Taborsky, Barbara; English, Sinead; Fawcett, Tim W; Kuijper, Bram; Leimar, Olof; McNamara, John M; Ruuskanen, Suvi; Sandi, Carmen (2021). Towards an Evolutionary Theory of Stress Responses. Trends in ecology & evolution, 36(1), pp. 39-48. Elsevier 10.1016/j.tree.2020.09.003
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All organisms have a stress response system to cope with environmental threats, yet its precise form varies hugely within and across individuals, populations, and species. While the physiological mechanisms are increasingly understood, how stress responses have evolved remains elusive. Here, we show that important insights can be gained from models that incorporate physiological mechanisms within an evolutionary optimality analysis (the 'evo-mecho' approach). Our approach reveals environmental predictability and physiological constraints as key factors shaping stress response evolution, generating testable predictions about variation across species and contexts. We call for an integrated research programme combining theory, experimental evolution, and comparative analysis to advance scientific understanding of how this core physiological system has evolved.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Review Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IEE) > Behavioural Ecology 08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IEE) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Taborsky, Barbara |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology 500 Science > 590 Animals (Zoology) |
ISSN: |
1872-8383 |
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Anja Ebeling |
Date Deposited: |
11 Jul 2023 15:02 |
Last Modified: |
14 Jul 2023 00:29 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/j.tree.2020.09.003 |
PubMed ID: |
33032863 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
evolutionary simulations glucocorticoids optimality models predation risk stress hormones temporal autocorrelation |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/184687 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/184687 |
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