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Ecology of Australia: the effects of nutrient-poor soils and intense fires by Orians, Gordon H., Milewski, Antoni V.

“…Australia, the flattest, driest, and geologically oldest vegetated continent, has a uniquely high proportion of nutrient‐poor soils. We develop a…”
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Spatial and Temporal Scales in Habitat Selection by Orians, Gordon H., Wittenberger, James F.

“…Female yellow-headed blackbirds in eastern Washington State settle to nest at higher densities on marshes with higher emergence rates of odonates, the most…”
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Scientific Bases of Macroenvironmental Indicators by ORIANS, Gordon H, POLICANSKY, David

“…We review the development of macroenvironmental indicators, an effort driven by a combination of improved understanding of the functioning of Earth's natural…”
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Nature & Human Nature by Orians, Gordon H.

“…The physician George Cheyne in 1705 explained that the Creator made the horse's excrement smell sweet, because he knew that men would often be in its…”
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Human Disturbance of an Avian Scavenging Guild by Skagen, Susan K., Knight, Richard L., Orians, Gordon H.

“…In order to investigate the effects of human activities on relationships within foraging guilds, we examined inacanus dynamics of eagles, crows, and gulls…”
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Formidability and the logic of human anger by Sell, Aaron, Tooby, John, Cosmides, Leda

“…Eleven predictions derived from the recalibrational theory of anger were tested. This theory proposes that anger is produced by a neurocognitive program…”
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Human Vision Fails to Distinguish Widespread Sexual Dichromatism among Sexually "Monochromatic" Birds by Eaton, Muir D., Orians, Gordon H.

“…Historical scenarios of evolution of avian plumage coloration have been called into question with the discoveries that most birds can see UV light (which…”
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Endangered at what level by Orians, Gordon H.

“…The functioning of the Endangered Species Act has been less effective than expected because remedial action is not triggered until populations are in serious…”
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Social and genetic interactions drive fitness variation in a free-living dolphin population by Frère, Celine H., Krützen, Michael, Mann, Janet, Connor, Richard C., Bejder, Lars, Sherwin, William B., Orians, Gordon H.

“…The evolutionary forces that drive fitness variation in species are of considerable interest. Despite this, the relative importance and interactions of genetic…”
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Big Brains, Enhanced Cognition, and Response of Birds to Novel Environments by Sol, Daniel, Duncan, Richard P., Blackburn, Tim M., Cassey, Phillip, Lefebvre, Louis, Orians, Gordon H.

“…The widely held hypothesis that enlarged brains have evolved as an adaptation to cope with novel or altered environmental conditions lacks firm empirical…”
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Saving scientific advice by MORGAN, M. GRANGER, ORIANS, GORDON H.

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Patterns of aging in the long-lived wandering albatross by Lecomte, Vincent Julien, Sorci, Gabriele, Cornet, Stéphane, Jaeger, Audrey, Faivre, Bruno, Arnoux, Emilie, Gaillard, Maria, Trouvé, Colette, Besson, Dominique, Chastel, Olivier, Weimerskirch, Henri

“…How does an animal age in natural conditions? Given the multifaceted nature of senescence, identifying the effects of age on physiology and behavior remains…”
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Climatic warming disrupts recurrent Alpine insect outbreaks by Johnson, Derek M., Büntgen, Ulf, Frank, David C., Kausrud, Kyrre, Haynes, Kyle J., Liebhold, Andrew M., Esper, Jan, Stenseth, Nils Chr, Orians, Gordon H.

“…Climate change has been identified as a causal factor for diverse ecological changes worldwide. Warming trends over the last couple of decades have coincided…”
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Effects of Breeding Experience and Familiarity on Site Fidelity in Female Red-Winged Blackbirds by Beletsky, Les D., Orians, Gordon H.

“…We used data from a 12-yr study of dispersal and breeding success to investigate how female Red-winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) make decisions about…”
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Tigers and Their Prey: Predicting Carnivore Densities from Prey Abundance by Karanth, K. Ullas, Nichols, James D., Kumar, N. Samba, Link, William A., Hines, James E., Orians, Gordon H.

“…The goal of ecology is to understand interactions that determine the distribution and abundance of organisms. In principle, ecologists should be able to…”
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Biodiversity and ecosystem processes in tropical ecosystems by Orians, G H

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Number of Bird Species in Some Tropical Forests by Orians, Gordon H.

“…Resident birds were censused in seven plots in Costa Rica ranging from 0 to 6 months dry season and from sea level to 2,380 m in elevation. Included were one…”
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OBSERVATIONS OF THE PALE-EYED BLACKBIRD IN SOUTHEASTERN PERU by Orians, Gordon H, Orians, Elizabeth N

“…We report the first known nest of the Pale-eyed Blackbird (Agelaius xanthophthalmus) and describe the behavior of breeding and nonbreeding pairs at Cocha…”
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Thought for the Morrow: Cumulative Threats to the Environment by Orians, Gordon H.

“…Traditional methods of assessing environmental impacts often fail to consider the cumulative effects of repeated actions against the environment. Major…”
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Source Pool Geometry and the Assembly of Continental Avifaunas by Graves, Gary R., Rahbek, Carsten, Orians, Gordon H.

“…Classical niche-assembly models propose that the composition of biotic communities in continental landscapes is determined chiefly by the autecology of…”
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