Genes involved in the deformations of the shoot apical meristem in somatic embryos of Capsicum chinense Jacq. - Carlos F. Regla-Márquez; Susana A. Avilés-Viñas; Adriana Canto-Flick; Liliana S. Muñoz-Ramírez; Laura P. Peña-Yam; Raúl E. Valle-Gough; Pedro M. Osorio-Montalvo; Jacobo Pérez-Pastrana; Nancy Santana-Buzzy (Journal of Genetics, 2019)

Oxidative stress under low oxygen conditions triggers hyperflagellation and motility in the Antarctic bacterium Pseudomonas extremaustralis - Esmeralda C. Solar Venero; Martiniano M. Ricardi; María Gomez-Lozano; Søren Molin; Paula M. Tribelli; Nancy I. López (Extremophiles, 2019)

Observing Changes in Ocean Carbonate Chemistry: Our Autonomous Future - Seth M. Bushinsky; Yuichiro Takeshita; Nancy L. Williams (Current Climate Change Reports, 2019)

Ethanolamines permeate slowly across human skin ex vivo, but cause severe skin irritation at low concentrations - Nancy B. Hopf; Philipp Spring; Gregory Plateel; Aurelie Berthet (Archives of Toxicology, 2019)

The Southeast Asian water frontier: coastal trade and mid-fifteenth c. CE “hill tribe” burials, southeastern Cambodia - Peter Grave; Lisa Kealhofer; Nancy Beavan; Sokha Tep; Miriam T. Stark; Darith Ea (Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2019)

Amphibian functional diversity is related to high annual precipitation and low precipitation seasonality in the New World - Leticia Margarita Ochoa‐Ochoa; Nancy R. Mejía‐Domínguez; Julian A. Velasco; Katharine Ann Marske; Carsten Rahbek (Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2019)
Aim We examined the geographical distribution of functional diversity for American amphibians and tested the relationship between functional diversity and environment. We also explored how the functional evenness of life‐history traits varies across biogeographical regions. Location Continental Americas. Methods We performed a trait classification based on an Eltonian approach and calculated functional diversity using Hill numbers, Shannon and Gini–Simpson indices. We tested the relationship between functional diversity and different axes of environmental variation by using a series of spatial autoregressive (SAR) models. Results Based on 212 different functional attributes for 2,776 species, we found that functional diversity has a latitudinal gradient consistent with that of species richness, regardless of the diversity index used. Evenness of functional diversity of amphibian assemblages varies depending on the region, but in general they are close to the maximum possible value. Areas with more functional richness relative to species richness are associated with high annual precipitation and low precipitation seasonality regardless of temperature; in contrast, areas with fewer functions than expected are associated with high aridity. Main conclusions The highest functional diversity is located in mountainous regions. Overall, functional diversity is positively correlated with humid environments with low precipitation seasonality and low aridity regardless of temperature. This is especially relevant for amphibians facing contemporary climate change because it suggests that future variation in rainfall patterns, but not in annual mean temperature, might interact with functional diversity to pose an imminent threat to amphibian functional diversity.

Reshaping our understanding of species’ roles in landscape‐scale networks - Talya D. Hackett; Alix M. C. Sauve; Nancy Davies; Daniel Montoya; Jason M. Tylianakis; Jane Memmott (Ecology Letters, 2019)
In network ecology, landscape‐scale processes are often overlooked, yet there is increasing evidence that species and interactions spill over between habitats, calling for further study of interhabitat dependencies. Here, we investigate how species connect a mosaic of habitats based on the spatial variation of their mutualistic and antagonistic interactions using two multilayer networks, combining pollination, herbivory and parasitism in the UK and New Zealand. Developing novel methods of network analysis for landscape‐scale ecological networks, we discovered that few plant and pollinator species acted as connectors or hubs, both within and among habitats, whereas herbivores and parasitoids typically have more peripheral network roles. Insect species’ roles depend on factors other than just the abundance of taxa in the lower trophic level, exemplified by larger Hymenoptera connecting networks of different habitats and insects relying on different resources across different habitats. Our findings provide a broader perspective for landscape‐scale management and ecological community conservation.

