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    Effect of mammalian mesopredator exclusion on vertebrate scavenging communities

    1. DeVault, T. L., Rhodes, O. E. Jr. & Shivik, J. A. Scavenging by vertebrates: behavioral, ecological, and evolutionary perspectives on an important energy transfer pathway in terrestrial ecosystems. Oikos 102, 225–234 (2003). Article Google Scholar 2. Benbow, M. E. et al. Necrobiome framework for bridging decomposition ecology of autotrophically and heterotrophically derived organic matter. […] More

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    Short- and long-term impacts of variable hypoxia exposures on kelp forest sea urchins

    1. Frölicher, T. L., Fischer, E. M. & Gruber, N. Marine heatwaves under global warming. Nature 560, 360–364 (2018). 2. Kwiatkowski, L. & Orr, J. C. Diverging seasonal extremes for ocean acidification during the twenty-first centuryr. Nat. Clim. Chang. 8, 141–145 (2018). 3. Bates, A. E. et al. Biologists ignore ocean weather at their peril. […] More

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    Evaluation of semiochemical based push-pull strategy for population suppression of ambrosia beetle vectors of laurel wilt disease in avocado

    1. Farrell, B. D. et al. The evolution of agriculture in beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae). Evolution. 55, 2011–2027 (2001). 2. Hulcr, J. & Stelinski, L. L. The ambrosia symbiosis: from evolutionary ecology to practical management. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 62, 285–303 (2017). 3. Kirkendall, L. R. The evolution of mating systems in bark and ambrosia […] More

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    Invasive Wild Pigs as Primary Nest Predators for Wild Turkeys

    1. Vitense, K., Wirsing, A. J., Tyson, R. C. & Anderson, J. J. Theoretical impacts of habitat loss and generalist predation on predator–prey cycles. Ecological Modelling 327, 85–94 (2016). Article Google Scholar 2. Mooney, H. A. & Cleland, E. E. The evolutionary impact of invasive species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98, 5446–5451 […] More

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    Hidden parasite diversity in a European freshwater system

    1. Poulin, R. The functional importance of parasites in animal communities: many roles at many levels? Int. J. Parasitol. 29, 903–914 (1999). 2. Hudson, P. J., Dobson, A. P. & Lafferty, K. D. Is a healthy ecosystem one that is rich in parasites? Trends Ecol. Evol. 21, 381–385 (2006). 3. Lafferty, K. D. et al. […] More

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    Double-stranded DNA virioplankton dynamics and reproductive strategies in the oligotrophic open ocean water column

    1. Wigington CH, Sonderegger DL, Brussaard CPD, Buchan A, Finke JF, Fuhrman J, et al. Re-examining the relationship between virus and microbial cell abundances in the global oceans. Nat Microbiol. 2016;1:15024. Google Scholar 2. Karl DM, Church MJ. Microbial oceanography and the Hawaii Ocean Time-series programme. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2014;12:1–15. Google Scholar 3. Wilson WH, […] More

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    Systematic selection between age and household structure for models aimed at emerging epidemic predictions

    Aspects common to all models All models share the same stochastic, time-since-infection transmission process8,58: each infected individual makes infectious contacts at a rate described by a function βω(τ), where the total infectivity β depends on the ages of the infector and the other contacted person, as well as on the environment (i.e., within or outside […] More

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    Evolutionary games with environmental feedbacks

    Eco-evolutionary games First we describe a general framework for modeling eco-evolutionary feedbacks, and then we analyze linear two-strategy eco-evolutionary games. We characterize the range of possible dynamical behaviors in these systems, and we apply this analysis to several case studies drawn from a range of disciplines. Eco-evolutionary games occur when evolutionary game dynamics are environmentally […] More