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Biologia Futura: adaptive changes in urban populations by Liker, András

“…Cities represent novel environments where altered ecological conditions can generate strong selection pressures leading to the evolution of specific urban…”
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Food availability limits avian reproduction in the city: An experimental study on great tits Parus major by Seress, Gábor, Sándor, Krisztina, Evans, Karl L., Liker, András, Derryberry, Elizabeth

“…The altered ecological and environmental conditions in towns and cities strongly affect demographic traits of urban animal populations, for example avian…”
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Habitat urbanization and its effects on birds by Seress, Gábor, Liker, András

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Social organization in ungulates: Revisiting Jarman’s hypotheses by Szemán, Karola, Liker, András, Székely, Tamás

“…Ungulates (antelopes, deer and relatives) have some of the most diverse social systems among mammals. To understand the evolution of ungulate social…”
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Degree of anisogamy is unrelated to the intensity of sexual selection by Mokos, Judit, Scheuring, István, Liker, András, Freckleton, Robert P., Székely, Tamás

“…Males and females often display different behaviours and, in the context of reproduction, these behaviours are labelled sex roles. The Darwin–Bateman paradigm…”
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Great tits feed their nestlings with more but smaller prey items and fewer caterpillars in cities than in forests by Sinkovics, Csenge, Seress, Gábor, Pipoly, Ivett, Vincze, Ernő, Liker, András

“…Rapidly increasing urbanisation is one of the most significant anthropogenic environmental changes which can affect demographic traits of animal populations,…”
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Personality traits and behavioral syndromes in differently urbanized populations of house sparrows (Passer domesticus) by Bókony, Veronika, Kulcsár, Anna, Tóth, Zoltán, Liker, András

“…Urbanization creates novel environments for wild animals where selection pressures may differ drastically from those in natural habitats. Adaptation to urban…”
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Ecology and allometry predict the evolution of avian developmental durations by Cooney, Christopher R., Sheard, Catherine, Clark, Andrew D., Healy, Susan D., Liker, András, Street, Sally E., Troisi, Camille A., Thomas, Gavin H., Székely, Tamás, Hemmings, Nicola, Wright, Alison E.

“…The duration of the developmental period represents a fundamental axis of life-history variation, yet broad insights regarding the drivers of this diversity…”
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The evolution of sex roles in birds is related to adult sex ratio by Liker, András, Freckleton, Robert P., Székely, Tamás

“…Sex-role reversal represents a formidable challenge for evolutionary biologists, since it is not clear which ecological, life-history or social factors…”
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Sex-biased survival predicts adult sex ratio variation in wild birds by Székely, Tamás, Liker, András, Freckleton, Robert P., Fichtel, Claudia, Kappeler, Peter M.

“…Adult sex ratio (ASR) is a central concept in population demography and breeding system evolution, and has implications for population viability and…”
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Larger groups are more successful in innovative problem solving in house sparrows by Liker, András, Bókony, Veronika

“…Group living offers well-known benefits to animals, such as better predator avoidance and increased foraging success. An important additional, but so far…”
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Contrasting effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on urban birds’ reproductive success in two cities by Seress, Gábor, Sándor, Krisztina, Vincze, Ernő, Pipoly, Ivett, Bukor, Boglárka, Ágh, Nóra, Liker, András

“…The ubiquitous activity of humans is a fundamental feature of urban environments affecting local wildlife in several ways. Testing the influence of human…”
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Impact of urbanization on abundance and phenology of caterpillars and consequences for breeding in an insectivorous bird by Seress, Gábor, Hammer, Tamas, Bókony, Veronika, Vincze, Ernő, Preiszner, Bálint, Pipoly, Ivett, Sinkovics, Csenge, Evans, Karl L., Liker, András

“…Urbanization can have marked effects on plant and animal populations’ phenology, population size, predator–prey, interactions and reproductive success. These…”
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Sex differences in adult lifespan and aging rates of mortality across wild mammals by Lemaître, Jean-François, Ronget, Victor, Tidière, Morgane, Allainé, Dominique, Berger, Vérane, Cohas, Aurélie, Colchero, Fernando, Conde, Dalia A., Garratt, Michael, Liker, András, Marais, Gabriel A. B., Scheuerlein, Alexander, Székely, Tamás, Gaillard, Jean-Michel

“…In human populations, women consistently outlive men, which suggests profound biological foundations for sex differences in survival. Quantifying whether such…”
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Parental care and the evolution of terrestriality in frogs by Vági, Balázs, Végvári, Zsolt, Liker, András, Freckleton, Robert P, Székely, Tamás

“…Frogs and toads (Anura) exhibit some of the most diverse parental strategies in vertebrates. Identifying the evolutionary origins of parenting is fundamental…”
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The evolution of parental cooperation in birds by Remeš, Vladimír, Freckleton, Robert P., Tökölyi, Jácint, Liker, András, Székely, Tamás

“…Parental care is one of the most variable social behaviors and it is an excellent model system to understand cooperation between unrelated individuals. Three…”
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Sex ratios and bimaturism differ between temperature-dependent and genetic sex-determination systems in reptiles by Bókony, Veronika, Milne, Gregory, Pipoly, Ivett, Székely, Tamás, Liker, András

“…Sex-determining systems may profoundly influence the ecology, behaviour and demography of animals, yet these relationships are poorly understood. Here we…”
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Divorce and Infidelity Are Associated with Skewed Adult Sex Ratios in Birds by Liker, András, Freckleton, Robert P., Székely, Tamás

“…Adult sex ratio (ASR) is a fundamental concept in population demography, and recent theory suggests that ASR plays a central role in social behavior, mating…”
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The evolution of parental care in salamanders by Vági, Balázs, Marsh, Daniel, Katona, Gergely, Végvári, Zsolt, Freckleton, Robert P., Liker, András, Székely, Tamás

“…Complex parenting has been proposed to contribute to the evolutionary success of vertebrates. However, the evolutionary routes to complex parenting and the…”
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The genetic sex-determination system predicts adult sex ratios in tetrapods by Pipoly, Ivett, Bókony, Veronika, Kirkpatrick, Mark, Donald, Paul F., Székely, Tamás, Liker, András

“…An analysis of 344 species of tetrapods (birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians) shows that taxa in which the female is heterogametic tend to have a more…”
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