Mycobacterium scrofulaceum disease: experience from a tertiary medical centre and review of the literature - John W. Wilson; Anil C. Jagtiani; Nancy L. Wengenack (Infectious Diseases, 2019)

Typha (Cattail) Invasion in North American Wetlands: Biology, Regional Problems, Impacts, Ecosystem Services, and Management - Sheel Bansal; Shane C. Lishawa; Sue Newman; Brian A. Tangen; Douglas Wilcox; Dennis Albert; Michael J. Anteau; Michael J. Chimney; Ryann L. Cressey; Edward DeKeyser; Kenneth J. Elgersma; Sarah A. Finkelstein; et al. (Wetlands, 2019)

Analysis of recombinant inbred line populations derived from wheat landraces to identify new genes for wheat stem sawfly resistance - Andrea C. Varella; David K. Weaver; Nancy K. Blake; Megan L. Hofland; Hwa-Young Heo; Jason P. Cook; Peggy F. Lamb; Katherine W. Jordan; Eduard Akhunov; Shiaoman Chao; Luther E. Talbert (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2019)

Foundations and Frontiers of Ecosystem Science: Legacy of a Classic Paper (Odum 1969) - Jessica R. Corman; Scott L. Collins; Elizabeth M. Cook; Xiaoli Dong; Laureano A. Gherardi; Nancy B. Grimm; Rebecca L. Hale; Tao Lin; Jorge Ramos; Lara G. Reichmann; Osvaldo E. Sala (Ecosystems, 2019)

Convergent evolution of mouthparts morphology between Siphonostomatoida and a new genus of deep-sea Aegisthidae Giesbrecht, 1893 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) - Nancy F. Mercado-Salas; Sahar Khodami; P. Martínez Arbizu (Marine Biodiversity, 2019)

A hydrodynamic model for Galveston Bay and the shelf in the northern Gulf of Mexico - Jiabi Du; Kyeong Park; Jian Shen; Yinglong J. Zhang; Xin Yu; Fei Ye; Zhengui Wang; Nancy N. Rabalais (Ocean Science, 2019)
A 3-D unstructured-grid hydrodynamic model for the northern Gulf of Mexico was developed, with a hybrid s–z vertical grid and high-resolution horizontal grid for the main estuarine systems along the Texas–Louisiana coast. This model, based on the Semi-implicit Cross-scale Hydroscience Integrated System Model (SCHISM), is driven by the observed river discharge, reanalysis atmospheric forcing, and open boundary conditions from global HYCOM output. The model reproduces the temporal and spatial variation of observed water level, salinity, temperature, and current velocity in Galveston Bay and on the shelf. The validated model was applied to examine the remote influence of neighboring large rivers, specifically the Mississippi–Atchafalaya River (MAR) system, on salinity, stratification, vertical mixing, and longshore transport along the Texas coast. Numerical experiments reveal that the MAR discharge could significantly decrease the salinity and change the stratification and vertical mixing on the inner Texas shelf. It would take about 25 and 50 d for the MAR discharge to reach the mouth of Galveston Bay and Port Aransas, respectively. The influence of the MAR discharge is sensitive to the wind field. Winter wind constrains the MAR freshwater to form a narrow lower-salinity band against the shore from the Mississippi Delta all the way to the southwestern Texas coast, while summer wind reduces the downcoast longshore transport significantly, weakening the influence of the MAR discharge on surface salinity along Texas coast. However, summer wind causes a much stronger stratification on the Texas shelf, leading to a weaker vertical mixing. The decrease in salinity of up to 10 psu at the mouth of Galveston Bay due to the MAR discharge results in a decrease in horizontal density gradient, a decrease in the salt flux, and a weakened estuarine circulation and estuarine–ocean exchange. We highlight the flexibility of the model and its capability to simulate not only estuarine dynamics and shelf-wide transport, but also the interactions between them.

Systemic Exposure of Rituximab Increased by Ibrutinib: Pharmacokinetic Results and Modeling Based on the HELIOS Trial - Silvia Maria Lavezzi; Jan de Jong; Martine Neyens; Paula Cramer; Fatih Demirkan; Graeme Fraser; Nancy Bartlett; Marie-Sarah Dilhuydy; Javier Loscertales; Abraham Avigdor; Simon Rule; Olga Samoilova; et al. (Pharmaceutical Research, 2019)

Phosphorylated CRMP2 Regulates Spinal Nociceptive Neurotransmission - Jie Yu; Aubin Moutal; Angie Dorame; Shreya S. Bellampalli; Aude Chefdeville; Iori Kanazawa; Nancy Y. N. Pham; Ki Duk Park; Jill M. Weimer; Rajesh Khanna (Molecular Neurobiology, 2019)

