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View article: Dataset of speech produced with delayed auditory feedback
Dataset of speech produced with delayed auditory feedback Open
View article: Incorporating background knowledge in symbolic regression using a computer algebra system
Incorporating background knowledge in symbolic regression using a computer algebra system Open
Symbolic regression (SR) can generate interpretable, concise expressions that fit a given dataset, allowing for more human understanding of the structure than black-box approaches. The addition of background knowledge (in the form of symbo…
View article: The case for open research in entomology: Reducing harm, refining reproducibility and advancing insect science
The case for open research in entomology: Reducing harm, refining reproducibility and advancing insect science Open
Open research is an increasingly developed and crucial framework for the advancement of science and has seen successful adoption across a broad range of disciplines. Entomology has, however, been slow to adopt these practices compared to m…
View article: The case for open research in entomology: reducing harm, refining reproducibility and advancing insect science
The case for open research in entomology: reducing harm, refining reproducibility and advancing insect science Open
Open research is an increasingly developed and crucial framework for the advancement of science and has seen successful adoption across a broad range of disciplines. Entomology has, however, been slow to adopt these practices compared to m…
View article: Domain Generalised Faster R-CNN
Domain Generalised Faster R-CNN Open
Domain generalisation (i.e. out-of-distribution generalisation) is an open problem in machine learning, where the goal is to train a model via one or more source domains, that will generalise well to unknown target domains. While the topic…
View article: Incorporating Background Knowledge in Symbolic Regression using a Computer Algebra System
Incorporating Background Knowledge in Symbolic Regression using a Computer Algebra System Open
Symbolic Regression (SR) can generate interpretable, concise expressions that fit a given dataset, allowing for more human understanding of the structure than black-box approaches. The addition of background knowledge (in the form of symbo…
View article: Domain Generalisation for Object Detection under Covariate and Concept Shift
Domain Generalisation for Object Detection under Covariate and Concept Shift Open
Domain generalisation aims to promote the learning of domain-invariant features while suppressing domain-specific features, so that a model can generalise better to previously unseen target domains. An approach to domain generalisation for…
View article: Personenregister
Personenregister Open
View article: Which peer reviewers voluntarily reveal their identity to authors? Insights into the consequences of open-identities peer review
Which peer reviewers voluntarily reveal their identity to authors? Insights into the consequences of open-identities peer review Open
Identifying reviewers is argued to improve the quality and fairness of peer review, but is generally disfavoured by reviewers. To gain some insight into the factors that influence when reviewers are willing to have their identity revealed,…
View article: Open source hardware automated guitar player
Open source hardware automated guitar player Open
We present the first open source hardware (OSH) design and build of a physical robotic automated guitar player. Users’ own instruments being different shapes and sizes, the system is designed to be used and/or modified to physically attach…
View article: The influence of the global COVID‐19 pandemic on manuscript submissions and editor and reviewer performance at six ecology journals
The influence of the global COVID‐19 pandemic on manuscript submissions and editor and reviewer performance at six ecology journals Open
Government policies attempting to slow the spread of COVID‐19 have reduced access to research laboratories and shifted many scholars to working from home. These disruptions will likely influence submissions to scholarly journals, and affec…
View article: The representation of women as authors of submissions to ecology journals during the COVID-19 pandemic
The representation of women as authors of submissions to ecology journals during the COVID-19 pandemic Open
Observations made from papers submitted to preprint servers, and the speculation of editors on social media platforms, suggest that women are submitting fewer papers to scholarly journals than are men during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here I e…
View article: A Fragile Past: Exploring One Family’s Narrative Through the Photographs They Buried
A Fragile Past: Exploring One Family’s Narrative Through the Photographs They Buried Open
View article: Gender diversity of editorial boards and gender differences in the peer review process at six journals of ecology and evolution
Gender diversity of editorial boards and gender differences in the peer review process at six journals of ecology and evolution Open
Despite substantial progress for women in science, women remain underrepresented in many aspects of the scholarly publication process. We examined how the gender diversity of editors and reviewers changed over time for six journals in ecol…
View article: Cover Picture and Issue Information
Cover Picture and Issue Information Open
Recknagel) shows an oviparous female common lizard with her clutch of eggs, one day after laying.She comes from the Gailtal valley of the Carinthian Alps, Austria, currently the only known
View article: Gender differences in peer review outcomes and manuscript impact at six journals of ecology and evolution
Gender differences in peer review outcomes and manuscript impact at six journals of ecology and evolution Open
