Even larger organisms
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The quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) is the largest living organism. Using either the measure of mass or of volume, one clone in the western US exceeds any of the previous candidates. The clone is estimated to have 47,000 stems and a mass of approximately 6 million kilograms. The fungus Armillaria bulbosa at 10,000 kilograms, the giant sequoia at 2 million kilograms and the blue whale at 180,000 kilograms are dwarfed by the quaking aspen.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1992
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Species interactions can explain Taylor's power law for ecological time series
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Zoologists have been able to produce a proof of Taylor's power law of population dynamics, using stochastic simulations and analytical models of the negative interactions among a species in an ecological community. The article concludes that interaction between species in a food web is a main contribut to the dynamic properties of the whole community and the separate species within it.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
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Reproductive pair correlations and the clustering of organisms
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Research is presented concerning the clustering of organisms which results from a response to physical or chemical cues or as a result of social behavior. The spontaneous aggregation of random-walking independent organisms is discussed.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
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