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2007-01-01
Nisbet, Roger, Anderson, Kurt E., McCauley, Edward, Lewis, Mark A.
Much ecological research involves identifying connections between abiotic forcing and population densities or distributions. We present theory that describes this relationship for populations in media with strong unidirectional flow (e.g., aquatic organisms in streams and rivers). Typically,...
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Spatial ecology of cougars (Puma concolor) in the Cypress Hills: Implications for human-cougar interactions and range expansion
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Cougar (Puma concolor) range is expanding eastward in North America. Understanding how range expansion is occurring in a human-dominated landscape is needed to manage the social and ecological implications of a returning large carnivore. To address this, I used GPS-radio collars and...
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Fall 2018
Human genomic data are being generated at an increasing rate owing to the advancement of high-throughput technology. Wider availability of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics data motivated complex study questions with the intention to gain higher degree of understanding of...
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Testing for trade-offs between flight and reproduction in the mountain pine beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on two pine hosts
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Wijerathna, Asha, Whitehouse, Caroline, Proctor, Heather, Evenden, Maya
Mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) adults fly to disperse before host colonization. The effect of flight on reproduction was tested by comparing the number and quality of offspring from beetles flown on flight mills to that of unflown...
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2019-01-01
Lim, Kyu-Sang, Dong, Qian, Moll, Pamela, Vitkovska, Jana, Wiktorin, Gregor, Bannister, Stephanie, Daujotyte, Dalia, Tuggle, Christopher K., Lunney, Joan K., Plastow, Graham S., Dekkers, Jack C. M.
Background:Gene expression profiling in blood is a potential source of biomarkers to evaluate or predict phenotypic differences between pigs but is expensive and inefficient because of the high abundance of globin mRNA in porcine blood. These limitations can be overcome by the use of QuantSeq...
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The genetic signature of rapid range expansions: How dispersal, growth and invasion speed impact heterozygosity and allele surfing
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Lewis, Mark A. , Coltman, David W. , Goodsman, Devin W., Cooke, Barry
As researchers collect spatiotemporal population and genetic data in tandem, models that connect demography and dispersal to genetics are increasingly relevant. The dominant spatiotemporal model of invasion genetics is the stepping-stone model which represents a gradual range expansion in which...
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The mating system, dispersal behavior and genetic structure of a collared pika (Ochotona collaris: Ochotonidae) population in the southwest Yukon, and a phylogeny of the genus Ochotona.
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Pikas (Ochotona, Ochotonidae) are small, short-eared lagomorphs that inhabit steppes and mountains in northern and central Asia and alpine regions in western North America. I examined the dispersal patterns, genetic structure and mating system of a collared pika (O. collaris) population from the...