in banded wrens by de Kort, Selvino R., Eldermire, Erin R.B., Valderrama, Sandra, Botero, Carlos A., Vehrencamp, Sandra L.

“…Thryothorus pleurostictus…”
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