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2005-01-01
Fagan, William F., Lewis, Mark A., Neubert, Michael G., Aumann, Craig, Apple, Jennifer L., Bishop, John G.
Here we study the spatial dynamics of a coinvading consumer‐resource pair. We present a theoretical treatment with extensive empirical data from a long‐studied field system in which native herbivorous insects attack a population of lupine plants recolonizing a primary successional landscape...
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2008-01-01
We examined whether the intense root competition in a rough fescue grassland plant community in central Alberta, Canada, was important in structuring plant species diversity or community composition. We measured competition intensity across gradients of species richness, evenness, and community...
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2018-07-19
Melodie Kunegel-Lion, Devin W. Goodsman, Mark A. Lewis
In this study, we explore how the functional response framework can be imple- mented in pest management. Here, managers take the role of predators foraging on pests and facing monetary costs for survey and control in a spatial domain where the pest distribution and control strategy do not have to...
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Where did mountain pine beetle populations in Jasper Park come from? Tracking beetles with genetics
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Trevoy, Stephen AL, Janes, Jasmine K, Sperling, Felix AH
The invasion of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopk.) into Alberta has been an ongoing concern for forest management. The beetle’s recent appearance and spread in Jasper National Park now poses ecological and economic threats to forestry in regions to the east. By applying recent...
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Whole-genome duplication and molecular evolution in Cornus L.(Cornaceae)–Insights from transcriptome sequences
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YU, Yan, Soltis, Douglas E, Cheng, Shifeng , Wong, Gane , Manos, Paul S, Song, Bao-Hua , Liu, Xin , Soltis, Pamela S , Xiang, Qiuyun
The pattern and rate of genome evolution have profound consequences in organismal evolution. Whole-genome duplication (WGD), or polyploidy, has been recognized as an important evolutionary mechanism of plant diversification. However, in non-model plants the molecular signals of genome...
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Wild salmon sustain the effectiveness of parasite control on salmon farms: Conservation implications from an evolutionary ecosystem service
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Kreitzman, Maayan, Ashander, Jaime, Driscoll, John, Bateman, Andrew W., Chan, Kai M.A., Lewis, Mark A., Krkošek, Martin
Rapid evolution can increase or maintain the provision of ecosystem services, motivating the conservation of wild species and communities. We detail one such contemporary evosystem service by synthesizing theoretical evidence that rapid evolution can sustain parasiticide efficacy in salmon...
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2012
Potapov, A., Merrill, E., Lewis, M.A.
Disease control by managers is a crucial response to emerging wildlife epidemics, yet the means of control may be limited by the method of disease transmission. In particular, it is widely held that population reduction, while effective for controlling diseases that are subject to...