Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
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Data for "A Collection of Ticks from Kansas in the 1980s, with Notes on Range Expansions of Tick Species"
(2024-01-01)A dataset assembled from tick specimens collected and identified by Prof. Donald Mock, of Kansas State University, from across Kansas. -
De novo assembly of a chromosome-level reference genome for the California Scrub-Jay, Aphelocoma californica
(Oxford University Press, 2023-08-17)We announce the assembly of the first de novo reference genome for the California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica). The genus Aphelocoma comprises four currently recognized species including many locally adapted populations ... -
Interactions with fungi vary among Tripsacum dactyloides genotypes from across a precipitation gradient
(Oxford University Press, 2023-11-02)Plant-associated microbes, specifically fungal endophytes, augment the ability of many grasses to adapt to extreme environmental conditions. Tripsacum dactyloides (Eastern gamagrass) is a perennial, drought-tolerant grass ... -
Dynamics of stored lipids in fall migratory monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus): Nectaring in northern Mexico allows recovery from droughts at higher latitudes
(Oxford University Press, 2023-11-24)The eastern population of the North American monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) overwinters from November through March in the high-altitude (3000 m+) forests of central Mexico during which time they rely largely on ... -
Doctors for the people? The problematic distribution of rural service doctors in Ecuador
(Oxford University Press, 2023-07-03)Primary health care is at the core of health systems that aim to ensure equitable health outcomes. With an estimated 36% of rural population, Ecuador has a service year programme (created in 1970) for recently graduated ... -
Data and code for: "Correlative Ecological Niche Model Applications to Predicting Landscape-scale Woody Plant Encroachment in Kansas Tallgrass Prairie Systems"
(2024-06-01)This item is a zip file that include all necessary data and R code involved in the ecological niche models associated with the paper. -
Chromosome-level genome assembly of Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus
(Oxford University Press, 2023-05-18)Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus is a pioneering model organism for stem cell biology, being one of only a few animals with adult pluripotent stem cells (known as i-cells). However, the unavailability of a chromosome-level ... -
Sexual Signals Persist over Deep Time: Ancient Co-option of Bioluminescence for Courtship Displays in Cypridinid Ostracods
(Oxford University Press, 2023-09-10)Although the diversity, beauty, and intricacy of sexually selected courtship displays command the attention of evolutionists, the longevity of these traits in deep time is poorly understood. Population-based theory suggests ... -
Crop Productivity Boosters: Native Mycorrhizal Fungi from an Old-Growth Grassland Benefits Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and Pepper (Capsicum annuum) Varieties in Organically Farmed Soils
(MDPI, 2023-08-04)This paper investigates the response of five tomato and five pepper varieties to native arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal inoculation in an organic farming system. The field experiment was conducted across a growing season ... -
Cnidofest 2022: hot topics in cnidarian research
(BMC, 2023-08-24)The second annual Cnidarian Model Systems Meeting, aka “Cnidofest”, took place in Davis, California from 7 to 10th of September, 2022. The meeting brought together scientists using cnidarians to study molecular and cellular ... -
Arthropods consumed by an immature Marbled Godwit
(1977)Rapid digestive rates often hinder precise analysis of avian stomach contents, especially those containing insects. Thus, there is a paucity of information concerning the identity of prey items consumed by many birds. ... -
One Hundred and Fifty Years of Change on the Great Plains
(University of Kansas Libraries, 2024-03)Robert Benecke (1835-1903) was a St. Louis photographer who was hired by the Kansas Pacific Railroad to take promotional photographs along the entire length of the Railroad. Benecke traveled from Kansas City to Denver in ... -
Relationships among cost, citation, and access in journal publishing by an ecology and evolutionary biology department at a U.S. university
(PeerJ, 2023-01-04)Background: Optimizing access to high-quality scientific journals has become an important priority for academic departments, including the ability to read the scientific literature and the ability to afford to publish ... -
Cryptotis nigrescens (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae)
(2023-12)The blackish small-eared shrew, Cryptotis nigrescens (Allen, 1895), is a blarinine soricid that occurs in high-elevation premontane wet forests and cloud forest in the Central American countries of Costa Rica and Panama. ... -
Innovations that changed Mammalogy: dermestid beetles—the better way to clean skulls
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Specimen collection is essential for modern science [Formal Comment]
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ASM History: Presidents/Vice Presidents
(2023-10)Clinton Hart Merriam (1855–1942), a classically trained medical doctor of the latter 1800s, quit his medical practice in 1885 to follow his lifelong passion of natural history. In 1885, he became the first chief of the ... -
Coevolution of the Tlx homeobox gene with medusa development (Cnidaria: Medusozoa)
(Nature Research, 2023-07-11)Cnidarians display a wide diversity of life cycles. Among the main cnidarian clades, only Medusozoa possesses a swimming life cycle stage called the medusa, alternating with a benthic polyp stage. The medusa stage was ... -
First Report of Small Skeletal Fossils from the Upper Guojiaba Formation (Series 2, Cambrian), Southern Shaanxi, South China
(MDPI, 2023-06-24)A small skeletal fossil assemblage is described for the first time from the bioclastic limestone interbeds of the siltstone-dominated Guojiaba Formation, southern Shaanxi, China. The carbonate-hosted fossils include ... -
Understanding mental health trends during COVID-19 pandemic in the United States using network analysis
(Public Library of Science, 2023-06-08)The emergence of COVID-19 in the United States resulted in a series of federal and state-level lock-downs and COVID-19 related health mandates to manage the spread of the virus. These policies may negatively impact the ...