A Study on Acinetobacter baumannii and Staphylococcus aureus Strains Recovered from the Same Infection Site of a Diabetic Patient - Nancy Castellanos; Jun Nakanouchi; Dennis Irfan Yüzen; Sammie Fung; Jennifer S. Fernandez; Claudia Barberis; Lorena Tuchscherr; Maria Soledad Ramirez (Current Microbiology, 2019)

Geography best explains global patterns of genetic diversity and postglacial co‐expansion in marine turtles - Brendan N. Reid; Eugenia Naro‐Maciel; Anelise Torres Hahn; Nancy N. FitzSimmons; Marcelo Gehara (Molecular Ecology, 2019)
For many species, climate oscillations drove cycles of population contraction during cool glacial periods followed by expansion during interglacials. Some groups, however, show evidence of uniform and synchronous expansion, while others display differences in the timing and extent of demographic change. We compared demographic histories inferred from genetic data across marine turtle species to identify responses to postglacial warming shared across taxa and to examine drivers of past demographic change at the global scale. Using coalescent simulations and approximate Bayesian computation (ABC), we estimated demographic parameters, including the likelihood of past population expansion, from a mitochondrial data set encompassing 23 previously identified lineages from all seven marine turtle species. For lineages with a high posterior probability of expansion, we conducted a hierarchical ABC analysis to estimate the proportion of lineages expanding synchronously and the timing of synchronous expansion. We used Bayesian model averaging to identify variables associated with expansion and genetic diversity. Approximately 60% of extant marine turtle lineages showed evidence of expansion, with the rest mainly exhibiting patterns of genetic diversity most consistent with population stability. For lineages showing expansion, there was a strong signal of synchronous expansion after the Last Glacial Maximum. Expansion and genetic diversity were best explained by ocean basin and the degree of endemism for a given lineage. Geographic differences in sensitivity to climate change have implications for prioritizing conservation actions in marine turtles as well as for identifying areas of past demographic stability and potential resilience to future climate change for broadly distributed taxa.

Macroalgae and nutrients promote algal turf growth in the absence of herbivores - Shayna A. Sura; Aaron Delgadillo; Nancy Franco; Kelly Gu; Rachel Turba; Peggy Fong (Coral Reefs, 2019)

Do Monozygotic Twins Have Higher Genetic Quality than Dizygotic Twins and Singletons? Hints from Attractiveness Ratings and Self-Reported Health - Satoshi Kanazawa; Nancy L. Segal (Evolutionary Biology, 2019)

Can markers of biological age predict dependency in old age? - Juulia Jylhävä; Miao Jiang; Andrea D. Foebel; Nancy L. Pedersen; Sara Hägg (Biogerontology, 2019)

Integrating agroforestry intercropping systems in contrasted agricultural landscapes: a SWOT-AHP analysis of stakeholders’ perceptions - Geneviève Laroche; Gérald Domon; Nancy Gélinas; Maurice Doyon; Alain Olivier (Agroforestry Systems, 2019)

Endotoxin exposures during harvesting and processing cannabis at an outdoor cannabis farm - James R. Couch; Nancy C. Burton; Kerton R. Victory; Brett J. Green; Angela R. Lemons; Ajay P. Nayak; Donald H. Beezhold (Aerobiologia, 2019)

Does Ralstonia eutropha , rich in poly‐β hydroxybutyrate (PHB), protect blue mussel larvae against pathogenic vibrios ? - Nguyen Van Hung; Peter Bossier; Nguyen Thi X. Hong; Christine Ludeseve; Linsey Garcia‐Gonzalez; Nancy Nevejan; Peter De Schryver (Journal of Fish Diseases, 2019)
The natural amorphous polymer poly‐β‐hydroxybutyrate (PHB‐A: lyophilized Ralstonia eutropha containing 75% PHB) was used as a biological agent to control bacterial pathogens of blue mussel ( Mytilus edulis ) larvae. The larvae were supplied with PHB‐A at a concentration of 1 or 10 mg/L for 6 or 24 hr, followed by exposure to either the rifampicin‐resistant pathogen Vibrio splendidus or Vibrio coralliilyticus at a concentration of 10 5 CFU/ml. Larvae pretreated 6 hr with PHB‐A (1 mg/L) survived a Vibrio challenge better relative to 24 hr pretreatment. After 96 hr of pathogen exposure, the survival of PHB‐A‐treated mussel larvae was 1.41‐ and 1.76‐fold higher than the non‐treated larvae when challenged with V. splendidus and V. coralliilyticus , respectively. Growth inhibition of the two pathogens at four concentrations of the monomer β‐HB (1, 5, 25 and 125 mM) was tested in vitro in LB 35 medium, buffered at two different pH values (pH 7 and pH 8). The highest concentration of 125 mM significantly inhibited the pathogen growth in comparison to the lower levels. The effect of β‐HB on the production of virulence factors in the tested pathogenic Vibrios revealed a variable pattern of responses.

