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A terrestrial laser scanning‐based workflow for component‐wise estimation of individual tree above‐ground biomass

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Accurate estimation of individual tree above‐ground biomass (AGB) and its component‐wise allocation is crucial for advancing ecological research and forest management. However, current biomass estimation methods, such as destructive sampling and allometric equation–based approaches, face limitations in both operational efficiency and cost ...
Qi Dong, Tianyu Hu, Xiaoyong Wu, Jiatong Wang, Xuanhao Jiang, Jiabo Yan, Xiaoqiang Liu, Yuhao Feng, Zhichao Wei, Lingli Liu, Xiao‐Quan Wang, Yanjun Su   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Faster Weight Growth in Invasive Mosquitofish <i>Gambusia holbrooki</i> and <i>Gambusia affinis</i> (Poeciliidae) Under Climate Change. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Rao S, Qi W, Cao H, Tang C, Xiao Y, Sun Y, Xiong W, Xie P, Xu K.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Trait coevolution and causal inference using generalized dynamic phylogenetic models

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Phylogenetic comparative methods are widely used to study trait coevolution across biological and cultural domains. The most common methods are phylogenetic generalized linear (mixed) models, phylogenetic path analysis, Pagel's ‘discrete’ method and Ornstein–Uhlenbeck models. While some frameworks like generalized linear mixed models are quite
Erik J. Ringen, Scott Claessens, Jordan S. Martin, Adrian V. Jaeggi   +3 more
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The Evolution of Skull Shape in Boana faber Clade: Unraveling Heterochrony's Influence. [PDF]

Evol Dev
de Abreu E Melo-Moreira D, Murta-Fonseca RA, Machado AS, Lopes RT, Nascimento LB.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Information flow and the adoption of soil‐improving and water conservation measures, and household welfare: Insights from a randomized controlled trial in Uganda

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Extension services are designed to facilitate the flow of information from researchers to farmers. However, information failures continue to impede the diffusion of soil‐improving and water conservation technologies in Sub‐Saharan African countries. We use a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine the impact of an extension‐based campaign
Esther Gloria Mbabazi, Awudu Abdulai, Enoch M. Kikulwe, Elisabetta Gotor   +3 more
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Postnatal small intestinal morphological development in Cobb 500 broiler chickens. [PDF]

Poult Sci
Alagbe EO, Sung JY, Pasternak JA, Adeola O.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Growth and Variation in Fallow Deer (Dama dama L.) From Two Contrasting Habitats in Southern Britain

Acta Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We have compiled a unique data set on the age, sex, body weight and dimensions of over 500 European fallow deer from two contrasting areas of habitat in southern England: a high‐density managed parkland population and a lower‐density feral woodland one.
Adrian M. Lister, Norma G. Chapman
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Weaponry Investment in the Socially Monogamous Snapping Shrimp Alpheus brasileiro (Decapoda: Alpheidae)

Acta Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Weapons are morphological structures used by animals in various contexts, especially in intra‐specific contests and visual displays. In snapping shrimps of the genus Alpheus, particularly the monogamous species Alpheus brasileiro, both sexes bear enlarged chelipeds, potentially conferring advantages in mate competition or territorial defence ...
Leonardo Moreira, Caio Santos Nogueira, Régis Augusto Pescinelli, Rogerio Caetano Costa   +3 more
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California annual grass phenology and allometry influence ecosystem dynamics and fire regime in a vegetation demography model. [PDF]

New Phytol
Gao X, Koven CD, Longo M, Robbins Z, Thornton P, Hall A, Levis S, Rahimi S, Xu C, Kueppers LM.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Geometric Morphometrics Reveal Body Shape Variation in Freshwater Shrimps of the Genus Macrobrachium Lacking a Mandibular Palp (Formerly Pseudopalaemon Sollaud, 1911) (Decapoda: Palaemonidae)

Acta Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Shape variation in the cephalothorax of Macrobrachium species without mandibular palp using geometric morphometrics was used as a tool to support species differentiation and propose new diagnostic characters for taxonomic identification.
Thaís Arrais Mota, Ana Carla Soares da Silva, Lucas Jhones de Santana Neves, Carlos Eduardo Rocha Duarte Alencar, Fabrício Lopes Carvalho   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source