Compact Bacterial Foraging Optimization
, 2012 Compact algorithms are Estimation of Distribution Algorithms which mimic the behavior of population-based algorithms by means of a probabilistic representation of the population of candidate solutions. Compared to an actual population, a probabilistic model requires a much smaller memory, which allows algorithms with limited memory footprint.
Giovanni Iacca +2 more
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Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang +2 more
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Coursing the mottled mosaic: Generalist predators track pulses in availability of neonatal ungulates
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 The density and distribution of resources shape animal movement and behavior and have direct implications for population dynamics. Resource availability often is “pulsed” in space and time, and individuals should cue in on resource pulses when the ...
Katey S. Huggler +7 more
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Risso's dolphins perform spin dives to target deep-dwelling prey
Royal Society Open Science, 2021 Foraging decisions of deep-diving cetaceans can provide fundamental insight into food web dynamics of the deep pelagic ocean. Cetacean optimal foraging entails a tight balance between oxygen-conserving dive strategies and access to deep-dwelling prey of ...
Fleur Visser +6 more
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Quality of foraging material and effect on hens feed intake, egg production and -quality [PDF]
, 2010 The study shows that different kinds of foraging material can influence both egg-production and quality in organic egg production. The composition of nutrients in the silages and carrots used in the present study was very different in content of protein,
Hammershøj, M., Steenfeldt, S.
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A marker of biological ageing predicts adult risk preference in European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris [PDF]
, 2018 Why are some individuals more prone to gamble than others? Animals often show preferences between 2 foraging options with the same mean reward but different degrees of variability in the reward, and such risk preferences vary between individuals ...
Andrews, Clare +5 more
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Climate Change Mitigation in the Dairy Sector: Uncovering Heterogeneity Through Eco‐Efficiency Clubs
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Combining climate change goals with economic targets is crucial for the dairy sector, which is a significant contributor to agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. In this paper, we assess economic and climate change implications of dairy production with panel data of Irish dairy farms from 2013 to 2021.
Doris Läpple +2 more
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Intercolony Avoidance Optimizes Foraging in Eciton burchellii Army Ants
SociobiologyForaging individuals optimize spatial movement to maximize resource use in heterogeneous environments. Colonies of Eciton burchellii, a neotropical species of army ant, forage as an army, consuming broad arrays of arthropod and social insect prey.
Tom W. Kunhart, Susan Willson
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Considerations When Applying the Consumer Functional Response Measured Under Artificial Conditions
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Since its creation, considerable effort has been given to improving the utility of the consumer functional response. To date, the majority of efforts have focused on improving mathematical formulation in order to include additional ecological processes ...
Blaine D. Griffen
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Woody and arboreal habitats of the Green Salamander (Aneides aeneus) in the Blue Ridge Mountains [PDF]
, 2003 The green salamander (Aneides aeneus) is primarily considered a rock crevice dwelling species. However, many early observations from Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia report A. aeneus taken from woody and arboreal habitats. There have been
Wilson, Christopher R.
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