Thermal variation and mean temperature independently affect breeding behavior across temporal scales in two cavity nesting birds [0.03%]
热变化和平均温度独立影响两种洞穴筑巢鸟类的繁殖行为 temporal 规模
William H Kirkpatrick,Sarah E DuRant
William H Kirkpatrick
Avian incubation behaviors respond to the thermal environment, and this is best studied in relation to average thermal conditions. Although climate change models predict increases in environmental thermal variation, how thermal variability ...
Die Chen,Wei Shyy,Huihe Qiu
Die Chen
The avian tail plays a critical role in enhancing aerodynamics as well as flight control. In this study, high-speed 3D kinematic tracking of a lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis) was employed to capture detailed tail dynamics during maneuverin...
TAMP-OS: An Open-Source Workflow for Tactile 3D-Printable Lithographs [0.03%]
一种用于触觉3D可打印浮雕的开源工作流程：TAMP-OS
Natalia Gonzalez-Vazquez,Robert Faulkner,Victoria Gamez et al.
Natalia Gonzalez-Vazquez et al.
Describe an animal without using the verb look. The world is filled with features too small for our eyes to see: the setae on a gecko's feet, the cuticles covering a rat's whisker, or the fuzziness of a bat's wing. Can you effectively provi...
Biological reality complicates universal theory: A decade of work on puncture across organisms [0.03%]
生物学事实使得普遍理论复杂化：关于穿刺的十年研究工作（跨物种）
Philip S L Anderson
Philip S L Anderson
Puncture, using sharpened tools to penetrate a target, is widespread in living systems, with examples found across phyla spanning several orders of magnitude in size, speed and a variety of functions. For the past decade, researchers have e...
Simultaneous automated insect monitoring across a remote tropical elevation gradient with Mothbox [0.03%]
使用Mothbox在遥远的热带海拔梯度上进行同步自动昆虫监测
Hubert A Szczygieł,Andrew Quitmeyer,Brianna Johns et al.
Hubert A Szczygieł et al.
Insect declines have been recorded in many parts of the world, however the vast majority of taxa and ecosystems, particularly in the tropics, remain poorly documented. Monitoring insects in the tropics is challenging due to their immense di...
Bio-Based Communities of Practice: Primed for the Social and Solidarity Bioeconomy [0.03%]
基于生物的实践社区：为社会和团结生物经济做准备
Alexandria N Igwe
Alexandria N Igwe
The social and solidarity bioeconomy (SSB) is an adaptive strategy that facilitates collective persistence and sustainable use of biological resources under increasingly precarious socio-economic and environmental conditions. Communal livin...
Biofluorescence is Phylogenetically Widespread and Highly Variable in the Skin of Plethodontid Salamanders [0.03%]
plethodontid属蝾螈皮下生物荧光的谱系多样性及变异度分析
Michael C Kardos,Jasper Kopfinger,Dasara Slova et al.
Michael C Kardos et al.
Biofluorescence is the absorption and reemission of light by living organisms. Several studies have shown biofluorescence to be widespread in a variety of animal groups, though few of these studies have taken a comparative approach within a...
Strong Symbiodiniaceae influence on coral gene expression under ocean acidification and warming [0.03%]
珊瑚虫共生体对海洋酸化和升温条件下基因表达的影响
Colleen B Bove,Karl D Castillo,Annabel M Hughes et al.
Colleen B Bove et al.
Tropical coral reefs face unprecedented threats from ocean acidification and warming, driving alarming declines in reef communities worldwide. Yet environmental history and diverse symbiotic partnerships often shape how corals respond to en...
Multi-modal aquatic hexapods use hybrid walking-swimming gaits in shallow water [0.03%]
多模式水生六足机器人在浅水中使用混合步态行走和游泳
Snigdha S Tikader,Alex M Handwork,Margaret L Byron
Snigdha S Tikader
Many animals use adaptive locomotor strategies to traverse the physical boundaries between aquatic, aerial, and terrestrial environments; these strategies can provide insight into not only evolutionary relationships but novel bio-inspired d...
Morphometric scale shape variation of the invasive red lionfish, Pterois volitans [0.03%]
入侵lionfish(Pterois volitans)的几何形态尺度形状变异
Mia Elias,Katherine A Galloway
Mia Elias
Geometric morphometrics is a common tool that quantifies shape variation and has been used to explore morphological changes over ontogeny and investigate evolutionary relationships. Lionfishes are suction feeders that have cycloid scales. C...