Search Results - "MAGURRAN, A. E."

Species Abundance Distributions: Pattern or Process? by Magurran, A. E.

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Multiple Benefits of Multiple Mating in Guppies by Evans, J P, Magurran, A E

“…The rewards of promiscuity for males are undisputed. But why should a female mate promiscuously, particularly when her partners offer no resources other than…”
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Monitoring change in biodiversity through composite indices by Buckland, S.T, Magurran, A.E, Green, R.E, Fewster, R.M

“…The need to monitor trends in biodiversity raises many technical issues. What are the features of a good biodiversity index? How should trends in abundance of…”
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Mechanisms underlying shoal composition in the Trinidadian guppy, Poecilia reticulata by Croft, D. P., Arrowsmith, B. J., Bielby, J., Skinner, K., White, E., Couzin, I. D., Magurran, A. E., Ramnarine, I., Krause, J.

“…Free-ranging groups are frequently assorted by phenotypic characters. However, very little is known about the underlying processes that determine this…”
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Multiple mating and reproductive skew in Trinidadian guppies by Becher, S. A., Magurran, A. E.

“… Fishes were collected from the wild, housed in groups of 10 males and 10 females and allowed to reproduce freely over a period of three months. We used…”
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Female mating decisions: maximizing fitness? by Barbosa, M., Magurran, A. E.

“…Sexual selection theory assumes that maximizing fitness is the ultimate goal in every mating decision. Fitness can be maximized directly by increasing the…”
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Effects of polyandry on male phenotypic diversity by BARBOSA, M, DORNELAS, M, MAGURRAN, A.E

“…Polyandry has the potential to affect the distribution of phenotypes and to shape the direction of sexual selection. Here, we explore this potential using…”
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Innate abilities to distinguish between predator species and cue concentration in Atlantic salmon by Hawkins, L.A., Magurran, A.E., Armstrong, J.D.

“…Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, increase their ventilation rate in response to predator odour cues. We measured the ventilation response of newly hatched…”
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Predator-induced hyperventilation in wild and hatchery Atlantic salmon fry by Hawkins, L. A., Armstrong, J. D., Magurran, A. E.

“…Following exposure to a predator stimulus (a brown trout Salmo trutta), the opercular rate of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar fry increased by 35·3 ± 11·0%(mean ±…”
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Familiarity breeds contempt in guppies by Kelley, J. L, Graves, J. A, Magurran, A. E

“…When President Coolidge famously attributed the sexual ardour of roosters on a government farm to a steady stream of new hens, he identified a strategy whereby…”
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Captive breeding promotes aggression in an endangered Mexican fish by Kelley, J.L., Magurran, A.E., Macías García, C.

“…We compared the behaviour of wild and captive-bred butterfly splitfins ( Ameca splendens), an endangered freshwater fish, to investigate whether captive…”
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Does disturbance affect the structure of tropical fish assemblages? A test using null models by Bhat, A., Magurran, A. E.

“…Null model analyses on fish presence‐absence data from tropical river assemblages of the Western Ghats, India, revealed a difference in the extent of…”
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Male display rate reveals ejaculate characteristics in the Trinidadian guppy, Poecilia reticulata by Matthews, I. M., Evans, J. P., Magurran, A. E.

“…Poecilia reticulata…”
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More than the sum of the parts: annual partitioning within spatial guilds underpins community regulation by Magurran, A. E., Henderson, P. A.

“…To withstand the pressures of a rapidly changing world, resilient ecosystems should exhibit compensatory dynamics, including uncorrelated temporal shifts in…”
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Benefits of familiarity persist after prolonged isolation in guppies by Bhat, A., Magurran, A. E.

“…The persistence of familiarity in the Trinidadian guppy Poecilia reticulata, reunited after prolonged periods of separation, was studied and benefits of this…”
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How should regional biodiversity be monitored? by Buckland, S. T, Baillie, S. R, Dick, J. McP, Elston, D. A, Magurran, A. E, Scott, E. M, Smith, R. I, Somerfield, P. J, Studeny, A. C, Watt, A

“…We consider quantification of biodiversity in the context of targets set by the Convention on Biological Diversity. Implicit in such targets is a requirement…”
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Sex differences in behaviour as an indirect consequence of mating system by Magurran, A E, Macias garcia, C

“…A considerable literature has been devoted to documenting differences between the sexes. However, relatively little attention has hitherto been directed…”
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Multiple mating influences offspring size in guppies by Ojanguren, A. F., Evans, J. P., Magurran, A. E.

“…Multiply mated female guppies Poecilia reticulata descended from the Tacarigua population in Trinidad produced individually larger offspring than their singly…”
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Innate predator recognition in newly-hatched Atlantic salmon by Hawkins, L. A., Magurran, A. E., Armstrong, J. D.

“…AbstractIt is well established that fish can learn to associate odours from potential predators with risk and alter their behaviour accordingly. However,…”
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Goodness-of-fit measures of evenness: a new tool for exploring changes in community structure by Studeny, A. C, Buckland, S. T, Illian, J. B, Johnston, A, Magurran, A. E

“…Growing concern about the fate of biodiversity, highlighted by the Convention on Biological Diversity's 2010 and 2020 targets for stemming biodiversity loss,…”
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