Geographical ecology of dry forest tree communities in the West Indies - Janet Franklin; Riley Andrade; Mark L. Daniels; Patrick Fairbairn; Maria C. Fandino; Thomas W. Gillespie; Grizelle González; Otto Gonzalez; Daniel Imbert; Valerie Kapos; Daniel L. Kelly; Humfredo Marcano‐Vega; et al. (Journal of Biogeography, 2018)
Aim Seasonally dry tropical forest ( SDTF ) of the Caribbean Islands (primarily West Indies) is floristically distinct from Neotropical SDTF in Central and South America. We evaluate whether tree species composition was associated with climatic gradients or geographical distance. Turnover (dissimilarity) in species composition of different islands or among more distant sites would suggest communities structured by speciation and dispersal limitations. A nested pattern would be consistent with a steep resource gradient. Correlation of species composition with climatic variation would suggest communities structured by broad‐scale environmental filtering. Location The West Indies (The Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia), Providencia (Colombia), south Florida ( USA ) and Florida Keys ( USA ). Taxon Seed plants—woody taxa (primarily trees). Methods We compiled 572 plots from 23 surveys conducted between 1969 and 2016. Hierarchical clustering of species in plots, and indicator species analysis for the resulting groups of sites, identified geographical patterns of turnover in species composition. Nonparametric analysis of variance, applied to principal components of bioclimatic variables, determined the degree of covariation in climate with location. Nestedness versus turnover in species composition was evaluated using beta diversity partitioning. Generalized dissimilarity modelling partitioned the effect of climate versus geographical distance on species composition. Results Despite a set of commonly occurring species, SDTF tree community composition was distinct among islands and was characterized by spatial turnover on climatic gradients that covaried with geographical gradients. Greater Antillean islands were characterized by endemic indicator species. Northern subtropical areas supported distinct, rather than nested, SDTF communities in spite of low levels of endemism. Main conclusions The SDTF species composition was correlated with climatic variation. SDTF on large Greater Antillean islands (Hispaniola, Jamaica and Cuba) was characterized by endemic species, consistent with their geological history and the biogeography of plant lineages. These results suggest that both environmental filtering and speciation shape Caribbean SDTF tree communities.

ALOHA From the Edge: Reconciling Three Decades of in Situ Eulerian Observations and Geographic Variability in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre - Maria T. Kavanaugh; Matthew J. Church; Curtiss O. Davis; David M. Karl; Ricardo M. Letelier; Scott C. Doney (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018)

Multivariate analysis of historical data (2004–2013) in assessing the possible environmental impact of the Bellolampo landfill (Palermo) - Serena Indelicato; David Bongiorno; Nicola Tuzzolino; Maria Rosaria Mannino; Rosalia Muscarella; Pasquale Fradella; Maria Elena Gargano; Salvatore Nicosia; Leopoldo Ceraulo (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2018)

Diurnal variations in personal care products in seawater and mussels at three Mediterranean coastal sites - Marina Picot-Groz; Hélène Fenet; Maria Jesus Martinez Bueno; David Rosain; Elena Gomez (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Challenges in assessing the real incidence of chronic lymphocytic leukemia: 16 years of epidemiological data from the province of Girona, Spain - Marta Solans; Gemma Osca-Gelis; Raquel Comas; Josep Maria Roncero; David Gallardo; Rafael Marcos-Gragera; Marc Saez (Cancer Causes & Control, 2018)

First Deployment and Validation of in Situ Silicate Electrochemical Sensor in Seawater - Carole Barus; Dancheng Chen Legrand; Nicolas Striebig; Benoit Jugeau; Arnaud David; Maria Valladares; Praxedes Munoz Parra; Marcel E. Ramos; Boris Dewitte; Véronique Garçon (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018)

Monitoring of Francisella noatunensis subsp. orientalis in farmed Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Brazil - Marianna Vaz Rodrigues; Claire Juliana Francisco; Gianmarco S. David; Reinaldo José da Silva; Maria Fernanda Falcone-Dias; João Pessoa Araújo Júnior (Aquaculture International, 2018)

Designing connected marine reserves in the face of global warming - Jorge G. Álvarez‐Romero; Adrián Munguía‐Vega; Maria Beger; Maria del Mar Mancha‐Cisneros; Alvin N. Suárez‐Castillo; Georgina G. Gurney; Robert L. Pressey; Leah R. Gerber; Hem Nalini Morzaria‐Luna; Héctor Reyes‐Bonilla; Vanessa M. Adams; Melanie Kolb; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2018)
Marine reserves are widely used to protect species important for conservation and fisheries and to help maintain ecological processes that sustain their populations, including recruitment and dispersal. Achieving these goals requires well‐connected networks of marine reserves that maximize larval connectivity, thus allowing exchanges between populations and recolonization after local disturbances. However, global warming can disrupt connectivity by shortening potential dispersal pathways through changes in larval physiology. These changes can compromise the performance of marine reserve networks, thus requiring adjusting their design to account for ocean warming. To date, empirical approaches to marine prioritization have not considered larval connectivity as affected by global warming. Here, we develop a framework for designing marine reserve networks that integrates graph theory and changes in larval connectivity due to potential reductions in planktonic larval duration ( PLD ) associated with ocean warming, given current socioeconomic constraints. Using the Gulf of California as case study, we assess the benefits and costs of adjusting networks to account for connectivity, with and without ocean warming. We compare reserve networks designed to achieve representation of species and ecosystems with networks designed to also maximize connectivity under current and future ocean‐warming scenarios. Our results indicate that current larval connectivity could be reduced significantly under ocean warming because of shortened PLD s. Given the potential changes in connectivity, we show that our graph‐theoretical approach based on centrality (eigenvector and distance‐weighted fragmentation) of habitat patches can help design better‐connected marine reserve networks for the future with equivalent costs. We found that maintaining dispersal connectivity incidentally through representation‐only reserve design is unlikely, particularly in regions with strong asymmetric patterns of dispersal connectivity. Our results support previous studies suggesting that, given potential reductions in PLD due to ocean warming, future marine reserve networks would require more and/or larger reserves in closer proximity to maintain larval connectivity.

IL-33 signalling in liver immune cells enhances drug-induced liver injury and inflammation - Maísa Mota Antunes; Alan Moreira Araújo; Ariane Barros Diniz; Rafaela Vaz Sousa Pereira; Débora Moreira Alvarenga; Bruna Araújo David; Renata Monti Rocha; Maria Alice Freitas Lopes; Sarah Cozzer Marchesi; Brenda Naemi Nakagaki; Érika Carvalho; Pedro Elias Marques; et al. (Inflammation Research, 2018)

Acute and repetitive fronto-cerebellar tDCS stimulation improves mood in non-depressed participants - Simon Newstead; Hayley Young; David Benton; Gabriela Jiga-Boy; Maria L. Andrade Sienz; R. M. Clement; Frédéric Boy (Experimental Brain Research, 2018)

Brain cortical characteristics of lifetime cognitive ageing - Simon R. Cox; Mark E. Bastin; Stuart J. Ritchie; David Alexander Dickie; Dave C. Liewald; Susana Muñoz Maniega; Paul Redmond; Natalie A. Royle; Alison Pattie; Maria Valdés Hernández; Janie Corley; Benjamin S. Aribisala; et al. (Brain Structure and Function, 2018)

Effect of food density and hydrodynamic conditions on the survival and growth of the stalked barnacle Pollicipes pollicipes - Ana Torres; Ana Pombo; Joana Fernandes; Daniela Nobre; Maria Seabra; Teresa Silva; João Castro; Sofia Franco; Anthony Clare; David Jacinto; Teresa Cruz (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018)

The invisibility of fisheries in the process of hydropower development across the Amazon - Carolina Rodrigues da Costa Doria; Simone Athayde; Elineide E. Marques; Maria Alice Leite Lima; Jynessa Dutka-Gianelli; Mauro Luis Ruffino; David Kaplan; Carlos E. C. Freitas; Victoria N. Isaac (Ambio, 2017)

The snow vole Chionomys nivalis (Martins, 1842) (Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetidae) on the Sibillini Mountains (Central Italy) - Armando Nappi; Andrea Maria Paci; Maurizio Fusari; Angela Gaggi; David Fiacchini; Carmine Romano; Riccardo Castiglia; Flavia Annesi; Giovanni Amori; Paolo Mosci; Giovanni Ricci (Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali, 2017)

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Pulmonary Diseases Associated with Aspergillosis: Is There a Connection? - Maria N. Gamaletsou; David W. Denning (Mycopathologia, 2017)

Assembling Ecological Pieces to Reconstruct the Conservation Puzzle of the Aegean Sea - Maria Sini; Stelios Katsanevakis; Nikoleta Koukourouvli; Vasilis Gerovasileiou; Thanos Dailianis; Lene Buhl-Mortensen; Dimitris Damalas; Panagiotis Dendrinos; Xenophon Dimas; Alexandros Frantzis; Vasilis Gerakaris; Sylvaine Giakoumi; et al. (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017)

Emerging Technologies and Synergies for Airborne and Space-Based Measurements of Water Vapor Profiles - Amin R. Nehrir; Christoph Kiemle; Mathew D. Lebsock; Gottfried Kirchengast; Stefan A. Buehler; Ulrich Löhnert; Cong-Liang Liu; Peter C. Hargrave; Maria Barrera-Verdejo; David M. Winker (Surveys in Geophysics, 2017)
A deeper understanding of how clouds will respond to a warming climate is one of the outstanding challenges in climate science. Uncertainties in the response of clouds, and particularly shallow clouds, have been identified as the dominant source of the discrepancy in model estimates of equilibrium climate sensitivity. As the community gains a deeper understanding of the many processes involved, there is a growing appreciation of the critical role played by fluctuations in water vapor and the coupling of water vapor and atmospheric circulations. Reduction of uncertainties in cloud-climate feedbacks and convection initiation as well as improved understanding of processes governing these effects will result from profiling of water vapor in the lower troposphere with improved accuracy and vertical resolution compared to existing airborne and space-based measurements. This paper highlights new technologies and improved measurement approaches for measuring lower tropospheric water vapor and their expected added value to current observations. Those include differential absorption lidar and radar, microwave occultation between low-Earth orbiters, and hyperspectral microwave remote sensing. Each methodology is briefly explained, and measurement capabilities as well as the current technological readiness for aircraft and satellite implementation are specified. Potential synergies between the technologies are discussed, actual examples hereof are given, and future perspectives are explored. Based on technical maturity and the foreseen near-mid-term development path of the various discussed measurement approaches, we find that improved measurements of water vapor throughout the troposphere would greatly benefit from the combination of differential absorption lidar focusing on the lower troposphere with passive remote sensors constraining the upper-tropospheric humidity.

Characterization of Phaeoacremonium isolates associated with Petri disease of table grape in Northeastern Brazil, with description of Phaeoacremonium nordesticola sp. nov. - Marcondes Araújo da Silva; Kamila Câmara Correia; Maria Angélica Guimarães Barbosa; Marcos Paz Saraiva Câmara; David Gramaje; Sami J. Michereff (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2017)

Risk and protective factors for structural brain ageing in the eighth decade of life - Stuart J. Ritchie; Elliot M. Tucker-Drob; Simon R. Cox; David Alexander Dickie; Maria del C. Valdés Hernández; Janie Corley; Natalie A. Royle; Paul Redmond; Susana Muñoz Maniega; Alison Pattie; Benjamin S. Aribisala; Adele M. Taylor; et al. (Brain Structure and Function, 2017)

A global synthesis of the effects of diversified farming systems on arthropod diversity within fields and across agricultural landscapes - Elinor M. Lichtenberg; Christina M. Kennedy; Claire Kremen; Péter Batáry; Frank Berendse; Riccardo Bommarco; Nilsa A. Bosque‐Pérez; Luísa G. Carvalheiro; William E. Snyder; Neal M. Williams; Rachael Winfree; Björn K. Klatt; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2017)
Agricultural intensification is a leading cause of global biodiversity loss, which can reduce the provisioning of ecosystem services in managed ecosystems. Organic farming and plant diversification are farm management schemes that may mitigate potential ecological harm by increasing species richness and boosting related ecosystem services to agroecosystems. What remains unclear is the extent to which farm management schemes affect biodiversity components other than species richness, and whether impacts differ across spatial scales and landscape contexts. Using a global metadataset, we quantified the effects of organic farming and plant diversification on abundance, local diversity (communities within fields), and regional diversity (communities across fields) of arthropod pollinators, predators, herbivores, and detritivores. Both organic farming and higher in‐field plant diversity enhanced arthropod abundance, particularly for rare taxa. This resulted in increased richness but decreased evenness. While these responses were stronger at local relative to regional scales, richness and abundance increased at both scales, and richness on farms embedded in complex relative to simple landscapes. Overall, both organic farming and in‐field plant diversification exerted the strongest effects on pollinators and predators, suggesting these management schemes can facilitate ecosystem service providers without augmenting herbivore (pest) populations. Our results suggest that organic farming and plant diversification promote diverse arthropod metacommunities that may provide temporal and spatial stability of ecosystem service provisioning. Conserving diverse plant and arthropod communities in farming systems therefore requires sustainable practices that operate both within fields and across landscapes.

