Data from: Do impacts of an invasive nitrogen-fixing shrub on Douglas-fir and...
1. Impacts of invasive species may change in magnitude and even direction with invasion age. Impacts could increase as the population increases, individuals grow in size, and ecological changes...
View ArticleData from: Investigating hybridization between the two sibling bat species...
Because they can form seasonal mixed-species groups during mating and maternal care, bats are exciting models for studying interspecific hybridization. Myotis myotis and M. blythii are genetically...
View ArticleData from: Male spiders reduce pre- and post-mating sexual investment in...
The interplay between pre- and post-mating responses to intra-sexual competition remains enigmatic. Sperm competition models often assume a trade-off between pre- and post-mating traits that enhance...
View ArticleData from: Intraspecific variation in climate-relevant traits in a tropical...
Aim The exceptionally rich biodiversity found in tropical rainforest is under threat from anthropogenic climate change. We recognize the threat, yet we have little knowledge of the capacity of tropical...
View ArticleData from: Experience buffers extrinsic mortality in a group-living bird species
Extrinsic mortality has a strong impact on the evolution of life-histories, prey morphology and behavioural adaptations, but for many animals the causes of mortality are poorly understood. Predation is...
View ArticleData from: Herteliana schuyleriana (Squamarinaceae), a new crustose lichen...
Herteliana schuyleriana is described as new to science based on collections from throughout the Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America. Taxonomic placement is inferred from molecular phylogenic...
View ArticleData from: Parasite transmission in a natural multihost-multiparasite community
Understanding the transmission and dynamics of infectious diseases in natural communities requires understanding the extent to which the ecology, evolution and epidemiology of those diseases are shaped...
View ArticleData from: Physiological effects of temperature do not explain prevalence of...
PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Gynodioecy is a sexual polymorphism whereby female and hermaphroditic plants co-occur within populations. In many gynodioecious species, stressful abiotic environments are...
View ArticleData from: Gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor (Gnrhr) gene knock out:...
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is important in the control of reproduction, but its actions in non-reproductive processes are less well known. In this study we examined the effect of disrupting...
View ArticleData from: Improving HybrID: how to best combine indirect and direct encoding...
Many challenging engineering problems are regular, meaning solutions to one part of a problem can be reused to solve other parts. Evolutionary algorithms with indirect encoding perform better on...
View ArticleData from: Sympathetic nervous system activity and anti-lipolytic response to...
The study aim was to investigate the effect of endogenous insulin release on lipolysis in subcutaneous adipose tissue after adrenergic stimulation in obese subjects diagnosed with type 2 diabetes...
View ArticleData from: Water-borne pharmaceuticals reduce phenotypic diversity and...
Chemical micropollutants occur worldwide in the environment at low concentrations and in complex mixtures, and how they affect the ecology of natural systems is still uncertain. Dynamics of natural...
View ArticleData from: Interaction between the oculomotor and postural systems during a...
Humans routinely scan their environment for useful information using saccadic eye movements and/or coordinated movements of the eyes and other body segments such the head and the torso. Most previous...
View ArticleData from: Does landscape connectivity shape local and global social network...
Intraspecific social behavior can be influenced by both intrinsic and extrinsic factors. While much research has focused on how characteristics of individuals influence their roles in social networks,...
View ArticleData from: Umbilical cord androgens and estrogens in relation to verbal and...
Sex differences in verbal and nonverbal abilities are a contentious area of research. Prenatal steroids have been shown to have masculinizing effects on the brain that may affect the development of...
View ArticleData from: Encountering a bait is necessary but insufficient to explain...
Fish personality traits, such as swimming activity, or personality related emergent behavioural properties, such as space use, should affect encounter rates between fish and fishing gear. Increased...
View ArticleData from: Cephalic phase of insulin secretion in response to a meal is...
The pre-absorptive cephalic phase of insulin secretion is elicited during the first ten min of a meal and before glucose levels rise. Its importance for insulin release during the post-absorptive phase...
View ArticleData from: Prognostic value of cerebral tissue oxygen saturation during...
Objectives: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support is indicated in severe and refractory respiratory or circulatory failures. Neurological complications are typically represented by acute ischemic...
View ArticleData from: Not all weeds are created equal: a database approach uncovers...
Weedy species provide excellent opportunities to examine the process of successful colonization of novel environments. Despite the influence of the sexual system on a variety of processes from...
View ArticleData from: Ice-cover is the principal driver of ecological change in High...
Recent climate change has been especially pronounced in the High Arctic, however, the responses of aquatic biota, such as diatoms, can be modified by site-specific environmental characteristics. To...
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