Potato-legume intercropping on a sloping terrain and its effects on soil physico-chemical properties - Harun I. Gitari; Charles K. K. Gachene; Nancy N. Karanja; Solomon Kamau; Shadrack Nyawade; Elmar Schulte-Geldermann (Plant and Soil, 2019)

Evaluation of rust pathogenicity (Phragmidium violaceum) as a biological control agent for the invasive plant Rubus ulmifolius on Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile - Rodrigo Vargas-Gaete; Herman Doussoulin; Cecilia Smith-Ramírez; Sebastián Bravo; Christian Salas-Eljatib; Nancy Andrade; Bohumil Trávníček (Australasian Plant Pathology, 2019)

Dietary partitioning promotes the coexistence of planktivorous species on coral reefs - Matthieu Leray; Alice L. Alldredge; Joy Y. Yang; Christopher P. Meyer; Sally J. Holbrook; Russell J. Schmitt; Nancy Knowlton; Andrew J. Brooks (Molecular Ecology, 2019)
Theories involving niche diversification to explain high levels of tropical diversity propose that species are more likely to co‐occur if they partition at least one dimension of their ecological niche space. Yet, numerous species appear to have widely overlapping niches based upon broad categorizations of resource use or functional traits. In particular, the extent to which food partitioning contributes to species coexistence in hyperdiverse tropical ecosystems remains unresolved. Here, we use a molecular approach to investigate inter‐ and intraspecific dietary partitioning between two species of damselfish ( Dascyllus flavicaudus , Chromis viridis ) that commonly co‐occur in branching corals. Species‐level identification of their diverse zooplankton prey revealed significant differences in diet composition between species despite their seemingly similar feeding strategies. Dascyllus exhibited a more diverse diet than Chromis , whereas Chromis tended to select larger prey items. A large calanoid copepod, Labidocera sp., found in low density and higher in the water column during the day, explained more than 19% of the variation in dietary composition between Dascyllus and Chromis . Dascyllus did not significantly shift its diet in the presence of Chromis , which suggests intrinsic differences in feeding behaviour. Finally, prey composition significantly shifted during the ontogeny of both fish species. Our findings show that levels of dietary specialization among coral reef associated species have likely been underestimated, and they underscore the importance of characterizing trophic webs in tropical ecosystems at higher levels of taxonomic resolution. They also suggest that niche redundancy may not be as common as previously thought.

The evolutionary history and global phylogeography of the green turtle ( Chelonia mydas ) - Michael P. Jensen; Nancy N. FitzSimmons; Jerome Bourjea; Tomoko Hamabata; Joshua Reece; Peter H. Dutton (Journal of Biogeography, 2019)
Aim To examine the genetic structure and global phylogeography of the endangered green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas , in light of past climatic events and current conservation needs. Location Tropical and subtropical beaches around the world. Methods We analysed 386 base pairs of the mitochondrial (mt) DNA control region of 4,878 individual nesting green turtle samples from 127 rookeries globally. We used phylogeographic analysis to assess how demographic history, dispersal and barriers to gene flow have led to the current distribution of mt DNA lineages. Results We identified 11 divergent lineages that were tied to specific biogeographical regions. The phylogenetic analyses revealed an ancient origin for the species centred in the Indo‐Pacific and more recent colonization of the Central/Eastern Pacific as well as the Atlantic Basin. Overall the phylogeographic structure was strong but with a clear pattern of regional connectivity among rookeries. A Large genetic separation was found where there were obvious barriers to dispersal such as between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and across the Pacific Ocean, as well as less obvious barriers to dispersal. Admixture of mt DNA haplotype lineages was detected at latitudinal extremes across the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean resulting in these areas being nucleotide diversity hotspots. The highest regional genetic diversity and high endemic richness was observed in the SW Pacific, NW Pacific, SW Indian and NW Indian oceans. Main conclusions Past climatic fluctuations greatly affected the distribution of genetic diversity in the highly migratory green turtle. Our data suggest that past climatic events influenced local populations in different ways and the species appears to have survived the last glaciations in multiple glacial refugia.