Determination of the soil moisture recession constant from satellite data: a case study of the Yucatan peninsula - David Romero; Edgar Torres-Irineo; Stefan Kern; Roger Orellana; Maria Engracia Hernandez-Cerda (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2017)

Mollusc species richness and abundance from shelf to abyssal depths in the Ross Sea (Antarctica): the importance of fine-mesh-towed gears and implications for future sampling - Claudio Ghiglione; Maria Chiara Alvaro; Paola Piazza; David Bowden; Huw J. Griffiths; Cinzia Carota; Consuelo R. Nava; Stefano Schiaparelli (Polar Biology, 2017)

Nosocomial Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis: Two Cases with a Temporal Relationship - Justo Sánchez-Gil; Emilio Guirao-Arrabal; Ginés David Parra-García; María del Pilar Luzón-García; Maria Fe Bautista-Marín; Matías Barayobre-Barayobre; Andrés Fontalba-Navas (Mycopathologia, 2017)

Defining the importance of landscape metrics for large branchiopod biodiversity and conservation: the case of the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands - Jordi Sala; Stéphanie Gascón; David Cunillera-Montcusí; Miguel Alonso; Francisco Amat; Luís Cancela da Fonseca; Margarida Cristo; Margarita Florencio; Juan García-de-Lomas; Margarida Machado; Maria Rosa Miracle; Alexandre Miró; et al. (Hydrobiologia, 2017)

Human subcortical brain asymmetries in 15,847 people worldwide reveal effects of age and sex - Tulio Guadalupe; Samuel R. Mathias; Theo G. M. vanErp; Christopher D. Whelan; Marcel P. Zwiers; Yoshinari Abe; Lucija Abramovic; Ingrid Agartz; Ole A. Andreassen; Alejandro Arias-Vásquez; Benjamin S. Aribisala; Nicola J. Armstrong; et al. (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2017)

Incidence and risk factors of acute akathisia in 493 individuals with first episode non-affective psychosis: a 6-week randomised study of antipsychotic treatment - Maria Juncal-Ruiz; Mariluz Ramirez-Bonilla; Jorge Gomez-Arnau; Victor Ortiz-Garcia de la Foz; Paula Suarez-Pinilla; Obdulia Martinez-Garcia; Karl David Neergaard; Rafael Tabares-Seisdedos; Benedicto Crespo-Facorro (Psychopharmacology, 2017)

Micelles, Rods, Liposomes, and Other Supramolecular Surfactant Aggregates: Computational Approaches - Serena Indelicato; David Bongiorno; Valentina Calabrese; Ugo Perricone; Anna Maria Almerico; Leopoldo Ceraulo; Daniela Piazzese; Marco Tutone (Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences, 2017)

Association mapping reveals loci associated with multiple traits that affect grain yield and adaptation in soft winter wheat - Dennis N. Lozada; R. Esten Mason; Md Ali Babar; Brett F. Carver; Gina-Brown Guedira; Keith Merrill; Maria Nelly Arguello; Andrea Acuna; Lucas Vieira; Amanda Holder; Christopher Addison; David E. Moon; et al. (Euphytica, 2017)

Maximum covariance analysis to identify intraseasonal oscillations over tropical Brazil - Naurinete J. C. Barreto; Michel d. S. Mesquita; David Mendes; Maria H. C. Spyrides; George U. Pedra; Paulo S. Lucio (Climate Dynamics, 2017)

The influence of different aluminium compounds on the hippocampal morphofunctional state and conditioning in mice - Iaroslavna A. Kuznetsova; David A. Areshidze; Maria A. Kozlova (Toxicology and Environmental Health Sciences, 2017)

Organic Agriculture 3.0 is innovation with research - Gerold Rahmann; M. Reza Ardakani; Paolo Bàrberi; Herwart Boehm; Stefano Canali; Mahesh Chander; Wahyudi David; Lucas Dengel; Jan Willem Erisman; Ana C. Galvis-Martinez; Ulrich Hamm; Johannes Kahl; et al. (Organic Agriculture, 2017)

Streptomyces asenjonii sp. nov., isolated from hyper-arid Atacama Desert soils and emended description of Streptomyces viridosporus Pridham et al. 1958 - Michael Goodfellow; Kanungnid Busarakam; Hamidah Idris; David P. Labeda; Imen Nouioui; Roselyn Brown; Byung-Yong Kim; Maria del Carmen Montero-Calasanz; Barbara A. Andrews; Alan T. Bull (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2017)

Growing season carbon gas exchange from peatlands used as a source of vegetation donor material for restoration - Kimberley R. Murray; Andrea K. Borkenhagen; David J. Cooper; Maria Strack (Wetlands Ecology and Management, 2017)

Oxidative discolouration in whole-head and cut lettuce: biochemical and environmental influences on a complex phenotype and potential breeding strategies to improve shelf-life - Paul J. Hunter; Laura D. Atkinson; Laura Vickers; Stella Lignou; Maria Jose Oruna-Concha; David Pink; Paul Hand; Guy Barker; Carol Wagstaff; James M. Monaghan (Euphytica, 2017)
Lettuce discolouration is a key post-harvest trait. The major enzyme controlling oxidative discolouration has long been considered to be polyphenol oxidase (PPO) however, levels of PPO and subsequent development of discolouration symptoms have not always correlated. The predominance of a latent state of the enzyme in plant tissues combined with substrate activation and contemporaneous suicide inactivation mechanisms are considered as potential explanations for this phenomenon. Leaf tissue physical properties have been associated with subsequent discolouration and these may be influenced by variation in nutrient availability, especially excess nitrogen and head maturity at harvest. Mild calcium and irrigation stress has also been associated with a reduction in subsequent discolouration, although excess irrigation has been linked to increased discolouration potentially through leaf physical properties. These environmental factors, including high temperature and UV light intensities, often have impacts on levels of phenolic compounds linking the environmental responses to the biochemistry of the PPO pathway. Breeding strategies targeting the PAL and PPO pathway biochemistry and environmental response genes are discussed as a more cost-effective method of mitigating oxidative discolouration then either modified atmosphere packaging or post-harvest treatments, although current understanding of the biochemistry means that such programs are likely to be limited in nature and it is likely that they will need to be deployed alongside other methods for the foreseeable future.

Steric sea level variability (1993–2010) in an ensemble of ocean reanalyses and objective analyses - Andrea Storto; Simona Masina; Magdalena Balmaseda; Stéphanie Guinehut; Yan Xue; Tanguy Szekely; Ichiro Fukumori; Gael Forget; You-Soon Chang; Simon A. Good; Armin Köhl; Guillaume Vernieres; et al. (Climate Dynamics, 2017)

Geography, institutions and development: a review of the long-run impacts of climate change - David Castells-Quintana; Maria del Pilar Lopez-Uribe; Thomas K.J. McDermott (Climate and Development, 2017)

Functional Redundancy Facilitates Resilience of Subarctic Phytoplankton Assemblages toward Ocean Acidification and High Irradiance - Clara J. M. Hoppe; Nina Schuback; David M. Semeniuk; Maria T. Maldonado; Björn Rost (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017)

Neurodegeneration Alters Metabolic Profile and Sirt 1 Signaling in High-Fat-Induced Obese Mice - Leandro Ceotto Freitas Lima; Soraya Wilke Saliba; João Marcus Oliveira Andrade; Maria Luisa Cunha; Puebla Cassini-Vieira; John David Feltenberger; Lucíola Silva Barcelos; André Luiz Sena Guimarães; Alfredo Mauricio Batista de-Paula; Antônio Carlos Pinheiro de Oliveira; Sérgio Henrique Sousa Santos (Molecular Neurobiology, 2017)

Cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of silver nanoparticle/carboxymethyl cellulose on Allium cepa - Aline A. Becaro; Maria Célia Siqueira; Fernanda C. Puti; Marcia Regina de Moura; Daniel S. Correa; José Manoel Marconcini; Luiz H. C. Mattoso; Marcos David Ferreira (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2017)

Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders in HIV-infected individuals in Rakai, Uganda - Mahsa Abassi; Bozena M. Morawski; Gertrude Nakigozi; Noeline Nakasujja; Xiangrong Kong; David B. Meya; Kevin Robertson; Ronald Gray; Maria J. Wawer; Ned Sacktor; David R. Boulware (Journal of NeuroVirology, 2017)

Neonatal Immune Challenge with Lipopolysaccharide Triggers Long-lasting Sex- and Age-related Behavioral and Immune/Neurotrophic Alterations in Mice: Relevance to Autism Spectrum Disorders - Charllyany Sabino Custódio; Bruna Stefânia Ferreira Mello; Adriano José Maia Chaves Filho; Camila Nayane de Carvalho Lima; Rafaela Carneiro Cordeiro; Fábio Miyajima; Gislaine Z. Réus; Silvânia Maria Mendes Vasconcelos; Tatiana Barichello; João Quevedo; Antônio Carlos de Oliveira; David Freitas de Lucena; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2017)

Streptomyces aridus sp. nov., isolated from a high altitude Atacama Desert soil and emended description of Streptomyces noboritoensis Isono et al. 1957 - Hamidah Idris; David P. Labeda; Imen Nouioui; Jean Franco Castro; Maria del Carmen Montero-Calasanz; Alan T. Bull; Juan A. Asenjo; Michael Goodfellow (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2017)

First detection of avian influenza virus (H4N7) in Giant Petrel monitored by geolocators in the Antarctic region - Elisa de Souza Petersen; Jansen de Araujo; Lucas Krüger; Marina M. Seixas; Tatiana Ometto; Luciano M. Thomazelli; David Walker; Edison Luiz Durigon; Maria Virginia Petry (Marine Biology, 2017)

Genetic and phenotypic dissection of 1q43q44 microdeletion syndrome and neurodevelopmental phenotypes associated with mutations in ZBTB18 and HNRNPU - Christel Depienne; Caroline Nava; Boris Keren; Solveig Heide; Agnès Rastetter; Sandrine Passemard; Sandra Chantot-Bastaraud; Marie-Laure Moutard; Pankaj B. Agrawal; Grace VanNoy; Joan M. Stoler; David J. Amor; et al. (Human Genetics, 2017)

Historic grazing in southern New England, USA, recorded by fungal spores in lake sediments - Maria E. Orbay-Cerrato; W. Wyatt Oswald; Elaine D. Doughty; David R. Foster; Brian R. Hall (Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 2017)

GDF11 Treatment Attenuates the Recovery of Skeletal Muscle Function After Injury in Older Rats - Yu Zhou; Neel Sharma; David Dukes; Maria B. Myzithras; Priyanka Gupta; Ashraf Khalil; Julius Kahn; Jennifer S. Ahlberg; David B. Hayes; Michael Franti; Tracy Criswell (The AAPS Journal, 2017)

Oxycodone self-administration in male and female rats - Maria Mavrikaki; Marco Pravetoni; Sarah Page; David Potter; Elena Chartoff (Psychopharmacology, 2017)

Electromyographic assessment of paratonia - Lucio Marinelli; Laura Mori; Matteo Pardini; David Beversdorf; Leonardo Cocito; Antonio Currà; Francesco Fattapposta; Maria Felice Ghilardi; Giovanni Abbruzzese; Carlo Trompetto (Experimental Brain Research, 2017)

Recruiting families at risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer from a statewide cancer registry: a methodological study - Maria C. Katapodi; Deb Duquette; James J. Yang; Kari Mendelsohn-Victor; Beth Anderson; Christos Nikolaidis; Emily Mancewicz; Laurel L. Northouse; Sonia Duffy; David Ronis; Kara J. Milliron; Nicole Probst-Herbst; et al. (Cancer Causes & Control, 2017)

Chemical ecology meets conservation biological control: identifying plant volatiles as predictors of floral resource suitability for an egg parasitoid of stink bugs - Maria Cristina Foti; Michael Rostás; Ezio Peri; Kye Chung Park; Takoua Slimani; Stephen David Wratten; Stefano Colazza (Journal of Pest Science, 2017)

JC virus granule cell neuronopathy in the setting of chronic lymphopenia treated with recombinant interleukin-7 - David N. Soleimani-Meigooni; Katherine E. Schwetye; Maria Reyes Angeles; Caroline F. Ryschkewitsch; Eugene O. Major; Xin Dang; Igor J. Koralnik; Robert E. Schmidt; David B. Clifford; F. Matthew Kuhlmann; Robert C. Bucelli (Journal of NeuroVirology, 2017)

Atmospheric and Fluvial Nutrients Fuel Algal Blooms in the East China Sea - Katherine R. M. Mackey; Maria T. Kavanaugh; Fujiang Wang; Ying Chen; Fei Liu; David M. Glover; Chia-Te Chien; Adina Paytan (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017)

Rarity of Nanipora kamurai (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Helioporacea) at its type locality - Yu Miyazaki; Maria Eduarda Alves Santos; Shiori Kunihiro; David K. Weinstein; James Davis Reimer (Marine Biodiversity, 2016)

Supplementary feeding with thermally treated cereals in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) pond farming and its effects on water quality, nutrient budget and zooplankton and zoobenthos assemblages - David Hlaváč; Maria Anton-Pardo; Jan Másílko; Pavel Hartman; Ján Regenda; Pavel Vejsada; Marek Baxa; Libor Pechar; Olga Valentová; Lucie Všetičková; Bořek Drozd; Zdeněk Adámek (Aquaculture International, 2016)

Mapping ‘hydroscapes’ along the iso‐ to anisohydric continuum of stomatal regulation of plant water status - Frederick C. Meinzer; David R. Woodruff; Danielle E. Marias; Duncan D. Smith; Katherine A. McCulloh; Ava R. Howard; Alicia L. Magedman (Ecology Letters, 2016)
The concept of iso‐ vs. anisohydry has been used to describe the stringency of stomatal regulation of plant water potential (ψ). However, metrics that accurately and consistently quantify species’ operating ranges along a continuum of iso‐ to anisohydry have been elusive. Additionally, most approaches to quantifying iso/anisohydry require labour‐intensive measurements during prolonged drought. We evaluated new and previously developed metrics of stringency of stomatal regulation of ψ during soil drying in eight woody species and determined whether easily‐determined leaf pressure–volume traits could serve as proxies for their degree of iso‐ vs. anisohydry. Two metrics of stringency of stomatal control of ψ, (1) a ‘hydroscape’ incorporating the landscape of ψ over which stomata control ψ, and (2) the slope of the daily range of ψ as pre‐dawn ψ declined, were strongly correlated with each other and with the leaf osmotic potential at full and zero turgor derived from pressure–volume curves.

