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Sex determination in Bonellia viridis (Echiura : Bonelliidae) : population dynamics and evolution [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
In the echiuran worm Bonellia viridis Rolando, the vast majority of sexually undifferentiated larvae metamorphose into dwarf males that live inside the female when exposed to females, but differentiate into females when developing in the absence of ...
Agius   +28 more
core   +1 more source

Genetic Identity and Herbivory Drive the Invasion of a Common Aquatic Microbial Invader

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Despite the increasing number of species invasions, the factors driving invasiveness are still under debate. This is particularly the case for “invisible” invasions by aquatic microbial species.
Sarah Bolius   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Persistence in fluctuating environments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Understanding under what conditions interacting populations, whether they be plants, animals, or viral particles, coexist is a question of theoretical and practical importance in population biology. Both biotic interactions and environmental fluctuations
Atchadé, Kolawolé A. S.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Hypothesis Description: Darwin’s Naturalisation Hypothesis [PDF]

open access: yesResearch Ideas and Outcomes
In this contribution of the Hypothesis Description series, we provide an overview of one of the longest-standing hypotheses in invasion science: Darwin's naturalisation hypothesis.
Florencia A. Yannelli   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Factors of adventivization of roadside plant communities in the south of the Russian Black Sea Region

open access: yesУчёные записки Казанского университета: Серия Естественные науки, 2021
Roadside plant communities in the south of the Russian Black Sea region are characterized by relatively high adventivization and low invasibility. In these communities, the adventivization has been rapidly progressing due to the high abundance and ...
V.A. Chadaeva, R.H. Pshegusov
doaj   +1 more source

Graminoid Invasion in an Insular Endemism Hotspot and Its Protected Areas

open access: yesDiversity, 2019
Invasive plant species are increasingly altering species composition and the functioning of ecosystems from a local to a global scale. The grass species Pennisetum setaceum has recently raised concerns as an invader on different archipelagos worldwide ...
Anna J. Walentowitz   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Knowing what we count : a comment on Guo [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Guo (2011) points to problems arising from different approaches to estimating the proportions of floras that are native or alien, specifically those across and within various regions.
Pyšek, Petr
core   +2 more sources

Adaptive dynamics in logistic branching populations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
We consider a trait-structured population subject to mutation, birth and competition of logistic type, where the number of coexisting types may fluctuate.
Champagnat, Nicolas, Lambert, Amaury
core   +5 more sources

An Attempt at Assessment of Alnetum Incanae Lüdi 1921 Transformations in the Skawica River Valley (The Beskid Żywiecki MTS) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The paper presents an attempt at assessment of Alnetum incanae LÜDI 1921 transformations in the Skawica River valley. The field studies were carried out in the whole Skawica valley.
Babczyńska-Sendek, Beata   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Environmental factors affecting the success of exotic plant invasion in a wildland-urban ecotone in temperate South America [PDF]

open access: yesNeotropical Biology and Conservation, 2019
Urbanization is one of the main causes driving changes in biodiversity patterns and it is regarded as a major threat to native biota. Successful exotic plant invasion depends on invasiveness and invasibility.
Romina Paola Nievas   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

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