Search Results - "Noble, Daniel W A"

Meta-evaluation of meta-analysis: ten appraisal questions for biologists by Nakagawa, Shinichi, Noble, Daniel W A, Senior, Alistair M, Lagisz, Malgorzata

“…Meta-analysis is a statistical procedure for analyzing the combined data from different studies, and can be a major source of concise up-to-date information…”
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orchaRd 2.0: An R package for visualising meta‐analyses with orchard plots by Nakagawa, Shinichi, Lagisz, Malgorzata, O'Dea, Rose E., Pottier, Patrice, Rutkowska, Joanna, Senior, Alistair M., Yang, Yefeng, Noble, Daniel W. A.

“…Although meta‐analysis has become an essential tool in ecology and evolution, reporting of meta‐analytic results can still be much improved. To aid this, we…”
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Colour discrimination and associative learning in hatchling lizards incubated at ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ temperatures by Clark, Benjamin F, Amiel, Joshua J, Shine, Richard, Noble, Daniel W. A, Whiting, Martin J

“…The ability of an animal to acquire, process and learn from information in their environment is thought to be fundamental to fitness. We currently have a poor…”
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Behavioral and Morphological Traits Interact to Promote the Evolution of Alternative Reproductive Tactics in a Lizard by Noble, Daniel W. A., Wechmann, Kerrie, Keogh, J. Scott, Whiting, Martin J.

“…Alternative reproductive tactics (ARTs) are predicted to be the result of disruptive correlational selection on suites of morphological, physiological, and…”
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Does social environment influence learning ability in a family-living lizard? by Riley, Julia L., Noble, Daniel W. A., Byrne, Richard W., Whiting, Martin J.

“…Early developmental environment can have profound effects on individual physiology, behaviour, and learning. In birds and mammals, social isolation during…”
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Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta‐analyses in ecology and evolutionary biology: a PRISMA extension by O'Dea, Rose E., Lagisz, Malgorzata, Jennions, Michael D., Koricheva, Julia, Noble, Daniel W.A., Parker, Timothy H., Gurevitch, Jessica, Page, Matthew J., Stewart, Gavin, Moher, David, Nakagawa, Shinichi

“…ABSTRACT Since the early 1990s, ecologists and evolutionary biologists have aggregated primary research using meta‐analytic methods to understand ecological…”
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Activity predicts male reproductive success in a polygynous lizard by Keogh, J Scott, Noble, Daniel W A, Wilson, Eleanor E, Whiting, Martin J

“…Activity patterns and social interactions play a key role in determining reproductive success, although this is poorly understood for species that lack overt…”
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The orchard plot: Cultivating a forest plot for use in ecology, evolution, and beyond by Nakagawa, Shinichi, Lagisz, Malgorzata, O'Dea, Rose E., Rutkowska, Joanna, Yang, Yefeng, Noble, Daniel W. A., Senior, Alistair M.

“…“Classic” forest plots show the effect sizes from individual studies and the aggregate effect from a meta‐analysis. However, in ecology and evolution,…”
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Spatial and social organization in a burrow-dwelling lizard (Phrynocephalus vlangalii) from China by Qi, Yin, Noble, Daniel W A, Fu, Jinzhong, Whiting, Martin J

“…Shared ecological resources such as burrow complexes can set the stage for social groupings and the evolution of more complex social behavior such as parental…”
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Heritability and developmental plasticity of growth in an oviparous lizard by Kar, Fonti, Nakagawa, Shinichi, Noble, Daniel W A

“…Selective processes act on phenotypic variation although the evolutionary potential of a trait relies on the underlying heritable variation. Developmental…”
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Nonindependence and sensitivity analyses in ecological and evolutionary meta‐analyses by Noble, Daniel W.A., Lagisz, Malgorzata, O'dea, Rose E., Nakagawa, Shinichi

“…Meta‐analysis is an important tool for synthesizing research on a variety of topics in ecology and evolution, including molecular ecology, but can be…”
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Sex- and performance-based escape behaviour in an Asian agamid lizard, Phrynocephalus vlangalii by Qi, Yin, Noble, Daniel W. A, Wu, Yayong, Whiting, Martin J

“…In lizards, males are predicted to sprint faster and run for longer than females by virtue of higher testosterone levels and differences in morphology…”
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Species delineation using Bayesian model-based assignment tests: a case study using Chinese toad-headed agamas (genus Phrynocephalus) by Noble, Daniel W A, Qi, Yin, Fu, Jinzhong

“…Species are fundamental units in biology, yet much debate exists surrounding how we should delineate species in nature. Species discovery now requires the use…”
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Temperature as a modulator of sexual selection by García‐Roa, Roberto, Garcia‐Gonzalez, Francisco, Noble, Daniel W.A., Carazo, Pau

“…ABSTRACT A central question in ecology and evolution is to understand why sexual selection varies so much in strength across taxa; it has long been known that…”
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The role of oxidative stress in postcopulatory selection by Friesen, Christopher R, Noble, Daniel W A, Olsson, Mats

“…Two decades ago, von Schantz . (von Schantz T, Bensch S, Grahn M, Hasselquist D, Wittzell H. 1999 Good genes, oxidative stress and condition-dependent sexual…”
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The Effect of Temperature Variability on Biological Responses of Ectothermic Animals—A Meta‐Analysis by Stocker, Clayton W., Bamford, Stephanie M., Jahn, Miki, Mazué, Geoffrey P. F., Pettersen, Amanda K., Ritchie, Daniel, Rubin, Alexander M., Noble, Daniel W. A., Seebacher, Frank

“…ABSTRACT Climate change is altering temperature means and variation, and both need to be considered in predictions underpinning conservation. However, there is…”
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Planned missing data designs and methods: Options for strengthening inference, increasing research efficiency and improving animal welfare in ecological and evolutionary research by Noble, Daniel W. A., Nakagawa, Shinichi

“…Ecological and evolutionary research questions are increasingly requiring the integration of research fields along with larger data sets to address fundamental…”
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Impact of developmental temperatures on thermal plasticity and repeatability of metabolic rate by Kar, Fonti, Nakagawa, Shinichi, Noble, Daniel W. A.

“…Phenotypic plasticity is an important mechanism that allows populations to adjust to changing environments. Early life experiences can have lasting impacts on…”
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Publication bias impacts on effect size, statistical power, and magnitude (Type M) and sign (Type S) errors in ecology and evolutionary biology by Yang, Yefeng, Sánchez-Tójar, Alfredo, O'Dea, Rose E, Noble, Daniel W A, Koricheva, Julia, Jennions, Michael D, Parker, Timothy H, Lagisz, Malgorzata, Nakagawa, Shinichi

“…Collaborative efforts to directly replicate empirical studies in the medical and social sciences have revealed alarmingly low rates of replicability, a…”
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Sex differences in life history, behavior, and physiology along a slow-fast continuum: a meta-analysis by Tarka, Maja, Guenther, Anja, Niemelä, Petri T., Nakagawa, Shinichi, Noble, Daniel W.A.

“…The pace-of-life syndrome (POLS) hypothesis predicts that behavior and physiology covary with life history. Evidence for such covariation is contradictory,…”
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