Haptic feedback helps bipedal coordination - Eefje G. J. Roelofsen; Jurjen Bosga; David A. Rosenbaum; Maria W. G. Nijhuis-van der Sanden; Wim Hullegie; Robert van Cingel; Ruud G. J. Meulenbroek (Experimental Brain Research, 2016)

A prognostic model for advanced colorectal neoplasia recurrence - Lin Liu; Karen Messer; John A. Baron; David A. Lieberman; Elizabeth T. Jacobs; Amanda J. Cross; Gwen Murphy; Maria Elena Martinez; Samir Gupta (Cancer Causes & Control, 2016)

The revisited genome of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 enlightens its value as a robust metabolic chassis - Eugeni Belda; Ruben G. A. van Heck; Maria José Lopez‐Sanchez; Stéphane Cruveiller; Valérie Barbe; Claire Fraser; Hans‐Peter Klenk; Jörn Petersen; Anne Morgat; Pablo I. Nikel; David Vallenet; Zoé Rouy; et al. (Environmental Microbiology, 2016)
Summary By the time the complete genome sequence of the soil bacterium Pseudomonas putida KT2440 was published in 2002 (Nelson et al ., ) this bacterium was considered a potential agent for environmental bioremediation of industrial waste and a good colonizer of the rhizosphere. However, neither the annotation tools available at that time nor the scarcely available omics data—let alone metabolic modeling and other nowadays common systems biology approaches—allowed them to anticipate the astonishing capacities that are encoded in the genetic complement of this unique microorganism. In this work we have adopted a suite of state‐of‐the‐art genomic analysis tools to revisit the functional and metabolic information encoded in the chromosomal sequence of strain KT2440. We identified 242 new protein‐coding genes and re‐annotated the functions of 1548 genes, which are linked to almost 4900 PubMed references. Catabolic pathways for 92 compounds (carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus sources) that could not be accommodated by the previously constructed metabolic models were also predicted. The resulting examination not only accounts for some of the known stress tolerance traits known in P. putida but also recognizes the capacity of this bacterium to perform difficult redox reactions, thereby multiplying its value as a platform microorganism for industrial biotechnology.

Toward a Quality-Controlled and Accessible Pitzer Model for Seawater and Related Systems - David R. Turner; Eric P. Achterberg; Chen-Tung A. Chen; Simon L. Clegg; Vanessa Hatje; Maria T. Maldonado; Sylvia G. Sander; Constant M. G. van den Berg; Mona Wells (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016)

Stable isotopes and digital elevation models to study nutrient inputs in high-arctic lakes - Edoardo Calizza; Maria Letizia Costantini; David Rossi; Vittorio Pasquali; Giulio Careddu; Loreto Rossi (Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali, 2016)

An Evaluation of Using Various Admixtures of Green Liquor Dregs, a Residual Product, as a Sealing Layer on Reactive Mine Tailings - Maria Mäkitalo; David Stenman; Fatai Ikumapayi; Christian Maurice; Björn Öhlander (Mine Water and the Environment, 2016)

First record of living Acesta (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from an Antarctic seamount - Paola Piazza; Maria Chiara Alvaro; David A. Bowden; Malcom R. Clark; Nicola Conci; Claudio Ghiglione; Stefano Schiaparelli (Marine Biodiversity, 2016)

Topography‐driven isolation, speciation and a global increase of endemism with elevation - Manuel J. Steinbauer; Richard Field; John‐Arvid Grytnes; Panayiotis Trigas; Claudine Ah‐Peng; Fabio Attorre; H. John B. Birks; Paulo A. V. Borges; Pedro Cardoso; Chang‐Hung Chou; Michele De Sanctis; Miguel M. de Sequeira; et al. (Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2016)
Aim Higher‐elevation areas on islands and continental mountains tend to be separated by longer distances, predicting higher endemism at higher elevations; our study is the first to test the generality of the predicted pattern. We also compare it empirically with contrasting expectations from hypotheses invoking higher speciation with area, temperature and species richness. Location Thirty‐two insular and 18 continental elevational gradients from around the world. Methods We compiled entire floras with elevation‐specific occurrence information, and calculated the proportion of native species that are endemic (‘percent endemism’) in 100‐m bands, for each of the 50 elevational gradients. Using generalized linear models, we tested the relationships between percent endemism and elevation, isolation, temperature, area and species richness. Results Percent endemism consistently increased monotonically with elevation, globally. This was independent of richness–elevation relationships, which had varying shapes but decreased with elevation at high elevations. The endemism–elevation relationships were consistent with isolation‐related predictions, but inconsistent with hypotheses related to area, richness and temperature. Main conclusions Higher per‐species speciation rates caused by increasing isolation with elevation are the most plausible and parsimonious explanation for the globally consistent pattern of higher endemism at higher elevations that we identify. We suggest that topography‐driven isolation increases speciation rates in mountainous areas, across all elevations and increasingly towards the equator. If so, it represents a mechanism that may contribute to generating latitudinal diversity gradients in a way that is consistent with both present‐day and palaeontological evidence.

Identification of Dominant Excitation Patterns and Sources of Atrial Fibrillation by Causality Analysis - Miguel Rodrigo; Andreu M. Climent; Alejandro Liberos; David Calvo; Francisco Fernández-Avilés; Omer Berenfeld; Felipe Atienza; Maria S. Guillem (Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2016)

Erratum to: Vegfr3-CreER T2 mouse, a new genetic tool for targeting the lymphatic system - Ines Martinez-Corral; Lukas Stanczuk; Maike Frye; Maria Helena Ulvmar; Rodrigo Diéguez-Hurtado; David Olmeda; Taija Makinen; Sagrario Ortega (Angiogenesis, 2016)

Vegfr3-CreER T2 mouse, a new genetic tool for targeting the lymphatic system - Ines Martinez-Corral; Lukas Stanczuk; Maike Frye; Maria Helena Ulvmar; Rodrigo Diéguez-Hurtado; David Olmeda; Taija Makinen; Sagrario Ortega (Angiogenesis, 2016)

Using 67Cu to Study the Biogeochemical Cycling of Copper in the Northeast Subarctic Pacific Ocean - David M. Semeniuk; Randelle M. Bundy; Anna M. Posacka; Marie Robert; Katherine A. Barbeau; Maria T. Maldonado (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016)

Assessing biodiversity vulnerability to climate change: testing different methodologies for Portuguese herpetofauna - Maria João Cruz; Elisabeth Maria Rogier Robert; Tiago Costa; David Avelar; Rui Rebelo; Mário Pulquério (Regional Environmental Change, 2016)

Factors affecting biodiversity on hermit crab shells - Piotr Balazy; Piotr Kuklinski; Maria Włodarska-Kowalczuk; Marta Gluchowska; David K. A. Barnes (Hydrobiologia, 2016)

Shifts of attention bias awareness of voluntary and reflexive eye movements - Maria M. Robinson; David E. Irwin (Experimental Brain Research, 2016)

Socio-climatic hotspots in Brazil: how do changes driven by the new set of IPCC climatic projections affect their relevance for policy? - João Paulo Darela Filho; David M. Lapola; Roger R. Torres; Maria Carmen Lemos (Climatic Change, 2016)

Layer-specific interhemispheric functional connectivity in the somatosensory cortex of rats: resting state electrophysiology and fMRI studies - Kwangyeol Baek; Woo Hyun Shim; Jaeseung Jeong; Harsha Radhakrishnan; Bruce R. Rosen; David Boas; Maria Franceschini; Bharat B. Biswal; Young R. Kim (Brain Structure and Function, 2016)

Site-scale isotopic variations along a river course help localize drainage basin influence on river food webs - Flavia Bentivoglio; Edoardo Calizza; David Rossi; Pasquale Carlino; Giulio Careddu; Loreto Rossi; Maria Letizia Costantini (Hydrobiologia, 2016)

Erratum to: Quantifying the legacy of the Chinese Neolithic on the maternal genetic heritage of Taiwan and Island Southeast Asia - Andreia Brandão; Ken Khong Eng; Teresa Rito; Bruno Cavadas; David Bulbeck; Francesca Gandini; Maria Pala; Maru Mormina; Bob Hudson; Joyce White; Tsang-Ming Ko; Mokhtar Saidin; et al. (Human Genetics, 2016)

Chemical composition in wild ethiopian Arabica coffee accessions - Maria Brígida dos Santos Scholz; Cíntia Sorane Good Kitzberger; Natalia Ferrarezi Pagiatto; Luiz Filipe Protasio Pereira; Fabrice Davrieux; David Pot; Pierre Charmetant; Thierry Leroy (Euphytica, 2016)

Propensity to metal accumulation and oxidative stress responses of two benthic species (Cerastoderma edule and Nephtys hombergii): are tolerance processes limiting their responsiveness? - Ana Marques; David Piló; Olinda Araújo; Fábio Pereira; Sofia Guilherme; Susana Carvalho; Maria Ana Santos; Mário Pacheco; Patrícia Pereira (Ecotoxicology, 2016)

Association of genetic susceptibility variants for type 2 diabetes with breast cancer risk in women of European ancestry - Zhiguo Zhao; Wanqing Wen; Kyriaki Michailidou; Manjeet K. Bolla; Qin Wang; Ben Zhang; Jirong Long; Xiao-Ou Shu; Marjanka K. Schmidt; Roger L. Milne; Montserrat García-Closas; Jenny Chang-Claude; et al. (Cancer Causes & Control, 2016)

Carbon dynamics of mature and regrowth tropical forests derived from a pantropical database ( T rop F or C ‐db) - Kristina J. Anderson‐Teixeira; Maria M. H. Wang; Jennifer C. McGarvey; David S. LeBauer (Global Change Biology, 2016)
Tropical forests play a critical role in the global carbon (C) cycle, storing ~45% of terrestrial C and constituting the largest component of the terrestrial C sink. Despite their central importance to the global C cycle, their ecosystem‐level C cycles are not as well‐characterized as those of extra‐tropical forests, and knowledge gaps hamper efforts to quantify C budgets across the tropics and to model tropical forest‐climate interactions. To advance understanding of C dynamics of pantropical forests, we compiled a new database, the Tropical Forest C database (TropForC‐db), which contains data on ground‐based measurements of ecosystem‐level C stocks and annual fluxes along with disturbance history. This database currently contains 3568 records from 845 plots in 178 geographically distinct areas, making it the largest and most comprehensive database of its type. Using TropForC‐db, we characterized C stocks and fluxes for young, intermediate‐aged, and mature forests. Relative to existing C budgets of extra‐tropical forests, mature tropical broadleaf evergreen forests had substantially higher gross primary productivity ( GPP ) and ecosystem respiration (R eco ), their autotropic respiration (R a ) consumed a larger proportion (~67%) of GPP , and their woody stem growth ( ANPP stem ) represented a smaller proportion of net primary productivity ( NPP , ~32%) or GPP (~9%). In regrowth stands, aboveground biomass increased rapidly during the first 20 years following stand‐clearing disturbance, with slower accumulation following agriculture and in deciduous forests, and continued to accumulate at a slower pace in forests aged 20–100 years. Most other C stocks likewise increased with stand age, while potential to describe age trends in C fluxes was generally data‐limited. We expect that TropForC‐db will prove useful for model evaluation and for quantifying the contribution of forests to the global C cycle. The database version associated with this publication is archived in Dryad ( DOI : 10.5061/dryad.t516f ) and a dynamic version is maintained at https://github.com/forc-db .

