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Conservation of Neotropical Parrots: Population Responses to Forest Cover Change and Trade Pressure and a Tool to Predict Sensitivity to Deforestation
(2022-05-13)
The avian order Psittaciformes (parrots) is one the most at-risk group of birds in the world because of the combination of deforestation and overexploitation for wildlife trade. Studies to better understand and quantify ...
The Evolution of Mate Choice in the Genus Limia
(2021-05-14)
Mate choice is a discipline of sexual selection research describing the process of an individual biasing resource use to reproduce with preferred mates. Classical theory describes mate choice as only occurring in females ...
A Multifaceted Approach to Reptile Conservation from Taxonomy and Systematics to Microbial Ecology
(2022-08-04)
Roughly one in five reptile species globally is threatened with extinction as of 2022. Further, nearly 15% of described reptile species are considered Data Deficient by the IUCN and their conservation status has not yet ...
Geographical variation in an aquatic-to-terrestrial resource subsidy pathway
(2021-05-14)
The redistribution of energy and materials across ecosystem boundaries (i.e. resource subsidies) can have substantial consequences for ecosystem processes but the magnitude of these effects are known to vary. Since most ...
Avian behavior in a changing world: how human effects change behavioral expression at the individual, population, and community level
(2023-05-12)
Human induced rapid environmental change (HIREC) is one of the largest threats to avian biodiversity and abundance (Rosenberg et al. 2019; Sih, Ferrari, and Harris 2011). Since selection acts on individual behavioral ...
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 Story of Colors
(2023-05-12)
In this study, I investigated the evolution of color dimorphism in two bird species, the Western Reef Heron (Egretta gularis) and Dimorphic Egret (Egretta dimorpha), by analyzing their color morphology, geographic ...
Systematics and evolution of mountain dragons of the genus Diploderma and herpetofauna pet trades of China
(2021-12-17)
To better study and conserve the biodiversity around us, one must have an accurate understanding of their taxonomy. Problematic taxonomy or lack of taxonomic knowledge not only mask signals of unique evolutionary stories, ...
Environmental drivers of prairie arthropod community structure
(2020)
Global climate change—including increased temperature, altered precipitation patterns, and nutrient deposition—may reshape plant–arthropod relationships. Arthropods comprise the majority of animal biodiversity on Earth and ...
Connecting diversity indices, ecosystem processes, and language use to better understand and manage freshwater systems
(2023-05-12)
Rivers and streams are among the world’s most threatened ecosystems despite the importance of freshwater to human society. Rivers have been dammed, dried, and moved for human needs and consumption. They have experienced a ...