Abstract COVID-19 repeated outbreaks in China have significantly impacted residents’ lives, particularly in the tourism sector.Accurately assessing the spatio-temporal evolution of tourism flow under the disturbance of COVID-19 is essential for scientific tourism planning and management.This study analyzes the tourism information search index of
Detecting and locating prey are key to predatory success within trophic chains.Predators use various signals through specialized visual, olfactory, auditory or tactile sensory systems to pinpoint their prey.Snakes chemically sense their prey through a highly developed auxiliary olfactory sense organ, the vomeronasal organ (VNO).In natricine snakes
Self-organization and natural selection are fundamental forces that shape the natural world.Substantial progress in understanding how these forces interact has been made through the study of abstract models.Further progress may be made by identifying a model system in which the interaction between self-organization and selection can be investigated
BackgroundMetabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) is the most effective and durable obesity treatment.However, there is heterogeneity in weight outcomes, which is partially attributed to variability in appetite and eating regulation.Patients with a strong desire to eat in response to the reward of palatable foods are more likely to overeat and experi
Rotifers are one of the most important functional groups in lentic freshwaters, and mainly structured by predation or competition from crustaceans and food availability from phytoplankton.Their functional traits involving in defense and food utilization provides insights into the functional diversity and assembly of their communities.Tropical urban