During hot weather, terrestrial animals often seek shaded thermal refugia. However, this can
result in missed foraging opportunities, loss of body condition and impaired parental care …

We investigate the main drivers of fish consumption growth in 96 countries over the past 50
years. We categorize the world market for fish consumption into four growth phases …

Among deciduous species, the peach tree (Prunus persica [L.] Batsch.) is of great
importance in the high tropics. However, the growth behavior of this fruit for different …

The effects of environmental warming on the reproductive performance of birds are most
easily studied in desert habitats where birds already experience air temperatures (Tₐs) …

An experiment was conducted at the orchard of Chaudhary Charan Singh, Haryana,
Agricultural University, Hisar (75° 46′ E and 29° 10′ N) and 215.2 amsl The Ber powdery …

Background Studies examining factors responsible for COVID-19 incidence have been
mostly focused at the national or sub-national level. A global-level characterization of …

The common bean represents approximately half of the global production of leguminous
grains. Brazil is the world's largest producer, as it is a primary source of protein in the …

English The use of computational tools to describe some processes of crop growth has
evolved in recent decades and remains an area of active research, where more and more …

Sigmoid growth models play an important role in describing many natural phenomena that
have a sigmoidal growth curve in many disciplines such as biology, chemistry, economics …

Many natural events with an S-shaped sigmoidal curve can be well described using sigmoid
growth models. Sigmoid growth models are considered one of the most important and most …