Recent decades have seen a rise in the use of physics methods to study different societal
phenomena. This development has been due to physicists venturing outside of their …

Energy metabolism (encompassing energy assimilation, conversion and utilization) plays a
central role in all life processes and serves as a link between the organismal physiology …

Body size determines total reproductive-energy output. Most theories assume reproductive
output is a fixed proportion of size, with respect to mass, but formal macroecological tests are …

Reproduction includes two energy investments—the energy in the offspring and the energy
expended to make them. The former is well understood, whereas the latter is unquantified …

We developed new methods for parameter estimation-in-context and, with the help of 125
authors, built the AmP (Add-my-Pet) database of Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) models …

Quantifying sublethal effects of plastics ingestion on marine wildlife is difficult, but key to
understanding the ontogeny and population dynamics of affected species. We developed a …

Mechanistic niche models characterise the fundamental niche of an organism by
determining thermodynamic constraints on its heat, water and nutritional budget, and the …

How can work be accomplished while sustaining the human capital that enables it? To date,
research on this question has been piecemeal and indirect with different literatures and …

Ecosystems are exposed to multiple stressors which can compromise functioning and
service delivery. These stressors often co‐occur and interact in different ways which are not …

Understanding large-scale cooperation among unrelated individuals is one of the greatest
challenges of the 21st century. Since human cooperation evolves on social networks, the …