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An empiricist guide to animal personality variation in ecology and evolution

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2014
The study of animal personality variation promises to provide significant new insight into the way that behaviour evolves in animals, along with its ecological and evolutionary influences.
Sasha R.X. Dall, Simon C. Griffith
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Population and Community Ecology of Ontogenetic Development

, 2013
Most organisms show substantial changes in size or morphology after they become independent of their parents and have to find their own food. Furthermore, the rate at which these changes occur generally depends on the amount of food they ingest.
de Roos, A.M., Persson, Lennart, Lennart Persson, De Roos, André M., Persson, L., André M. de Roos   +5 more
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Nesting ecology and offspring recruitment in a long‐lived turtle

, 2009
The role of early life stages (eggs, neonates, and juveniles) for population persistence in long-lived organisms is thought to be minor. However, few long-term data sets are available to test this assumption. Variation in vital rates over space and time
Bowden, Rachel M., Schwanz, Lisa, Bowden, Rachel, Ricky-John Spencer, Schwanz, Lisa E., Janzen, Fredric J., Janzen, Fredric, Lisa E. Schwanz, Fredric J. Janzen, Rachel M. Bowden, Spencer, Ricky-John   +10 more
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The theory of games and microbe ecology [PDF]

, 2018
Using game theory, we provide mathematical proof that if a species of asexually reproducing microbes is not characterized by maximum variability in competitive abilities among its individual organisms, then that species is vulnerable to replacement by ...
Rowlett, Julie, Rowlett, Julie,, Menden-Deuer, Susanne,, Menden-Deuer, Susanne   +3 more
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Language Ecology or Ecolinguistics: Conceptual and Theoretical Discussions

مجلة كلية التربية للبنات, 2023
Language ecology is the interactions between the environment and language. Such a discipline, ‘language ecology’ or ‘ecolinguistics has been founded by Einar Haugen’. Accordingly,  the study aims at qualitatively reviewing the theoretical and conceptual
Nareeman Jabbar Rasheed
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Artificial Intelligence for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
The grand ambition of theorists studying ecology and evolution is to discover the logical and mathematical rules driving the world's biodiversity at every level from genetic diversity within species to differences between populations, communities, and ...
Philippe Desjardins-Proulx, Philippe Desjardins-Proulx, Timothée Poisot, Dominique Gravel   +3 more
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Rational Tuning of Hygroscopic Oscillation of Stacked Nanoflake Assemblies for Continuous Ambient Energy Harvesting

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Stacked nanoflake assembly (SNA) membranes can oscillate autonomously, offering opportunities for soft actuation and energy harvesting. This work uncovers the physical mechanism behind the sustained oscillation of SNA membranes in gradient humidity and identifies three governing dimensionless parameters, enabling rational design for optimizing SNA ...
Zijing Zhang, Jimin Fu, Gesa Zhang, Zhihua Liang, Boxun Zhang, Haimin Yao   +5 more
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Let's Train More Theoretical Ecologists - Here Is Why [PDF]

, 2019
A tangled web of vicious circles, driven by cultural issues, has prevented ecology from growing strong theoretical roots. Now this hinders development of effective conservation policies.
Meszena, Geza, Rossberg, Axel G., Evans, Matthew R.,, Barabas, György, Pascual, Mercedes,, Possingham, HP, Marquet, Pablo A., Hui, Cang, Barabas, G, Marquet, Pablo A.,, Pascual, Mercedes, Hui, C, Meszena, G, Possingham, Hugh P., Hui, Cang,, Meszena, Geza,, Rossberg, AG, Evans, Matthew R., Marquet, PA, Possingham, Hugh P.,, Evans, MR, Pascual, M, Rossberg, Axel G.,, Barabas, György,   +23 more
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Exploring the multi-scale ecological consequences of stoichiometric imbalance using an agent-based modeling approach

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Despite living in a nutritionally heterogeneous world, consumers maintain a relatively strict elemental homeostasis. As a result, consumers often face an elemental imbalance between what they ingest and what is required for their growth, maintenance, and
LM Bradley, Ethan S. Duvall, Olufemi J. Akinnifesi, Tereza Novotná Jaroměřská, Tereza Novotná Jaroměřská, James R. Junker, Esther Wong   +6 more
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Micropillar‐Engineered Hybrid Adhesive Patch for Surface‐Conformable and Directional Adhesion

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This work presents a surface‐conformable hybrid adhesive integrating height‐optimized hexagonal micropillars with open‐rectangular cuts. The micropillars enhance rough‐surface contact and microscale crack arrest, while the cuts guide and reverse interfacial cracks for strong and directional adhesion. The multiscale architecture achieves robust pull‐off
Seongjin Park, Dong Kwan Kang, Haejin Bae, Ho‐Sup Jung, Hoon Eui Jeong   +4 more
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