The adaptive potential of plant populations in response to extreme climate events - Lorena Torres‐Martínez; Niall McCarten; Nancy C. Emery (Ecology Letters, 2019)
The frequency and magnitude of extreme climate events are increasing with global change, yet we lack predictions and empirical evidence for the ability of wild populations to persist and adapt in response to these events. Here, we used Fisher's Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection to evaluate the adaptive potential of Lasthenia fremontii , a herbaceous winter annual that is endemic to seasonally flooded wetlands in California, to alternative flooding regimes that occur during El Niño Southern Oscillation ( ENSO ) events. The results indicate that populations may exhibit greater adaptive potential in response to dry years than wet years, and that the relative performance of populations will change across climate scenarios. More generally, our findings show that extreme climate events can substantially change the potential for populations to adapt to climate change by modulating the expression of standing genetic variation and mean fitness.

Deep-water bivalves from the oxygen minimum zone area off the western Peninsula of Baja California, Mexico - Nancy Yolimar Suárez-Mozo; Paul Valentich-Scott; Michel E. Hendrickx (Molluscan Research, 2019)

Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study of the effects of repeated-dose caffeine on neurobehavioral performance during 48 h of total sleep deprivation - Devon A. Hansen; Sridhar Ramakrishnan; Brieann C. Satterfield; Nancy J. Wesensten; Matthew E. Layton; Jaques Reifman; Hans P. A. Van Dongen (Psychopharmacology, 2019)

Exploring the roles of MSCs in infections: focus on bacterial diseases - Pasquale Marrazzo; Annunziata Nancy Crupi; Francesco Alviano; Laura Teodori; Laura Bonsi (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2019)

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy treated with nivolumab - Ethan Hoang; Nancy L. Bartlett; Manu S. Goyal; Robert E. Schmidt; David B. Clifford (Journal of NeuroVirology, 2019)

Differential plasticity of membrane fatty acids in northern and southern populations of the eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) - Patrick M. Mineo; Christopher Waldrup; Nancy J. Berner; Paul J. Schaeffer (Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 2019)

Anatomy of the Book Canyon conglomerate: a sequence boundary at the top of the Bear Gulch Limestone in the Big Snowy Trough - Amy Singer; George D. Stanley; Nancy W. Hinman (Facies, 2019)

Possible female philopatry of the smooth hammerhead shark Sphyrna zygaena revealed by genetic structure patterns - Daniela G. Félix‐López; Nataly Bolaño‐Martinez; Pindaro Díaz‐Jaimes; Erick C. Oñate‐González; Jorge S. Ramírez‐Pérez; Emiliano García‐Rodríguez; David Corro‐Espinosa; Jesus E. Osuna‐Soto; Nancy C. Saavedra‐Sotelo (Journal of Fish Biology, 2019)
We assessed the spatial pattern of genetic structure of smooth hammerhead shark Sphyrna zygaena in 10 localities from the Northern Mexican Pacific. A total of 35 haplotypes were identified in 129 sequences of the mtDNA control region. The results showed slight but significant genetic structure among localities ( Φ ST = 0.044, P Φ ST = 0.058, P S. zygaena populations present a recent demographic expansion that occurred during glacial events in the late Pleistocene to early Holocene.

Identification of drought stress-responsive proteins in common bean - Nancy Gupta; Sajad Majeed Zargar; R. K. Salgotra; Tanveer A. Dar (Journal of Proteins and Proteomics, 2019)

The heat penalty of walkable neighbourhoods - Grace A. O’Brien; Nancy A. Ross; Ian B. Strachan (International Journal of Biometeorology, 2019)

A Review of Iodine Status of Women of Reproductive Age in the USA - Pallavi Panth; Gena Guerin; Nancy M. DiMarco (Biological Trace Element Research, 2019)

