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Suppose that a large number of individuals are randomly matched into groups where each group plays a finite symmetric game. Individuals breed true according to their individual material payoffs, but the expected number of surviving... more
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      Game TheoryAltruismGroup ProcessesTheoretical biology
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      Human GeographyPublic ParticipationPopulation HistorySpatial Scale
The efficient and effective monitoring of individuals and populations is critically dependent on correct species identification. While this point may seem obvious, identifying the majority of the more than 100 natural enemies involved in... more
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      Community EcologyPopulation DynamicsBiodiversityMultidisciplinary
A cohort model for the European eel is presented, which enables the interpretation of observed catches of yellow eel and silver eel in the western Wadden Sea in terms of recruitment data of glasseel. The model builds on various... more
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      OceanographyEuropean eelSeaDynamic Energy Budget Theory
The paper offers a policy-oriented discussion of the relationship between population, environment and economic development. Our particular focus is on the relationship between urbanization and environmental change. Their impact is often... more
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      Economic DevelopmentEnvironmental qualityPopulation dynamic
In an effort to improve knowledge of Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus) life history and behavior, we conducted a capture-mark-recapture study in Tuskegee National Forest, Alabama over four years to examine the influence of body size on... more
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      ZoologyBehaviorLife historyBiology
We use six decades of catch-at-age data for perch (Perca fluviatilis) and pike (Esox lucius) in Windermere (UK) to estimate age-and sex-specific population sizes, natural mortalities and catchabilities in both species. Population sizes... more
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      FisheriesBiologyEcologyStock assessment
In this paper we introduce stochasticity into a model of AIDS and condom use via the technique of parameter perturbation which is standard in stochastic population modelling. We show that the model established in this paper possesses... more
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      Applied MathematicsPure MathematicsMathematical AnalysisBrownian Motion
PCR primers targeting loci in the current Burkholderia cepacia complex multilocus sequence typing scheme were redesigned to (i) more reliably amplify these loci from B. cepacia complex species, (ii) amplify these same loci from additional... more
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      Clinical MicrobiologyBiological SciencesPhylogenyCluster Analysis
For some salmon populations, the individual and population effects of sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) transmission from sea cage salmon farms is probably mediated by predation, which is a primary natural source of mortality of juvenile... more
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      Population DynamicsRisk TakingFish DiseasesFood Chemistry
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      Life historyEcologyPopulation DynamicsRivers
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      MicrobiologyPopulation GeneticsAquatic Microbial EcologyEcology
Nitrogen fertilization and winter pruning are commonly used to control crop production in peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] orchards. They are also known to affect the dynamics of Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Homoptera: Aphididae) aphid... more
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      Pest ManagementModelingInteractionPopulation Dynamics
Pacific leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea populations have been declining precipitously. It has been suggested that fishery-associated mortality is the leading factor causing the decline; however, the sensitivity of leatherbacks to... more
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      Climate variabilityEcologyPopulation ecologyApplied Ecology
• Grassland dynamics can be well reproduced by an individual based multispecies model. • This virtual community was used to test hypotheses on effects of plant traits.
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      Time SeriesVirtual CommunityResource AllocationMultidisciplinary
The toxic haptophyte Prymnesium parvum is a harmful alga known to cause fish-killing blooms that occur worldwide. In Texas (United States), P. parvum blooms occur in inland brackish water bodies and have increased in frequency and... more
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      Environmental EngineeringCivil EngineeringPopulation dynamic
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      Applied MathematicsDemographyOptimal ControlEconomic Growth
Although stony corals are most frequently studied on high-relief reef structures, many coral species occur in a wide variety of nearshore tropical habitats, including mangrove creeks, seagrass beds and rocky platforms. This study... more
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      Population structureHabitat SelectionPopulation SizeBanking system
Population dynamics of Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) Kof. et Swezy containing the photosynthetic endosymbiont Pedinomonas noctilucae (Subrahman.) Sweeney was investigated in relation to environmental conditions in the upper Gulf of... more
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      PhycologyPlant BiologySymbiosisBiology
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      PhysiologyZoologyInsect PhysiologyMice
The relationship between Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection and the ecological environment of density regulation is examined. Using a linear model, it is shown that the theorem holds when density regulation is caused by... more
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      EcologyLinear modelsNatural SelectionBiological Sciences
Many of the simple mathematical models currently in use often fail to capture important biological factors. Here we extend current models of insect-pathogen interactions to include seasonality in the birth rate. In particular, we consider... more
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      Population DynamicsTheoretical biologyBiological SciencesSeasonality
We advance the hypothesis that cultural values such as high work ethic and thrift, "the Protestant ethic" according to Max Weber, may have been diffused long before the Reformation, thereby importantly affecting the pre-industrial growth... more
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      Economic DevelopmentRegional developmentWork EthicProtestant Ethic
Arabinoxylan-oligosaccharides (AXOS) are a recently newly discovered class of candidate prebiotics as – depending on their structure – they are fermented in different regions of gastrointestinal tract. This can have an impact on the... more
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      MicrobiologyMicrobial biotechnologyPrebioticsPolymerization
Pup mortality and the timing of birth of South American sea lions Otaria flavescens were investigated to determine the possible relationship between fluctuations in prey availability in the Peruvian upwelling ecosystem and current and... more
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      ZoologyPeruBiological SciencesSeasonality
Survival of adult Desert Tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) appears related to site-specific variation in precipitation and productivity of annual plants. We studied adult tortoise survival rates at two closely situated, but physiographically... more
