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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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Climbing simulated vegetation to heights of ungulate hosts by larvae of Dermacentor albipictus (Acari: Ixodidae)
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Samuel, W. M., Shostak, A. W., McPherson, M.
Abstract: Larvae of winter ticks, Dermacentor albipictus (Packard), ascend vegetation in autumn and form clumps that attach to passing ungulate hosts. We tested the hypothesis that vegetation height determines the height of clumps. During the vegetation-to-ungulate transmission period (early...
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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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Diet and Growth of Northern Pike in the Absence of Prey Fishes: Initial Consequences for Persisting in Disturbance-Prone Lakes.
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Venturelli, P. A., Tonn, W. M.
The northern pike Esox lucius is a renowned piscivore, but will prey opportunistically on invertebrates (e.g., in small lakes of boreal Alberta, where winterkill can unexpectedly reduce or eliminate prey fishes). We emulated such a disturbance by stocking a fishless lake with northern pike and...
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Experimental evidence for the rapid evolution of behavioral canalization in natural populations
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Lynch, B.R., Trussell, G.C., Palmer, A.R., Edgell, T.C.
Canalization—the evolutionary loss of the capacity of organisms to develop different phenotypes in different environments— is an evolutionary phenomenon suspected to occur widely, although examples in natural populations are elusive. Because behavior is typically a highly flexible component of an...
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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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Independent evolution of leaf and root traits within and among temperate grassland plant communities
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In this study, we used data from temperate grassland plant communities in Alberta, Canada to test two longstanding hypotheses in ecology: 1) that there has been correlated evolution of the leaves and roots of plants due to selection for an integrated whole-plant resource uptake strategy, and 2)...
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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
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...