Curriculum Vitae
... NSF DEB-1457697, “Predation, competition, and establishment dynamics within an insular adaptive radiation” (PI) NSF DEB-1355122, “Causes and consequences of regular spatial patterning in foundation species: theoretical development and experimental tests in an African savanna” (co-PI) NSF DDIG DEB-15 ...
... NSF DEB-1457697, “Predation, competition, and establishment dynamics within an insular adaptive radiation” (PI) NSF DEB-1355122, “Causes and consequences of regular spatial patterning in foundation species: theoretical development and experimental tests in an African savanna” (co-PI) NSF DDIG DEB-15 ...
Plant–soil feedbacks: connecting ecosystem ecology and evolution
... basis of these interactions is essential for PSF research to begin incorporating and demonstrating evolutionary concepts. Genetic variation in plants can affect soil microbial communities, and in turn, these communities affect genetically based plant traits. For example, when seedlings from 20 randoml ...
... basis of these interactions is essential for PSF research to begin incorporating and demonstrating evolutionary concepts. Genetic variation in plants can affect soil microbial communities, and in turn, these communities affect genetically based plant traits. For example, when seedlings from 20 randoml ...
Macroecological patterns of species richness in parasite assemblages
... nevertheless been the subject of many macroecological studies. In fact, the studies discussed later use data from either the component community level or the parasite fauna level; these are at the relevant scales for macroecological comparisons among host species. As we will see in later sections, s ...
... nevertheless been the subject of many macroecological studies. In fact, the studies discussed later use data from either the component community level or the parasite fauna level; these are at the relevant scales for macroecological comparisons among host species. As we will see in later sections, s ...
Wolf Reintroduction in Idaho and Yellowstone National
... Wolves are social animals with intricate pack hierarchies. As native top predators, they can have trophic impacts through their interactions with other species. ...
... Wolves are social animals with intricate pack hierarchies. As native top predators, they can have trophic impacts through their interactions with other species. ...
Habitat Fragmentation – In Theory
... by pine forest, while the other 2 experimental eucalyptus forest plots were retained within a surrounding eucalyptus forest matrix. Poisson and logistic regressions were used to analyze the data as the resulting experimental data was asymmetrical versus normally distributed. Upon completing the stud ...
... by pine forest, while the other 2 experimental eucalyptus forest plots were retained within a surrounding eucalyptus forest matrix. Poisson and logistic regressions were used to analyze the data as the resulting experimental data was asymmetrical versus normally distributed. Upon completing the stud ...
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
... Caryophyllales (e.g., quinoa and amaranth) are closely related. Our data rather indicate occurrence of significant genetic distance (similarity coefficients 0.05-0.10). Also, it is doubtful that amaranth and quinoa species are also closely related (similarity coefficients varied from 0.16 to 0.25). ...
... Caryophyllales (e.g., quinoa and amaranth) are closely related. Our data rather indicate occurrence of significant genetic distance (similarity coefficients 0.05-0.10). Also, it is doubtful that amaranth and quinoa species are also closely related (similarity coefficients varied from 0.16 to 0.25). ...
Individual selection, kin selection, and the shifting balance in
... encountered and learnt their colour patterns. This leads to a frequency-dependent disadvantage of a rare variant within a species. Secondly, novel warningly coloured variants may be more conspicuous than non-aposematic prey. Nevertheless, it is obvious that many palatable butterflies have bright col ...
... encountered and learnt their colour patterns. This leads to a frequency-dependent disadvantage of a rare variant within a species. Secondly, novel warningly coloured variants may be more conspicuous than non-aposematic prey. Nevertheless, it is obvious that many palatable butterflies have bright col ...
A wide-range phylogenetic analysis of Zic proteins: Implications for
... structure of Zic genes. In contrast to the A-intron, the remaining exon–intron borders, designated here as B-, C-, D-, or E-intron, were each found in a small number of animals. B-intron was found in the vertebrate Zic1–3 and certain groups (Hexapoda and Crustacea) of the Arthropoda. C-intron was se ...
