Feeling Disconnected: River Fragmentation Alters Parenting, Aggression, and Risk-Taking in Threespine Stickleback.

ABSTRACT: Habitat fragmentation is a global challenge stemming from human-induced change. As habitat fragmentation is expected to worsen over time, there is a need to identify organism traits that can predict population persistence within fragments. Behavioral traits are primary candidates for understanding population response to fragmentation because behavior often serves as a first response to changing conditions. While behavior is a topic of interest in the context of habitat fragmentation, many studies are limited to investigating movement patterns. Parental care behaviors are directly tied to individual fitness and offspring survival, which may provide predictive value to population persistence under fragmentation. However, it remains unclear both whether and how parental care differs in organi

SUBMITTER: Leri F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12434314 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature