User profile of AndrewDHigginson
Behavioural ecologist interested in the effects of predation and ecology on morphology and behaviour. Based at the University of Exeter.
AndrewDHigginson has posted 56 Findings :
Even physicists are “afraid” of mathematics
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Thu Oct 19 2017
Scientists struggle with mathematical details
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Thu Oct 19 2017
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Criteria for funding and promotion leads to bad science
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Thu Oct 19 2017
Predicting the diet breadth and habitat use of an optimal forager
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Thu Oct 19 2017
Understanding how large and how fat different species are follows from predicting optimal bodies that avoid both starving and predation
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Wed Oct 11 2017
The energy costs of storing fat and being athletic mean that we can get all kinds of relationships between body size and air temperature among species of mammals and birds
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Wed Oct 11 2017