The significance of building behavior in the evolution of animal architecture [0.03%]
建造行为在动物建筑进化中的意义
Shoko Sugasawa,David J Pritchard
Shoko Sugasawa
Animals make a diverse array of architectures including nests, bowers, roosts, traps, and tools. Much of the research into animal architecture has focused on the analysis of physical properties such as the dimensions and material of the arc...
Effects of life history and individual development on community dynamics: A review of counterintuitive consequences [0.03%]
生活史和个体发育对群落动态影响的再认识：反直观结论的综述
André M de Roos
André M de Roos
Even though individual life history is the focus of much ecological research, its importance for the dynamics and structure of ecological communities is unclear, or is it a topic of much ongoing research. In this paper I highlight the key l...
The ecology of a beech forest on Mt. Sanpoiwadake, Hakusan National Park, Japan I. Braun-Blanquet, TWINSPAN and DCA analysis [0.03%]
日本八朔国立公园白面岩山的橡树林生态研究I.Braun-Blanquet、TWINSPAN和DCA分析
Tukasa Hukusima,Kennth Andrew Kershaw
Tukasa Hukusima
The Lindero membranaceae-Fagetum crenatae association on Mt. Sanpoiwadake, Hakusan National Park, Japan, has been classified using traditional Braun-Blanquet methods. The association was floristically sub-divided into six communities, all o...
Fumio Yoshie
Fumio Yoshie
Depth of dormancy of alpine and subalpine perennial forbs in autumn was investigated, which was judged by the number of days required for growth initiation at 24 °C. The depth of dormancy differed depending on Raunkiaer's life-form and sho...
David J Rapport,Luisa Maffi
David J Rapport
Anthropogenic stress on the earth's ecosystems has resulted in widespread prevalence of ecosystem distress syndrome, a quantifiable set of signs of ecosystem degradation. At the same time, the planet is witnessing rapid declines in global c...
Evolution of virulence, environmental change, and the threat posed by emerging and chronic diseases [0.03%]
毒力的进化、环境变化以及新兴和慢性疾病威胁的关系
Paul W Ewald
Paul W Ewald
Assessments of future threats posed by infection have focused largely on zoonotic, acute disease, under the rubric "emerging diseases." Evolutionary and epidemiological studies indicate, however, that particular aspects of infrastructure, s...
West Nile virus impacts in American crow populations are associated with human land use and climate [0.03%]
与人类土地利用和气候相关的美国乌鸦种群的西尼罗河病毒的影响
Shannon L LaDeau,Catherine A Calder,Patrick J Doran et al.
Shannon L LaDeau et al.
West Nile virus (WNV) was first detected in the western hemisphere during the summer of 1999, reawakening US public awareness of the potential severity of vector-borne pathogens. Since its New World introduction, WNV has caused disease in h...
Global stressors and the global decline of amphibians: tipping the stress immunocompetency axis [0.03%]
全球压力源及两栖动物的全球衰退：“压垮”应激免疫能力轴线
Joseph M Kiesecker
Joseph M Kiesecker
There is a widespread consensus that the earth is experiencing a mass extinction event and at the forefront are amphibians, the most threatened of all vertebrate taxa. A recent assessment found that nearly one-third (32%, 1,856 species) of ...
Basin-wide Impacts of Climate Change on Ecosystem Services in the Lower Mekong Basin [0.03%]
气候变化对湄公河下游盆地生态系统服务的全方位影响
Yongyut Trisurat,Aekkapol Aekakkararungroj,Hwan-Ok Ma et al.
Yongyut Trisurat et al.
Water resources support more than 60 million people in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) and are important for food security-especially rice production-and economic security. This study aims to quantify water yield under near- and long-term clim...