Seasonality in ecology: Progress and prospects in theory

ER White, A Hastings - Ecological Complexity, 2020 - Elsevier
Seasonality is an important feature of essentially all natural systems but the consequences
of seasonality have been vastly underappreciated. Early work emphasized the role of …

Long-term cyclic persistence in an experimental predator–prey system

B Blasius, L Rudolf, G Weithoff, U Gaedke… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Predator–prey cycles rank among the most fundamental concepts in ecology, are predicted
by the simplest ecological models and enable, theoretically, the indefinite persistence of …

Model selection and parameter estimation for dynamic epidemic models via iterated filtering: application to rotavirus in Germany

T Stocks, T Britton, M Höhle - Biostatistics, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Despite the wide application of dynamic models in infectious disease epidemiology, the
particular modeling of variability in the different model components is often subjective rather …

A class of discrete predator–prey interaction with bifurcation analysis and chaos control

Q Din, N Saleem, MS Shabbir - Mathematical Modelling of …, 2020 - mmnp-journal.org
The interaction between prey and predator is well-known within natural ecosystems. Due to
their multifariousness and strong link population dynamics, predators contain distinct …

Ecosystem indicators of marine survival in Puget Sound steelhead trout

KL Sobocinski, NW Kendall, CM Greene… - Progress in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding ecosystem drivers of fish stock performance is essential to improving
conservation and management. We used a hypothesis-driven approach to identify potential …

Forecasting environmental factors and zooplankton of Bakreswar reservoir in India using time series model

A Banerjee, M Chakrabarty, G Bandyopadhyay… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Time-series models have vast advantages in the study of dynamic systems, especially if the
aims are to determine structure and stability of population or finding regime shifts in dynamic …

[HTML][HTML] Fluctuating Asymmetry and Population Dynamics of the Common Shrew, Sorex araneus, in Central Siberia under Climate Change Conditions

VM Zakharov, IE Trofimov, BI Sheftel - Symmetry, 2020 - mdpi.com
We examine possible temporal variation in a measure of developmental stability, providing
insight into the degree of fluctuating asymmetry of several characters of skull morphology, of …

Intraspecific interference between native parasitoids modified by a non‐native parasitoid and its consequence on population dynamics

Y Nakamichi, M Tuda, E Wajnberg - Ecological Entomology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
1. The number of natural enemies that should be introduced to control a pest is a
controversial subject in biocontrol. A previous semi‐mechanistic model parameterised using …

[HTML][HTML] A Comparison of the Vertical Transmission of High- and Low-Virulence Nucleopolyhedrovirus Strains in Lymantria Dispar L.

YB Akhanaev, IA Belousova, DA Lebedeva… - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
Baculoviruses can persist in insect host organisms after infection and may be vertically
transmitted to the next generation, in which they may be reactivated. The goal of the present …

Long-term predator–prey cycles finally achieved in the lab

A Hastings - 2020 - nature.com
A key question in ecology is what allows species to persist over time—particularly when
there are pairs of species in which one is an exploiter and the other its victim. A long …