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. (2012). Climate change and the ecology and evolution of Arctic vertebrates (Vol. 1249). Bachelor's thesis, Blackwell Publishing Inc, .
Abstract: Climate change is taking place more rapidly and severely in the Arctic than anywhere on the globe, exposing Arctic vertebrates to a host of impacts. Changes in the cryosphere dominate the physical changes that already affect these animals, but increasing air temperatures, changes in precipitation, and ocean acidification will also affect Arctic ecosystems in the future. Adaptation via natural selection is problematic in such a rapidly changing environment. Adjustment via phenotypic plasticity is therefore likely to dominate Arctic vertebrate responses in the short term, and many such adjustments have already been documented. Changes in phenology and range will occur for most species but will only partly mitigate climate change impacts, which are particularly difficult to forecast due to the many interactions within and between trophic levels. Even though Arctic species richness is increasing via immigration from the South, many Arctic vertebrates are expected to become increasingly threatened during this century.
Keywords: impacts, phenological changes, plasticity, range shifts, adaptations, threat, trophic interactions, mismatches, sea ice, tundra, parasites, geese, shorebirds, rodents, lemmings, large herbivores, seabirds, marine mammals, polar bear,
Programme: 388,1036
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. (2009). Quake Catalogs from an Optical Monitoring of an Interfacial Crack Propagation
. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 166(5-7), 777–799.
Abstract: Using an experimental setup which allows to follow optically the propagation of an interfacial crack front in a heterogeneous medium, we show that the fracture front dynamics is governed by local and irregular avalanches with large velocity fluctuations. Events defined as high velocity bursts are ranked in catalogs with analogous characteristics to seismicity catalogs: time of occurence, epicenter location and energy parameter (moment). Despite differences in the fracturing mode (opening for the experiments and shear rupture for earthquakes), in the acquisition mode and in the range of time scales, the distributions of moment and epicenter jumps in the experimental catalogs obey the same scaling laws with exponents similar to the corresponding distributions for earthquakes. The record-breaking event analysis also shows very strong similarities between experimental and real seismicity catalogs. The results suggest that the dynamics of crack propagation is controlled by the elastic interactions between microstructures within the material.
Keywords: Earth and Environmental Science,
Programme: 133
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Louzao Maite, Wiegand Thorsten, Bartumeus Frederic, Weimerskirch Henri, . (2014). Coupling instantaneous energy-budget models and behavioural mode analysis to estimate optimal foraging strategy: an example with wandering albatrosses.
. Movement ecology, 2(1), 8.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: How foragers move across the landscape to search for resources and obtain energy is a central issue in ecology. Direct energetic quantification of animal movements allows for testing optimal foraging theory predictions which assumes that animals forage so as to maximise net energy gain. Thanks to biologging advances, we coupled instantaneous energy-budget models and behavioural mode analysis to test optimal foraging theory predictions on wandering albatross Diomedea exulans during the brooding period. Specifically, the instantaneous energy-budget model considered the energetic balance (i.e., the difference between empirical energy gain data and modelled energy expenditure via heart rate values) along the trajectory of a given individual. Four stereotypic instantaneous behavioural modes were identified based on trajectory properties (e.g., speed and turning angle) by applying a new algorithm called Expectation Maximization Binary Clustering. Previous studies on this species have shown that foraging-in-flight is the optimal foraging strategy during the incubation period when albatrosses undertake long-distance movements but no specific foraging strategy has been determined for shorter foraging movements (e.g., brooding period).
Programme: 109
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. (2013). Age-related differences in the cloacal microbiota of a wild bird species.
. 1472-6785, 13(1), 11.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Gastrointestinal bacteria play a central role in the health of animals. The bacteria that individuals acquire as they age may therefore have profound consequences for their future fitness. However, changes in microbial community structure with host age remain poorly understood. We characterised the cloacal bacteria assemblages of chicks and adults in a natural population of black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), using molecular methods.
Keywords: Age Factors, Animals, Animals, Wild, Animals, Wild: growth & development, Animals, Wild: microbiology, Bacteria, Bacteria: classification, Bacteria: genetics, Bacteria: isolation & purification, Charadriiformes, Charadriiformes: growth & development, Charadriiformes: microbiology, Cloaca, Cloaca: microbiology, Female, Male, Microbiota, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny,
Programme: 1162
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. (2015). Movement ecology, 3(1), 30.
Keywords: Nature Conservation,
Programme: 1091
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Maj Emilie, . (2009). The Horse of Sakha: Ethnic Symbol in Post-Communist Sakha Republic (Iakutiia)
. Sibirica, 8(1), 68–74.
Abstract: This report is on contemporary processes related to horse breeding in Sakha (Iakutiia), northeastern Russia. I demonstrate the importance of the horse figure in the philosophy of the Sakha, a hunting and herding people of Siberia, as well as the parallelism between the diminishing utilitarian function of the horse and reinforcing symbolism in the post-communist context.
Programme: 1024
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Ochyra Ryszard, Lebouvier Marc, Cykowska-Marzencka Beata, . (2014). 1290-0796, 35(4), 335–371.
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Strathdee A T, Bale J S, . (1998). Life On the Edge: Insect Ecology in Arctic Environments
. Annu. Rev. Entomol., 43(1), 85–106.
Abstract: The restricted Arctic insect fauna is usually explained by a lack of recolonization since the last glacial period, inadequate supply of suitable resources, or insufficient adaptation to such a harsh environment. These hypotheses and others that attempt to explain the latitudinal gradient of species distributions and abundance are reviewed. Arctic habitats available to insects are strongly heterogeneous, requiring a similarly diverse array of adaptive responses, characteristic of those species that have colonized and survived in such a stressful climate. Important adaptations in morphology (size, wings), behavior (activity patterns, thermoregulation), life cycles, and ecophysiology (cold hardiness, anaerobiosis, desiccation resistance) are discussed. The current focus of global climate change research on polar regions is identifed, particularly the opportunity to study fundamental ecological processes and spatial dynamics in the relatively simple Arctic ecosystems.
Programme: 426
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Deuss Arwen, . (2014). Heterogeneity and Anisotropy of Earth's Inner Core
. 0084-6597, 42(1), 103–126.
Keywords: body waves, dynamics, free oscillations, iron, mineralogy, seismology, solidification,
Programme: 133
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. (2015). Insects in fluctuating thermal environments.
. Annu. Rev. Entomol., 60, 123–40.
Abstract: All climate change scenarios predict an increase in both global temperature means and the magnitude of seasonal and diel temperature variation. The nonlinear relationship between temperature and biological processes means that fluctuating temperatures lead to physiological, life history, and ecological consequences for ectothermic insects that diverge from those predicted from constant temperatures. Fluctuating temperatures that remain within permissive temperature ranges generally improve performance. By contrast, those which extend to stressful temperatures may have either positive impacts, allowing repair of damage accrued during exposure to thermal extremes, or negative impacts from cumulative damage during successive exposures. We discuss the mechanisms underlying these differing effects. Fluctuating temperatures could be used to enhance or weaken insects in applied rearing programs, and any prediction of insect performance in the field-including models of climate change or population performance-must account for the effect of fluctuating temperatures.
Keywords: Jensen's inequality, climate change, life history traits, temperature variations, thermal tolerance,
Programme: 136
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