Advanced finite-difference methods for seismic modeling Yang Liu1,2 and Mrinal K Sen2 State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resource and Prospecting (China University of Petroleum, Beijing), Beijing, 102249, China The Institute for Geophysics, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Road, R2200 Austin, TX 78758, USA E-mail: wliuyang@vi...

Individual variation in timing of breeding is a key factor affecting adaptation to environmental change, yet our basic understanding of the causes of such individual variation is incomplete. This study tests several hypotheses for age-related variation in the breeding timing of Lesser Black-backed Gulls, based on a 13 year longitudinal data set that allows to decouple effects of age, previous p...

Increasingly, electromagnetic induction methods (EMI) are being used within the area of archaeological prospecting for mapping soil structures or for studying paleo-landscapes. Recent hardware developments have made fast data acquisition, combined with precise positioning, possible, thus providing interesting possibilities for archaeological prospecting. However, it is commonly assumed that the...

Dispersal is not a blind process, and evidence is accumulating that individual dispersal strategies are informed in most, if not all, organisms. The acquisition and use of information are traits that may evolve across space and time as a function of the balance between costs and benefits of informed dispersal. If information is available, individuals can potentially use it in making better deci...

Microbial biotechnology for bio-prospecting of microbial bioactive compounds and secondary metabolitesAjar Nath Yadav