Differing non‐linear, lagged effects of temperature and precipitation on an insect herbivore and its host plant

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to solve Navier–Stokes equations including the effects of temperature and inner pipe rotation for fully developed turbulent flow in eccentric annuli by using finite difference scheme with fixing non-linear terms. Design/methodology/approach A mathematical model is proposed for fully developed turbulent flow including the effects of temperature and inner pipe rotation in eccentric annuli. Obtained equation is solved numerically via central difference approximation. In this process, the non-linear term is frozen. In so doing, the non-linear equation can be considered as a linear one. Findings The convergence analysis is studied before using the method to the proposed momentum equation. It reflects that the method approaches to the exact solution of the equation. The numerical solution of the mathematical model shows that pressure gradient can be predicted with a good accuracy when it is compared with experimental data collected from experiments conducted at Izmir Katip Celebi University Flow Loop. Originality/value The originality of this work is that Navier–Stokes equations including temperature and inner pipe rotation effects for fully developed turbulent flow in eccentric annuli are solved numerically by a finite difference method with frozen non-linear terms.

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Specimen-based analysis of morphology and the environment in ecologically dominant grasses: the power of the herbarium

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ◽

10.1098/rstb.2017.0403 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 374 (1763) ◽

pp. 20170403 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Christine A. McAllister ◽

Michael R. McKain ◽

Mao Li ◽

Bess Bookout ◽

Elizabeth A. Kellogg

Keyword(s):

Morphological Characters ◽

Automated Image Analysis ◽

Climate Variables ◽

Theme Issue ◽

Analysis Techniques ◽

Temperature And Precipitation ◽

Sessile Spikelet ◽

Effects Of Temperature ◽

The Relationship ◽

Image Analysis Techniques

Herbaria contain a cumulative sample of the world's flora, assembled by thousands of people over centuries. To capitalize on this resource, we conducted a specimen-based analysis of a major clade in the grass tribe Andropogoneae, including the dominant species of the world's grasslands in the genera Andropogon , Schizachyrium , Hyparrhenia and several others. We imaged 186 of the 250 named species of the clade, georeferenced the specimens and extracted climatic variables for each. Using semi- and fully automated image analysis techniques, we extracted spikelet morphological characters and correlated these with environmental variables. We generated chloroplast genome sequences to correct for phylogenetic covariance and here present a new phylogeny for 81 of the species. We confirm and extend earlier studies to show that Andropogon and Schizachyrium are not monophyletic. In addition, we find all morphological and ecological characters are homoplasious but variable among clades. For example, sessile spikelet length is positively correlated with awn length when all accessions are considered, but when separated by clade, the relationship is positive for three sub-clades and negative for three others. Climate variables showed no correlation with morphological variation in the spikelet pair; only very weak effects of temperature and precipitation were detected on macrohair density. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Biological collections for understanding biodiversity in the Anthropocene'.

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