supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants Nos.62006103 and 61872168;in part by the Postgraduate research and practice innovation program of Jiangsu Province under Grand No.KYCX24_3057;in part by the Postgraduate Research and Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Normal University under Grand Nos.2024XKT2643 and 2024XKT2642;in part by Xuzhou Basic Research Program under Grand No.KC23025;in part by the Royal Society International Exchanges Scheme IECVNSFCV211404;in part by China Scholarship Council under Grand No.202310090064.
The grey wolf optimizer(GWO),a population-based meta-heuristic algorithm,mimics the predatory behavior of grey wolf packs.Continuously exploring and introducing improvement mechanisms is one of the keys to drive the d...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32301295 to J.W.,32101242 to L.M.and 32260253 to L.W.);High-Level Talents Research Start-Up Project of Hebei University (521100222044 to J.W.)。
Nest predation is the leading cause of reproductive failure in birds and a major driving force in the evolution of anti-predation strategies.Current studies on the anti-predation strategies of birds driven by predatio...
This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32102195);the National Natural Science Foundation of China-Major International(Regional)Joint Research Project(32020103010);the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing,China(CSTB2022NSCQ-MSX0748);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China(SWUKQ22020).
Aphids,the important global agricultural pests,harbor abundant resources of symbionts that can improve the host adaptability to environmental conditions,also control the interactions between host aphid and natural ene...
The work was supported by National Natural Foundation of China(grant number 31972296,31830075,and 32172482).
Maternal care is critically important for the survival of offspring in various animals.Spiders in the family Lycosidae are known for their hunting ability and maternal care behaviors.Predation on newly hatched spiderl...
This paper is concerned with the sustained periodic oscillation phenomenon in a threespecies delayed predation system with Holling type II functional response and age structure in top predator.The top predator fertili...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31922050);the Fund of the Jilin Province Science and Technology Development Project(Grant No.20220101273JC);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant Nos.2412023QD026 and 2412023YQ002);the Special Foundation for National Science and Technology Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2021FY100301).
Anti-predation strategies are critical to animal survival and are fundamental to deciphering predator–prey interactions.As an important defense strategy,sensory predator detection(such as through acoustic and visual ...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(41925008,42222201,and 42288201);Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research project(2019QZKK0706);Y.-D.L.is supported by a scholarship granted by the China Scholarship Council(202108320010).
Dear Editor,The Cretaceous-Paleogene(K-Pg)mass extinction precipitated one of the most profound restructurings of biodiversity in recent geological history.Despite the extinction of many iconic groups,particularly the...
project was funded by the Foreign Youth Talent Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China(QN2023014004L)to Amaël BORZÉE;a grant from the Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute(KEITI 2021002270001)to Yikweon JANG;The research was carried out whithin the state assignment of Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation(theme No.124012200182-1).
Prey species may have their own optimal escape strategy to balance predation risks and the energetic cost of fleeing.Some species have an advantage when maintaining a short fleeing distance,while others may favour an ...
Recent advances in our understanding of avian chemical communication have highlighted the importance of olfaction in many aspects of avian life.Prior studies investigating predator avoidance behaviors in response to p...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.32270554 to CD)。
Animals must strike a balance between anti-predation behavior and other essential behaviors,such as foraging.Within the same species,strategies may vary on individuals’risk-taking preferences,and in this process the ...