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Using pseudo-absence models to test for environmental selection in marine movement ecology: the importance of sample size and selection strength [PDF]

Movement Ecology, 2022
Background Understanding the selection of environmental conditions by animals requires knowledge of where they are, but also of where they could have been. Presence data can be accurately estimated by direct sampling, sightings, or through electronic tag
Jérôme Pinti, Matthew Shatley, Aaron Carlisle, Barbara A. Block, Matthew J. Oliver   +4 more
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Historical Contingency Drives Freshwater Microbial Community Assembly Across Successional Time [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Microbial community assembly is governed by the interplay among historical contingency, environmental selection, and dispersal, yet their relative importance and temporal dynamics remain poorly resolved, particularly in freshwater ecosystems.
Fenguo Zhang, Xiaoting Zhang, Dongqing Yan, Yufeng Jing, Yongji Wang   +4 more
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Do feature selection methods for selecting environmental covariables enhance genomic prediction accuracy?

Frontiers in Genetics, 2023
Genomic selection (GS) is transforming plant and animal breeding, but its practical implementation for complex traits and multi-environmental trials remains challenging.
Osval A. Montesinos-López, Leonardo Crespo-Herrera, Carolina Saint Pierre, Alison R. Bentley, Roberto de la Rosa-Santamaria, José Alejandro Ascencio-Laguna, Afolabi Agbona, Afolabi Agbona, Guillermo S. Gerard, Abelardo Montesinos-López, José Crossa, José Crossa   +11 more
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Environmental coupling of selection and heritability limits evolution.

PLoS Biology, 2006
There has recently been great interest in applying theoretical quantitative genetic models to empirical studies of evolution in wild populations. However, while classical models assume environmental constancy, most natural populations exist in variable ...
A J Wilson, J M Pemberton, J G Pilkington, D W Coltman, D V Mifsud, T H Clutton-Brock, L E B Kruuk   +6 more
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Species Diversity and Community Composition of Macroinvertebrates in Headwater Streams of Two Subtropical Neighboring Lowland Basins

Diversity, 2022
Determining the patterns of diversity and community composition in headwater streams is fundamental to river biodiversity conservation. Environmental selection has been assumed to be a major force driving temperate macroinvertebrate assembly.
Lu Wang, Xiaochen Lv, Jiaxu Li, Lin Tan, Eric Zeus Rizo, Bo-Ping Han   +5 more
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The relevance of genetic structure in ecotype designation and conservation management

Evolutionary Applications, 2022
The concept of ecotypes is complex, partly because of its interdisciplinary nature, but the idea is intrinsically valuable for evolutionary biology and applied conservation. The complex nature of ecotypes has spurred some confusion and inconsistencies in
Astrid V. Stronen, Anita J. Norman, Eric Vander Wal, Paul C. Paquet   +3 more
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Relative Importance of Deterministic and Stochastic Processes on Soil Microbial Community Assembly in Temperate Grasslands

Microorganisms, 2021
Changes in species composition across communities, i.e., β-diversity, is a central focus of ecology. Compared to macroorganisms, the β-diversity of soil microbes and its drivers are less studied. Whether the determinants of soil microbial β-diversity are
Nana Liu, Huifeng Hu, Wenhong Ma, Ye Deng, Qinggang Wang, Ao Luo, Jiahui Meng, Xiaojuan Feng, Zhiheng Wang   +8 more
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Spatial and temporal variation of genetic diversity and genetic differentiation in Daphnia galeata populations in four large reservoirs in southern China

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Daphnia galeata is a common and dominant species in warmer waters, and has a strong top-down effect on both phytoplankton and bacteria. The knowledge of its temporal and spatial patterns of genetic diversity is fundamental in understanding its population
Qi Huang, Lei Xu, Lili Xie, Ping Liu, Ping Liu, Eric Zeus C. Rizo, Bo-Ping Han, Bo-Ping Han   +7 more
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Molecular and Fitness Data Reveal Local Adaptation of Southern and Northern Estuarine Oysters (Crassostrea ariakensis)

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
Natural selection and isolation are both important for understanding the geographic distribution of marine species and environmental responses to changing climate.
Ao Li, Ao Li, Ao Li, Ao Li, Chaogang Wang, Chaogang Wang, Wei Wang, Wei Wang, Wei Wang, Wei Wang, Ziyan Zhang, Ziyan Zhang, Mingkun Liu, Mingkun Liu, Mingkun Liu, Mingkun Liu, Zhicai She, Zhen Jia, Guofan Zhang, Guofan Zhang, Guofan Zhang, Guofan Zhang, Li Li, Li Li, Li Li, Li Li   +25 more
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Two reference vector sets based evolutionary algorithm for many‐objective optimization

IET Control Theory & Applications, 2023
Solving many‐objective optimization problems (MaOPs) by means of evolutionary algorithms obtains considerable attention in the community of evolutionary computation.
Cifeng Qin, Fei Ming, Wenyin Gong
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