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Life history perspectives on pest insects: What's the use?

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In his seminal 1954 paper on the 'population consequences of life history phenomena', Cole noted that 'these computations may have practical value in dealing with valuable or noxious species'. In the present paper, the question is asked: 'is research

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Coevolution of parasite virulence and host life history

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Most models about the evolutionary interactions between a parasite's virulence and its host's life history neglect two potentially important aspects: epidemiological and coevolutionary feedback. We emphasize their importance by presenting models that de

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The history of eating disorders in Norway

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The history of eating disorders in Norway is described in four phases: (1) early case histories of eating disorder symptoms in the late 19th century Norwegian medical literature, (2) the pioneers of the post-World War 2 decades, (3) the 1980s when eating

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Does trimethylamine induce life-history reactions in Daphnia?

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Laboratory experiments were carried out to investigate life-history reactions of Daphnia to trimethylamine (TMA), a substance, which has recently been found to induce a similar phototactic reaction in Daphnia as fish kairomones. The effects of different t

Aspects of the history of nutrition since 1878
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Aspects of the history of nutrition since 1878

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Since 1876, developments in nutritional science have followed those in chemistry, physiology; biochemistry and medicine. The essential relationship between food and bud), energy has been elucidated. The aetiology of diseases long known in human history ha

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The timing of life-history events in a changing climate

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Although empirical and theoretical studies suggest that climate influences the timing of life-history events in animals and plants, correlations between climate and the timing of events such as egg-laying, migration or flowering do not reveal the mechanis