Phylogenetic methodologies for studying specialization
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Important questions about specialization remain unanswered although the concept of specialization has played a central role in the development of ecological and evolutionary theory. The argument that the traditional division of specialization into evolutionary and ecological factors might be less useful than considering specialization as three components ecological, behavioral, and functional is presented.
Publication Name: Oikos
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0030-1299
Year: 2005
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Evaluation of alternate harvesting strategies using experimental microcosms
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Simple predictive models of population dynamics are developed for the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila and are applied to lab microcosm to evaluate fixed quota, fixed proportion and fixed escapement harvest policies. The experimental evidence lends support to the theoretical prediction that fixed quota harvesting is riskier than fixed proportion or fixed proportion or fixed escapement policies.
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Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0030-1299
Year: 2005
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