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Evolution of generalist resistance to herbicide mixtures reveals a trade-off in resistance management by Comont, David, Lowe, Claudia, Hull, Richard, Crook, Laura, Hicks, Helen L., Onkokesung, Nawaporn, Beffa, Roland, Childs, Dylan Z., Edwards, Robert, Freckleton, Robert P., Neve, Paul

“…Intense selection by pesticides and antibiotics has resulted in a global epidemic of evolved resistance. In agriculture and medicine, using mixtures of…”
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Coupled dynamics of body mass and population growth in response to environmental change by Blumstein, Daniel T, Coulson, Tim, Armitage, Kenneth B, Childs, Dylan Z, Tuljapurkar, Shripad, Ozgul, Arpat, Olson, Lucretia E, Oli, Madan K

“…Environmental change has altered the phenology, morphological traits and population dynamics of many species. However, the links underlying these joint…”
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Evolutionary bet-hedging in the real world: empirical evidence and challenges revealed by plants by Childs, Dylan Z., Metcalf, C. J. E., Rees, Mark

“…Understanding the adaptations that allow species to live in temporally variable environments is essential for predicting how they may respond to future…”
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Using evolutionary demography to link life history theory, quantitative genetics and population ecology by Coulson, Tim, Tuljapurkar, Shripad, Childs, Dylan Z.

“…1. There is a growing number of empirical reports of environmental change simultaneously influencing population dynamics, life history and quantitative…”
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Contrasting effects of climate change on seasonal survival of a hibernating mammal by Cordes, Line S., Blumstein, Daniel T., Armitage, Kenneth B., CaraDonna, Paul J., Childs, Dylan Z., Gerber, Brian D., Martin, Julien G. A., Oli, Madan K., Ozgul, Arpat

“…Seasonal environmental conditions shape the behavior and life history of virtually all organisms. Climate change is modifying these seasonal environmental…”
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The ecological forecast horizon, and examples of its uses and determinants by Petchey, Owen L., Pontarp, Mikael, Massie, Thomas M., Kéfi, Sonia, Ozgul, Arpat, Weilenmann, Maja, Palamara, Gian Marco, Altermatt, Florian, Matthews, Blake, Levine, Jonathan M., Childs, Dylan Z., McGill, Brian J., Schaepman, Michael E., Schmid, Bernhard, Spaak, Piet, Beckerman, Andrew P., Pennekamp, Frank, Pearse, Ian S.

“…Forecasts of ecological dynamics in changing environments are increasingly important, and are available for a plethora of variables, such as species abundance…”
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Long-term trends in wild-capture and population dynamics point to an uncertain future for captive elephants by Jackson, John, Childs, Dylan Z, Mar, Khyne U, Htut, Win, Lummaa, Virpi

“…Maintaining sustainable populations in captivity without supplementation through wild-capture is a major challenge in conservation that zoos and aquaria are…”
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Herbaceous perennial plants with short generation time have stronger responses to climate anomalies than those with longer generation time by Compagnoni, Aldo, Levin, Sam, Childs, Dylan Z., Harpole, Stan, Paniw, Maria, Römer, Gesa, Burns, Jean H., Che-Castaldo, Judy, Rüger, Nadja, Kunstler, Georges, Bennett, Joanne M., Archer, C. Ruth, Jones, Owen R., Salguero-Gómez, Roberto, Knight, Tiffany M.

“…There is an urgent need to synthesize the state of our knowledge on plant responses to climate. The availability of open-access data provide opportunities to…”
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Mesostats—A multiplexed, low-cost, do-it-yourself continuous culturing system for experimental evolution of mesocosms by Hansson, Erika M, Childs, Dylan Z, Beckerman, Andrew P

“…Microbial experimental evolution allows studying evolutionary dynamics in action and testing theory predictions in the lab. Experimental evolution in…”
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Acting pre-emptively reduces the long-term costs of managing herbicide resistance by Varah, Alexa, Ahodo, Kwadjo, Childs, Dylan Z., Comont, David, Crook, Laura, Freckleton, Robert P., Goodsell, Rob, Hicks, Helen L., Hull, Richard, Neve, Paul, Norris, Ken

