Connectivity is classically considered an emergent property of landscapes encapsulating
individuals' flows across space. However, its operational use requires a precise understanding …

Background The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) is a well-established tool to
assess lower extremity physical performance status. Its predictive ability for all-cause mortality …

Objectives To evaluate the predictive value of muscle strength and physical performance in
the oldest old for all‐cause mortality; hospitalization; and the onset of disability, defined as a …

Habitat fragmentation, an important element of current global change, has profound
repercussions on population and species extinction. Landscape fragmentation reduces individual …

Dispersal is a process of central importance for the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of
populations and communities, because of its diverse consequences for gene flow and …

Laboratory microcosm experiments using protists as model organisms have a long tradition
and are widely used to investigate general concepts in population biology, community …

Background: the prevalence of sarcopenia varies widely between studies. The objective of
this study was to assess the prevalence of sarcopenia in a representative sample of persons …

Les mécanismes qui peuvent expliquer la consommation d’antibiotiques en pratique ambulatoire
dépassent largement la microbiologie et l’épidémiologie. Des facteurs socioculturels (…

It is widely recognized that ecological dynamics influence evolutionary dynamics, and conversely
that evolutionary changes alter ecological processes. Because fragmentation impacts …

Through multiple vegetative propagation cycles, clones accumulate mutations in somatic
cells that are at the origin of clonal phenotypic diversity in grape. Clonal diversity provided …