Harvester ants are one of the most extensively studied groups of ants,especially the group foraging ants,Messor barbarus(Linnaeus,1767),which construct long-lasting trunk trails.Limited laboratory investigations have ...
Niche theory predicts that closely related and ecologically similar species with overlapping distribution ranges can coexist through resource partitioning that limits interspecific competition.However,studies examinin...
Seabirds are valuable indicators of marine ecosystem processes and studying seabird diets can shed light on natural or human-induced variability in food-web composition.Specifically single-prey loading seabird species...
This study investigates the application of deep learning,ensemble learning,metaheuristic optimization,and image processing techniques for detecting lung and colon cancers,aiming to enhance treatment efficacy and impro...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.32271561 and 32071492);the Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province(Grant No.2022NSFSC1761);the Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program of China(Grant Nos.S202210638071 and 202310638011).
Artificial light at night has been considered an emerging threat to global biodiversity.However,the impacts of artificial light on foraging behavior in most wild animals remain largely unclear.Here,we aimed to assess ...
Social learning is a mechanism used by many species to effciently gain information about their environment.Although many animals live in an environment where members of other species are present,little is known about ...
supported by the Austrian Science Fund(FWF,grant number P 30861)awarded to F.M.S.
Aggression has multiple benefits and is often coupled with other behaviors("behavioral syndromes").The level of aggressiveness is influenced by an adaptive benefit-cost ratio suggesting that benefits should outweigh t...
This paper comprehensively analyzes the Manta Ray Foraging Optimization(MRFO)algorithm and its integration into diverse academic fields.Introduced in 2020,the MRFO stands as a novel metaheuristic algorithm,drawing ins...
funded by The Peregrine Fund's Neotropical Science and Student Education Program,a British Ornithologists'Union Small Ornithological Research Grant,a Neotropical Birding and Conservation(formerly known as Neotropical Bird Club)Conservation Award granted to D.Méndez in 2014,and two 2018 grants to D.Méndez,one from the Rufford Small Grants Foundation(24763-1);another from the International Foundation for Science(I-1-D-6156-1).
Patterns of variation in the size of vulture foraging groups,and their ecological causes and consequences,remain litle explored despite strong links with the carrion recycling service that this key functional group pr...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52177081).
In order to play a positive role of decentralised wind power on-grid for voltage stability improvement and loss reduction of distribution network,a multi-objective two-stage decentralised wind power planning method is...