... structure of Zic genes. In contrast to the A-intron, the remaining exon–intron borders, designated here as B-, C-, D-, or E-intron, were each found in a small number of animals. B-intron was found in the vertebrate Zic1–3 and certain groups (Hexapoda and Crustacea) of the Arthropoda. C-intron was se ...
17 Ecological Approaches to Crop Domestication
... domestication are primarily based on studies of seed-propagated crops belonging to only two plant families, Poaceae and Fabaceae, in which domestication has been characterized by widespread parallel evolution of similar traits, the classical features of the “domestication syndrome” such as the loss ...
... domestication are primarily based on studies of seed-propagated crops belonging to only two plant families, Poaceae and Fabaceae, in which domestication has been characterized by widespread parallel evolution of similar traits, the classical features of the “domestication syndrome” such as the loss ...
BIOS 3010: Ecology Lecture 2: Habitat: Resources • Lecture
... that which may be consumed by an organism and, as a result, becomes unavailable to another – e.g. food, water, nesting sites, etc. – Thus CO2, O2, and light can be either resources or conditions - and are more likely to be resources at high population densities and small scales. – Note: like cond ...
... that which may be consumed by an organism and, as a result, becomes unavailable to another – e.g. food, water, nesting sites, etc. – Thus CO2, O2, and light can be either resources or conditions - and are more likely to be resources at high population densities and small scales. – Note: like cond ...
INFORMING THE RESTORATION OF PIEDMONT SAVANNA USING
... The presettlement southeastern US Piedmont landscape supported an apparent abundance of firemaintained landscapes, including Piedmont savannas. Fire suppression led to a decline of fireresponsive, sun-loving herbaceous plants that had persisted for thousands (or millions) of years. These plants are ...
... The presettlement southeastern US Piedmont landscape supported an apparent abundance of firemaintained landscapes, including Piedmont savannas. Fire suppression led to a decline of fireresponsive, sun-loving herbaceous plants that had persisted for thousands (or millions) of years. These plants are ...
Food webs: reconciling the structure and function of biodiversity
... nutrients through ecological systems [6,7]. Whereas community ecology tends to be reductionist, concentrating largely on processes driven by individuals, populations, or species, ecosystem research often takes a more holistic, systems approach. It remains tractable by aggregating species into broad ...
... nutrients through ecological systems [6,7]. Whereas community ecology tends to be reductionist, concentrating largely on processes driven by individuals, populations, or species, ecosystem research often takes a more holistic, systems approach. It remains tractable by aggregating species into broad ...
A Demographic Study ofAloe dichotoma in the Succulent Karoo: Are
... Time series analysis provides the ideal tool for analysing long-term population changes (Udevitz and Ballachey 1995). Demography data on thirteen Aloe dichotoma populations are available from studies conducted in 1987 and 1997 by Rebelo et al. (unpublished data). The fourteen-year time interval betw ...
... Time series analysis provides the ideal tool for analysing long-term population changes (Udevitz and Ballachey 1995). Demography data on thirteen Aloe dichotoma populations are available from studies conducted in 1987 and 1997 by Rebelo et al. (unpublished data). The fourteen-year time interval betw ...
Factors driving variation in movement rate and seasonality of
... environmental conditions over space and time combined with an animal’s intrinsic state may confound such classification and a less subjective, more empirical method is needed to derive seasonality directly from the data (Basille et al. 2012; Vander Wal and Rodgers 2009). Identifying seasons based on ...
... environmental conditions over space and time combined with an animal’s intrinsic state may confound such classification and a less subjective, more empirical method is needed to derive seasonality directly from the data (Basille et al. 2012; Vander Wal and Rodgers 2009). Identifying seasons based on ...
Importance of biogenic substrates for the stone crab
... utilization of different biogenic substrates by this species in the intertidal zone. Sampling was carried out by hand at Ubatuba, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Crabs were captured among rocks or in association with three different biogenic substrates: Phragmatopoma lapidosa, Sargassum cymosum and Schi ...