Genomewide association study of C-peptide surfaces key regulatory genes in Indians - Khushdeep Bandesh; Gauri Prasad; Anil Kumar Giri; V. Saroja Voruganti; Nancy F. Butte; Shelley A. Cole; Anthony G. Comuzzie; Nikhil Tandon; Dwaipayan Bharadwaj (Journal of Genetics, 2019)

Social-ecological research in urban natural areas: an emergent process for integration - Michelle L. Johnson; D. S. Novem Auyeung; Nancy F. Sonti; Clara C. Pregitzer; Heather L. McMillen; Richard Hallett; Lindsay K. Campbell; Helen M. Forgione; Mina Kim; Sarah Charlop-Powers; Erika S. Svendsen (Urban Ecosystems, 2019)

Forest ethnography: An approach to study the environmental history and political ecology of urban forests - Laura A. Ogden; Carissa Aoki; J. Morgan Grove; Nancy Falxa Sonti; William Hall; Dexter Locke; Steward T. A. Pickett; Miriam Avins; Katie Lautar; John Lagrosa (Urban Ecosystems, 2019)

Potential bio-protective effect of copper compounds: mimicking SOD and peroxidases enzymes and inhibiting acid phosphatase as a target for anti-osteoporotic chemotherapeutics - Nancy Martini; Juliana E. Parente; Franco D´Alessandro; Marilin Rey; Alberto Rizzi; Patricia A. M. Williams; Evelina G. Ferrer (Molecular Biology Reports, 2019)

Indium-bearing sulfides from the Hämmerlein skarn deposit, Erzgebirge, Germany: evidence for late-stage diffusion of indium into sphalerite - Matthias E. Bauer; Thomas Seifert; Mathias Burisch; Joachim Krause; Nancy Richter; Jens Gutzmer (Mineralium Deposita, 2019)

A Review and Typology of Circular Economy Business Model Patterns - Florian Lüdeke‐Freund; Stefan Gold; Nancy M. P. Bocken (Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2019)
Summary The circular economy (CE) requires companies to rethink their supply chains and business models. Several frameworks found in the academic and practitioner literature propose circular economy business models (CEBMs) to redefine how companies create value while adhering to CE principles. A review of these frameworks shows that some models are frequently discussed, some are framework specific, and some use a different wording to refer to similar CEBMs, pointing to the need to consolidate the current state of the art. We conduct a morphological analysis of 26 current CEBMs from the literature, which includes defining their major business model dimensions and identifying the specific characteristics of these dimensions. Based on this analysis, we identify a broad range of business model design options and propose six major CEBM patterns with the potential to support the closing of resource flows: repair and maintenance; reuse and redistribution; refurbishment and remanufacturing; recycling; cascading and repurposing; and organic feedstock business model patterns. We also discuss different design strategies to support the development of these CEBMs.

Geographic variation in biochemical and physiological traits of the red seaweeds Chondracanthus chamissoi and Gelidium lingulatum from the south east Pacific coast - Karina Véliz; Nancy Chandía; Ulf Karsten; Carlos Lara; Martin Thiel (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2019)

Medicinal Use of Synthetic Cannabinoids—a Mini Review - P. Muralidhar Reddy; Nancy Maurya; Bharath Kumar Velmurugan (Current Pharmacology Reports, 2019)

Modern drought conditions in western Sahel unprecedented in the past 1600 years - Matthieu Carré; Moufok Azzoug; Paul Zaharias; Abdoulaye Camara; Rachid Cheddadi; Manuel Chevalier; Denis Fiorillo; Amadou T. Gaye; Serge Janicot; Myriam Khodri; Alban Lazar; Claire E. Lazareth; et al. (Climate Dynamics, 2019)

General and Specific Combinatorial Aptitude in a F1 Population of Solanum phureja with Resistance to Phytophthora infestans - Nancy Yohana Grisales-Vásquez; José Miguel Cotes-Torres (American Journal of Potato Research, 2019)

Linkages between aboveground and belowground community compositions in grasslands along a historical land-use intensity gradient - Safaa Wasof; An De Schrijver; Stephanie Schelfhout; Michael P. Perring; Elyn Remy; Jan Mertens; Eduardo de la Peña; Nancy De Sutter; Nicole Viaene; Kris Verheyen (Plant and Soil, 2019)

The role of HEXOKINASE1 in Arabidopsis leaf growth - Judith Van Dingenen; Mattias Vermeersch; Liesbeth De Milde; Sander Hulsmans; Nancy De Winne; Jelle Van Leene; Nathalie Gonzalez; Stijn Dhondt; Geert De Jaeger; Filip Rolland; Dirk Inzé (Plant Molecular Biology, 2019)

