Life history attributes influencing metabolic variation in an estuarine fish
Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Considering that energy availability and oxygen transport potential are limited in supplying metabolic requirements, all animals face trade‐offs between competing metabolic demands.
Elizabeth C. Hoots +3 more
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Divergent allometric strategies and biomass allocation patterns of four key tree taxa in subtropical China. [PDF]
Front Plant SciYang J, Peng W.
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Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Most current terrestrial biogeochemical models formalize biogeochemical cycling as predominantly controlled by processes involving plants and soil microbes. However, growing evidence indicates that above‐ground animals could exert controlling feedback effects that alter
Janey R. Lienau +2 more
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Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Soil food web models are essential for linking animal diversity to carbon and nutrient cycling. However, it is unclear how soil animals regulate excess carbon when nutrient availability limits their growth and how to best represent animal respiration in these models. To
Robert W. Buchkowski +8 more
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When is the bait worth the risk? A mechanistic model of a compensatory ecological trap in seabirds
Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Ecological traps occur when organisms preferentially select habitats that reduce fitness. In seabird–fishery systems, fishery‐derived trophic subsidies can increase foraging success, reinforce habitat preference and indirectly enhance reproductive output or recruitment,
Cristóbal Anguita +2 more
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In growing lambs, can body weight be predicted from the dorsal area? [PDF]
Transl Anim SciGastelum-Delgado MÁ +8 more
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Scaling temperature‐dependent dispersal rates to metacommunity dynamics: An experimental test
Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Changes in community structure under shifting thermal regimes depend on how both local population dynamics and regional dispersal respond to temperature. Processes underlying dispersal, such as movement speed and demographic density dependence, are constrained by ...
Keila Stark +3 more
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A Parsimonious, Accurate, Predictive Model for Avian Egg Geometry. [PDF]
Biology (Basel)Orszulik ST.
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Functional variation in butterfly egg pore traits: The potential role of climate
Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Immobile eggs of terrestrial animals are exposed to variable environmental conditions. Insect egg pores, critical for gas exchange (aeropyles) and fertilisation (micropyles), are ecologically important yet understudied.
Teun de Jong +4 more
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Allometric Growth Patterns and Phenotypic Plasticity Indices of Different Grades of Annual <i>Pinus yunnanensis</i> Franch. Seedlings at Different Growth Stages. [PDF]
Biology (Basel)Wang P, Lu Z, Xu Y, Cai N.
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