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Gender differences in peer review outcomes and manuscript impact at six journals of ecology and evolution by Fox, Charles W., Paine, C. E. Timothy

“…The productivity and performance of men is generally rated more highly than that of women in controlled experiments, suggesting conscious or unconscious gender…”
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Towards a mechanistic understanding of global change ecology by Fox, Charles W.

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Sex Differences in Phenotypic Plasticity Affect Variation in Sexual Size Dimorphism in Insects: From Physiology to Evolution by Stillwell, R. Craig, Blanckenhorn, Wolf U, Teder, Tiit, Davidowitz, Goggy, Fox, Charles W

“…Males and females of nearly all animals differ in their body size, a phenomenon called sexual size dimorphism (SSD). The degree and direction of SSD vary…”
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Gender diversity of editorial boards and gender differences in the peer review process at six journals of ecology and evolution by Fox, Charles W., Duffy, Meghan A., Fairbairn, Daphne J., Meyer, Jennifer A.

“…Despite substantial progress for women in science, women remain underrepresented in many aspects of the scholarly publication process. We examined how the…”
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Citations increase with manuscript length, author number, and references cited in ecology journals by Fox, Charles W., Paine, C. E. Timothy, Sauterey, Boris

“…Most top impact factor ecology journals indicate a preference or requirement for short manuscripts; some state clearly defined word limits, whereas others…”
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Active Touch Sensing in the Rat: Anticipatory and Regulatory Control of Whisker Movements During Surface Exploration by Grant, Robyn A, Mitchinson, Ben, Fox, Charles W, Prescott, Tony J

“…Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom Submitted 18 July 2008; accepted in final form 24 November 2008 Animals actively…”
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Global phylogeography of the insect pest Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchinae) relates to the history of its main host, Vigna unguiculata by Kébé, Khadim, Alvarez, Nadir, Tuda, Midori, Arnqvist, Göran, Fox, Charles W., Sembène, Mbacké, Espíndola, Anahí

“…Aim: The seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus is an important tropical and subtropical pest of legumes distributed world-wide. Archaeological evidence suggests…”
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Geographic Variation in Body Size and Sexual Size Dimorphism of a Seed‐Feeding Beetle by Stillwell, R. Craig, Morse, Geoffrey E., Fox, Charles W.

“…Body size of many animals varies with latitude: body size is either larger at higher latitudes (Bergmann’s rule) or smaller at higher latitudes (converse…”
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Evolutionary Ecology of Progeny Size in Arthropods by Fox, Charles W, Czesak, Mary Ellen

“…Most models of optimal progeny size assume that there is a trade-off between progeny size and number, and that progeny fitness increases with increasing…”
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Which peer reviewers voluntarily reveal their identity to authors? Insights into the consequences of open-identities peer review by Fox, Charles W

“…Identifying reviewers is argued to improve the quality and fairness of peer review, but is generally disfavoured by reviewers. To gain some insight into the…”
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Phenotypic plasticity in a complex world: interactive effects of food and temperature on fitness components of a seed beetle by Stillwell, R. Craig, Wallin, William G, Hitchcock, Lisa J, Fox, Charles W

“…Most studies of phenotypic plasticity investigate the effects of an individual environmental factor on organism phenotypes. However, organisms exist in an…”
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Double‐blind peer review affects reviewer ratings and editor decisions at an ecology journal by Fox, Charles W., Meyer, Jennifer, Aimé, Emilie

“…There is substantial evidence that systemic biases influence the scholarly peer review process. Many scholars have advocated for double‐blind peer review (also…”
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The influence of the global COVID‐19 pandemic on manuscript submissions and editor and reviewer performance at six ecology journals by Fox, Charles W., Meyer, Jennifer

“…Government policies attempting to slow the spread of COVID‐19 have reduced access to research laboratories and shifted many scholars to working from home…”
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Rapid Evolution of Egg Size in Captive Salmon by Heath, Daniel D., Heath, John W., Bryden, Colleen A., Johnson, Rachel M., Fox, Charles W.

“…Captive breeding and release programs, widely used to supplement populations of declining species, minimize juvenile mortality to achieve rapid population…”
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Tactile Discrimination Using Active Whisker Sensors by Sullivan, J. C., Mitchinson, B., Pearson, M. J., Evans, M., Lepora, N. F., Fox, C. W., Melhuish, C., Prescott, T. J.

“…We describe a novel, biomimetic tactile sensing system modeled on the facial whiskers (vibrissae) of animals such as rats and mice. The "BIOTACT Sensor"…”
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Experimental Evolution of the Genetic Load and its Implications for the Genetic Basis of Inbreeding Depression by Fox, Charles W., Scheibly, Kristy L., Reed, David H.

“…The degree to which, and rapidity with which, inbreeding depression can be purged from a population has important implications for conservation biology,…”
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Complex patterns of phenotypic plasticity: Interactive effects of temperature during rearing and oviposition by Stillwell, R. Craig, Fox, Charles W.

“…Temperature profoundly affects growth and life history traits in ectothermic animals through selection (i.e., genetic) and through direct effects on the…”
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INBREEDING DEPRESSION INCREASES WITH ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY AND META-ANALYSIS by Fox, Charles W., Reed, David H.

“…Inbreeding–environment interactions occur when inbreeding leads to differential fitness loss in different environments. Inbred individuals are often more…”
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Difficulty of recruiting reviewers predicts review scores and editorial decisions at six journals of ecology and evolution by Fox, Charles W.

“…Journal peer review relies on the willingness of researchers to volunteer their time to review manuscripts. However, editors often have difficulty recruiting…”
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A tutorial on variational Bayesian inference by Fox, Charles W., Roberts, Stephen J.

“…This tutorial describes the mean-field variational Bayesian approximation to inference in graphical models, using modern machine learning terminology rather…”
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