The coevolution of predators and prey has been the subject of much empirical and theoretical
research that produced intriguing insights into the interplay of ecology and evolution. To …

Trait matching between the Madagascan orchid Angraecum sesquipedale, with a nectar
spur of 33 cm, and a hawkmoth with a tongue almost as long has fascinated biologists since …

Highlights • Strong and weak competitors differ systematically in their habitat preferences. •
This leads to the spatial assortment of individuals of similar competitive abilities. • In stable …

By means of a simulation study, DiNuzzo & Griffen [1] investigate whether individual variation
in a personality trait can explain ‘undermatching’, an often-observed deviation from the …

The force of selection describes the sensitivity of population growth to changes in life history
parameters, with a focus usually on the survival probabilities from one age class to the next. …

Competition typically takes place in a spatial context, but eco-evolutionary models rarely
address the joint evolution of movement and competition strategies. Here we investigate a …

Objective: There is ample evidence that premature and low birth weight children have a poor
outcome after congenital heart surgery. The aim of the present study was to characterize …

Evolution by natural selection is commonly described as ‘survival of the fittest,’and this at
first sounds simple enough. However, in natural populations, it can be entirely unclear who ‘the …

Calumba is a drug which is ordinarily considered to be quite clean. A careful study of a series
of samples indicates that there may be nearly five percent of dirt present. The majority of …

Die Umschaltung der Ausgangsgröße erfolgt bei den Kennlinien L2, L3 und Z1, Z2 ohne
Hysterese. Der Ein-/Ausschaltungspunkt ist vom Schwellenwert 0 abhängig. Für die …