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A Biophysical Approach to the Design of Networks of Communication Systems

Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Inspired by the growth dynamics of the protist Physarum polycephalum, we employ a formalism that describes adaptive, incompressible Hagen‐Poiseuille flows on channel networks to identify graphs connecting different nodes within Euclidean space. These graphs are either suboptimal or optimal relative to their length.
Rodrigo Almeida, Ana Filipa Valente, Rui Dilão   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Generalist‐pollinated Arabis alpina exhibits floral scent variation at multiple scales

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Plants that depend on animals for reproduction often use complex floral traits to attract pollinators. Floral scent is recognized as part of the pollinator attraction module and can be shaped by plant‐pollinator interactions. In recent decades, research has started to reveal the dynamic properties of floral scent, identifying patterns of spatial and ...
Hanna Thosteman, Katherine Eisen, Clara McNaughton Montgomery, Xuefei Cheng, Loretta Pace, Magne Friberg   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal allocation of distributed generators DG based Manta Ray Foraging Optimization algorithm (MRFO)

Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2020
Mahmoud G. Hemeida, A. A. Ibrahim, A. Mohamed, Salem Alkhalaf, Ayman M. Bahaa El-Dine   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Comparing the power of phylogenetic, trait and network structure information to predict plant–frugivore interactions

Oikos, EarlyView.
Due to the constraints of limited effort and sampling error, observed species interaction networks are an imperfect representation of the ‘true' underlying community. Link prediction methods allow us to construct a potentially more complete representation of a given empirical network by guiding targeted sampling of predicted links, as well as offer ...
Grant Foster, Tad A. Dallas
wiley   +1 more source

Some Evidence for the Usefulness of an Optimal Foraging Theory Perspective on Goal Conflict and Goal Facilitation

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2017
M. Tomasik, M. Knecht, A. Freund
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Structural stability of plant–pollinator interactions despite seasonal abundance of long‐tongued hawkmoths

Oikos, EarlyView.
Seasonal environmental cycles affect plant–pollinator interactions by altering plant phenology. Periods of low resource availability can filter pollinators and reduce the complexity of interaction networks, but the extent to which the functional morphology of pollinators influences such filtering remains unclear.
Ugo M. Diniz, Luis M. Primo, Francisco A. R. Santos, Isabel C. Machado   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effects of seasonality and parasitism on diet and habitat selection in the common periwinkle

Oikos, EarlyView.
The common periwinkle Littorina littorea is an ecologically important grazer, known for its strong influence on algal communities and its role in structuring ecosystems. It serves as the first intermediate host for several trematode species in the Baltic Sea, especially for the fluke Cryptocotyle lingua.
Friederike Gronwald, Claudia Bommarito, Dakeishla M. Díaz‐Morales, Alessandro Manfrin, Cindy Martinez Reyes, Milen Nachev, Bernd Sures, Florian Weinberger   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Frugivory‐mediated trophic cascades: how apex predators can shape the recruitment of a fleshy‐fruited tree

Oikos, EarlyView.
The recovery of large carnivores offers unique opportunities to study their cascading impacts on plant population dynamics. Medium‐sized carnivores, both prey and seed dispersers, are suppressed by apex predators, indirectly increasing seed‐eating rodent's populations and potentially altering plant establishment.
Tamara Burgos, Jose María Fedriani, Gema Escribano‐Ávila, Emilio Virgós   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal design of automatic voltage regulation controller using hybrid simulated annealing – Manta ray foraging optimization algorithm

, 2020
M. Micev, Martin P. Ćalasan, Ziad M. Ali, Hany M. Hasanien, Shady H. E. Abdel Aleem   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A amostragem estratificada aprimora a compreensão das redes entre morcegos e frutos na Mata Atlântica meridional

Oikos, EarlyView.
Few studies have sought to understand the vertical patterns of bat–fruit systems, and therefore, it is not possible to evaluate whether interpretations based on data collected from a single stratum adequately represent the interaction patterns of this system. In this context, we evaluated the dissimilarity in the assemblage of frugivorous bats, plants,
Karolaine Porto Supi, Thais Bastos Zanata, Daniela Aparecida Savariz Bôlla, Fernando Carvalho   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source