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Ecological niche modeling: integrating patterns of species richness, factors shaping geographical range limits, and conservation planning
(2009)
The concept of the niche has been a central theme of ecology for over half a century. With recent advances in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and statistical procedures, the inferential method of ecological niche ...
AN ENHANCER-TRAP AND SPLICE-TRAP SCREEN FOR REGULATORS OF ENDOCRINE FUNCTIONS IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND THE EPITRACHEAL GLAND OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER
(2010)
Peptide hormones play important roles in a wide variety of biological processes, such as learning and memory, body weight homeostasis, circadian rhythms, and addiction. In Drosophila, over 20 peptide hormones are produced ...
FROM COOPERATION TO COMPETITION: HOW MICROBES AND INVERTEBRATES INTERACT IN A TROPICAL FOREST
(2018-05)
Microbes and invertebrates are “the little things that run the world” (Wilson 1987, Moreau 2017), but the intricacies of how these organisms impact our environment remains underexplored. Here I investigate how microbes and ...
Sexual signaling in conflicts and their resolutions in odonates
(2014-12)
Nature abounds with conflicts and searching for the best solution to conflicts is of interest to all animals. Among various means to resolve conflicts, signaling may be superior because it can potentially settle conflicts ...
Comparative physiology and macroecology of thermal tolerance in ectothermic vertebrates with correlates of phylogeny and biogeography.
(1997)
An organism's distribution and geographic range result from physiological tolerances and its ability to adjust physiological processes to maximize survival, growth, and reproduction under a diversity of environmental factors ...
Iguanid mating systems: Ecological causes and sexual selection consequences.
(1997)
Ctenosaura similis females exhibited extremely overlapping home ranges near burrow sites; D. dorsalis females exhibited moderate levels of home range overlap beneath large shrubs offering cool temperatures. Males of both ...
Hierarchical controls on the impact of consumer stoichiometric regulation: From species traits to ecosystem level consequences
(2013-12)
As natural ecosystems become increasingly changed due to habitat alteration, species loss, introduction of non-native species, and climate change, understanding the functional significance of communities to ecosystem ...
Spatial and temporal perspectives on cyanobacterial ecological dynamics using space-based and genomic approaches
(2023-05-12)
Toxin-producing cyanobacteria, a type of blue-green algae, rank high among the global problems facing aquatic systems. Under certain conditions, particularly elevated nutrient concentrations created by agricultural and ...
The ecological importance of ant colony size
(2010)
Despite the rich diversity of life, all organisms are unified by the conserved biochemical pathways that drive metabolism and govern the rate at which resources are processed and used to perform biological work. Metabolic ...