New perspectives on head and neck allometry and ecomorphology in tetrapods [0.03%]
四足动物头颈部几何与生态形态学的新视角
Alice E Maher,Philip G Cox,Thomas W Maddox et al.
Alice E Maher et al.
The skull and neck are vital parts of the body, influencing feeding ecology, habitat exploitation and locomotion. Numerous studies have therefore sought to understand how the size of these segments vary with ecology and scale with overall b...
Mechanisms underlying phenotypic plasticity in response to environmental change [0.03%]
响应环境变化的表型可塑性的机制研究
Frank Seebacher,Alexander G Little
Frank Seebacher
Understanding how human activity impacts natural systems is crucial for maintaining ecosystem health and the services these provide for societies. Phenotypic plasticity - the regulated expression of different phenotypes by a single genotype...
Łukasz Lamża
Łukasz Lamża
The first eukaryotes evolved from their archaean ancestors in the early Proterozoic, likely ca. 2000-1800 million years ago (Mya). Their macroscopic multicellular descendants, such as plants, heterokont algae, animals and fungi, appeared hu...
Daniel P Longman,Colin N Shaw
Daniel P Longman
For the vast majority of the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens, a range of natural environments defined the parameters within which selection shaped human biology. Although human-induced alterations to the terrestrial biosphere have been...
Bruna B Falcão,Vinícius A São Pedro,Omar M Entiauspe-Neto
Bruna B Falcão
Extant snakes (Serpentes) are a highly diverse group of squamate reptiles, which have independently evolved key morphological adaptations to consume a large variety of vertebrate and invertebrate prey. While these predator-prey interactions...
Larger pollen sizes correspond to longer styles: correlated evolution between male traits and female preference in plants [0.03%]
花粉粒越大，柱头越长：植物雄性特征与雌性偏好之间的协同演化关系
Lin Zhu,Chang Liu,Lan-Jie Huang et al.
Lin Zhu et al.
In plants, sexual selection is argued to operate through reproduction to shape plant traits. Pollen size and style length are two traits that potentially reflect male-male competition and female choice. Adaptations in one trait may elicit a...
Have the environmental benefits of insect farming been overstated? A critical review [0.03%]
昆虫养殖的环境效益被夸大了吗？批判性综述
Corentin Biteau,Tom Bry-Chevalier,Dustin Crummett et al.
Corentin Biteau et al.
Insect farming is frequently promoted as a sustainable food solution, yet current evidence challenges many environmental benefits claimed by industry proponents. This review critically examines the scientific foundation for assessing the en...
The behaviour-performance continuum: how does individual variation in locomotor abilities relate to behaviour? [0.03%]
运动能力的个体差异与行为之间的关系：运动能力的个体差异与行为之间的关系
Vincent Careau,Paul Agnani,Nicolas Bonin et al.
Vincent Careau et al.
A series of terminological, technical, conceptual, and statistical challenges present themselves when trying to study correlations between measures of performance abilities (what an animal can do) and behavioural traits (what an animal choo...
A 50-year perspective on the use and potential of artiodactyl calcanei in bone adaptation studies [0.03%]
从骨适应研究角度看偶蹄动物距骨的使用及其潜在作用——五十年回顾与展望
John G Skedros
John G Skedros
Sheep and deer calcanei are important models for studying cortical (compact) and trabecular (cancellous) bone adaptation because they are amenable to direct strain measurement (due to lack of surrounding muscles), experience relatively simp...