The finding «addresses indirectly the evolution of organelles» within cells,
says physiological ecologist Charles Fisher of Pennsylvania State University, University Park.
But what's true for a stand of saplings may not be true for a forest,
says physiological ecologist Rich Norby of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Not exact matches
With the animal restrained, telling its sex is straightforward,
says Murray, who is a
physiological ecologist at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville.
Brian McNab, a
physiological ecologist at the University of Florida in Gainesville,
says the cave goat's variable growth rate did not necessarily involve hibernation.
«Everybody expects to hear a disaster story when we
say that,»
said Daniel Potts, a plant
physiological ecologist and associate professor of biology at Buffalo State.
«
Ecologists generally assume that plants high in nitrogen will facilitate insect outbreaks,»
says Fiona Clissold, a nutritional
physiological ecologist at the University of Sydney in Australia.
«This is the first paper that really makes a link between lower plant quality and enhanced performance,»
says Spencer Behmer, a
physiological ecologist at Texas A&M University in College Station, who was not part of the study.