Evolutionary connectionism: algorithmic principles underlying the evolution of biological organisation in evo-devo, evo-eco and evolutionary transitions [PDF]
, 2015 The mechanisms of variation, selection and inheritance, on which evolution by natural selection depends, are not fixed over evolutionary time. Current evolutionary biology is increasingly focussed on understanding how the evolution of developmental ...
A Clark +156 more
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Sinking Versus Suspended Particle Size Distributions in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
Geophysical Research Letters, 2020 The particle size distribution (PSD) is a fundamental property that influences all aspects of phytoplankton ecology. In particular, the size (e.g., diameter d [μm]) and sinking speed w (m/day) of individual particles are inextricable, but much remains ...
B. Cael, Angelicque E. White
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A Lagrangian model of copepod dynamics: Clustering by escape jumps in turbulence [PDF]
, 2016 Planktonic copepods are small crustaceans that have the ability to swim by quick powerful jumps. Such an aptness is used to escape from high shear regions, which may be caused either by flow per- turbations, produced by a large predator (i.e., fish ...
Ardeshiri, Hamidreza +5 more
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Density-and trait-mediated effects of a parasite and a predator in a tri-trophic food web [PDF]
, 2014 1. Despite growing interest in ecological consequences of parasitism in food webs, relatively little is known about effects of parasites on long-term population dynamics of non-host species or about whether such effects are density- or trait- mediated ...
Banerji, Aabir +5 more
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Evolutionary Fields Can Explain Patterns of High Dimensional Complexity in Ecology [PDF]
Phys. Rev. E 95, 042401 (2017), 2016 One of the properties that make ecological systems so unique is the range of complex behavioural patterns that can be exhibited by even the simplest communities with only a few species. Much of this complexity is commonly attributed to stochastic factors which have very high-degrees of freedom.
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Spatial patterns of competing random walkers [PDF]
, 2014 We review recent results obtained from simple individual-based models of biological competition in which birth and death rates of an organism depend on the presence of other competing organisms close to it.
Heinsalu, Els +2 more
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Single virus genomics: a new tool for virus discovery.
PLoS ONE, 2011 Whole genome amplification and sequencing of single microbial cells has significantly influenced genomics and microbial ecology by facilitating direct recovery of reference genome data.
Lisa Zeigler Allen +5 more
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Isotopic constraints on the atmospheric sources and formation of nitrogenous species in clouds influenced by biomass burning [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2019 Predicting tropospheric cloud formation and subsequent nutrient deposition relies on understanding the sources and processes affecting aerosol constituents of the atmosphere that are preserved in cloud water.
Y. Chang +13 more
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The challenges, uncertainties and opportunities of bioaerosol dispersion modelling from open composting facilities [PDF]
, 2017 Bioaerosols are ubiquitous organic particles that comprise viruses, bacteria and coarser fractions of organic matter. Known to adversely affect human health, the impact of bioaerosols on a population often manifests as outbreaks of illnesses such as ...
Bennett, Alan +9 more
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Water Resources Management, 2022 Abstract Reservoir ecological dispatching is a complex system problem with multi-objective, multiple-criteria and multiple-phase. This study establishes a multi-objective ecological dispatching model in Changchun city of Yinma River Basin based on the water demand of social economic development, river ecology, and the constraint of reservoir ...
Xu Wu +4 more
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