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Invasive species can alter the succession of ecological communities because they are
often adapted to the disturbed conditions that initiate succession. The extent to which this
occurs may depend on how widely they are distributed across...
2015-02-06 (iso8601)
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Some eyespots are thought to deflect attack away from the vulnerable body, yet
there is limited empirical evidence for this function and its adaptive advantage.
Here, we demonstrate the conspicuous ventral hindwing eyespots found on
Bicyclus...
2014-11-12 (iso8601)
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether an increase in daily tooth brushing frequency in children was predicted by either a) having a strong intention to brush twice a day or b) their parents receiving information about their new caries experience....
2014-09 (iso8601)
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This review presents a framework for evaluating how cells, tissues, organs, and whole plants perform both hydraulic and mechanical functions. The morphological alterations that affect dual functionality are varied: individual cells can have...
2014-12 (iso8601)
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Ceratonova gasterostea n. gen. n. sp. is described from the intestine of freshwater
Gasterosteus aculeatus L. from the Klamath River, California. Myxospores are arcuate, 22.4 +/-
2.6 μm thick, 5.2 +/- 0.4 μm long, posterior angle 45 +/- 24°, with...
2014-10 (iso8601)
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This research develops a method for estimating discreet changes (shocks) to total factor productivity (TFP) using catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) and biological stock assessment data. An estimator for identifying jumps in realized volatility is...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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Bycatch reduction policies, traditionally focused on command-and-control at-sea measures, can be reframed to a broader-based biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management strategy. More cost- and ecologically-effective bycatch mitigation...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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Payments for ecosystem services (PES) are positive incentives offered to producers or resource owners in exchange for the provision of a given ecosystem service, such as biodiversity, water regulation, food, recreation and tourism. Interest in...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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Despite the efforts of natural resource economists to implement rights-based fishery management systems, many of the world’s fisheries remain over-exploited and lack an institution to change course. Given the status quo of overharvesting and...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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In 1986, New Zealand implemented the world’s first comprehensive individual transferable quota management system for fisheries, designed to ensure sustainable use of fish resources by restricting take levels. Today, fewer people are fishing less...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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This paper is a compilation of several themes that addresses how Te Arawa iwi Trusts are utilising kaitiakitanga; traditional methods, practices and customs to manage freshwater environments and freshwater fisheries. Te Arawa is a central north...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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A Fishery Gross Margin (FGM) model has been used, as a cost-effective and practical alternative to more complex economic modelling, to inform the development of structured TACC decision rules as part of the formal harvest strategy adopted for the...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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The impact of organic fertilizer source on the growth, fruit quality, and yield of
blackberry (Rubus L. subgenus Rubus Watson) cultivars (Marion and Black Diamond)
grown in a machine-harvested, organic production system for the processed market...
2015-02 (iso8601)
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Four blackberry (Rubus L. subgenus Rubus Watson) cultivars (‘Obsidian’,
‘Black Diamond’, ‘Metolius’, ‘Onyx’) and two advanced selections (ORUS 1939-4
and ORUS 2635-1) were evaluated during the establishment years of an organic
production system...
2015-02 (iso8601)
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California's Central Valley agricultural landscapes provide several important wintering regions for Pacific Flyway sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) populations; however, the value of those regions is being compromised by urban expansion, other...
2015-03-06 (iso8601)
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BACKGROUND: A 2011 report by the Oregon Health Authority and the Department of Human Services documented
disparities in its Latino and American Indian populations on multiple individual-level health indicators. However, research
is lacking on the...
2015-02-12 (iso8601)
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Groundnut ringspot virus (GRSV) and Tomato chlorotic spot virus
(TCSV) are two emerging tospoviruses in Florida. In a survey of the
southeastern United States, GRSV and TCSV were frequently detected in
solanaceous crops and weeds with...
2015-03 (iso8601)
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Vibrio cholerae is autochthonous to various aquatic niches and is the etiological agent of the life-threatening diarrheal disease
cholera. The persistence of V. cholerae in natural habitats is a crucial factor in the epidemiology of cholera. In...
2015-01-05 (iso8601)
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BACKGROUND: Variation in the number of repeated traits, or serial homologs, has contributed greatly to animal body
plan diversity. Eyespot color patterns of nymphalid butterflies, like arthropod and vertebrate limbs, are an example
of serial...
2015-02-14 (iso8601)
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Managing research data effectively is critical to producing high quality datasets that support data preservation, sharing, reuse, and reproducible research. Academic librarians are increasingly playing a role in providing training and education in...
2015-03-31 (iso8601)
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Limited information is available on the effects of applied spring nitrogen (N) and cultivar on winter canola (Brassica napus L.) production in high-rainfall environments. The objectives of this investigation were: (i) to determine the effects of...
2015-03-19 (iso8601)
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This thesis investigates Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) as a method of instruction for natural resources education. The research follows the adoption of CTL in the K-12 classrooms of six teachers focusing on natural resources education at...
2015-03-17 (iso8601)
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Rhizopogon is a large genus of ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi that grows in association with host trees of the family Pinaceae. We have conducted a series of studies investigating the ecology and evolutionary biology of the EM symbiosis shared between...
2015-03-13 (iso8601)
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Pardoxes in voting has been an interest of voting theorists since the 1800's when Condorcet demonstrated the key example of a voting paradox: voters with individually transitive rankings produce an election outcome which is not transitive. With...
2015-03-11 (iso8601)
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