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Temperament, plasticity, and emotions in defensive behaviour of paca (Mammalia, hystricognatha)
(2021-02-01)
Within a species, some individuals are better able to cope with threatening environments than others. Paca (Cuniculus paca) appear resilient to over-hunting by humans, which may be related to the behavioural plasticity ...
Mathematical analysis of an age structured problem modelling phenotypic plasticity in mosquito behaviour
(2019-08-01)
This paper presents an age structured problem modelling mosquito blood-feeding plasticity in a natural environment. We first investigate the analytical asymptotic solution through studying the spectrum of an operator A ...
Plasticity of parental care under the risk of predation: how much should parents reduce care?
(The Royal Society, 2013-08)
Predation can be an important agent of natural selection shaping parental care behaviours, and can also favour behavioural plasticity. Parent birds often decrease the rate that they visit the nest to provision offspring ...
Phenotypic plasticity in clutch size regulation among populations of a potential invasive fruit fly from environments that vary in host heterogeneity and isolation
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-05)
Phenotypic plasticity is thought to evolve in response to environmental unpredictability and can shield genotypes from selection. However, selection can also act on plastic traits. Egg-laying behaviour, including clutch ...
A comparative investigation of the corrosion and tribocorrosion behaviour of nitrocarburized, gas nitrided, fluidized-bed nitrided, and plasma nitrided plastic mould steel
(2018-01-25)
The present study aims to compare the corrosion and tribocorrosion behaviour of nitrocarburized, gas-nitrided, fluidized-bed nitrided, and plasma-nitrided Impax Supreme (equivalent to AISI P20) pre-hardened plastic mould ...
Deltamethrin‐induced feeding plasticity in pyrethroid‐susceptible and ‐resistant strains of the maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais
(Journal of Applied Entomology, 2018)
A comparative study on the dry sliding wear behaviour of nitrocarburised, gas nitrided, fluidised-bed nitrided, and plasma nitrided plastic mould steel
(2016-01-01)
Plastic injection moulds suffer wear due to the relative movements of the mould parts and the polymeric material flow which is often reinforced by hard abrasive fibres or whiskers. Several studies were performed on the ...
The dynamic behaviour of a buried water pipe and its effect on leak location using acoustic methods
(2013-09-16)
Leakage in buried pipes is one of the main concerns for water companies due to the scarcity of potable water sources. Older metallic pipelines have been replaced by plastic pipes in such systems, which makes it more difficult ...
The dynamic behaviour of a buried water pipe and its effect on leak location using acoustic methods
(2013-09-16)
Leakage in buried pipes is one of the main concerns for water companies due to the scarcity of potable water sources. Older metallic pipelines have been replaced by plastic pipes in such systems, which makes it more difficult ...
Geographic and seasonal variability in feeding behaviour of a small herbivorous rodent
(Polish Academy of Sciences, 2011-01)
Foraging strategies have traditionally been modelled as a result of food selection in response to one factor, as for instance resource availability, deterrent compounds or nutrients. Thus, a trade-off is assumed between ...