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Optimal annual routines: New tools for conservation biology? (2008)
Journal Article
Fero, O., Stephens, P., Barta, Z., McNamara, J., & Houston, A. (2008). Optimal annual routines: New tools for conservation biology?. Ecological Applications, 18(6), 1563-1577

Many applied problems in ecology and conservation require prediction, and population models are important tools for that purpose. Formerly, the majority of predictive population models were based on matrix models. As the limitations of classical matr... Read More about Optimal annual routines: New tools for conservation biology?.

Modelling the effects of management on population dynamics: some lessons from annual weeds (2008)
Journal Article
Freckleton, R., Sutherland, W., Watkinson, A., & Stephens, P. (2008). Modelling the effects of management on population dynamics: some lessons from annual weeds. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45(4), 1050-1058

1. Agricultural and invasive weeds are major threats to managed and natural ecosystems, costing billions of dollars annually. Models for arable and invasive weed population dynamics can contribute to the management of problem species through generati... Read More about Modelling the effects of management on population dynamics: some lessons from annual weeds.

The scaling of diving time budgets: Insights from an optimality approach. (2008)
Journal Article
Stephens, P., Carbone, C., Boyd, I., McNamara, J., Harding, K., & Houston, A. (2008). The scaling of diving time budgets: Insights from an optimality approach. The American Naturalist, 171(3), 305-314. https://doi.org/10.1086/527491

Simple scaling arguments suggest that, among air-breathing divers, dive duration should scale approximately with mass to the one-third power. Recent phylogenetic analyses appear to confirm this. The same analyses showed that duration of time spent at... Read More about The scaling of diving time budgets: Insights from an optimality approach..