“…Globally, pesticides improve crop yields but at great environmental cost, and their overuse has caused resistance. This incurs large financial and production…”
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A Deep Learning Application to Map Weed Spatial Extent from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Imagery by Fraccaro, Paolo, Butt, Junaid, Edwards, Blair, Freckleton, Robert P., Childs, Dylan Z., Reusch, Katharina, Comont, David

“…Weed infestation is a global threat to agricultural productivity, leading to low yields and financial losses. Weed detection, based on applying machine…”
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The costs of human-induced evolution in an agricultural system by Varah, Alexa, Ahodo, Kwadjo, Coutts, Shaun R., Hicks, Helen L., Comont, David, Crook, Laura, Hull, Richard, Neve, Paul, Childs, Dylan Z., Freckleton, Robert P., Norris, Ken

“…Pesticides have underpinned significant improvements in global food security, albeit with associated environmental costs. Currently, the yield benefits of…”
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The factors driving evolved herbicide resistance at a national scale by Hicks, Helen L., Comont, David, Coutts, Shaun R., Crook, Laura, Hull, Richard, Norris, Ken, Neve, Paul, Childs, Dylan Z., Freckleton, Robert P.

“…Repeated use of xenobiotic chemicals has selected for the rapid evolution of resistance, threatening health and food security at a global scale. Strategies for…”
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Publisher Correction: Evolution of generalist resistance to herbicide mixtures reveals a trade-off in resistance management by Comont, David, Lowe, Claudia, Hull, Richard, Crook, Laura, Hicks, Helen L., Onkokesung, Nawaporn, Beffa, Roland, Childs, Dylan Z., Edwards, Robert, Freckleton, Robert P., Neve, Paul

“…An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper…”
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ipmr: Flexible implementation of Integral Projection Models in R by Levin, Sam C., Childs, Dylan Z., Compagnoni, Aldo, Evers, Sanne, Knight, Tiffany M., Salguero‐Gómez, Roberto

“…Integral projection models (IPMs) are an important tool for studying the dynamics of populations structured by one or more continuous traits (e.g. size,…”
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Multiple environmental changes interact to modify species dynamics and invasion rates by Griffiths, Jason I., Warren, Philip H., Childs, Dylan Z.

“…Multiple aspects of the environment often change at the same time, influencing populations directly by modifying their physiology, but also indirectly by…”
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Parasitic plant litter input: a novel indirect mechanism influencing plant community structure by Fisher, James P., Phoenix, Gareth K., Childs, Dylan Z., Press, Malcolm C., Smith, Stuart W., Pilkington, Michael G., Cameron, Duncan D.

“…Parasitic plants have major impacts on plant community structure through their direct negative influence on host productivity and competitive ability. However,…”
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Host resources and parasite traits interact to determine the optimal combination of host parasite‐mitigation strategies by Dean, Andrew D., Childs, Dylan Z., Corripio‐Miyar, Yolanda, Evans, Mike, Hayward, Adam, Kenyon, Fiona, McNally, Luke, McNeilly, Tom N., Pakeman, Robin J., Sweeny, Amy R., Nussey, Daniel H., Pedersen, Amy B., Fenton, Andy

“…Organisms have evolved diverse strategies to manage parasite infections. Broadly, hosts may avoid infection by altering behaviour, resist infection by…”
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A mixed-model approach for estimating drivers of microbiota community composition and differential taxonomic abundance by Sweeny, Amy R, Lemon, Hannah, Ibrahim, Anan, Watt, Kathryn A, Wilson, Kenneth, Childs, Dylan Z, Nussey, Daniel H, Free, Andrew, McNally, Luke

“…Next-generation sequencing (NGS) and metabarcoding approaches are increasingly applied to wild animal populations, but there is a disconnect between the widely…”
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The interaction of seasonal forcing and immunity and the resonance dynamics of malaria by Childs, Dylan Z., Boots, Michael

“…Theory has emphasized the importance of both intrinsic factors such as host immunity and extrinsic drivers such as climate in determining disease dynamics. In…”
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