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Temperature‐size responses alter food chain persistence across environmental gradients by Sentis, Arnaud, Binzer, Amrei, Boukal, David S., Vasseur, David

“…Body‐size reduction is a ubiquitous response to global warming alongside changes in species phenology and distributions. However, ecological consequences of…”
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Who eats whom in a pool? A comparative study of prey selectivity by predatory aquatic insects by Klecka, Jan, Boukal, David S

“…Predatory aquatic insects are a diverse group comprising top predators in small fishless water bodies. Knowledge of their diet composition is fragmentary,…”
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Fishing‐induced evolution of growth: concepts, mechanisms and the empirical evidence by Enberg, Katja, Jørgensen, Christian, Dunlop, Erin S, Varpe, Øystein, Boukal, David S, Baulier, Loïc, Eliassen, Sigrunn, Heino, Mikko

“…The interest in fishing‐induced life‐history evolution has been growing in the last decade, in part because of the increasing number of studies suggesting…”
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Trait- and size-based descriptions of trophic links in freshwater food webs: current status and perspectives by Boukal, David S.

“…Biotic interactions in aquatic communities are dominated by predation, and the distribution of trophic link strengths in aquatic food webs crucially impacts…”
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Life-history implications of the allometric scaling of growth by Boukal, David S., Dieckmann, Ulf, Enberg, Katja, Heino, Mikko, Jørgensen, Christian

“…Several phenomenological descriptions, such as the von Bertalanffy growth model, have been widely used to describe size-at-age and individual growth across a…”
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Evolutionary impact assessment: accounting for evolutionary consequences of fishing in an ecosystem approach to fisheries management by Laugen, Ane T, Engelhard, Georg H, Whitlock, Rebecca, Arlinghaus, Robert, Dankel, Dorothy J, Dunlop, Erin S, Eikeset, Anne M, Enberg, Katja, Jørgensen, Christian, Matsumura, Shuichi, Nusslé, Sébastien, Urbach, Davnah, Baulier, Loїc, Boukal, David S, Ernande, Bruno, Johnston, Fiona D, Mollet, Fabian, Pardoe, Heidi, Therkildsen, Nina O, Uusi-Heikkilä, Silva, Vainikka, Anssi, Heino, Mikko, Rijnsdorp, Adriaan D, Dieckmann, Ulf

“…Managing fisheries resources to maintain healthy ecosystems is one of the main goals of the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF). While a number of…”
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An evolutionary explanation of female‐biased sexual size dimorphism in North Sea plaice, Pleuronectes platessa L by Mollet, Fabian M., Enberg, Katja, Boukal, David S., Rijnsdorp, Adriaan D., Dieckmann, Ulf

“…Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is caused by differences in selection pressures and life‐history trade‐offs faced by males and females. Proximate causes of SSD…”
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Single-species Models of the Allee Effect: Extinction Boundaries, Sex Ratios and Mate Encounters by BOUKAL, DAVID S., BEREC, LUDĚK

“…We critically review and classify models of single-species population dynamics subject to the demographic Allee effect with emphasis on non-spatial,…”
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Prey selectivity and the effect of diet on growth and development of a dragonfly, Sympetrum sanguineum by Dudová, Pavla, Boukal, David S., Klecka, Jan

“…Despite a long tradition of research, our understanding of mechanisms driving prey selectivity in predatory insects is limited. According to optimal foraging…”
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Can fisheries-induced evolution shift reference points for fisheries management? by Heino, Mikko, Baulier, Loic, Boukal, David S, Ernande, Bruno, Johnston, Fiona D, Mollet, Fabian M, Pardoe, Heidi, Therkildsen, Nina O, Uusi-Heikkila, Silva, Vainikka, Anssi, Arlinghaus, Robert, Dankel, Dorothy J, Dunlop, Erin S, Eikeset, Anne Maria, Enberg, Katja, Engelhard, Georg H, Jorgensen, Christian, Laugen, Ane T, Matsumura, Shuichi, Nussle, Sebastien, Urbach, Davnah, Whitlock, Rebecca, Rijnsdorp, Adriaan D, Dieckmann, Ulf

“…Abstract Heino, M., Baulier, L., Boukal, D. S., Ernande, B., Johnston, F. D., Mollet, F. M., Pardoe, H., Therkildsen, N. O., Uusi-Heikkilä, S., Vainikka, A.,…”
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Evolutionary regime shifts in age and size at maturation of exploited fish stocks by Roos, A.M. de, Boukal, D.S, Persson, L

“…Worldwide declines of fish stocks raise concerns about deleterious consequences of harvesting for stock abundances and individual life histories, and call for…”
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Analyses of Developmental Rate Isomorphy in Ectotherms: Introducing the Dirichlet Regression by Boukal, David S, Ditrich, Tomáš, Kutcherov, Dmitry, Sroka, Pavel, Dudová, Pavla, Papáček, Miroslav

“…Temperature drives development in insects and other ectotherms because their metabolic rate and growth depends directly on thermal conditions. However,…”
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Does sex-selective predation stabilize or destabilize predator-prey dynamics? by Boukal, David S, Berec, Ludek, Krivan, Vlastimil

“…Little is known about the impact of prey sexual dimorphism on predator-prey dynamics and the impact of sex-selective harvesting and trophy hunting on long-term…”
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Seasonality and weather conditions jointly drive flight activity patterns of aquatic and terrestrial chironomids by Vebrová, Lucie, van Nieuwenhuijzen, Andre, Kolář, Vojtěch, Boukal, David S

“…Chironomids, a major invertebrate taxon in many standing freshwaters, rely on adult flight to reach new suitable sites, yet the impact of weather conditions on…”
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Thermal acclimation modulates the impacts of temperature and enrichment on trophic interaction strengths and population dynamics by Sentis, Arnaud, Morisson, Julie, Boukal, David S

“…Global change affects individual phenotypes and biotic interactions, which can have cascading effects up to the ecosystem level. However, the role of…”
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On the use of functional responses to quantify emergent multiple predator effects by Sentis, Arnaud, Boukal, David S.

“…Non-independent interactions among predators can have important consequences for the structure and dynamics of ecological communities by enhancing or reducing…”
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Community structure and collapses in multichannel food webs: Role of consumer body sizes and mesohabitat productivities by Dijoux, Samuel, Boukal, David S., Thrall, Peter

“…Multichannel food webs are shaped by the ability of apex predators to link asymmetric energy flows in mesohabitats differing in productivity and community…”
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effect of habitat structure on prey mortality depends on predator and prey microhabitat use by Klecka, Jan, Boukal, David S

“…Structurally complex habitats provide cover and may hinder the movement of animals. In predator–prey relationships, habitat structure can decrease predation…”
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Foraging and vulnerability traits modify predator–prey body mass allometry: freshwater macroinvertebrates as a case study by Klecka, Jan, Boukal, David S.

“…1. Predation is often size selective, but the role of other traits of the prey and predators in their interactions is little known. This hinders our…”
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Warming erodes individual‐level variability in life history responses to predation risk in larvae of the mayfly Cloeon dipterum by Šupina, Jan, Bojková, Jindřiška, Boukal, David S.

“…Warming and predation risk are ubiquitous environmental factors that can modify life histories and population dynamics of aquatic ectotherms. While separate…”
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