... utilization of different biogenic substrates by this species in the intertidal zone. Sampling was carried out by hand at Ubatuba, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Crabs were captured among rocks or in association with three different biogenic substrates: Phragmatopoma lapidosa, Sargassum cymosum and Schi ...
Nucleotide sequence of a segment of Drosophila mitochondrial DNA
... from platyhelminth worms to man, is in the form of a circular molecule of approximately 16.5 kb (1). Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecules from different Drosophila species range in size from 15.7 to 19.5 kb, but this variability can be accounted for by differences in size of the A+T-rich region which ...
... from platyhelminth worms to man, is in the form of a circular molecule of approximately 16.5 kb (1). Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecules from different Drosophila species range in size from 15.7 to 19.5 kb, but this variability can be accounted for by differences in size of the A+T-rich region which ...
C O N S E R V A T I... M U S T E L A L...
... domains were repeatable but plastic between the non-breeding and breeding season. Reintroduced personality-tested animals survived longer if they were bolder but the effect of exploration was either positive or negative depending on spatiotemporal conditions. This is not only interesting for conserv ...
... domains were repeatable but plastic between the non-breeding and breeding season. Reintroduced personality-tested animals survived longer if they were bolder but the effect of exploration was either positive or negative depending on spatiotemporal conditions. This is not only interesting for conserv ...
Experimental Tests of the Dependence of Arthropod Diversity on Plant Diversity
... to test whether rare arthropod species were causing these responses, we repeated these analyses using total effective arthropod species richness (e H′ where H′ ⫽ Shannon’s index) as the response variable. We repeated analyses using observed plant species richness in place of number of species plante ...
... to test whether rare arthropod species were causing these responses, we repeated these analyses using total effective arthropod species richness (e H′ where H′ ⫽ Shannon’s index) as the response variable. We repeated analyses using observed plant species richness in place of number of species plante ...
resources from another place and time: responses to pulses in a
... pulses and subsidies that depend on whether or not the pulsed resource and the subsidy are in phase or out of phase with each other. If a subsidy becomes available or is mobilized primarily during pulse periods (‘‘in phase’’), the subsidy will amplify the pulse, and thus recipients of those amplified ...
... pulses and subsidies that depend on whether or not the pulsed resource and the subsidy are in phase or out of phase with each other. If a subsidy becomes available or is mobilized primarily during pulse periods (‘‘in phase’’), the subsidy will amplify the pulse, and thus recipients of those amplified ...
Sequence Analysis Tools
... • A single mutational event may cause the insertion or deletion of more than one residue • Initial gap is penalized heavily, whereas a lesser penalty is assigned to each subsequent residue in the gap • No widely accepted theory for selecting gap costs • It is rarely necessary to change gap values fr ...
... • A single mutational event may cause the insertion or deletion of more than one residue • Initial gap is penalized heavily, whereas a lesser penalty is assigned to each subsequent residue in the gap • No widely accepted theory for selecting gap costs • It is rarely necessary to change gap values fr ...
Understanding mutualism when there is adaptation to the partner
... (Bronstein 1994b), our understanding of and theoretical insights into this type of interaction are limited (Bronstein 1994b). One factor that might contribute critically to this gap is that in a mutualistic interaction, there is usually adaptation to the partner species, and this may lead to ambigui ...
... (Bronstein 1994b), our understanding of and theoretical insights into this type of interaction are limited (Bronstein 1994b). One factor that might contribute critically to this gap is that in a mutualistic interaction, there is usually adaptation to the partner species, and this may lead to ambigui ...
Integrating bacteria into food webs: Studies with Sarracenia
... among protozoan species by modifying competitive interactions, while at normal field densities, Wyeomyia rapidly drove the two ciliates to extinction but permitted continued existence of heterotrophic microflagellates. Wyeomyia larvae also played a dominant role in structuring the bacterial assembla ...
... among protozoan species by modifying competitive interactions, while at normal field densities, Wyeomyia rapidly drove the two ciliates to extinction but permitted continued existence of heterotrophic microflagellates. Wyeomyia larvae also played a dominant role in structuring the bacterial assembla ...