Diogenes of Babylon, or Seleucia (c. 240–150 BC) — a disciple Chrysippus, prominent representative the last period Early Stoa, head Stoic school after Zeno Tarsus. In writings Diogenes, which few fragments have been preserved, almost all main and many auxiliary issues stoic dogmatics were touched upon. Being more traditionalist than an innovator, nevertheless, specified clarified definitions, i...

Eastern North American monarch butterßies (Danaus plexippus L.) show a series of range shifts during their breeding season. Using ecological niche modeling, we studied the environmental context of these shifts by identifying the ecological conditions that monarchs use in successive summer months. Monarchs use a consistent ecological regimen through the summer, but these conditions contrast stri...