Food availability

Food availability has no effect on survival in H. oligactis.

“survival rate was not affected by the amount of food.”

Model organisms

Resource allocation and post-reproductive degeneration in the freshwater cnidarian Hydra oligactis (Pallas, 1766)

Zoology (Jena, Germany)·Jun 23, 2016

Food availability increases fecundity in H. oligactis.

“Food availability significantly affected fecundity (number of eggs or testes produced), with the largest number of gonads being produced by animals kept on a high food regime.”

Model organismshigh food regime

Resource allocation and post-reproductive degeneration in the freshwater cnidarian Hydra oligactis (Pallas, 1766)

Zoology (Jena, Germany)·Jun 23, 2016

Food availability is associated with selection favoring longer zooid longevity in S. marine.

“In environments where food availability is high and flow rate is low, selection also favours colonies with longer zooid longevity.”

Model organismsHigh food availability and low flow rate

Resources mediate selection on module longevity in the field

Journal of evolutionary biology·Aug 4, 2018

Food availability is associated with reproductive output in D. pulex.

“the individuals at the three lower food concentrations had a decrease in reproduction and lifespan”

Model organismsincreasing starvationthree lower food concentrations

Effects of fluctuating temperature and food availability on reproduction and lifespan

Experimental gerontology·Jun 27, 2016

Food availability is associated with lifespan in D. pulex.

“the individuals at the three lower food concentrations had a decrease in reproduction and lifespan”

Model organismsincreasing starvationthree lower food concentrations

Effects of fluctuating temperature and food availability on reproduction and lifespan

Experimental gerontology·Jun 27, 2016