Crystal structure and biochemical characterization of Chlamydomonas FDX2 reveal two residues that, when mutated, partially confer FDX2 the redox potential and catalytic properties of FDX1 - Marko Boehm; Markus Alahuhta; David W. Mulder; Erin A. Peden; Hai Long; Roman Brunecky; Vladimir V. Lunin; Paul W. King; Maria L. Ghirardi; Alexandra Dubini (Photosynthesis Research, 2016)

Effect of mesenchymal stem cells and mouse embryonic fibroblasts on the development of preimplantation mouse embryos - Jasmin; Vera Maria Peters; David C. Spray; Rosalia Mendez-Otero (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal, 2016)

Quantifying the legacy of the Chinese Neolithic on the maternal genetic heritage of Taiwan and Island Southeast Asia - Andreia Brandão; Ken Khong Eng; Teresa Rito; Bruno Cavadas; David Bulbeck; Francesca Gandini; Maria Pala; Maru Mormina; Bob Hudson; Joyce White; Tsang-Ming Ko; Mokhtar Saidin; et al. (Human Genetics, 2016)
There has been a long-standing debate concerning the extent to which the spread of Neolithic ceramics and Malay-Polynesian languages in Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) were coupled to an agriculturally driven demic dispersal out of Taiwan 4000 years ago (4 ka). We previously addressed this question using founder analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control-region sequences to identify major lineage clusters most likely to have dispersed from Taiwan into ISEA, proposing that the dispersal had a relatively minor impact on the extant genetic structure of ISEA, and that the role of agriculture in the expansion of the Austronesian languages was therefore likely to have been correspondingly minor. Here we test these conclusions by sequencing whole mtDNAs from across Taiwan and ISEA, using their higher chronological precision to resolve the overall proportion that participated in the “out-of-Taiwan” mid-Holocene dispersal as opposed to earlier, postglacial expansions in the Early Holocene. We show that, in total, about 20 % of mtDNA lineages in the modern ISEA pool result from the “out-of-Taiwan” dispersal, with most of the remainder signifying earlier processes, mainly due to sea-level rises after the Last Glacial Maximum. Notably, we show that every one of these founder clusters previously entered Taiwan from China, 6–7 ka, where rice-farming originated, and remained distinct from the indigenous Taiwanese population until after the subsequent dispersal into ISEA.

Binding of phenothiazines into allosteric hydrophobic pocket of human thioredoxin 1 - Eric Allison Philot; David da Mata Lopes; Aryane Tofanello de Souza; Antônio Sérgio Kimus Braz; Iseli Lourenço Nantes; Tiago Rodrigues; David Perahia; Maria A. Miteva; Luis Paulo Barbour Scott (European Biophysics Journal, 2016)

Resolving the ancestry of Austronesian-speaking populations - Pedro A. Soares; Jean A. Trejaut; Teresa Rito; Bruno Cavadas; Catherine Hill; Ken Khong Eng; Maru Mormina; Andreia Brandão; Ross M. Fraser; Tse-Yi Wang; Jun-Hun Loo; Christopher Snell; et al. (Human Genetics, 2016)

Soil pH effects on the interactions between dissolved zinc, non-nano- and nano-ZnO with soil bacterial communities - Daniel S. Read; Marianne Matzke; Hyun S. Gweon; Lindsay K. Newbold; Laura Heggelund; Maria Diez Ortiz; Elma Lahive; David Spurgeon; Claus Svendsen (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016)

Erratum to: Altered functional connectivity networks in acallosal and socially impaired BTBR mice - Francesco Sforazzini; Alice Berterto; Luca Dodero; Gergely David; Alberto Galbusera; Angelo Bifone; Maria Luisa Scattoni; Massimo Pasqualetti; Alessandro Gozzi (Brain Structure and Function, 2016)

Altered functional connectivity networks in acallosal and socially impaired BTBR mice - Francesco Sforazzini; Alice Bertero; Luca Dodero; Gergely David; Alberto Galbusera; Maria Luisa Scattoni; Massimo Pasqualetti; Alessandro Gozzi (Brain Structure and Function, 2016)

Rapid identification of major histocompatibility complex class I haplotypes using deep sequencing in an endangered Old World monkey - Noah D. Simons; Maria Jose Ruiz-Lopez; Colin A. Chapman; Tony L. Goldberg; Julie A. Karl; Roger W. Wiseman; Patrick S. Bohn; David H. O’Connor; Nelson Ting (Conservation Genetics Resources, 2016)

Temporal genetic dynamics among mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) populations in invaded watersheds - David Díez-del-Molino; Rosa-Maria Araguas; Manuel Vera; Oriol Vidal; Nuria Sanz; Jose-Luis García-Marín (Biological Invasions, 2016)

Oxidative mitigation of aquatic methane emissions in large Amazonian rivers - Henrique O. Sawakuchi; David Bastviken; André O. Sawakuchi; Nicholas D. Ward; Clovis D. Borges; Siu M. Tsai; Jeffrey E. Richey; Maria Victoria R. Ballester; Alex V. Krusche (Global Change Biology, 2016)
The flux of methane ( CH 4 ) from inland waters to the atmosphere has a profound impact on global atmospheric greenhouse gas ( GHG ) levels, and yet, strikingly little is known about the dynamics controlling sources and sinks of CH 4 in the aquatic setting. Here, we examine the cycling and flux of CH 4 in six large rivers in the A mazon basin, including the A mazon R iver. Based on stable isotopic mass balances of CH 4 , inputs and outputs to the water column were estimated. We determined that ecosystem methane oxidation ( MOX ) reduced the diffusive flux of CH 4 by approximately 28–96% and varied depending on hydrologic regime and general geochemical characteristics of tributaries of the Amazon River. For example, the relative amount of MOX was maximal during high water in black and white water rivers and minimal in clear water rivers during low water. The abundance of genetic markers for methane‐oxidizing bacteria ( pmoA ) was positively correlated with enhanced signals of oxidation, providing independent support for the detected MOX patterns. The results indicate that MOX in large Amazonian rivers can consume from 0.45 to 2.07 Tg CH 4 yr −1 , representing up to 7% of the estimated global soil sink. Nevertheless, climate change and changes in hydrology, for example, due to construction of dams, can alter this balance, influencing CH 4 emissions to atmosphere.

Unexpected effects of sublethal doses of insecticide on the peripheral olfactory response and sexual behavior in a pest insect - Lisa Lalouette; Marie-Anne Pottier; Marie-Anne Wycke; Constance Boitard; Françoise Bozzolan; Annick Maria; Elodie Demondion; Thomas Chertemps; Philippe Lucas; David Renault; Martine Maibeche; David Siaussat (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016)

Behavioral and metabolic effects of sublethal doses of two insecticides, chlorpyrifos and methomyl, in the Egyptian cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) - Youssef Dewer; Marie-Anne Pottier; Lisa Lalouette; Annick Maria; Matthieu Dacher; Luc P. Belzunces; Guillaume Kairo; David Renault; Martine Maibeche; David Siaussat (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016)

The financial additionality and viability of CDM projects allowing for uncertainty - David G. Carmichael; Kjell A. Lea; Maria C. A. Balatbat (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2016)

Assessing the influence of geographic distance in parasite communities of an exotic lizard - Castiele Holanda Bezerra; Luan Tavares Pinheiro; Gabriela Cavalcante de Melo; Djan Zanchi-Silva; Murilo de Souza Queiroz; Luciano Alves dos Anjos; David James Harris; Diva Maria Borges-Nojosa (Acta Parasitologica, 2016)
The decay of similarity between biological communities with increasing geographical distance is a well-established pattern in ecology, but there are more complex factors acting on host population connections that influence this association for parasite communities, such as parasites’ colonization ability and degree of connectivity between host populations. Here we aim to determine the helminth communities associated with different populations of the host lizard Hemidactylus mabouia, testing if the similarity of parasite communities decreases as the distance between them increases. For this, we collected samples of lizard populations in seven sites from Northeastern coast of Brazil and identified parasite species of helminths and pentastomids in each host, calculated the Sørensen indices of presence/absence and abundance of each pair of communities and related them to the geographical distance. We did not find a relationship of decaying similarity with increasing distance between the parasite communities of the host populations. This can be explained by factors such as the characteristics of the contact between the host populations, and by modes of transmission of most parasite species. Furthermore, it may be related to the exotic nature of the host in Brazil so that parasite communities have not reached equilibrium.

The stalked barnacle (Pollicipes pollicipes) fishery, management, conservation and aquaculture in Portugal: problems and challenges - Cruz Teresa; Jacinto David; Fernandes Joana; Seabra Maria; Silva Teresa; Franco Sofia; Castro João (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016)

Analysis on feeding behaviour of two sympatric species of nassariid gastropods, Cyclope neritea and Nassarius pfeifferi, from Cadiz Bay (SW Spain). - Reyes Martinez Maria Jose; Lare-David Ismael; Montero-Hurtado Francisco Manuel; Martinez-Pita Ines; García-García Francisco (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016)

Trophic ecology of young of the year Alboran Sea bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) and Atlantic bonito (Sarda sarda) by stable isotope analyses - Baro Ignacio; Uriarte Amaya; García-Barcelona Salvador; Gomez-Vives Maria Jose; Saber Samar; Quintanilla Jose; Laiz-Carrion Raul; Macias David; García García Alberto (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016)

Human impacts and aridity differentially alter soil N availability in drylands worldwide - Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo; Fernando T. Maestre; Antonio Gallardo; David J. Eldridge; Santiago Soliveres; Matthew A. Bowker; Ana Prado‐Comesaña; Juan Gaitán; José L. Quero; Victoria Ochoa; Beatriz Gozalo; Miguel García‐Gómez; et al. (Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2016)
Aims Climate and human impacts are changing the nitrogen ( N ) inputs and losses in terrestrial ecosystems. However, it is largely unknown how these two major drivers of global change will simultaneously influence the N cycle in drylands, the largest terrestrial biome on the planet. We conducted a global observational study to evaluate how aridity and human impacts, together with biotic and abiotic factors, affect key soil variables of the N cycle. Location Two hundred and twenty‐four dryland sites from all continents except A ntarctica widely differing in their environmental conditions and human influence. Methods Using a standardized field survey, we measured aridity, human impacts (i.e. proxies of land uses and air pollution), key biophysical variables (i.e. soil pH and texture and total plant cover) and six important variables related to N cycling in soils: total N , organic N , ammonium, nitrate, dissolved organic:inorganic N and N mineralization rates. We used structural equation modelling to assess the direct and indirect effects of aridity, human impacts and key biophysical variables on the N cycle. Results Human impacts increased the concentration of total N , while aridity reduced it. The effects of aridity and human impacts on the N cycle were spatially disconnected, which may favour scarcity of N in the most arid areas and promote its accumulation in the least arid areas. Main conclusions We found that increasing aridity and anthropogenic pressure are spatially disconnected in drylands. This implies that while places with low aridity and high human impact accumulate N , most arid sites with the lowest human impacts lose N . Our analyses also provide evidence that both increasing aridity and human impacts may enhance the relative dominance of inorganic N in dryland soils, having a negative impact on key functions and services provided by these ecosystems.

Loss of thermal refugia near equatorial range limits - Fernando P. Lima; Filipa Gomes; Rui Seabra; David S. Wethey; Maria I. Seabra; Teresa Cruz; António M. Santos; Thomas J. Hilbish (Global Change Biology, 2016)
This study examines the importance of thermal refugia along the majority of the geographical range of a key intertidal species ( Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758) on the Atlantic coast of Europe. We asked whether differences between sun‐exposed and shaded microhabitats were responsible for differences in physiological stress and ecological performance and examined the availability of refugia near equatorial range limits. Thermal differences between sun‐exposed and shaded microhabitats are consistently associated with differences in physiological performance, and the frequency of occurrence of high temperatures is most probably limiting the maximum population densities supported at any given place. Topographical complexity provides thermal refugia throughout most of the distribution range, although towards the equatorial edges the magnitude of the amelioration provided by shaded microhabitats is largely reduced. Importantly, the limiting effects of temperature, rather than being related to latitude, seem to be tightly associated with microsite variability, which therefore is likely to have profound effects on the way local populations (and consequently species) respond to climatic changes.

Ovarian activity and estrus behavior in early postpartum cows grazing Leucaena leucocephala in the tropics - Maria Bottini-Luzardo; Carlos Aguilar-Perez; Fernando Centurion-Castro; Francisco Solorio-Sanchez; Armin Ayala-Burgos; Ruben Montes-Perez; David Muñoz-Rodriguez; Juan Ku-Vera (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2015)

I-C-SEA Change: A participatory tool for rapid assessment of vulnerability of tropical coastal communities to climate change impacts - Wilfredo Y. Licuanan; Maricar S. Samson; Samuel S. Mamauag; Laura T. David; Roselle Borja-del Rosario; Miledel Christine C. Quibilan; Fernando P. Siringan; Ma. Yvainne Y. Sta. Maria; Norievill B. España; Cesar L. Villanoy; Rollan C. Geronimo; Olivia C. Cabrera; et al. (Ambio, 2015)

Local and temporal variations in near‐shore macrobenthic communities associated with submarine groundwater discharges - João Encarnação; Francisco Leitão; Pedro Range; David Piló; Maria Alexandra Chícharo; Luís Chícharo (Marine Ecology, 2015)
The influence of submarine groundwater discharges ( SGD ) on the dynamics of coastal ecosystems is receiving increasing scientific attention, although our knowledge of this issue still remains insufficient. Understanding the ecological response of coastal ecosystems to SGD dynamics is important in order to evaluate and predict changes in coastal communities. The aim of the present study was to characterize the effect of groundwater discharge on subtidal soft‐bottom macrofaunal assemblages in the south coast of Portugal ( A lgarve) at different times of the year and under different discharge regimes. Sediment macrofauna was sampled twice per season in spring and summer 2011 in two locations: one under influence of SGD ( O lhos de Á gua) and one not under that influence ( A rrifes). The results showed that differences in community structure between locations occurred mainly during spring, when the magnitude of groundwater discharge was higher. Several individual taxa were strongly associated with the SGD , particularly during spring: the polychaete families M agelonidae and O weniidae; the isopod C yathura carinata ; and the bivalves T ellimya ferruginosa and T ellina fabula . Some of these taxa are already considered indicators of SGD , whereas others merit further investigation. The average similarity among samples was consistently larger in the location with SGD and the average similarity between the two locations was generally higher during spring, indicating that SGD promote stability in macrobenthic communities across time and space. SGD were also associated with higher values of C hlorophyll a ( C hl a ), fine sediments and total abundance of organisms (particularly suspension feeders). This suggests that differences between locations are associated with SGD and mediated by nutrient fluxes and sediment transport, or their interaction.

