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Autor:
Val Nolan, Bertram G. Murray
Publikováno v:
Journal of Field Ornithology. 78:401-406
Few investigators have examined how a female's prior history (i.e., number of clutches laid previously and whether those nesting attempts were successful or not) might influence the success of a particular clutch. Our objective was to determine the s
Autor:
Bertram G. Murray
Publikováno v:
The Auk. 123:708-721
Many species of birds start incubation before the last egg of a clutch is laid, which often results in asynchronous hatching and fledging. The incubation pattern favored by natural selection should lead to greater reproductive success than alternativ
Autor:
Bertram G. Murray
Publikováno v:
Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 76:255-289
Scientists observe nature, search for generalizations, and provide explanations for why the world is as it is. Generalizations are of two kinds. The first are descriptive and inductive, such as Boyle's Law. They are derived from observations and ther
Autor:
Bertram G. Murray
Publikováno v:
Austral Ecology. 25:297-304
I constructed age-structured populations by drawing numbers from a random numbers table, the constraints being that within a cohort each number be smaller than the preceding number (indicating that some individuals died between one year and the next)
Autor:
BERTRAM G. MURRAY
Publikováno v:
Austral Ecology. 25:297-304
Autor:
Bertram G. Murray
Publikováno v:
Oikos. 89:403-408
P 0 I I Opinion is intended to facilitate communication between reader and author and reader and reader. Comments, viewpoints or suggestions arising from published papers are welcome. Discussion and debate about important issues in ecology, e.g. theo
Autor:
Bertram G. Murray
Publikováno v:
The Condor. 102:470-473
From simulated data on three populations, I calculate different measures of “reproductive success”: clutch size, egg success (the proportion of eggs that produce young), nest success (the proportion of clutches that produce young), and the annual
Autor:
D. Smith, D. Minton, P. Pyle, Michael Gochfeld, Bertram G. Murray, N. Seto, D. J. Gochfeld, Joanna Burger
Publikováno v:
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 59:343-358
Levels of environmental pollutants are usually higher in mainland and coastal areas than in offshore or oceanic islands due to higher inputs from agricultural and industrial sources. Levels of heavy metals are usually higher in adult than in young bi
Autor:
Bertram G. Murray
Publikováno v:
The American Naturalist. 146:475-478
Publikováno v:
Journal of Comparative Psychology. 106:97-101
We examined the ability of basking black iguanas (Ctenosaura similis) to discriminate risk from a person walking directly toward them versus one walking tangentially by them when the person looked either directly at them or away from them. All iguana