Ecological drivers and consequences of bumble bee body size variation

JL Fitzgerald, JE Ogilvie… - Environmental …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Body size is arguably one of the most important traits influencing the physiology and ecology
of animals. Shifts in animal body size have been observed in response to climate change …

Analysis of the evidence to support the definition of Specific Protection Goals for bumble bees and solitary bees

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), D Auteri… - 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the context of the definition of Specific Protection Goals for bees, risk managers asked
EFSA to provide the scientific background to support the decision‐making process about …

Early resources lead to persistent benefits for bumble bee colony dynamics

RL Malfi, E Crone, M Rundlöf, NM Williams - Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Conditions experienced early in development can affect the future performance of
individuals and populations. Demographic theories predict persistent population impacts of …

Inclusive fitness may explain some but not all benefits derived from helping behavior in a cooperatively breeding bird

NZ Kerr, WF Morris, JR Walters - The American Naturalist, 2024 - journals.uchicago.edu
In cooperative breeding systems, inclusive fitness theory predicts that nonbreeding helpers
more closely related to the breeders should be more willing to provide costly alloparental …

[图书][B] Applications of Mathematical Modeling in Ecology and Health Care

NJ Myers - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Mathematical modeling is a valuable tool in multidisciplinary research that has found use in
a variety of fields such as physics, chemistry, engineering and biology. Modeling using …