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The Influence of Prey Predictability on the Foraging Behavior and Movement of Intertidal Predators

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Hennessey, Shannon M.

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Fluctuations and spatial heterogeneity of habitat and resources is thought to underlie niche variation in animal populations, with intraspecific differences serving to produce or maintain population-, community-, or ecosystem-level patterns. Individual diet variation, defined as individual variation in food resource use within a population that is consistent over time, is...

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& Rasmussen 2013; Des Roches et 2 al. 2018; Raffard et al. 2019). As evolution can occur
A taxonomic revision of Astragalus mokiacensis and allied taxa within the Astragalus lentiginosus complex of Section Diphysi

Creator:

Alexander, J. Andrew

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North America, with over 400 species of Astragalus (Fabaceae), is one of three major centers of diversity, all of which comprise the majority of the nearly 1750 species of Astragalus worldwide. One of the most diverse species, Astragalus lentiginosus of Section Diphysi, is a polymorphic complex of over 40 varieties,...

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Dissertation
Emergent Properties of Animal Social Networks: Five Stories in Five Systems

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Devan-Song, E. Anne

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Animals aggregate and interact in nonuniform and nonrandom patterns, which lead to group level characteristics that have important evolutionary and ecological consequences. Network analysis provides a useful conceptual framework for linking animal interactions at all scales from dyads to communities, to populations and ecosystems. Despite exciting theoretical and applied advances...

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amazing master’s advisor and lifelong collaborator, David Bickford, Sheila Poo, Scott Buchanan, Mary