Harvesting canthinones: identification of the optimal seasonal point of harvest of Zanthoxylum chiloperone leaves as a source of 5-methoxycanthin-6-one - Gerardo Cebrián-Torrejón; Landry Kablan; Maria Elena Ferreira; David Rodríguez de la Cruz; Antonio Doménech-Carbó; Ninfa Vera de Bilbao; Antonieta Rojas de Arias; Bruno Figadère; Erwan Poupon; Alain Fournet (Natural Product Research, 2015)

Caspases in plants: metacaspase gene family in plant stress responses - David Fagundes; Bianca Bohn; Caroline Cabreira; Fábio Leipelt; Nathalia Dias; Maria H. Bodanese-Zanettini; Alexandro Cagliari (Functional & Integrative Genomics, 2015)

The macroecology of phylogenetically structured hummingbird–plant networks - Ana M. Martín González; Bo Dalsgaard; David Nogués‐Bravo; Catherine H. Graham; Matthias Schleuning; Pietro K. Maruyama; Stefan Abrahamczyk; Ruben Alarcón; Andréa C. Araujo; Francielle P. Araújo; Severino Mendes de Azevedo; Andrea C. Baquero; et al. (Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2015)
Aim To investigate the association between hummingbird–plant network structure and species richness, phylogenetic signal on species' interaction pattern, insularity and historical and current climate. Location Fifty‐four communities along a c . 10,000 km latitudinal gradient across the A mericas (39° N –32° S ), ranging from sea level to c . 3700 m a.s.l., located on the mainland and on islands and covering a wide range of climate regimes. Methods We measured the level of specialization and modularity in mutualistic plant–hummingbird interaction networks. Using an ordinary least squares multimodel approach, we examined the influence of species richness, phylogenetic signal, insularity and current and historical climate conditions on network structure (null‐model‐corrected specialization and modularity). Results Phylogenetically related species, especially plants, showed a tendency to interact with a similar array of mutualistic partners. The spatial variation in network structure exhibited a constant association with species phylogeny ( R 2 = 0.18–0.19); however, network structure showed the strongest association with species richness and environmental factors ( R 2 = 0.20–0.44 and R 2 = 0.32–0.45, respectively). Specifically, higher levels of specialization and modularity were associated with species‐rich communities and communities in which closely related hummingbirds visited distinct sets of flowering species. On the mainland, specialization was also associated with warmer temperatures and greater historical temperature stability. Main conclusions Our results confirm the results of previous macroecological studies of interaction networks which have highlighted the importance of species richness and the environment in determining network structure. Additionally, for the first time, we report an association between network structure and species phylogenetic signal at a macroecological scale, indicating that high specialization and modularity are associated with high interspecific competition among closely related hummingbirds, subdividing the floral niche. This suggests a tighter co‐evolutionary association between hummingbirds and their plants than in previously studied plant–bird mutualistic systems.

Sex differences in heart rate variability: a longitudinal study in international elite cross-country skiers - Daniela Schäfer; Gard Filip Gjerdalen; Erik Ekker Solberg; Maria Khokhlova; Victoria Badtieva; David Herzig; Lukas Daniel Trachsel; Patrik Noack; Laura Karavirta; Prisca Eser; Hugo Saner; Matthias Wilhelm (European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2015)

Photosynthetic innovation broadens the niche within a single species - Marjorie R. Lundgren; Guillaume Besnard; Brad S. Ripley; Caroline E. R. Lehmann; David S. Chatelet; Ralf G. Kynast; Mary Namaganda; Maria S. Vorontsova; Russell C. Hall; John Elia; Colin P. Osborne; Pascal‐Antoine Christin (Ecology Letters, 2015)
Adaptation to changing environments often requires novel traits, but how such traits directly affect the ecological niche remains poorly understood. Multiple plant lineages have evolved C 4 photosynthesis, a combination of anatomical and biochemical novelties predicted to increase productivity in warm and arid conditions. Here, we infer the dispersal history across geographical and environmental space in the only known species with both C 4 and non‐C 4 genotypes, the grass Alloteropsis semialata . While non‐C 4 individuals remained confined to a limited geographic area and restricted ecological conditions, C 4 individuals dispersed across three continents and into an expanded range of environments, encompassing the ancestral one. This first intraspecific investigation of C 4 evolutionary ecology shows that, in otherwise similar plants, C 4 photosynthesis does not shift the ecological niche, but broadens it, allowing dispersal into diverse conditions and over long distances. Over macroevolutionary timescales, this immediate effect can be blurred by subsequent specialisation towards more extreme niches.

Antagonism of angiotensin 1–7 prevents the therapeutic effects of recombinant human ACE2 - Vaibhav B. Patel; Abhijit Takawale; Tharmarajan Ramprasath; Subhash K. Das; Ratnadeep Basu; Maria B. Grant; David A. Hall; Zamaneh Kassiri; Gavin Y Oudit (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2015)

Mosaic maternal ancestry in the Great Lakes region of East Africa - Verónica Gomes; Maria Pala; Antonio Salas; Vanesa Álvarez-Iglesias; António Amorim; Alberto Gómez-Carballa; Ángel Carracedo; Douglas J. Clarke; Catherine Hill; Maru Mormina; Marie-Anne Shaw; David W. Dunne; et al. (Human Genetics, 2015)

MDI Biological Laboratory Arsenic Summit: Approaches to Limiting Human Exposure to Arsenic - Bruce A. Stanton; Kathleen Caldwell; Clare Bates Congdon; Jane Disney; Maria Donahue; Elizabeth Ferguson; Elsie Flemings; Meredith Golden; Mary Lou Guerinot; Jay Highman; Karen James; Carol Kim; et al. (Current Environmental Health Reports, 2015)

Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 Differentially Affects Lithium Sensitivity of Lymphoblastoid Cell Lines from Lithium Responder and Non-responder Bipolar Disorder Patients - Elena Milanesi; Adva Hadar; Elisabetta Maffioletti; Haim Werner; Noam Shomron; Massimo Gennarelli; Thomas G. Schulze; Marta Costa; Maria Del Zompo; Alessio Squassina; David Gurwitz (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2015)

Thermodynamics of Calcium binding to the Calmodulin N-terminal domain to evaluate site-specific affinity constants and cooperativity - Maria Rosa Beccia; Sandrine Sauge-Merle; David Lemaire; Nicolas Brémond; Romain Pardoux; Stéphanie Blangy; Philippe Guilbaud; Catherine Berthomieu (JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2015)

The energy balance over land and oceans: an assessment based on direct observations and CMIP5 climate models - Martin Wild; Doris Folini; Maria Z. Hakuba; Christoph Schär; Sonia I. Seneviratne; Seiji Kato; David Rutan; Christof Ammann; Eric F. Wood; Gert König-Langlo (Climate Dynamics, 2015)

Fontibacillus solani sp. nov. isolated from potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) root - Martha-Helena Ramírez-Bahena; José David Flores-Félix; Maria José Cuesta; Carmen Tejedor Gil; Jose Luis Palomo; Pablo García Benavides; Jose Mariano Igual; Mercedes Fernández Pascual; Encarna Velázquez; Alvaro Peix (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2015)

Mating type and spore killing characterization of Fusarium verticillioides strains - Li Guo; Adam Z. Blatt; David M. Geiser; Maria del Mar Jiménez-Gasco; Gretchen A. Kuldau (Mycological Progress, 2015)

Prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and cognitive dysfunction in children - Wiesław A. Jedrychowski; Frederica P. Perera; David Camann; John Spengler; Maria Butscher; Elzbieta Mroz; Renata Majewska; Elżbieta Flak; Ryszard Jacek; Agata Sowa (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2015)

HER2 expression status in diverse cancers: review of results from 37,992 patients - Min Yan; Maria Schwaederle; David Arguello; Sherri Z. Millis; Zoran Gatalica; Razelle Kurzrock (Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2015)

A large‐scale molecular survey of Clinostomum (Digenea, Clinostomidae) - Sean A. Locke; Monica Caffara; David J. Marcogliese; Maria L. Fioravanti (Zoologica Scripta, 2015)
Members of the genus Clinostomum Leidy, 1856 are parasites that mature in birds, with occasional reports in humans. Because morphological characters for reliable discrimination of species are lacking, the number of species considered valid has varied by an order of magnitude. In this study, sequences from the DNA barcode region of cytochrome c oxidase I ( CO 1) and/or internal transcribed spacer ( ITS ) from specimens from Mexico, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Kenya, China and Thailand were analysed together with published sequences from Europe, Africa, Indonesia and North America. Although ITS and CO 1 distances among specimens were strongly correlated, distance‐based analysis of each marker yielded different groups. Putative species indicated by CO 1 distances were consistent with available morphological identifications, while those indicated by ITS conflicted with morphological identifications in three cases. There was little overlap in sequence variation within and between species, particularly for CO 1. Although ITS and CO 1 distances tended to increase in specimens that were further apart geographically, this did not impair distance‐based species delineation. Phylogenetic analysis suggests a deep division between clades of Clinostomum inhabiting the New World and Old World, which parallels the distribution of their principal definitive hosts, the Ardeidae.

Arctic warming: nonlinear impacts of sea‐ice and glacier melt on seabird foraging - David Grémillet; Jérôme Fort; Françoise Amélineau; Elena Zakharova; Tangi Le Bot; Enric Sala; Maria Gavrilo (Global Change Biology, 2015)
Arctic climate change has profound impacts on the cryosphere, notably via shrinking sea‐ice cover and retreating glaciers, and it is essential to evaluate and forecast the ecological consequences of such changes. We studied zooplankton‐feeding little auks ( Alle alle ), a key sentinel species of the Arctic, at their northernmost breeding site in Franz‐Josef Land (80°N), Russian Arctic. We tested the hypothesis that little auks still benefit from pristine arctic environmental conditions in this remote area. To this end, we analysed remote sensing data on sea‐ice and coastal glacier dynamics collected in our study area across 1979–2013. Further, we recorded little auk foraging behaviour using miniature electronic tags attached to the birds in the summer of 2013, and compared it with similar data collected at three localities across the Atlantic Arctic. We also compared current and historical data on Franz‐Josef Land little auk diet, morphometrics and chick growth curves. Our analyses reveal that summer sea‐ice retreated markedly during the last decade, leaving the Franz‐Josef Land archipelago virtually sea‐ice free each summer since 2005. This had a profound impact on little auk foraging, which lost their sea‐ice‐associated prey. Concomitantly, large coastal glaciers retreated rapidly, releasing large volumes of melt water. Zooplankton is stunned by cold and osmotic shock at the boundary between glacier melt and coastal waters, creating new foraging hotspots for little auks. Birds therefore switched from foraging at distant ice‐edge localities, to highly profitable feeding at glacier melt‐water fronts within

Visual mislocalization during saccade sequences - Eckart Zimmermann; Maria Concetta Morrone; David Burr (Experimental Brain Research, 2015)

CTFS ‐Forest GEO : a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change - Kristina J. Anderson‐Teixeira; Stuart J. Davies; Amy C. Bennett; Erika B. Gonzalez‐Akre; Helene C. Muller‐Landau; S. Joseph Wright; Kamariah Abu Salim; Angélica M. Almeyda Zambrano; Alfonso Alonso; Jennifer L. Baltzer; Yves Basset; Norman A. Bourg; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2015)
Global change is impacting forests worldwide, threatening biodiversity and ecosystem services including climate regulation. Understanding how forests respond is critical to forest conservation and climate protection. This review describes an international network of 59 long‐term forest dynamics research sites ( CTFS ‐Forest GEO ) useful for characterizing forest responses to global change. Within very large plots (median size 25 ha), all stems ≥1 cm diameter are identified to species, mapped, and regularly recensused according to standardized protocols. CTFS ‐Forest GEO spans 25°S–61°N latitude, is generally representative of the range of bioclimatic, edaphic, and topographic conditions experienced by forests worldwide, and is the only forest monitoring network that applies a standardized protocol to each of the world's major forest biomes. Supplementary standardized measurements at subsets of the sites provide additional information on plants, animals, and ecosystem and environmental variables. CTFS ‐Forest GEO sites are experiencing multifaceted anthropogenic global change pressures including warming (average 0.61 °C), changes in precipitation (up to ±30% change), atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and sulfur compounds (up to 3.8 g N m −2 yr −1 and 3.1 g S m −2 yr −1 ), and forest fragmentation in the surrounding landscape (up to 88% reduced tree cover within 5 km). The broad suite of measurements made at CTFS ‐Forest GEO sites makes it possible to investigate the complex ways in which global change is impacting forest dynamics. Ongoing research across the CTFS ‐Forest GEO network is yielding insights into how and why the forests are changing, and continued monitoring will provide vital contributions to understanding worldwide forest diversity and dynamics in an era of global change.