The productivity and performance of men is generally rated more highly than that of women in controlled experiments, suggesting conscious or unconscious gender biases in assessment. The degree to which editors and reviewers of scholarly jo…
View article: Double‐blind peer review—An experiment
Double‐blind peer review—An experiment Open
2018 was a good year for Functional Ecology. Submissions to the journal remain high, having topped 1,200 at the time we write this editorial (early December 2018), on pace for just shy of 1,300 for the year, similar to the number received …
View article: Patterns of authorship in ecology and evolution: First, last, and corresponding authorship vary with gender and geography
Patterns of authorship in ecology and evolution: First, last, and corresponding authorship vary with gender and geography Open
The position of an author on the byline of a paper affects the inferences readers make about their contributions to the research. We examine gender differences in authorship in the ecology literature using two datasets: submissions to six …
View article: The effectiveness of journals as arbiters of scientific impact
The effectiveness of journals as arbiters of scientific impact Open
Academic publishers purport to be arbiters of knowledge, aiming to publish studies that advance the frontiers of their research domain. Yet the effectiveness of journal editors at identifying novel and important research is generally unkno…
View article: Towards a mechanistic understanding of global change ecology
Towards a mechanistic understanding of global change ecology Open
The 21st century is, by most metrics, a great time to be a human. Relative to other periods in human history, life expectancies, living standards and educational levels are the highest they have ever been. But these advances in human welfa…
View article: Rumex and Urtica detection in grassland by UAV
Rumex and Urtica detection in grassland by UAV Open
. Previous work (Binch & Fox, 2017) used autonomous ground robotic platforms to successfully detect Urtica (nettle) and Rumex (dock) weeds in grassland, to improve farm productivity and the environment through precision herbicide spraying.…
View article: Geographic clines in wing morphology relate to colonization history in New World but not Old World populations of yellow dung flies
Geographic clines in wing morphology relate to colonization history in New World but not Old World populations of yellow dung flies Open
Geographic clines offer insights about putative targets and agents of natural selection as well as tempo and mode of adaptation. However, demographic processes can lead to clines that are indistinguishable from adaptive divergence. Using t…
View article: Agricultural Robotics: The Future of Robotic Agriculture
Agricultural Robotics: The Future of Robotic Agriculture Open
Agri-Food is the largest manufacturing sector in the UK. It supports a food chain that generates over £108bn p.a., with 3.9m employees in a truly international industry and exports £20bn of UK manufactured goods. However, the global food c…
View article: Replicated latitudinal clines in reproductive traits of European and North American yellow dung flies
Replicated latitudinal clines in reproductive traits of European and North American yellow dung flies Open
Geographic variation in phenotypic traits is commonly correlated with spatial variation in the environment, e.g. seasonality and mean temperature, providing evidence that natural selection generates such patterns. In particular, both body …
View article: Evolution of larval competitiveness and associated life‐history traits in response to host shifts in a seed beetle
Evolution of larval competitiveness and associated life‐history traits in response to host shifts in a seed beetle Open
Resource competition is frequently strong among parasites that feed within small discrete resource patches, such as seeds or fruits. The properties of a host can influence the behavioural, morphological and life‐history traits of associate…
View article: Rethinking Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean: Spending Better to Achieve More
Rethinking Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean: Spending Better to Achieve More Open
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) does not have the infrastructure it needs, or deserves, given its income. Many argue that the solution is to spend more; by contrast, this report has one main message: Latin America can dramatically na…
View article: Recruitment of reviewers is becoming harder at some journals: a test of the influence of reviewer fatigue at six journals in ecology and evolution
Recruitment of reviewers is becoming harder at some journals: a test of the influence of reviewer fatigue at six journals in ecology and evolution Open
The proportion of review invitations that lead to a review being submitted has been declining steadily for four of the six journals examined here, but reviewer fatigue is not likely the primary explanation for this decline.
View article: 30 Years of <i>Functional Ecology</i>
30 Years of <i>Functional Ecology</i> Open
The number of journals publishing ecological research keeps increasing. Over the past 6 years, Web of Science has added 20 journals to its Ecology category, an increase of 15%, certainly an underestimate of the actual growth in journals gi…
View article: Citations increase with manuscript length, author number, and references cited in ecology journals
Citations increase with manuscript length, author number, and references cited in ecology journals Open
Most top impact factor ecology journals indicate a preference or requirement for short manuscripts; some state clearly defined word limits, whereas others indicate a preference for more concise papers. Yet evidence from a variety of academ…
View article: Issue Information
Issue Information Open