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Ecology & Evolutionary Biology: Recent submissions
Now showing items 1141-1160 of 1921
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Application of mark-recapture models to estimation of the population size of plants
(Ecological Society of America, 1997-06-01)Mark–recapture models have been widely used in ecology to estimate population sizes of animals. In contrast, estimation of plant population size has usually been assumed to be much easier. However, detection of individuals ... -
Fecundity selection in a sunflower crop-wild study: can ecological data predict crop allele changes?
(Ecological Society of America, 2002-12-01)Genes that spread from transgenic crops to populations of weedy relatives can be a cause of concern if fitness-related, transgenic traits persist and enhance weed invasiveness. Studies of the prevalence of crop-specific ... -
Pollination effectiveness of specialist and generalist visitors to a North Carolina population of Claytonia virginica
(Ecological Society of America, 1981-10-01)We measured the pollination effectiveness and visitation rates of major insect visitors of Claytonia virginica, an obligately insect-pollinated spring wildflower, in a North Carolina deciduous forest. Seed set in the ... -
First Report of Leishmania tropica from a Classical Focus of L. major in North-Sinai, Egypt
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2009-08-01)Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is prevalent in the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula and previous research has consistently documented the etiologic agent to be Leishmania major. We report the first isolation of Leishmania tropica ... -
Bionomics of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the province of Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia
(Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2010-11-01)The bionomics of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) were studied for two successive years (January 1996-December 1997) at 12 collecting stations representing six sectors of the province of Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia. ... -
Leishmaniasis transmission: distribution and coarse-resolution ecology of two vectors and two parasites in Egypt
(Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2014-01-01)Introduction: In past decades, leishmaniasis burden has been low across Egypt; however, changing environment and land use has placed several parts of the country at risk. As a consequence, leishmaniasis has become a ... -
Speciation in Western Scrub-Jays, Haldane’s rule, and genetic clines in secondary contact
(Springer Verlag, 2014-06-19)Background Haldane’s Rule, the tendency for the heterogametic sex to show reduced fertility in hybrid crosses, can obscure the signal of gene flow in mtDNA between species where females are heterogametic. Therefore, it ... -
Conservation Genetics of the Philippine Tarsier: Cryptic Genetic Variation Restructures Conservation Priorities for an Island Archipelago Primate
(Public Library of Science, 2014-08-19)Establishment of conservation priorities for primates is a particular concern in the island archipelagos of Southeast Asia, where rates of habitat destruction are among the highest in the world. Conservation programs require ... -
Mapping Transmission Risk of Lassa Fever in West Africa: The Importance of Quality Control, Sampling Bias, and Error Weighting
(Public Library of Science, 2014-08-08)Lassa fever is a disease that has been reported from sites across West Africa; it is caused by an arenavirus that is hosted by the rodent M. natalensis. Although it is confined to West Africa, and has been documented in ... -
The genus Macroteleia Westwood in Middle Miocene amber from Peru (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae s.l., Scelioninae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2014-06-17)A new species of the scelionine genus Macroteleia Westwood (Platygastridae s.l., Scelioninae) is described and figured from a female beautifully preserved in Middle Miocene amber from Peru. Macroteleia yaguarum Perrichot ... -
Ecology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sinai: linking parasites, vectors and hosts
(Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde, 2014-05-07)Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected clinical form of public health importance that is quite prevalent in the northern and eastern parts of Egypt. A comprehensive study over seven years (January 2005-December 2011) ... -
The Melanopli of Kansas
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Ecology and geography of avian influenza (HPAI H5N1) transmission in the Middle East and northeastern Africa
(BioMed Central, 2009-07-20)Background: The emerging highly pathogenic avian influenza strain H5N1 ("HPAI-H5N1") has spread broadly in the past decade, and is now the focus of considerable concern. We tested the hypothesis that spatial distributions ... -
Correction: Phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic parasite, Polypodium hydriforme, within the Phylum Cnidaria
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Differential gene expression between functionally specialized polyps of the colonial hydrozoan Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus (Phylum Cnidaria)
(BioMed Central, 2014-01-01)Background: A colony of the hydrozoan Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus comprises genetically identical yet morphologically distinct and functionally specialized polyp types. The main labor divisions are between feeding, r ... -
Evolutionary history underlies plant physiological responses to global change since the last glacial maximum
(Wiley, 2014-06-01)Assessing family- and species-level variation in physiological responses to global change across geologic time is critical for understanding factors that underlie changes in species distributions and community composition. ... -
Serendipity at the Smithsonian: The 107-year journey of Rhipidocyrtus muiri Falin & Engel, new genus and species (Ripidiinae, Ripidiini), from jungle beast to valid taxon
(Pensoft Publishers, 2014-06-08)The long and tortuous history of an enigmatic and rare new genus and species of ripidiine wedge beetle (Ripiphoridae: Ripidiinae: Ripidiini) from Borneo is discussed and the taxon described and figured as Rhipidocyrtus ... -
The Cicadellidae of Kansas
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Crossing the Interspecies Barrier: Opening the Door to Zoonotic Pathogens
(Public Library of Science, 2014-06-19)No Abstract