Search Results - "Nisbet, R.M"

Persistence, spread and the drift paradox by Pachepsky, E., Lutscher, F., Nisbet, R.M., Lewis, M.A.

“…We derive conditions for persistence and spread of a population where individuals are either immobile or dispersing by advection and diffusion through a…”
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Central amyloid-β-specific single chain variable fragment ameliorates Aβ aggregation and neurotoxicity by Nisbet, R.M., Nigro, J., Breheney, K., Caine, J., Hattarki, M.K., Nuttall, S.D.

“…Anti-amyloid-β immunotherapies are a promising therapeutic approach for the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Single chain antibody…”
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effects of landscape structure on space competition and alternative stable states by Buenau, K.E, Rassweiler, A, Nisbet, R.M

“…Many species that compete for space live on heterogeneous landscapes and interact at local scales. The quality, amount, and structure of landscapes may have…”
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The regulation of inhomogeneous populations by Gurney, W S, Nisbet, R M

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Formulating and testing a partially specified dynamic energy budget model by Nisbet, R.M, McCauley, E, Gurney, W.S.C, Murdoch, W.W, Wood, S.N

“…Dynamic energy budget models relate phenomena at many levels of ecological organization and can provide quantitative links from individual physiology to…”
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Using an integrated approach to link biomarker responses and physiological stress to growth impairment of cadmium-exposed larval topsmelt by Rose, Wendy L., Nisbet, Roger M., Green, Peter G., Norris, Sarah, Fan, Teresa, Smith, Edmund H., Cherr, Gary N., Anderson, Susan L.

“…In this study, we used an integrated approach to determine whether key biochemical, cellular, and physiological responses were related to growth impairment of…”
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Analysis of size trajectory data using an energetic-based growth model by Fujiwara, Masami, Kendall, Bruce E., Nisbet, Roger M., Bennett, William A.

“…Individual growth rate of animals is increasingly used as an indicator of ecological stressors. Environmental contaminants often affect physiological processes…”
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Plankton Abundance and Dynamics across Nutrient Levels: Tests of Hypotheses by Murdoch, W. W., Nisbet, R. M., McCauley, E., deRoos, A. M., Gurney, W. S. C.

“…In lakes and reservoirs in which Daphnia is able to suppress the biomass of edible algae far below the level set by nutrients, the interaction is stable across…”
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Behavioural and physiological responses to food availability and predation risk by Noonburg, E.G, Nisbet, R.M

“…Several empirical studies have demonstrated the existence of intraspecific variation in age and size at reproductive maturity for organisms experiencing…”
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Primary-Productivity Gradients and Short-Term Population Dynamics in Open Systems by Nisbet, R. M., Diehl, S., Wilson, W. G., Cooper, S. D., Donalson, D. D., Kratz, K.

“…We present three models representing the trophic and behavioral dynamics of a simple food chain (primary producers, grazers, and predators) at temporal scales…”
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Aggregation and stability in metapopulation models by Murdoch, William W., Briggs, Cheryl J., Nisbet, Roger M., William S. C. Gurney, Stewart-Oaten, Allan

“…We analyze a metapopulation model of the interactions between Lotka-Volterra-type prey and predators that occur in two environmentally distinguishable patches…”
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The Effect of an Upper Limit to Population Size on Persistence Time by Middleton, D.A.J., Veitch, A.R., Nisbet, R.M.

“…For a population with density-independent vital rates in a randomly varying environment, previous authors have calculated the probability that population size…”
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Alternative dynamic regimes for canopy-forming kelp: a variant on density-vague population regulation by Nisbet, R.M. (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland), Bence, J.R

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Discrete Generations in Host--Parasitoid Models with Contrasting Life Cycles by Gordon, D.M., Nisbet, R.M., De Roos, A., Gurney, W.S.C., Stewart, R.K.

“…(1) Previous theoretical studies have shown that parasitoids are capable of producing cycles in their host populations with periods of about one host…”
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Time lag and co-operativity in the transient growth dynamics of microalgae by Cunningham, A, Nisbet, R M

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Generation cycles in stage structured populations by Jansen, V.A.A., Nisbet, R.M., Gurney, W.S.C.

“…Some insect populations exhibit cycles in which successive population peaks may correspond to effectively discrete generations. Motivated by this observation,…”
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The dynamics of population models with distributed maturation periods by Blythe, S P, Nisbet, R M, Gurney, W S

“…An integro-differential equation for the dynamics of a subpopulation of adults in a closed system where only the adults compete and where there is a…”
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Studies of chaos and thermal noise in a driven Josephson junction using an electronic analog by Pegrum, C.M., Gurney, W.S.C., Nisbet, R.M.

“…Using an electronic analog of a resistively shunted driven Josephson junction, the authors have demonstrated a number of effects, including the appearance of a…”
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Age- and density-dependent population dynamics in static and variable environments by Gurney, W S, Nisbet, R M

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Population dynamics in a periodically varying environment by Nisbet, R M, Gurney, W S

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