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Global meta‐analysis reveals urban‐associated behavioural differences among wild populations
Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.Urbanization drives rapid phenotypic change, yet broad patterns of behavioural responses remain unclear. Using a global phylogenetic meta‐analysis, we show urban populations exhibit increased boldness, aggression, exploration and activity—especially in birds—highlighting consistent behavioural shifts and revealing major taxonomic gaps that limit our ...
Tracy T. Burkhard +2 more
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Multistrategy-Boosted Carnivorous Plant Algorithm: Performance Analysis and Application in Engineering Designs. [PDF]
Biomimetics (Basel), 2023 Peng M, Jing W, Yang J, Hu G.
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Human hunters are no substitute for vanishing apex predators
Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.Our study reveals that human hunters fail to replicate the collective and individual ecological functions of natural apex predators in sustaining biodiversity and promoting stable spatial patterns. These insights are vital for rethinking predator conservation and wildlife management in human‐dominated landscapes.
Ying Geng +7 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Amid the general sense of worry that large language models will soon drown out human voices, some researchers are optimistic that machine learning will allow humans to listen to and understand animal voices to an unprecedented extent. As part of a broader project aimed at interspecies communication, a loosely connected set of animal behaviourists, AI ...
Courtney Handman
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Facing the Green Threat: A Water Flea's Defenses against a Carnivorous Plant. [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2022 Kruppert S +8 more
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, 1973 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Reduced fertilization regimes could boost biocontrol service without reducing crop yield
Insect Science, EarlyView.Fertilization level influences pest control effectiveness in tomato crops. High fertilization increases plant growth and aphid density but reduces the performance of the parasitoid Aphidius ervi. In contrast, the predator Adalia bipunctata maintains consistent aphid suppression regardless of fertilization regime.
Ruohan Ma +5 more
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.We performed 16S rDNA sequencing and metabolite profiling for three sympatric lizard species—Teratoscincus roborowskii, Phrynocephalus axillaris, and Eremias roborowskii—and compared their goblet cell and enzyme activities in the digestive tract. Our study suggests that the dietary niche may promote divergence or convergence of microbiota across host ...
Yi Yang, Ziyi Wang, Ruichen Wu
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Selection against early flowering in geothermally heated soils is associated with pollen but not prey availability in a carnivorous plant. [PDF]
Am J Bot, 2022 Valdés A +3 more
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