D-serine plasma concentration is a potential biomarker of (R,S)-ketamine antidepressant response in subjects with treatment-resistant depression - Ruin Moaddel; David A. Luckenbaugh; Ying Xie; Alma Villaseñor; Nancy E. Brutsche; Rodrigo Machado-Vieira; Anuradha Ramamoorthy; Maria Paz Lorenzo; Antonia Garcia; Michel Bernier; Marc C. Torjman; Coral Barbas; et al. (Psychopharmacology, 2015)

Kinetics of tetracycline, oxytetracycline, and chlortetracycline adsorption and desorption on two acid soils - David Fernández-Calviño; Alipio Bermúdez-Couso; Manuel Arias-Estévez; Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz; Maria J. Fernández-Sanjurjo; Esperanza Álvarez-Rodríguez; Avelino Núñez-Delgado (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2015)

Triple-layered mixed co-culture model of RPE cells with neuroretina for evaluating the neuroprotective effects of adipose-MSCs - David Rodriguez-Crespo; Salvatore Di Lauro; Amar K. Singh; Maria T. Garcia-Gutierrez; Manuel Garrosa; J. Carlos Pastor; Ivan Fernandez-Bueno; Girish K. Srivastava (Cell and Tissue Research, 2014)

Climate and soil attributes determine plant species turnover in global drylands - Werner Ulrich; Santiago Soliveres; Fernando T. Maestre; Nicholas J. Gotelli; José L. Quero; Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo; Matthew A. Bowker; David J. Eldridge; Victoria Ochoa; Beatriz Gozalo; Enrique Valencia; Miguel Berdugo; et al. (Journal of Biogeography, 2014)
Aim Geographical, climatic and soil factors are major drivers of plant beta diversity, but their importance for dryland plant communities is poorly known. The aim of this study was to: (1) characterize patterns of beta diversity in global drylands; (2) detect common environmental drivers of beta diversity; and (3) test for thresholds in environmental conditions driving potential shifts in plant species composition. Location Global. Methods Beta diversity was quantified in 224 dryland plant communities from 22 geographical regions on all continents except Antarctica using four complementary measures: the percentage of singletons (species occurring at only one site); Whittaker's beta diversity, β(W); a directional beta diversity metric based on the correlation in species occurrences among spatially contiguous sites, β( R 2 ); and a multivariate abundance‐based metric, β( MV ). We used linear modelling to quantify the relationships between these metrics of beta diversity and geographical, climatic and soil variables. Results Soil fertility and variability in temperature and rainfall, and to a lesser extent latitude, were the most important environmental predictors of beta diversity. Metrics related to species identity [percentage of singletons and β(W)] were most sensitive to soil fertility, whereas those metrics related to environmental gradients and abundance [(β( R 2 ) and β( MV )] were more associated with climate variability. Interactions among soil variables, climatic factors and plant cover were not important determinants of beta diversity. Sites receiving less than 178 mm of annual rainfall differed sharply in species composition from more mesic sites (> 200 mm). Main conclusions Soil fertility and variability in temperature and rainfall are the most important environmental predictors of variation in plant beta diversity in global drylands. Our results suggest that those sites annually receiving c . 178 mm of rainfall will be especially sensitive to future climate changes. These findings may help to define appropriate conservation strategies for mitigating effects of climate change on dryland vegetation.

Sedentary behavior is associated with colorectal adenoma recurrence in men - Christine L. Sardo Molmenti; Elizabeth A. Hibler; Erin L. Ashbeck; Cynthia A. Thomson; David O. Garcia; Denise Roe; Robin B. Harris; Peter Lance; Martin Cisneroz; Maria Elena Martinez; Patricia A. Thompson; Elizabeth T. Jacobs (Cancer Causes & Control, 2014)

Small Molecule Specific Run Acceptance, Specific Assay Operation, and Chromatographic Run Quality Assessment: Recommendation for Best Practices and Harmonization from the Global Bioanalysis Consortium Harmonization Teams - Eric J. Woolf; Stuart McDougall; Douglas M. Fast; Maristela Andraus; Matthew Barfield; Michael Blackburn; Ben Gordon; David Hoffman; Noriko Inoue; Gabriel Marcelin-Jimenez; Amy Flynn; Richard LeLacheur; et al. (The AAPS Journal, 2014)

Methane emissions from Amazonian Rivers and their contribution to the global methane budget - Henrique O. Sawakuchi; David Bastviken; André O. Sawakuchi; Alex V. Krusche; Maria V. R. Ballester; Jeffrey E. Richey (Global Change Biology, 2014)
Methane ( CH 4 ) fluxes from world rivers are still poorly constrained, with measurements restricted mainly to temperate climates. Additional river flux measurements, including spatio‐temporal studies, are important to refine extrapolations. Here we assess the spatio‐temporal variability of CH 4 fluxes from the Amazon and its main tributaries, the Negro, Solimões, Madeira, Tapajós, Xingu, and Pará Rivers, based on direct measurements using floating chambers. Sixteen of 34 sites were measured during low and high water seasons. Significant differences were observed within sites in the same river and among different rivers, types of rivers, and seasons. Ebullition contributed to more than 50% of total emissions for some rivers. Considering only river channels, our data indicate that large rivers in the Amazon Basin release between 0.40 and 0.58 Tg CH 4 yr −1 . Thus, our estimates of CH 4 flux from all tropical rivers and rivers globally were, respectively, 19–51% to 31–84% higher than previous estimates, with large rivers of the Amazon accounting for 22–28% of global river CH 4 emissions.

Reliability of HSP70 (HSPA) expression as a prognostic marker in glioma - Glenda Maria Beaman; Sarah R. Dennison; Lee K. Chatfield; David A. Phoenix (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2014)

Nestling rearing is antioxidant demanding in female barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) - David Costantini; Andrea Bonisoli-Alquati; Diego Rubolini; Manuela Caprioli; Roberto Ambrosini; Maria Romano; Nicola Saino (The Science of Nature, 2014)

Risk-sensitive resource defense in a territorial reef fish - Carley R. Schacter; Lindsey B. Albright; Elizabeth A. Dubofsky; Jessica N. Fitzsimmons; Rebecca Focht; Lauren E. Nadler; Maria Sandercock; Lauren Taylor; David Walfoort; Torrey Whitten; Lisa J. Williams; Gil G. Rosenthal (Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2014)

How do various maize crop models vary in their responses to climate change factors? - Simona Bassu; Nadine Brisson; Jean‐Louis Durand; Kenneth Boote; Jon Lizaso; James W. Jones; Cynthia Rosenzweig; Alex C. Ruane; Myriam Adam; Christian Baron; Bruno Basso; Christian Biernath; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2014)
Potential consequences of climate change on crop production can be studied using mechanistic crop simulation models. While a broad variety of maize simulation models exist, it is not known whether different models diverge on grain yield responses to changes in climatic factors, or whether they agree in their general trends related to phenology, growth, and yield. With the goal of analyzing the sensitivity of simulated yields to changes in temperature and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations [ CO 2 ], we present the largest maize crop model intercomparison to date, including 23 different models. These models were evaluated for four locations representing a wide range of maize production conditions in the world: Lusignan (France), Ames ( USA ), Rio Verde (Brazil) and Morogoro (Tanzania). While individual models differed considerably in absolute yield simulation at the four sites, an ensemble of a minimum number of models was able to simulate absolute yields accurately at the four sites even with low data for calibration, thus suggesting that using an ensemble of models has merit. Temperature increase had strong negative influence on modeled yield response of roughly −0.5 Mg ha −1 per °C. Doubling [ CO 2 ] from 360 to 720 μmol mol −1 increased grain yield by 7.5% on average across models and the sites. That would therefore make temperature the main factor altering maize yields at the end of this century. Furthermore, there was a large uncertainty in the yield response to [ CO 2 ] among models. Model responses to temperature and [ CO 2 ] did not differ whether models were simulated with low calibration information or, simulated with high level of calibration information.

Garcinielliptone FC, a polyisoprenylated benzophenone from Platonia insignis Mart., promotes vasorelaxant effect on rat mesenteric artery - Daniel Dias Rufino Arcanjo; Joaquim Soares da Costa-Júnior; Lucas Henrique Porfírio Moura; Alexandre Barros Falcão Ferraz; Raíssa Rebés Rossatto; Jorge Maurício David; Lucindo José Quintans-Júnior; Rita de Cássia Meneses Oliveira; Antônia Maria das Graças Lopes Citó; Aldeídia Pereira de Oliveira (Natural Product Research, 2014)

Erratum to: Comparison of methane, nitrous oxide fluxes and CO2 respiration rates from a Mediterranean cork oak ecosystem and improved pasture - Alla Shvaleva; Filipe Costa e Silva; Joaquim Miguel Costa; Alexandra Correia; Margaret Anderson; Raquel Lobo-do-Vale; David Fangueiro; Catarina Bicho; João Santos Pereira; Maria Manuela Chaves; Ute Skiba; Cristina Cruz (Plant and Soil, 2014)

The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data - Paul M. Thompson; Jason L. Stein; Sarah E. Medland; Derrek P. Hibar; Alejandro Arias Vasquez; Miguel E. Renteria; Roberto Toro; Neda Jahanshad; Gunter Schumann; Barbara Franke; Margaret J. Wright; Nicholas G. Martin; et al. (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2014)

Humane 3D-in vitro-Testsysteme für die präklinische Forschung - Angela Rossi; David Fecher; Sebastian Egner; Matthias Schweinlin; Maria Steinke; Heike Walles (BIOspektrum, 2014)

Nutritional models of foetal programming and nutrigenomic and epigenomic dysregulations of fatty acid metabolism in the liver and heart - Jean-Louis Guéant; Rania Elakoum; Olivier Ziegler; David Coelho; Eva Feigerlova; Jean-Luc Daval; Rosa-Maria Guéant-Rodriguez (Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology, 2014)

The family Parvoviridae - Susan F. Cotmore; Mavis Agbandje-McKenna; John A. Chiorini; Dmitry V. Mukha; David J. Pintel; Jianming Qiu; Maria Soderlund-Venermo; Peter Tattersall; Peter Tijssen; Derek Gatherer; Andrew J. Davison (Archives of Virology, 2014)

Fast demographic traits promote high diversification rates of Amazonian trees - Timothy R. Baker; R. Toby Pennington; Susana Magallon; Emanuel Gloor; William F. Laurance; Miguel Alexiades; Esteban Alvarez; Alejandro Araujo; Eric J. M. M. Arets; Gerardo Aymard; Atila Alves de Oliveira; Iêda Amaral; et al. (Ecology Letters, 2014)
The Amazon rain forest sustains the world's highest tree diversity, but it remains unclear why some clades of trees are hyperdiverse, whereas others are not. Using dated phylogenies, estimates of current species richness and trait and demographic data from a large network of forest plots, we show that fast demographic traits – short turnover times – are associated with high diversification rates across 51 clades of canopy trees. This relationship is robust to assuming that diversification rates are either constant or decline over time, and occurs in a wide range of Neotropical tree lineages. This finding reveals the crucial role of intrinsic, ecological variation among clades for understanding the origin of the remarkable diversity of Amazonian trees and forests.

