Publications by authors named "Liam K Kendall"
Reversing biodiversity declines requires a better understanding of organismal mobility, as movement processes dictate the scale at which species interact with the environment. Previous studies have demonstrated that species foraging ranges, and therefore, habitat use increases with body size. Yet, foraging ranges are also affected by other life-history traits, such as sociality, which influence the need of and ability to detect resources.
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- Body size is crucial for understanding pollination ecology but is often difficult to measure; allometric scaling laws can help, but current models have limitations due to small sample sizes and geographic restrictions.
- Researchers measured body size in 391 bee species and 103 hoverfly species across four continents, using a Bayesian mixed-model framework to improve predictions of dry weight based on intertegular distance (ITD) and other factors.
- Findings showed that including additional variables improved interspecific size predictions, while ITD alone was inconsistent for predicting intraspecific body size; this research contributes to a new package for enhancing allometric studies in pollination.