Effects of intraspecific competition and body mass on diet specialization in a mammalian scavenger
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8338
Abstract: Abstract Animals that rely extensively on scavenging rather than hunting must exploit resources that are inherently patchy, dangerous, or subject to competition. Though it may be expected that scavengers should therefore form opportunistic feeding habits… read more here.
Keywords: specialization; intraspecific competition; competition; competition body ... See more keywords
Urbanization increases floral specialization of pollinators
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8619
Abstract: Abstract Understanding how urbanization alters functional interactions among pollinators and plants is critically important given increasing anthropogenic land use and declines in pollinator populations. Pollinators often exhibit short‐term specialization and visit plants of the same… read more here.
Keywords: specialization; urban sites; pollinator; pollen ... See more keywords
Phylogenetic structure of specialization: A new approach that integrates partner availability and phylogenetic diversity to quantify biotic specialization in ecological networks
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8649
Abstract: Abstract Biotic specialization holds information about the assembly, evolution, and stability of biological communities. Partner availabilities can play an important role in enabling species interactions, where uneven partner availabilities can bias estimates of biotic specialization… read more here.
Keywords: specialization; biotic specialization; partner availability; partner ... See more keywords
Metacommunity robustness of plant-fly-wasp tripartite networks with specialization to habitat loss.
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3071
Abstract: Recent observations have found plant species-specific fly host selection (i.e., specialization) of wasp parasitoids (wasps) in plant-fly-wasp (P-F-W) tripartite networks, yet no study has explored the dynamical implications of such high-order specialization for the persistence… read more here.
Keywords: plant fly; tripartite networks; specialization; habitat loss ... See more keywords
IL‐13 in dermal type‐2 dendritic cell specialization: From function to therapeutic targeting
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DOI: 10.1002/eji.202149677
Abstract: Skin functions as a barrier protecting the host against physical, thermal, chemical changes as well as microbial insults. The skin is populated by several immune cell types that are crucial to host defense and to… read more here.
Keywords: cell; specialization; type dendritic; dendritic cell ... See more keywords
MEG imaging of recurrent gliomas reveals functional plasticity of hemispheric language specialization
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DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24430
Abstract: In patients with gliomas, changes in hemispheric specialization for language determined by magnetoencephalography (MEG) were analyzed to elucidate the impact of treatment and tumor recurrence on language networks. Demonstration of reorganization of language networks in… read more here.
Keywords: gliomas reveals; specialization; meg imaging; recurrent gliomas ... See more keywords
Both frontal and temporal cortex exhibit phonological and semantic specialization during spoken language processing in 7‐ to 8‐year‐old children
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DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25450
Abstract: A previous functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study by Weiss et al. (Weiss et al., Human Brain Mapping, 2018, 39, 4334–4348) examined brain specialization for phonological and semantic processing of spoken words in young children… read more here.
Keywords: phonological semantic; task; specialization; lobe ... See more keywords
From ecologically equivalent individuals to contrasting colonies: quantifying isotopic niche and individual foraging specialization in an endangered oceanic seabird
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DOI: 10.1007/s00227-019-3483-7
Abstract: Quantifying individual specialization and other forms of intraspecific ecological diversity can reveal variation that is critical for evolutionary or behavioral adaption of a species to changing environments. Here, the isotopic niche and degree of individual… read more here.
Keywords: isotopic niche; individual foraging; specialization; foraging specialization ... See more keywords
Litter-inhabiting fungi show high level of specialization towards biopolymers composing plant and fungal biomass
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DOI: 10.1007/s00374-020-01507-3
Abstract: Fungi are recognized as efficient decomposers of biopolymers contained in soil or litter, but not all saprotrophic taxa are equally efficient in accessing various C sources. While many fungi may be considered generalists that are… read more here.
Keywords: plant; composing plant; biomass; specialization ... See more keywords
A nationwide survey on clinical neurophysiology education in Italian schools of specialization in neurology
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DOI: 10.1007/s10072-021-05641-0
Abstract: Clinical neurophysiology deals with nervous system functions assessed with electrophysiological and ultrasound-based imaging techniques. Even though the need for highly specialized neurophysiologists has increased, residency training rarely takes today’s requirements into account. This study aimed… read more here.
Keywords: specialization schools; survey; clinical neurophysiology; neurology ... See more keywords
Measuring trade specialization dynamics: the case of Romania and Bulgaria
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DOI: 10.1007/s10663-016-9317-7
Abstract: The paper analyzes the evolution of trade specialization in Romania and Bulgaria beginning with the mid-1990s–2012. Methodologically, two statistical methods are applied: cross-section analysis and the Markov chain technique. These methods are used both to… read more here.
Keywords: romania bulgaria; specialization; measuring trade; trade specialization ... See more keywords