Seed Priming of Trifolium repens L. Improved Germination and Early Seedling Growth on Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soil - Laurence Galhaut; Alexis de Lespinay; David J. Walker; Maria Pilar Bernal; Enrique Correal; Stanley Lutts (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2014)

Human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 and the prognosis of head and neck cancer in a geographical region with a low prevalence of HPV infection - Rossana Verónica Mendoza López; José Eduardo Levi; José Eluf-Neto; Rosalina Jorge Koifman; Sergio Koifman; Maria Paula Curado; Pedro Michaluart-Junior; David Livingstone Alves Figueiredo; Fabiano Pinto Saggioro; Marcos Brasilino de Carvalho; Luiz Paulo Kowalski; Márcio Abrahão; et al. (Cancer Causes & Control, 2014)

Multi-Scale Parameterisation of a Myocardial Perfusion Model Using Whole-Organ Arterial Networks - Eoin R. Hyde; Andrew N. Cookson; Jack Lee; Christian Michler; Ayush Goyal; Taha Sochi; Radomir Chabiniok; Matthew Sinclair; David A. Nordsletten; Jos Spaan; Jeroen P. H. M. van den Wijngaard; Maria Siebes; et al. (Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2014)

The inflammatory response of lymphatic endothelium - David Aebischer; Maria Iolyeva; Cornelia Halin (Angiogenesis, 2014)

UV-C pre-adaptation of Salmonella: effect on cell morphology and membrane fatty acids composition - Lobna Maâlej; Abdelwaheb Chatti; Sana Khefacha; Kloula Salma; Gottardi David; Lucia Vannini; Guerzoni Maria Elizabetta; Abdennaceur Hassen (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2014)

Synopsis of the species of the genus Myxobilatus Davis, 1944 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Myxobilatidae) - Luis F. Rangel; David I. Gibson; Maria J. Santos (Systematic Parasitology, 2014)

Comparison of methane, nitrous oxide fluxes and CO2 respiration rates from a Mediterranean cork oak ecosystem and improved pasture - Alla Shvaleva; Filipe Costa e Silva; Joaquim Miguel Costa; Alexandra Correia; Margaret Anderson; Raquel Lobo-do-Vale; David Fangueiro; Catarina Bicho; João Santos Pereira; Maria Manuela Chaves; Ute Skiba; Cristina Cruz (Plant and Soil, 2014)

Genomic characterization of the aquaculture resource Mytilus galloprovincialis - Murgarella Maria; Corvelo André; Alioto Tyler; Novoa Beatriz; Figueras Antonio; Posada David; Canchaya Carlos (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2014)

Aerosol dynamics upon Terni basin (Central Italy): results of integrated vertical profile measurements and electron microscopy analyses - Beatrice Moroni; Luca Ferrero; Stefano Crocchianti; Maria Grazia Perrone; Giorgia Sangiorgi; Ezio Bolzacchini; David Cappelletti (Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali, 2013)

Linking present environment and the segregation of reproductive modes (geographical parthenogenesis) in E ucypris virens ( C rustacea: O stracoda) - Olivier Schmit; Saskia N. S. Bode; Antonio Camacho; David J. Horne; Dunja K. Lamatsch; Koen Martens; Maria J. F. Martins; Tadeusz Namiotko; Giampaolo Rossetti; Juan Rueda‐Sevilla; Isa Schön; Jochen Vandekerkhove; et al. (Journal of Biogeography, 2013)
Aim Geographical parthenogenesis – in which parthenogenetic populations are more widely distributed than sexually reproducing populations – is observed in many plant and animal species. Many hypotheses have been proposed to account for this biogeographical pattern, and these often invoke historical processes such as the influence of glaciation. However, there are relatively few empirical studies of the contemporary factors associated with geographical parthenogenesis. The aim of this study was to understand its causes by linking contemporary environmental gradients with reproductive modes in the freshwater ostracod E ucypris virens . Location E urope and N orth A frica. Methods We sampled populations of E . virens from 147 sites in 20 countries from E stonia to M orocco and from P ortugal to T urkey. At each site we measured aspects of pond geography (latitude, longitude, elevation, pond area and depth), water chemistry (temperature, pH, conductivity, oxygen and ion concentrations) and macroinvertebrate assemblages. We used principal components and logistic regression analyses to test for the associations between environmental variables and the presence of males, indicating sexual reproduction, in a population. Results Sexual populations were restricted to the M editerranean, whereas parthenogenetic populations extended into the B altic and P onto‐ C aspian areas. Significant environmental features were not only latitude, but also elevation, aridity and principal components summarizing water chemistry and invertebrate communities: sexual populations were more common at high elevations, in arid regions, and in turbid ponds. Ponds harbouring exclusively parthenogenetic populations were also characterized by having longer‐hydroperiod biological communities. Main conclusions The link between current environmental conditions and the reproductive modes of E . virens suggests a contemporary adaptation besides historical factors such as climatic cycles or the differential colonization success of sexual and asexual lineages. We propose that the pattern of geographical parthenogenesis in E . virens reflects the ability of asexual populations to colonize rapidly, and the higher adaptability of sexual populations to unpredictable hydroperiods.

Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness? - Eric W. Seabloom; Elizabeth T. Borer; Yvonne Buckley; Elsa E. Cleland; Kendi Davies; Jennifer Firn; W. Stanley Harpole; Yann Hautier; Eric Lind; Andrew MacDougall; John L. Orrock; Suzanne M. Prober; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2013)
Invasions have increased the size of regional species pools, but are typically assumed to reduce native diversity. However, global‐scale tests of this assumption have been elusive because of the focus on exotic species richness, rather than relative abundance. This is problematic because low invader richness can indicate invasion resistance by the native community or, alternatively, dominance by a single exotic species. Here, we used a globally replicated study to quantify relationships between exotic richness and abundance in grass‐dominated ecosystems in 13 countries on six continents, ranging from salt marshes to alpine tundra. We tested effects of human land use, native community diversity, herbivore pressure, and nutrient limitation on exotic plant dominance. Despite its widespread use, exotic richness was a poor proxy for exotic dominance at low exotic richness, because sites that contained few exotic species ranged from relatively pristine (low exotic richness and cover) to almost completely exotic‐dominated ones (low exotic richness but high exotic cover). Both exotic cover and richness were predicted by native plant diversity (native grass richness) and land use (distance to cultivation). Although climate was important for predicting both exotic cover and richness, climatic factors predicting cover (precipitation variability) differed from those predicting richness (maximum temperature and mean temperature in the wettest quarter). Herbivory and nutrient limitation did not predict exotic richness or cover. Exotic dominance was greatest in areas with low native grass richness at the site‐ or regional‐scale. Although this could reflect native grass displacement, a lack of biotic resistance is a more likely explanation, given that grasses comprise the most aggressive invaders. These findings underscore the need to move beyond richness as a surrogate for the extent of invasion, because this metric confounds monodominance with invasion resistance. Monitoring species' relative abundance will more rapidly advance our understanding of invasions.

In Vivo Absorption and Disposition of Cefadroxil After Escalating Oral Doses in Wild-Type and PepT1 Knockout Mice - Maria M. Posada; David E. Smith (Pharmaceutical Research, 2013)

Assessment of Nonlethal Methods for Predicting Muscle Tissue Mercury Concentrations in Coastal Marine Fishes - Maria N. Piraino; David L. Taylor (Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2013)

Physical exercise is associated with less neurocognitive impairment among HIV-infected adults - Catherine A. Dufour; Maria J. Marquine; Pariya L. Fazeli; Brook L. Henry; Ronald J. Ellis; Igor Grant; David J. Moore (Journal of NeuroVirology, 2013)

Early metabolic crisis-related brain atrophy and cognition in traumatic brain injury - Matthew J. Wright; David L. McArthur; Jeffry R. Alger; Jack Van Horn; Andrei Irimia; Maria Filippou; Thomas C. Glenn; David A. Hovda; Paul Vespa (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2013)

Fracking – Die Rolle der Hydrogeologie - Martin Sauter; Maria-Theresia Schafmeister; Stefan Peiffer; David Kuntz; Thomas Schiedek; Thomas Himmelsbach (Grundwasser, 2013)

Is the blue tit falling into an ecological trap in Argentine ant invaded forests? - David Estany-Tigerström; Josep Maria Bas; Miguel Clavero; Pere Pons (Biological Invasions, 2013)

Prevalence and risk factors for brucellosis in goats in areas of Mexico with and without brucellosis control campaign - David Oseguera Montiel; Klaas Frankena; Henk Udo; Nícola Maria Keilbach Baer; Akke van der Zijpp (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2013)

Genetic services and testing in the Philippines - Carmencita David Padilla; Eva Maria Cutiongco de la Paz (Journal of Community Genetics, 2013)

Novel Mutations Mapping to the Fourth Sodium Channel Domain of Nav1.7 Result in Variable Clinical Manifestations of Primary Erythromelalgia - Roman Cregg; Bisola Laguda; Robert Werdehausen; James J. Cox; John E. Linley; Juan D. Ramirez; Istvan Bodi; Michael Markiewicz; Kevin J. Howell; Ya-Chun Chen; Karen Agnew; Henry Houlden; et al. (NeuroMolecular Medicine, 2013)

Relevance of PepT1 in the Intestinal Permeability and Oral Absorption of Cefadroxil - Maria M. Posada; David E. Smith (Pharmaceutical Research, 2013)

Potential loading damage to industrial storage tanks due to volcanic ash fallout - Maria Francesca Milazzo; Giuseppa Ancione; Anna Basco; David George Lister; Ernesto Salzano; Giuseppe Maschio (Natural Hazards, 2013)

Prevention of haloperidol-induced alterations in brain acetylcholinesterase activity by vitamins B co-administration in a rodent model of tardive dyskinesia - Gersilene Valente de Oliveira; Patrícia Xavier Lima Gomes; Fernanda Yvelize Ramos de Araújo; Silvânia Maria Mendes Vasconcelos; Hélio Vitoriano Nobre Júnior; Francisca Cléa Florenço de Sousa; David F. de Lucena; Thomas N. Hyphantis; André Férrer Carvalho; Danielle Silveira Macêdo (Metabolic Brain Disease, 2013)

Fire in the Air: Biomass Burning Impacts in a Changing Climate - Melita Keywood; Maria Kanakidou; Andreas Stohl; Frank Dentener; Giacomo Grassi; C. P. Meyer; Kjetil Torseth; David Edwards; Anne M. Thompson; Ulrike Lohmann; John Burrows (Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2013)

Molecular genetic diversity analysis in emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccon Schrank) from India - Arvindkumar Salunkhe; Shubhada Tamhankar; Sujata Tetali; Maria Zaharieva; David Bonnett; Richard Trethowan; Satish Misra (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2013)

An In Vitro Methodology for Forecasting Luminal Concentrations and Precipitation of Highly Permeable Lipophilic Weak Bases in the Fasted Upper Small Intestine - Dimitrios Psachoulias; Maria Vertzoni; James Butler; David Busby; Moira Symillides; Jennifer Dressman; Christos Reppas (Pharmaceutical Research, 2012)

Sperm characteristics and androgens in Acipenser ruthenus after induction of spermiation by carp pituitary extract or GnRHa implants - Sayyed Mohammad Hadi Alavi; Azadeh Hatef; Constantinos C. Mylonas; David Gela; Maria Papadaki; Marek Rodina; Vojtech Kašpar; Martin Pšenička; Peter Podhorec; Otomar Linhart (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2012)

Chemical Composition of Metapleural Gland Secretions of Fungus-Growing and Non-fungus-growing Ants - Alexsandro S. Vieira; E. David Morgan; Falko P. Drijfhout; Maria I. Camargo-Mathias (Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2012)

Effects of treatment with enalapril on hepatotoxicity induced by acetaminophen in mice - Mariel R. B. Betto; Lais F. Lazarotto; Tatiane T. N. Watanabe; David Driemeier; Carlos E. Leite; Maria M. Campos (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2012)

Challenges with Developing In Vitro Dissolution Tests for Orally Inhaled Products (OIPs) - Trevor Riley; David Christopher; Jan Arp; Andrea Casazza; Agnes Colombani; Andrew Cooper; Monisha Dey; Janet Maas; Jolyon Mitchell; Maria Reiners; Nastaran Sigari; Terrence Tougas; et al. (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2012)

Islands of Ice: Influence of Free-Drifting Antarctic Icebergs on Pelagic Marine Ecosystems - Maria Vernet; Kenneth Smith; Adrián Cefarelli; John Helly; Ronald Kaufmann; Hai Lin; David Long; Alison Murray; Bruce Robison; Henry Ruhl; Timothy Shaw; Alana Sherman; et al. (Oceanography, 2012)

The use of microsatellites to analyze relationships and to decipher homonyms and synonyms in Azorean apples (Malus × domestica Borkh.) - Iris Foroni; Claudio Baptista; Lisandra Monteiro; Maria S. Lopes; Duarte Mendonça; Mónica Melo; Conceição Carvalho; Paulo Monjardino; David J. H. Lopes; Artur da Câmara Machado (Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2012)

Erratum to: Febrile response induced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) in rats: involvement of prostaglandin E2 and cytokines - Maria José Figueiredo; Denis Melo Soares; Juliano Manvailer Martins; Renes de Resende Machado; Carlos Arterio Sorgi; Lucia Helena Faccioli; Miriam Cristina Contin de Melo; David do Carmo Malvar; Glória E. P. Souza (Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 2012)

Compositional limits and analogs of monoclinic triple-chain silicates - David M. Jenkins; Geoffrey J. Gilleaudeau; Cynthia Kawa; Jaclyn M. Dibiase; Maria Fokin (Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2012)

Comparison of wintertime eukaryotic community from sea ice and open water in the Baltic Sea, based on sequencing of the 18S rRNA gene - Markus Majaneva; Janne-Markus Rintala; Maria Piisilä; David P. Fewer; Jaanika Blomster (Polar Biology, 2012)

Occurrence of Human Enteric Viruses in Commercial Mussels at Retail Level in Three European Countries - Marta Diez-Valcarce; Petros Kokkinos; Kirsi Söderberg; Martijn Bouwknegt; Kris Willems; Ana Maria de Roda-Husman; Carl-Henrik von Bonsdorff; Maria Bellou; Marta Hernández; Leena Maunula; Apostolos Vantarakis; David Rodríguez-Lázaro (Food and Environmental Virology, 2012)

Febrile response induced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) in rats: involvement of prostaglandin E2 and cytokines - Maria José Figueiredo; Denis de Melo Soares; Juliano Manvailer Martins; Renes de Resende Machado; Carlos Arterio Sorgi; Lucia Helena Faccioli; Miriam Cristina Contin de Melo; David do Carmo Malvar; Glória E. P. Souza (Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 2012)

A global view of the OCA2-HERC2 region and pigmentation - Michael P. Donnelly; Peristera Paschou; Elena Grigorenko; David Gurwitz; Csaba Barta; Ru-Band Lu; Olga V. Zhukova; Jong-Jin Kim; Marcello Siniscalco; Maria New; Hui Li; Sylvester L. B. Kajuna; et al. (Human Genetics, 2012)

