Innovation and New Path Creation: The Role of Niche Environments in the Development of the Wind Power Industry in Germany and the UK [PDF]
, 2012 This paper seeks to explore the issues of innovation and new path creation in the UK and Germany, illustrated through the case of the modern wind power industry. Taking an evolutionary perspective drawing on path dependence theory, the paper examines the
Carpenter, Juliet +4 more
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Reductions in the dietary niche of southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) from the Holocene to the Anthropocene. [PDF]
, 2020 The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) is a marine mammal hunted to near extinction during the 1800s. Despite their well-known modern importance as a keystone species, we know little about historical sea otter ecology.
Elliott Smith, Emma A +7 more
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AlteridadesDesde el punto de vista de las ciencias sociales, las catástrofes y los acontecimientos traumáticos pueden analizarse como situaciones que alteran el acontecer cotidiano de los miembros de una sociedad y obligan al ser humano a reorganizar su existencia,
Jorgelina Reinoso Niche +1 more
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Ecology and co-existence of two endemic day gecko (Phelsuma) species in Seychelles native palm forest [PDF]
, 2011 In island ecosystems, reptiles play diverse ecological roles as a result of niche broadening, which increases potential niche overlap between species. Ecological niche partitioning is a means of reducing direct competition between coexisting species and ...
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Maternal Serum Cytokine Concentrations in Healthy Pregnancy and Preeclampsia
Journal of Pregnancy, 2021 The maternal immune response is essential for successful pregnancy, promoting immune tolerance to the fetus while maintaining innate and adaptive immunity. Uncontrolled, increased proinflammatory responses are a contributing factor to the pathogenesis of
Toni Spence +5 more
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A spatially explicit model for competition among specialists and generalists in a heterogeneous environment [PDF]
, 2006 Competition is a major force in structuring ecological communities. The strength of competition can be measured using the concept of a niche. A niche comprises the set of requirements of an organism in terms of habitat, environment and functional role ...
Lanchier, N., Neuhauser, C.
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The Clumping Transition in Niche Competition: a Robust Critical Phenomenon [PDF]
, 2010 We show analytically and numerically that the appearance of lumps and gaps in the distribution of n competing species along a niche axis is a robust phenomenon whenever the finiteness of the niche space is taken into account.
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To what degree are philosophy and the ecological niche concept necessary in the ecological theory and conservation? [PDF]
, 2017 Ecology as a field produces philosophical anxiety, largely because it differs in scientific structure from classical physics. The hypothetical deductive models of classical physics are simple and predictive; general ecological models are ...
Martins, Rogério P
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Mapping the evolution of mitochondrial complex I through structural variation
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Respiratory complex I (CI) is crucial for bioenergetic metabolism in many prokaryotes and eukaryotes. It is composed of a conserved set of core subunits and additional accessory subunits that vary depending on the organism. Here, we categorize CI subunits from available structures to map the evolution of CI across eukaryotes. Respiratory complex I (CI)
Dong‐Woo Shin +2 more
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Languages adapt to their contextual niche [PDF]
, 2014 It is well established that context plays a fundamental role in how we learn and use language. Here we explore how context links short-term language use with the long-term emergence of different types of language system.
Kirby, Simon +2 more
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