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An empirical study of the evolutionary significance of cannibalism in tree-hole mosquitoes (Diptera : Culicidae) from ecological and biological perspectives [PDF]

, 1995
To be adaptive, optimality theory suggests that behavioural traits should maximise the fitness of the carrier by spread of genotypes through a population.
Ruff, Sarah Elizabeth
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Investigating the Heat Stability and Inactivation Conditions of Decapod Iridescent Virus 1 (DIV1)

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Heat treatment effectively inactivates decapod iridescent virus 1 (DIV1) under milder conditions than current WOAH recommendations. DIV1 infectivity was eliminated at 56°C for 30 min, 60°C for 15 min, or 70°C for 1 min, providing optimized heat treatment strategies for aquaculture biosecurity and seafood safety.
Yonghui Feng, Xiaomeng Guo, Jingyi Xing, Liang Qiu, Jie Huang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revenge of the host: Cannibalism, ontogenetic niche shifts, and the evolution of life-history strategies in host-parasitoid systems [PDF]

, 2012
Question: How does cannibalism in the host alter the evolution of a parasitoid’s oviposition strategy? Can differences in cannibalism risk between parasitized vs. healthy hosts alter the stage foraging of parasitoids?
Rudolf, Volker H.W., Sorrell, Ian, Pedersen, Amy   +2 more
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Control of Cannibalism in Chickens [PDF]

, 1932
Topics Include Experimental Work on Cannibalism Control, Control of Cannibalism in the Brooder House, Cannibalism on the Pullet Range, Cannibalism Control in the Battery Brooder, and Ruby Light for the Fattening ...
Carver, J.
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Evidence for adaptive explanations of semelparity in animals

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Semelparity, the reproductive strategy of reproducing once, is widespread but uncommon in animals. Classes of models to explain the evolution of semelparity are based either on age structure and mortality schedules – demographic models in which high post‐reproductive mortality risk favours high reproductive effort and semelparity results from ...
Diana O. Fisher, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cannibalism in Tyrannosaurus rex

, 2010
Background: Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the largest terrestrial carnivores of all time, and consequently its ecology and diet have been the focus of much discussion.
Horner, J. R., Longrich, N. R., Currie, P. J., Erickson, G. M.   +3 more
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Maternal cannibalism in two populations of wild chimpanzees [PDF]

, 2019
Maternal cannibalism has been reported in several animal taxa, prompting speculations that the behavior may be part of an evolved strategy. In chimpanzees, however, maternal cannibalism has been conspicuously absent, despite high levels of infant ...
Hobaiter, C, Fedurek, Pawel, Lowe, Adriana E., Dijrian, Appolinaire Gnahe, Samuni, L, Asiimwe, Caroline, Tkaczynski, PJ, Fedurek, P. ; https://orcid.org/, Tkaczynski, P. ; https://orcid.org/, Asiimwe, C, Crockford, C. ; https://orcid.org/, Crockford, C, Lowe, A., Wittig, Roman M., Crockford, Catherine, Dijrian, A., Samuni, L. ; https://orcid.org/, Zuberbühler, Klaus, Hobaiter, Catherine, Zuberbühler, K, Tkaczynski, Patrick, Lowe, Adriana E, Lowe, AE, Wittig, R. ; https://orcid.org/, Samuni, Liran, Wittig, RM, Dijrian, AG, Hobaiter, C., Zuberbühler, K., Fedurek, P, Wittig, Roman M, Asiimwe, C.   +31 more
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Cannibalism and Femininity

, 2021
Moving between an example of metaphorical cannibalism in the Old English poem Judith to one of literal cannibalism in Game of Thrones, this chapter argues that an enforcement is a form of jettisoned social dismemberment: it is the perpetration of a ...
Roberta Marangi, Marangi, R.
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Carrion ecology: concepts, interdisciplinary synthesis, and perspectives

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Carrion is a ubiquitous resource in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, yet it has long been overlooked in ecological research. Over the past two decades, studies on carrion and the many organisms that exploit it have flourished, revealing not only wide‐ranging ecological functions but also significance far beyond ecology.
Marcos Moleón, José A. Sánchez‐Zapata, Travis L. DeVault, Wayne M. Getz, Zebensui Morales‐Reyes, Daniel Redondo‐Gómez, Lara Naves‐Alegre, Solange A. Batista‐Nunes, Esther Sebastián‐González, Juan M. Pérez‐García, Kelly A. Waters, Thijs van Overveld, Craig Smith, Nuria Selva, Thomas A. Schlacher, Graeme Ruxton, Jesús Rodríguez, Martina‐M. Quaggiotto, Paula L. Perrig, Norman Owen‐Smith, Thomas M. Newsome, Isabel Navas, Yoshihiro Nakashima, Ana Mateos, Carlos Martínez‐Carrasco, Daniel Martín‐Vega, Berta Martín‐López, Antoni Margalida, Sergio A. Lambertucci, Adam Kane, Kevin Healy, Akane Hashizume, Antonio J. García‐Fernández, José A. Donázar, M. Eric Benbow, James C. Beasley, Philip S. Barton, Kathleen A. Alexander, Eneko Arrondo   +38 more
wiley   +1 more source

Continental scale metagenomics reveals Microcystis‐induced synchrony among aquatic taxa is exacerbated by trophic cascades

Ecography, EarlyView.
Harmful Microcystis proliferation severely threatens aquatic ecosystems globally, but its impacts on food‐web stability remain poorly understood. Here, we analyzed 1309 metagenomic samples from freshwater ecosystems across China to investigate how Microcystis abundance affects synchrony among taxa in multi‐trophic food webs (from bacteriophages to ...
Lemian Liu, Siqi Zhu, Xiaoqin Huang, Wenjia Hu, Lixiang Luo, Xiusong Pan, Jianfeng Chen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source