Van M. Savage

The paper quantifies how species diversity affects irreducible dynamical heterogeneity in ecological communities near equilibrium.

This paper introduces flexTPC, a flexible and interpretable thermal performance curve model that outperforms existing models in predictive performance across microbial and entomological datasets.

This study develops a mathematical framework to predict how temperature affects pairwise interactions among heterotrophic microbes, revealing that interactions are more thermally sensitive than metabolic traits and show systematic temperature-dependent changes.

The paper compares thermal suitability models for malaria transmission using constant and fluctuating temperatures, finding that constant temperature models better predict thermal limits than rate summation.

The paper tests the WBE model of metabolic scaling in trees using laser-scanned data, finding support for [3/4] scaling across tree crowns and intraspecific variation.

This study examines how thermal stress evolution affects antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli, finding decreased optimal growth temperature and complex resistance patterns.

The paper analyzes neuronal branching patterns to show asymmetric branching near synapses optimizes energy, time, and material efficiency while enabling plasticity.

The paper develops a model linking neuron structure to function through principles like time and power minimization, revealing species-specific scaling relationships in axon and dendrite branching.

The paper quantitatively distinguishes sleep functions in development, showing an abrupt transition from neural reorganization to repair between 2-3 years in humans.

The paper studies higher-order interactions in antibiotic combinations on Escherichia coli and finds they increase in frequency with more drugs, showing net synergy and emergent antagonism.

The paper introduces interaction landscapes to visualize drug combinations' effects, showing drug interactions transition smoothly from antagonism to synergy with dose changes.