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2013-01-01
Krkošek, M., Ashander, J., Lewis, Mark A., Frazer, N.
The exchange of native pathogens between wild and domesticated animals can lead to novel disease threats to wildlife. However, the dynamics of wild host-parasite systems exposed to a reservoir of domesticated hosts are not well understood. A simple mathematical model reveals that the spill-back...
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1995
Scudder, G. G. E., Sinclair, A. R. E., Schmitz, O. J., Turpin, D. H., Hik, D. S., Larter, N. C.
The conservation of species requires preservation of natural habitats. Where the integrity of natural habitats has been upset, species go extinct. All natural habitats are continuing to decline, both inside and outside of reserves. Habitat change is partly a natural process (e.g., succession),...
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Conserving Alberta’s Biodiversity Under a Changing Climate: A Review and Analysis of Adaptation Measures
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As a province and a nation we have committed to conserving our native biodiversity. In this discussion paper I examine this goal through the lens of climate change. The intent is to draw attention to issues that need to be addressed and to illustrate options for adapting our current system of...
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2014-10-27
Wu, Xiaolei , Wafula, Eric , Yan, Zhixiang , Kutchan, Toni M. , Gitzendanner, Matthew A, Shaw, Jonathan A., Chen, Tao. , Wickett, Norman J., Nguyen, Nam , Burleigh, J Gordon , Miles, Nicholas W. , Soltis, Pamela S. , Melkonian, Michael , Deyholos, Michael K. , Matasci, Naim , DeGironimo, Lisa , Samudrala, Ram , Leebens-Mack, Jim , Mirarab, Siavash , Barker, Michael , Sun, Xiao , Soltis, Douglas E. , Rolf, Megan , Tian, Zhijian , Wong, Gane K, Rothfels, Carl , Pokorny, Lisa , Zhang, Yong , Ayyampalayam, Saravanaraj , Graham, Sean W. , Roure, Béatrice, Der, Joshua P., Wang, Jun , Mathews, Sarah , Surek, Barbara , Baucom, Regina S. , Ruhfel, Brad R. , Villarreal, Juan C., Stevenson, Dennis W. , Hung, Ling-Hong , Warnow, Tandy , Philippe, Hervé , Carpenter, Eric J.
The 1,000 plants (1KP) project is an international multi-disciplinary consortium that has generated transcriptome data from over 1,000 plant species, with exemplars for all of the major lineages across the Viridiplantae (green plants) clade. Here, we describe how to access the data used in a...
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Genome-wide assessment of worldwide chicken SNP genetic diversity indicates significant absence of rare alleles in commercial breeds
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MacEachern, Sean , Wong, Gane K. , Groenen, Martien A., Crooijmans, Richard P., Muir, William M. , Delany, Mary E. , Zhang, Huanmin , Zhang, Yong , Lawley, Cindy T., Albers, Gerard A., Jungerius, Annemieke , Okimoto, Ron , Megens, Hendrik-Jan , Wang, Jun , Vereijken, Addie , Cheng, Hans H.
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2000
Wynes, B. B., Wasel, S. S., Schneider, R. R., Dzus, E. E., Hiltz, M. M.
Habitat mapping and habitat supply assessment have been identified as key elements of the Alberta Woodland Caribou Conservation Strategy. Previous studies from northeastern Alberta have shown that caribou select lowland habitat types and avoid upland. The objectives of our study were to determine...
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2005
Hurd, T. E., Hebblewhite, M., Nietvelt, C. G., Paquet, P. C., Fryxell, J. M., White, C. A., Bayley, S. E., McKenzie, J. A.
Abstract: Experimental evidence of trophic cascades initiated by large vertebrate predators is rare in terrestrial ecosystems. A serendipitous natural experiment provided an opportunity to test the trophic cascade hypothesis for wolves (Canis lupus) in Banff National Park, Canada. The first wolf...
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2000
Abbont, S. P., Lumley, T. C., Currah, R. S.
Abstract: During a survey of microfungi from rotting wood in northern Alberta forests, 49 species of ascomycetes, representing 24 genera, and 15 families in seven orders, were recovered. Twenty-eight species are new reports for Alberta, 15 of which are new for Canada, and seven are new for North...
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2008
Eaton, B.R., Shpeley, D., Paszkowski, C.A., Moenting, A.E.
We report myiasis by Lucilia silvarum with an overall prevalence of 0.9% in amphibian populations in boreal Alberta. In the period 1998–1999, we documented L. silvarum infestations in wild populations of wood frog (Rana sylvatica), boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata), boreal toad (Bufo...
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2008
O'Sullivan, N.P., Wong, G.K., Lawley, C.T., McKay, J.C., Groenen, M.A., Fulton, J.E., Crooijmans, R.P., Muir, W.M., Megens, H.J., Cheng, H.H., McLeod, S., Zhang, H.M., Zhang, Y., Albers, G.A.A., Delany, M.E., Settar, P., Okimoto, R., Vereijken, A., Wang, J., Jungerius-Rattink, A.
In 2004 the chicken genome sequence and more than 2.8 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were reported. This information greatly enhanced the ability of poultry scientists to understand chicken biology, especially with respect to identification of quantitative trait loci (QTL) and...