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      ZoologyHerpetologyPopulation DensityMojave Desert
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      ZoologyPopulation DeclinePopulation dynamic
We documented the loss of brown bear (Ursus arctos) cubs-of-the-year (cubs) in 2 Swedish populations for 11 years in the north and 12 years in the south, and made spatial and temporal comparisons to examine whether nutritional, social... more
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      Sexual SelectionUrsusBrown bearSocial Factor
Changing climate may impact wildlife populations in national parks and conservation areas. We used logistic and non-linear matrix population models and 35 years of historic weather and population data to investigate the effects of climate... more
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      Environmental ScienceClimate ChangePopulation DynamicsMultidisciplinary
This paper describes the linkage of a three-dimensional hydrodynamic circulation model with descriptive and experimental biological data concerning oyster (Crassostrea virginica) population dynamics in the Apalachicola Estuary (Florida,... more
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      Earth SciencesLife historyBiological SciencesEnvironmental Sciences
Due to their boom and bust population dynamics and the enormous biomasses they can attain, jellyfish and ctenophores can have a large influence on the cycling of carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). This review initially... more
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      CarbonRecyclingHydrobiologyNitrogen Cycle
Geonoma orbignyana is a common understory palm, whose leaves are used as foliage in Colombia. This palm has been used for more than 30 years; but there is no information about its life history or conservation status. Our objective was to... more
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      Forest Ecology And ManagementLife historyForest EcologyBiological Sciences
Marine reserves are promoted as an effective supplement to traditional fishery management techniques of harvest quotas and effort limitation. However, quantitative fishery models have ignored the impact of noncompliance (poaching). Here... more
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      Game TheoryBehaviorFisheriesPopulation Dynamics
Factors affecting bird population dynamics include climate, harvesting by humans, and habitat changes. Here, we describe the long-term population trends of seven heron species in NW Italy, an area holding important European breeding... more
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      Climate ChangeConservationEcologyPopulation ecology
All natural populations fluctuate in abundance and age structure through time; understanding why they do so is a critical step towards their effective management and conservation. However, the long-term data sets needed for such an... more
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      Biological SciencesEnvironmental SciencesBody ConditionPrey Availability
In this paper, we study the population dynamics of the Mediterranean monk seal in the National Marine Park of Alonissos, Greece. As a first general approach, the well-known logistic model and a modified version are used. As a second... more
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      Applied MathematicsComputer SimulationMathematical and Computer ModellingNumerical Analysis and Computational Mathematics
We studied the population dynamics of two species of tortoise beetles, Aspidomorplw miliaris (AM) and A. sanctaecnrcis (AS) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae), feeding on a shrubby moming gluy, Ipomoea carnea (Convolvulaceae), in... more
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      TropicsPopulation SizePopulation dynamic
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      Biological SciencesPinus palustrisPopulation dynamic
One of the most difficult problems in developing spatially explicit models of population dynamics is the validation and parameterization of the movement process. We show how movement models derived from capture-recapture analysis can be... more
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      DemographyTime SeriesReproductionPopulation Dynamics
This paper aims to establish a comprehensive Iist of exotic species introduced into Atlantic French waters over the last century as weil as their origin, and the vecklrs involved in the process. At least 104 nonindigenous species have... more
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      Exotic SpeciesGlobal changeRisk AnalysisIntroduced species
Hedgerows are an important element of the landscape both as a habitat and as a visual component contributing to the character of the countryside. The aim of this paper is to identify key areas of contemporary research into hedgerows in... more
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      Large ScalePopulation dynamic
We study how the dynamics of a food chain depends on the biology of the top-predator. We consider two model food chains with specialist and generalist top-predators. Both types of food chains display same type of chaotic behavior,... more
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      EngineeringMathematical SciencesFood ChainPopulation dynamic
A Lagrangian model is used to simulate and quantify in the northern Humboldt upwelling ecosystem the processes of enrichment, concentration and retention, identified by Bakun [Bakun, A., 1996. Patterns in the ocean. Ocean processes and... more
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      OceanographyPeruComparative StudySpatial Distribution
According to recent competition theory, the population dynamics of phytoplankton species in monoculture can be used to make a priori predictions of the dynamics and outcome of competition for light. The species with lowest ''critical... more
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      EcologyGreen AlgaeLight IntensityExperimental Tests
This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by the United States Government. Neither the United States nor the United States Department of Energy (DOE), nor any of their employees, nor any of their contractors,... more
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      Environmental ScienceWater PollutionPower PlantFossil Fuels
The planthopper Hyalesthes obsoletus, is the vector of grapevine bois noir disease, caused by stolbur phytoplasma. This hopper is widespread in Europe and the Middle East but it is not a grapevine specialist, and its host range is still... more
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      Middle EastPlant PathologyHost RangeLife Span
Populations dominated by Cystoseira zosteroides, an endemic and threatened Mediterranean seaweed, colonize deep-water rocky habitats down to more than 50 m depth. Assemblages dominated by this species display high algal and invertebrate... more
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      Earth SciencesBiological SciencesBiodiversity ConservationPopulation structure
Variation of abundance, dominance and diversity of tardigrades were studied over a period of 54 months in a carpet of the moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus that covered a lawn in the Black Forest (Germany). Altogether 19,909 individuals... more
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      LimnologyMultidisciplinarySeasonalitySpecies Diversity
The evolution of an infectious disease outbreak in an isolated population is split into two stages: a stochastic Markov process describing the initial contamination and a linked deterministic dynamical system with random initial... more
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      Population DynamicsCommunicable DiseasesStochastic processesBiological Sciences