As the dominant large herbivore in midcontinent North America since terminal Pleistocene, bison (Bison spp.) have been a fundamental component of ecosystems and economies. Despite importance late Quaternary America, large-scale (regional to continental) patterns biogeography are not well understood. Here we integrate archaeological paleontological occurrence data with simulated climate better u...

Aims We aim to construct a comprehensive global database of litter decomposition rate (k value) estimated by surface floor litterbags, and investigate the direct and indirect effects of impact factors such as geographic factors (latitude and altitude), climatic factors (mean annual tempePlrature, MAT; mean annual precipitation, MAP) and litter quality factors (the contents of N, P, K, Ca, Mg an...

Considerable attention has been paid for physiological signal-based emotion recognition in field of affective computing. For the reliability and user friendly acquisition, Electrodermal Activity (EDA) great advantage practical applications. However, EDA-based with hundreds subjects still lacks effective solution. In this paper, our work makes an attempt to fuse subject individual EDA features e...

Abstract Much work has been focused on the variability and climatic effect of Kuroshio Extension, but little focus variation in East China Sea(ECS). This study, investigates interannual decadal migrations axis(KA) ECS its relationships to large-scale climate signals. On timescale, KA is closely related El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle. The shifting main axis presents a dipolar pattern ...

Across angiosperms, variable rates of molecular substitution are linked with life-history attributes associated with woody and herbaceous growth forms. As the number of generations per unit time is correlated with molecular substitution rates, it is expected that rates of phenotypic evolution would also be influenced by differences in generation times. Here, we make the first broad-scale compar...