| Titre : | Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 41 - 2010 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/12/2010 |
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Janis L. Dickinson, Auteur ;
Benjamin Zuckerberg, Auteur ;
David N. Bonter, Auteur ;
D. J. Futuyma, Auteur ;
H. B. Shafer, Auteur ;
D. Simberloff, Auteur
Citizen science, the involvement of volunteers in research, has increased the scale of ecological field studies with continent-wide, centralized monitoring efforts and, more rarely, tapping of volunteers to conduct large, coordinated, field expe[...]
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Tamara Shiganova, Auteur ;
D. J. Futuyma, Auteur ;
H. B. Shafer, Auteur ;
D. Simberloff, Auteur
Comparative analysis of patterns of species invasion, dispersal, and impact on ecosystems in the Ponto-Caspian seas has been ongoing since 1900 The Black Sea is an important international shipping destination High shipping intensity has facilita[...]
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Stephen F. Chenoweth, Auteur ;
Katrina McGuigan, Auteur ;
D. J. Futuyma, Auteur ;
H. B. Shafer, Auteur ;
D. Simberloff, Auteur
Sexually selected traits contribute greatly to phenotypic diversity, yet we have historically understood little about their genetic basis and how that basis may affect their evolution Recent work in developmental and quantitative genetics has pr[...]
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Joan G. Ehrenfeld, Auteur ;
D. J. Futuyma, Auteur ;
H. B. Shafer, Auteur ;
D. Simberloff, Auteur
Exotic species affect the biogeochemical pools and fluxes of materials and energy, thereby altering the fundamental structure and function of their ecosystems Rapidly accumulating evidence from many species of both animal and plant invaders sugg[...]
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Jeanine M. Refsnider, Auteur ;
Fredric J. Janzen, Auteur ;
D. J. Futuyma, Auteur ;
H. B. Shafer, Auteur ;
D. Simberloff, Auteur
Oviposition-site choice is a major maternal effect by which females can affect the survival and phenotype of their offspring Across oviparous species, the ultimate reasons for females' selection of oviposition sites often differ We present six h[...]
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Richard E. Glor, Auteur ;
D. J. Futuyma, Auteur ;
H. B. Shafer, Auteur ;
D. Simberloff, Auteur
Adaptive radiation is a response to natural selection and ecological opportunity involving diversification of species and associated adaptations Although evolutionary biologists have long speculated that adaptive radiation is responsible for mos[...]
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Gretchen E. Hofmann, Auteur ;
James P. Barry, Auteur ;
Peter J. Edmunds, Auteur ;
Ruth D. Gates, Auteur ;
David A. Hutchins, Auteur ;
Terrie Klinger, Auteur ;
Mary A. Sewell, Auteur ;
D. J. Futuyma, Auteur ;
H. B. Shafer, Auteur ;
D. Simberloff, Auteur
Ocean acidification (OA), a consequence of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions, poses a serious threat to marine organisms in tropical, open-ocean, coastal, deep-sea, and high-latitude sea ecosystems The diversity of taxonomic groups that pre[...]
Article
Mark A. Beaumont, Auteur ;
D. J. Futuyma, Auteur ;
H. B. Shafer, Auteur ;
D. Simberloff, Auteur
In the past 10 years a statistical technique, approximate Bayesian computation (ABC), has been developed that can be used to infer parameters and choose between models in the complicated scenarios that are often considered in the environmental s[...]
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M. R. T. Dale, Auteur ;
M.-J. Fortin, Auteur ;
D. J. Futuyma, Auteur ;
H. B. Shafer, Auteur ;
D. Simberloff, Auteur
Graph theory is a powerful body of mathematical knowledge, based on simple concepts, in which structural units are depicted as nodes with relationships between them depicted as lines The nodes may have qualitative and quantitative characteristic[...]
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Joseph E. Fargione, Auteur ;
Richard J. Plevin, Auteur ;
Jason D. Hill, Auteur ;
D. J. Futuyma, Auteur ;
H. B. Shafer, Auteur ;
D. Simberloff, Auteur
The ecological impact of biofuels is mediated through their effects on land, air, and water In 2008, about 33 3 million ha were used to produce food-based biofuels and their coproducts Biofuel production from food crops is expected to increase 1[...]
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William G. Hill, Auteur ;
Mark Kirkpatrick, Auteur ;
D. J. Futuyma, Auteur ;
H. B. Shafer, Auteur ;
D. Simberloff, Auteur
We review the impact of developments from animal breeding on our understanding of evolution and on the methodology used in evolutionary biology The theory developed for improvement of polygenic traits, in particular the breeders' equation and th[...]
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Sebastien Lavergne, Auteur ;
Nicolas Mouquet, Auteur ;
Wilfried Thuiller, Auteur ;
Ophelie Ronce, Auteur ;
D. J. Futuyma, Auteur ;
H. B. Shafer, Auteur ;
D. Simberloff, Auteur
Today's scientists are facing the enormous challenge of predicting how climate change will affect species distributions and species assemblages To do so, ecologists are widely using phenomenological models of species distributions that mainly re[...]
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D. J. Futuyma, Auteur ;
H. B. Shafer, Auteur ;
D. Simberloff, Auteur
This 411-page book is part of a series on Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, Volume 41. The book is divided into eighteen individually authored chapters. The first chpater includes what animal breeding has taught us about evol[...]
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Kathleen Donohue, Auteur ;
Rafael Rubio de Casas, Auteur ;
Liana Burghardt, Auteur ;
Katherine Kovach, Auteur ;
Charles G. Willis, Auteur ;
D. J. Futuyma, Auteur ;
H. B. Shafer, Auteur ;
D. Simberloff, Auteur
Germination behavior is one of the earliest phenotypes expressed by plants This fact has several consequences for the evolution of postgermination traits, ecological niches, and geographic ranges By determining the conditions that plants experie[...]
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Rebecca E. Irwin, Auteur ;
Judith L. Bronstein, Auteur ;
Jessamyn S. Manson, Auteur ;
Leif Richardson, Auteur ;
D. J. Futuyma, Auteur ;
H. B. Shafer, Auteur ;
D. Simberloff, Auteur
Not all floral visitors attracted to flowers are pollinators Instead, some visitors circumvent the floral opening, usually removing nectar without contacting the anthers and/or stigma Here we review the evolutionary ecology of nectar robbing fro[...]
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Katherine F. Smith, Auteur ;
Jean-François Guégan, Auteur ;
D. J. Futuyma, Auteur ;
H. B. Shafer, Auteur ;
D. Simberloff, Auteur
Since the rise of modern humans, changes in demography and land use and frequent contact with wildlife and domesticated animals have created ongoing opportunities for pathogen loss, gain, and evolution in the human population Early transportatio[...]
