Journal article

Publication year: 2022

Pages: -759

Journal: Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Volume number: 37

Issue number: 9

ISSN: 0169-5347

eISSN: 1872-8383

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2022.05.003

Publisher: Cell Press

Abstract: 

The Southern Hemisphere differs from the Northern Hemisphere in many aspects. However, most ecological and evolutionary research is conducted in the Northern Hemisphere and its conclusions are extrapolated to the entire globe. Therefore, unique organismal and evolutionary characteristics of the south are overlooked. We use ornithology to show the importance of including a southern perspective. We present examples of plumage pigmentation, brood -parasitic nestling ejection, flightlessness, female song, and female aggression modulated by progesterone as complementary models for investigating funda-mental biological questions. More research in the Southern Hemisphere, together with increased cooperation among researchers across the hemispheres and within the Southern Hemisphere, will provide a greater global outlook into ecology and evolution.

Harvard Citation style: Theuerkauf, J., Villavicencio, C., Adreani, N., Attisano, A., Craig, A., D'Amelio, P., et al. (2022) Austral birds offer insightful complementary models in ecology and evolution, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 37(9), p. 759. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2022.05.003

APA Citation style: Theuerkauf, J., Villavicencio, C., Adreani, N., Attisano, A., Craig, A., D'Amelio, P., Gula, R., Lee, A., Mentesana, L., Quillfeldt, P., Quirici, V., Quispe, R., Vásquez, R., Wingfield, J., & Masello, J. (2022). Austral birds offer insightful complementary models in ecology and evolution. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 37(9). 759. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2022.05.003