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Routledge Open ResearchIn recent years, extinction has become something of a buzzword used to portray the state of consciousness of the epoch. Its definition as a concept, however, heavily oscillates between naturalistic, speculative, ethical and critical connotations. The aim
Gregorio Tenti
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The extinction probability in systems randomly varying in time
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2017 The extinction probability of a branching process (a neutron chain in a multiplying medium) is calculated for a system randomly varying in time. The evolution of the first two moments of such a process was calculated previously by the authors in a system
Imre Pázsit +2 more
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Extinction risk of threatened and non-threatened mosses: Reproductive and ecological patterns
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022 For the conservation of species, it is crucial to predict extinction risk by discerning drivers such as biological traits and habitat specificity within the current context of environmental change.
Juan Antonio Calleja +5 more
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Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 2020 Following cue-outcome (X-O) pairings, 2 procedures that reduce conditioned responses to X are extinction, in which X is presented by itself, and counterconditioning, in which X is paired with a different outcome typically of valence opposite that of training.
Jérémie Jozefowiez +5 more
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Biological diversity and probability of local extinction of ecosystems [PDF]
Functional Ecology, 2000 Abstract1. With a mathematical model, we demonstrate that two principle components of biological diversity have antagonistic effects on the probability of ecosystem functioning (i.e. on ecosystem reliability, sensuNaeem 1998). Increasing the number of functionally analogous species in the system is shown to enhance reliability, while increasing the ...
Nijs, I., Impens, I.
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Chiral Phase Change Nanomaterials
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This work demonstrates reversible, non‐volatile phase transitions in chiral Ge2${\rm Ge}_2$Sb2${\rm Sb}_2$Te5${\rm Te}_5$ (GST) nanohelices for high‐speed optical modulation of chirality and dynamic control of the state of polarization (SOP). The chiral nanostructures are fabricated using a highly directional, wafer‐scale physical vapor deposition ...
Joshua A. Burrow +11 more
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Epiphyte metapopulation dynamics are explained by species traits, connectivity, and patch dynamics [PDF]
, 2012 The colonization-extinction dynamics of many species are affected by the dynamics of their patches. For increasing our understanding of the metapopulation dynamics of sessile species confined to dynamic patches, we fitted a Bayesian incidence function ...
Ranius, Thomas +8 more
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Heavy metal toxicity and its role as a major driver of past biodiversity crises
Communications Earth & EnvironmentWhether today’s heavy metal pollution constitutes an unprecedented threat to biodiversity remains unresolved. Although evidence of metal enrichment exists for several deep-time biotic crises, direct causal links to extinction are lacking.
Francesca Galasso +2 more
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Stabilizing spatially-structured populations through adaptive Limiter Control. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Stabilizing the dynamics of complex, non-linear systems is a major concern across several scientific disciplines including ecology and conservation biology.
Pratha Sah, Sutirth Dey
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A molecular shielding strategy to convert “protein‐sticky” and “non‐tumor specific” clinical ICG dye, into a “low protein binding” and “tumor‐targeting” dye with prolonged blood circulation and renal clearance is described. These shielded ICGs demonstrate strong tumor accumulation and optimal tissue clearance, resulting in high tumor‐to‐background ...
Li Xiang +9 more
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