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Effects of Habitat Heterogeneity and Topographic Variation on Insect Pest Risks in Alpine Regions
Land, 2023 Insect pests pose a significant threat to alpine ecosystems, especially under rapid environmental change conditions. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the effects of environmental factors on insect pest risks and provide methods for pest management ...
Lei Wang +4 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 The effects of habitat filtering on community assembly have been extensively researched, and topography has been identified as a critical factor influencing the spatial distribution of trees. In this study, a 25-ha plot was established in karst evergreen–
Liang Su +14 more
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The Bogert Effect and environmental heterogeneity [PDF]
Oecologia, 2019 A classic question in evolutionary biology is whether behavioral flexibility hastens or hinders evolutionary change. The latter idea, that behavior reduces the number of environmental states experienced by an organism and buffers that organism against selection, has been dubbed the "Bogert Effect" after Charles Bogert, the biologist who first ...
Michael L. Logan +2 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Contamination of soils by microplastics can have profound ecological impacts on terrestrial ecosystems and has received increasing attention. However, few studies have considered the impacts of soil microplastics on plant communities and none has tested ...
Xiao-Mei Zhang +9 more
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Journal of Bioresource Management, 2021 Laboratory observations on rearing experiment of Odonata serve to answer many evolutionary and ecological questions. In order to evidences the role of species parental habitat provenience in the development behaviour of their offspring, we surveyed ...
Imane Halassi +4 more
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Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 2021 Environmental gradients are important factors that can potentially influence the genetic diversity and differentiation of populations. The present study examines the effect of environmental heterogeneity of the Hyrcanian forests on populations of Circaea
Sedigheh Nikzat +2 more
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ENVIRONMENTAL HETEROGENEITY ENHANCES CLONAL INTERFERENCE [PDF]
Evolution, 2008 Clonal interference (CI) is a phenomenon that may be important in several asexual microbes. It occurs when population sizes are large and mutation rates to new beneficial alleles are of significant magnitude. Here we explore the role of gene flow and spatial heterogeneity in selection strength in the adaptation of asexuals.
Paulo R A, Campos +3 more
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EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HETEROGENEITY ON VICTIM-EXPLOITER COEVOLUTION [PDF]
Evolution, 2008 We study victim-exploiter coevolution in a spatially heterogeneous island model. In each species, fitness consequences of between-species interactions are controlled by a single haploid diallelic locus. Our emphasis is on the conditions for the maintenance of genetic variation, the dynamic patterns observed, the extent of local adaptation and genetic ...
Gavrilets, S., Michalakis, Yannis
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Earthworms Modulate Impacts of Soil Heterogeneity on Plant Growth at Different Spatial Scales
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Soil heterogeneity (uneven distribution of soil nutrients and/or other properties) is ubiquitous in nature and can greatly affect plant growth. As earthworm activity can influence nutrient redistribution in the soil, we hypothesize that earthworms may ...
Michael Opoku Adomako +7 more
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Environmental heterogeneity can tip the population genetics of range expansions
eLife, 2019 The population genetics of most range expansions is thought to be shaped by the competition between Darwinian selection and random genetic drift at the range margins.
Matti Gralka, Oskar Hallatschek
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