Lemming winter habitat choice: a snow-fencing experiment - Donald G. Reid; Frédéric Bilodeau; Charles J. Krebs; Gilles Gauthier; Alice J. Kenney; B. Scott Gilbert; Maria C.-Y. Leung; David Duchesne; Elizabeth Hofer (Oecologia, 2012)

A novel hybrid promoter responsive to pathophysiological and pharmacological regulation - Maria C. Subang; Rewas Fatah; Carly Bright; Patricia Blanco; Mariana Berenstein; Ying Wu; Osvaldo L. Podhajcer; Paul G. Winyard; Yuti Chernajovsky; David Gould (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2012)

The Mediterranean Sea under siege: spatial overlap between marine biodiversity, cumulative threats and marine reserves - Marta Coll; Chiara Piroddi; Camille Albouy; Frida Ben Rais Lasram; William W. L. Cheung; Villy Christensen; Vasiliki S. Karpouzi; François Guilhaumon; David Mouillot; Michelle Paleczny; Maria Lourdes Palomares; Jeroen Steenbeek; et al. (Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2012)
Aim A large body of knowledge exists on individual anthropogenic threats that have an impact on marine biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea, although we know little about how these threats accumulate and interact to affect marine species and ecosystems. In this context, we aimed to identify the main areas where the interaction between marine biodiversity and threats is more pronounced and to assess their spatial overlap with current marine protected areas in the Mediterranean. Location Mediterranean Sea. Methods We first identified areas of high biodiversity of marine mammals, marine turtles, seabirds, fishes and commercial or well‐documented invertebrates. We mapped potential areas of high threat where multiple threats are occurring simultaneously. Finally we quantified the areas of conservation concern for biodiversity by looking at the spatial overlap between high biodiversity and high cumulative threats, and we assessed the overlap with protected areas. Results Our results show that areas with high marine biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea are mainly located along the central and north shores, with lower values in the south‐eastern regions. Areas of potential high cumulative threats are widespread in both the western and eastern basins, with fewer areas located in the south‐eastern region. The interaction between areas of high biodiversity and threats for invertebrates, fishes and large animals in general (including large fishes, marine mammals, marine turtles and seabirds) is concentrated in the coastal areas of Spain, Gulf of Lions, north‐eastern Ligurian Sea, Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea, south‐eastern Turkey and regions surrounding the Nile Delta and north‐west African coasts. Areas of concern are larger for marine mammal and seabird species. Main conclusions These areas may represent good candidates for further research, management and protection activities, since there is only a maximum 2% overlap between existing marine protected areas (which cover 5% of the Mediterranean Sea) and our predicted areas of conservation concern for biodiversity.

Characterisation of protease activity in extracellular products secreted by Giardia duodenalis trophozoites treated with propolis - Érica Boarato David; Thaís Batista de Carvalho; Clarisse Maria Boni de Oliveira; Silvana Torossian Coradi; José Maurício Sforcin; Semíramis Guimarães (Natural Product Research, 2012)

In situ cosmogenic exposure ages from the Isle of Skye, northwest Scotland: implications for the timing of deglaciation and readvance from 15 to 11 ka - David Small; Vincent Rinterknecht; William Austin; Derek Fabel; Maria Miguens‐Rodriguez; Sheng xu (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2012)
We present 10 in situ cosmogenic exposure ages from two moraines on the Isle of Skye. The Strollamus medial moraine was deposited during deglaciation of the Devensian ice sheet and yields a mean exposure age from five samples of 14.3 ± 0.9 ka. The moraine age indicates that a significant ice mass existed on Skye at the time of a regional readvance recorded in Wester Ross, northwest Scotland. Taken at face value the ages suggest that deglaciation did not occur until well into Greenland Interstade 1. The Slapin moraine represents the local limit of the Loch Lomond Readvance (LLR) and yields a mean exposure age from five samples of 11.5 ± 0.7 ka, which is consistent with deposition relating to the LLR. These ages suggest that the maximum extent may have been reached late in the stadial and that some glaciers may have remained active until after the climatic amelioration that marks its end. This scenario is considered unlikely given the nature of the climate during this period, which leads us to call for a locally calibrated production rate. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Global assessment of experimental climate warming on tundra vegetation: heterogeneity over space and time - Sarah C. Elmendorf; Gregory H. R. Henry; Robert D. Hollister; Robert G. Björk; Anne D. Bjorkman; Terry V. Callaghan; Laura Siegwart Collier; Elisabeth J. Cooper; Johannes H. C. Cornelissen; Thomas A. Day; Anna Maria Fosaa; William A. Gould; et al. (Ecology Letters, 2012)
Ecology Letters (2011) Abstract Understanding the sensitivity of tundra vegetation to climate warming is critical to forecasting future biodiversity and vegetation feedbacks to climate. In situ warming experiments accelerate climate change on a small scale to forecast responses of local plant communities. Limitations of this approach include the apparent site‐specificity of results and uncertainty about the power of short‐term studies to anticipate longer term change. We address these issues with a synthesis of 61 experimental warming studies, of up to 20 years duration, in tundra sites worldwide. The response of plant groups to warming often differed with ambient summer temperature, soil moisture and experimental duration. Shrubs increased with warming only where ambient temperature was high, whereas graminoids increased primarily in the coldest study sites. Linear increases in effect size over time were frequently observed. There was little indication of saturating or accelerating effects, as would be predicted if negative or positive vegetation feedbacks were common. These results indicate that tundra vegetation exhibits strong regional variation in response to warming, and that in vulnerable regions, cumulative effects of long‐term warming on tundra vegetation – and associated ecosystem consequences – have the potential to be much greater than we have observed to date.

Diet and the risk of head and neck cancer: a pooled analysis in the INHANCE consortium - Shu-Chun Chuang; Mazda Jenab; Julia E. Heck; Cristina Bosetti; Renato Talamini; Keitaro Matsuo; Xavier Castellsague; Silvia Franceschi; Rolando Herrero; Deborah M. Winn; Carlo La Vecchia; Hal Morgenstern; et al. (Cancer Causes & Control, 2012)

Forest Management, Engineering, and Operations - Randy Kolka; Matt Powers; John Bradford; Brian Palik; Marty Jurgensen; Dalia Abbas; Tom Gallagher; Stephen Ambagis; Finto Antony; Lewis Jordan; Richard Daniels; Laurie Schimleck; et al. (Journal of Forestry, 2011)
9Forests represent a major global C sink, and forest management strategies that maximize carbon storage offer one avenue for mitigating increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. Our understanding of relationships between forest management, productivity, carbon storage, and stand age, however, is limited. We established research plots in a chronosequence of thinned and unmanaged red pine stands in northern Minnesota to study patterns of carbon storage, and the major fluxes that influence carbon sequestration. We completed an inventory of all major C pools across a chronosequence of 57 red pine stands ages 9-306 years on the Chippewa National Forest in the fall of 2009. Results indicate total ecosystem C pools increase as red pine stands age for at least 150 years, and on-site C storage in thinned stands appears similar to unmanaged stands of comparable ages, despite different age-related trends in the live tree and forest floor pools. Thinned stands may have the potential to store more C than unmanaged stands in old age when C removed during harvesting is added into the total ecosystem C pool.

Forest Policy / Biosecurity - Linda Heath; Clark Row; Robert Perschel; Douglas Boucher; Patricia Elias; Katherine Lininger; Calen May-Tobin; Earl Saxon; Steven Ruddell; Sally Collins; Sarah Ruddell; Mo Zhou; et al. (Journal of Forestry, 2011)
7Massive fires in Indonesian peatlands in the 1990s and in eastern Russian peatlands in 2002 and last year have highlighted the need to manage forests overlying peat deposits, as well as converted peat forests and open peatlands. Peat or peaty soils, contain 65% or more of partially decayed vegetation, can burn freely or underground. They cover some 10 percent of worldwide forests and contain 25 percent of all terrestrial carbon. Recent massive greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fires in forested peat and peatland in Indonesia and in Russia highlight the need for policies to reduce GHG emissions. We discuss major peatland areas and quantify their carbon stocks and potential GHG emissions. Trends show that year-to-year emissions are variable, with huge pulses that are a significant share of global GHG emissions. We group suggested policy options into three approaches. The first approach, which will reduce peat-related product demand, includes a) restricting peat, and products produced on cleared forested peatland, from being labeled or counted in GHG reduction achievements, as renewable (which palm oil currently is considered); b) developing full substitutes for horticultural peat (comprising about half mined peat use); and c) developing renewable power in countries still dependent on peat for power generation. These options reduce the rate of developing newly mined peat/forest areas. Options for a second approach, which treat already drained and cleared forested peatlands, are: d) restoring functioning peat ecosystems by closing drainage ditches, allowing natural rewetting, and “seeding” with peat vegetation fragments, e) requiring current peat operators to restore mined areas right after all peat is removed, and f) converting them to other land uses, despite the acidic conditions of mined peat bogs. These options sharply reduce risks of peat fires. Finally, a third group of policy options reduces ignition risks and limit fire spread: g) developing monitoring, suppression techniques, h) organizing local landowner protection groups and i) improving public fire organizations.

Haplotype structure in Ashkenazi Jewish BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers - Kate M. Im; Tomas Kirchhoff; Xianshu Wang; Todd Green; Clement Y. Chow; Joseph Vijai; Joshua Korn; Mia M. Gaudet; Zachary Fredericksen; V. Shane Pankratz; Candace Guiducci; Andrew Crenshaw; et al. (Human Genetics, 2011)

Effects of composition of labile organic matter on biogenic production of methane in the coastal sediments of the Arabian Sea - Maria-Judith Gonsalves; Christabelle E. G. Fernandes; Sheryl Oliveira Fernandes; David L. Kirchman; P. A. Loka Bharathi (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2011)

Podophyllotoxin and other aryltetralin lignans from Eriope latifolia and Eriope blanchetii - Edlene O. Santos; Luciano S. Lima; Jorge M. David; Lidiane C. Martins; Maria Lenise S. Guedes; Juceni P. David (Natural Product Research, 2011)

Evolutionary ecology of senescence: a case study using Tree Swallows, Tachycineta bicolor - Carol M. Vleck; David Vleck; Maria G. Palacios (Journal of Ornithology, 2011)

Inhibition of cellular FLICE-like inhibitory protein abolishes insensitivity to interferon-α and death receptor stimulation in resistant variants of the human U937 cell line - Jeanette Blomberg; Andreas Höglund; David Eriksson; Kristina Ruuth; Maria Jacobsson; Erik Lundgren; Jonas A. Nilsson (Apoptosis, 2011)

Obituary - Maria De Nobili; David Powlson; Phil Brookes (Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2011)

Effect of supplementation with urea, blood meal, and rumen-protected methionine on growth performance of Holstein heifers grazing kikuyu pasture - Armando Gomez; German David Mendoza; Carlos Garcìa-Bojalil; Ricardo Barcena; Jesus A. Ramos; Maria M. Crosby; Juan M. Pinos-Rodríguez; Alejandro Lara (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2011)

Orchestrated downregulation of genes involved in oxidative metabolic pathways in obese vs. lean high-fat young male consumers - M. Pilar Marrades; Pedro González-Muniesa; David Arteta; J. Alfredo Martínez; Maria Jesus Moreno-Aliaga (Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry, 2011)

Does central fatigue exist under low-frequency stimulation of a low fatigue-resistant muscle? - Maria Papaiordanidou; David Guiraud; Alain Varray (European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2010)

Cell wall alterations in the leaves of fusariosis-resistant and susceptible pineapple cultivars - Glória Maria de Farias Viégas Aquije; Poliana Belisário Zorzal; David Shaun Buss; José Aires Ventura; Patricia Machado Bueno Fernandes; Antonio Alberto Ribeiro Fernandes (Plant Cell Reports, 2010)

Effects of nocturnal aircraft noise on cognitive performance in the following morning: dose–response relationships in laboratory and field - Eva-Maria Elmenhorst; David Elmenhorst; Juergen Wenzel; Julia Quehl; Uwe Mueller; Hartmut Maass; Martin Vejvoda; Mathias Basner (International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2010)

Spatial maps for time and motion - Maria Concetta Morrone; Marco Cicchini; David C. Burr (Experimental Brain Research, 2010)

Fertilization in a suite of coastal marine invertebrates from SE Australia is robust to near-future ocean warming and acidification - Maria Byrne; Natalie A. Soars; Melanie A. Ho; Eunice Wong; David McElroy; Paulina Selvakumaraswamy; Symon A. Dworjanyn; Andrew R. Davis (Marine Biology, 2010)

Ultrastructural evidence for human mast cell-eosinophil interactions in vitro - Yael Minai-Fleminger; Moran Elishmereni; Francesca Vita; Maria Rosa Soranzo; David Mankuta; Guliano Zabucchi; Francesca Levi-Schaffer (Cell and Tissue Research, 2010)

How to choose relevant multiple receptor conformations for virtual screening: a test case of Cdk2 and normal mode analysis - Olivier Sperandio; Liliane Mouawad; Eulalie Pinto; Bruno O. Villoutreix; David Perahia; Maria A. Miteva (European Biophysics Journal, 2010)