Dynamic energy budget approaches for modelling organismal ageing

Dynamic energy budget approaches for modelling organismal ageing.

Ageing is a complex multifactorial process involving a progressive physiological decline that, ultimately, leads to the death of an organism. It involves multiple changes in many components that play fundamental roles under healthy and pathological conditions. Simultaneously, every organism undergoes accumulative 'wear and tear' during its lifespan, which confounds the effects of the ageing pro...

Stress, cell senescence and organismal ageing

Cellular senescence was first described by Hayflick and Moorhead in the 1960s as the irreversible arrest of cells following prolonged cultivation. Telomere shortening is the key mechanism driving replicative senescence in human fibroblasts. Later, pioneering work by Olivier Toussaint and others showed that stress plays a major role in the induction of senescence in vitro, a phenomenon known as ...

Estimation of dynamic energy budget parameters for the Mediterranean

9 Article history: 10 Received 17 June 2013 11 Received in revised form 27 April 2014 12 Accepted 8 May 2014 13 Available online xxxx 14

Dynamic Energy Budget theory meets individualbased modelling: a generic and accessible implementation

Dynamic Energy Budget theory meets individual-based modelling: a generic and accessible implementation Benjamin T. Martin*, Elke I. Zimmer, Volker Grimm and Tjalling Jager Department of Ecological Modelling, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, 04318 Leipzig, Germany; and FALW ⁄Department of Theoretical Biology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam...

Modelling Evapotranspiration and the Surface Energy Budget in Alpine Catchments