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Migrating whales depend on memory to exploit reliable resources by Fagan, William F

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Higher-order effects, continuous species interactions, and trait evolution shape microbial spatial dynamics by Swain, Anshuman, Fussell, Levi, Fagan, William F

“…The assembly and maintenance of microbial diversity in natural communities, despite the abundance of toxin-based antagonistic interactions, presents major…”
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Reinforced diffusions as models of memory-mediated animal movement by Fagan, William F, McBride, Frank, Koralov, Leonid

“…How memory shapes animals' movement paths is a topic of growing interest in ecology, with connections to planning for conservation and climate change…”
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Search and navigation in dynamic environments - from individual behaviors to population distributions by Mueller, Thomas, Fagan, William F.

“…Animal movement receives widespread attention within ecology and behavior. However, much research is restricted within isolated sub-disciplines focusing on…”
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In Situ EPR Spin Trapping and Competition Kinetics Demonstrate Temperature-Dependent Mechanisms of Synergistic Radical Production by Ultrasonically Activated Persulfate by Fagan, William P, Villamena, Frederick A, Zweier, Jay L, Weavers, Linda K

“…Ultrasound coupled with activated persulfate can synergistically degrade aqueous organic contaminants. Here, in situ electron paramagnetic resonance spin…”
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Linking high GC content to the repair of double strand breaks in prokaryotic genomes by Weissman, Jake L, Fagan, William F, Johnson, Philip L F

“…Genomic GC content varies widely among microbes for reasons unknown. While mutation bias partially explains this variation, prokaryotes near-universally have a…”
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Matching expert range maps with species distribution model predictions by Mainali, Kumar, Hefley, Trevor, Ries, Leslie, Fagan, William F.

“…Species’ range maps based on expert opinion are a critical resource for conservation planning. Expert maps are usually accompanied by species descriptions that…”
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The role of omnivory in mediating metacommunity robustness to habitat destruction by Liao, Jinbao, Bearup, Daniel, Fagan, William F.

“…Omnivores have long been known to play an important role in determining the stability of ecological communities. Recent theoretical studies have suggested that…”
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Trophic disruption: a meta‐analysis of how habitat fragmentation affects resource consumption in terrestrial arthropod systems by Martinson, Holly M, Fagan, William F, Hill, Jane

“…Habitat fragmentation is a complex process that affects ecological systems in diverse ways, altering everything from population persistence to ecosystem…”
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Detecting interaction networks in the human microbiome with conditional Granger causality by Mainali, Kumar, Bewick, Sharon, Vecchio-Pagan, Briana, Karig, David, Fagan, William F

“…Human microbiome research is rife with studies attempting to deduce microbial correlation networks from sequencing data. Standard correlation and/or network…”
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Late Cenozoic cooling restructured global marine plankton communities by Woodhouse, Adam, Swain, Anshuman, Fagan, William F., Fraass, Andrew J., Lowery, Christopher M.

“…The geographic ranges of marine organisms, including planktonic foraminifera 1 , diatoms, dinoflagellates 2 , copepods 3 and fish 4 , are shifting polewards…”
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Social Learning of Migratory Performance by Mueller, Thomas, O'Hara, Robert B., Converse, Sarah J., Urbanek, Richard P., Fagan, William F.

“…Successful bird migration can depend on individual learning, social learning, and innate navigation programs. Using 8 years of data on migrating whooping…”
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Spatial Ecology: Herbivores and Green Waves — To Surf or Hang Loose? by Fagan, William F., Gurarie, Eliezer

“…A classic distinction in spatial ecology is between range-residency and migration. A new study — on dozens of ungulate populations worldwide — demonstrates how…”
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Perceptual Ranges, Information Gathering, and Foraging Success in Dynamic Landscapes by Fagan, William F., Gurarie, Eliezer, Bewick, Sharon, Howard, Allison, Cantrell, Robert Stephen, Cosner, Chris

“…How organisms gather and utilize information about their landscapes is central to understanding land-use patterns and population distributions. When such…”
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Spatial memory and animal movement by Fagan, William F, Lewis, Mark A, Auger‐Méthé, Marie, Avgar, Tal, Benhamou, Simon, Breed, Greg, LaDage, Lara, Schlägel, Ulrike E, Tang, Wen‐wu, Papastamatiou, Yannis P, Forester, James, Mueller, Thomas, Clobert, Jean

“…Memory is critical to understanding animal movement but has proven challenging to study. Advances in animal tracking technology, theoretical movement models…”
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From Fine-Scale Foraging to Home Ranges: A Semivariance Approach to Identifying Movement Modes across Spatiotemporal Scales by Fleming, Chris H., Calabrese, Justin M., Mueller, Thomas, Olson, Kirk A., Leimgruber, Peter, Fagan, William F.

“…Understanding animal movement is a key challenge in ecology and conservation biology. Relocation data often represent a complex mixture of different movement…”
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Kinetics and Mechanism of Ultrasonic Defluorination of Fluorotelomer Sulfonates by Fagan, William P., Thayer, Shannon R., Weavers, Linda K.

“…Ultrasound degrades “legacy” per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) via thermolysis at the interface of cavitation bubbles. However, compared to “legacy”…”
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Autocorrelation‐informed home range estimation: A review and practical guide by Silva, Inês, Fleming, Christen H., Noonan, Michael J., Alston, Jesse, Folta, Cody, Fagan, William F., Calabrese, Justin M.

“…Modern tracking devices allow for the collection of high‐volume animal tracking data at improved sampling rates over very‐high‐frequency radiotelemetry. Home…”
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PERSISTENCE AND SPREAD OF A SPECIES WITH A SHIFTING HABITAT EDGE by LI, BINGTUAN, BEWICK, SHARON, SHANG, JIN, FAGAN, WILLIAM F.

“…We study a reaction-diffusion model that describes the growth and spread of a species along a shifting habitat gradient on which the species' growth increases…”
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Group size and decision making: experimental evidence for minority games in fish behaviour by Swain, Anshuman, Fagan, William F.

“…Animals tend to learn and make decisions inductively, and simple, individual-level behavioural decisions can scale up to yield interesting emergent properties…”
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