Primary care providers’ lived experiences of genetics in practice - Brittany Harding; Colleen Webber; Lucia Ruhland; Nancy Dalgarno; Christine M. Armour; Richard Birtwhistle; Glenn Brown; June C. Carroll; Michael Flavin; Susan Phillips; Jennifer J. MacKenzie (Journal of Community Genetics, 2019)

Effect of copper on diesel degradation in Pseudomonas extremaustralis - María Antonela Colonnella; Leonardo Lizarraga; Leticia Rossi; Rocío Díaz Peña; Diego Egoburo; Nancy I. López; Laura J. Raiger Iustman (Extremophiles, 2019)

Phoxinus morella a crytic species? - Udo Rothe; Juliane Weiß; Matthias Geiger; Nancy Martinez; Jobst Pfaender (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019)

Depleted suburban house sparrow Passer domesticus population not limited by food availability - Will J. Peach; John W. Mallord; Nancy Ockendon; Chris J. Orsman; William G. Haines (Urban Ecosystems, 2018)

Eighty Years of Mycopathologia: A Retrospective Analysis of Progress Made in Understanding Human and Animal Fungal Pathogens - Vishnu Chaturvedi; Jean-Philippe Bouchara; Ferry Hagen; Ana Alastruey-Izquierdo; Hamid Badali; Anamelia Lorenzetti Bocca; Jose F. Cano-Lira; Cunwei Cao; Sudha Chaturvedi; Sanjay H. Chotirmall; Anne D. van Diepeningen; Jean-Pierre Gangneux; et al. (Mycopathologia, 2018)

Basidiophora delawarensis, a new downy mildew species infecting cultivated goldenrod (Solidago sphacelata) in the USA - Emma C. Wallace; Catalina Salgado-Salazar; Nancy F. Gregory; Jo Anne Crouch (Mycological Progress, 2018)

Minutes of the Council Meetings and the General Assembly at the XXVIIth Congress of the International Primatological Society Nairobi, Kenya August 19–25, 2018 - Nancy G. Caine; Júlio César Bicca-Marques (International Journal of Primatology, 2018)

In vitro efficacy of Metarhizium anisopliae sensu lato against unfed Amblyomma parvum (Acari: Ixodidae) - Marcos Valerio Garcia; Vinicius da Silva Rodrigues; Antônio Carlos Monteiro; Lucas Detogni Simi; Leandro de Oliveira Souza Higa; Maria Marlene Martins; Nancy Prette; Dinalva Alves Mochi; Renato Andreotti; Matias Pablo Juan Szabó (Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2018)

Leveraging Big Data Towards Functionally-Based, Catchment Scale Restoration Prioritization - John P. Lovette; Jonathan M. Duncan; Lindsey S. Smart; John P. Fay; Lydia P. Olander; Dean L. Urban; Nancy Daly; Jamie Blackwell; Anne B. Hoos; Ana María García; Lawrence E. Band (Environmental Management, 2018)

Avian influenza A H7N9 virus infects human astrocytes and neuronal cells and induces inflammatory immune responses - Y. P. Ng; T. F. Yip; J. S. Malik Peiris; Nancy Y. Ip; Suki M. Y. Lee (Journal of NeuroVirology, 2018)

Metrics for comparing stand structure and dynamics between Ecological Reserves and managed forest of Maine, USA - Christian Kuehne; Joshua Puhlick; Aaron Weiskittel; Andrew Cutko; Donald Cameron; Nancy Sferra; Justin Schlawin (Ecology, 2018)
A data set of common forest metrics was prepared using inventory data from Ecological Reserves in Maine, northeastern USA . An Ecological Reserve is generally defined as an area where timber harvesting does not occur and natural disturbance events are allowed to proceed without significant human influence. Beginning in the early 2000s, permanent, long term monitoring plots were established in Reserves across Maine. To date, 50 Reserves occupying approximately 70,820 ha with a total of 1,103 monitoring plots comprise Maine's Ecological Reserve System. A goal of the Ecological Reserve Monitoring program is to remeasure plots every 10 years and about half of the plots have been remeasured since the initial inventory. Stand metrics were calculated for both monitoring rounds and include: live tree basal area, live tree density, large (diameter at breast height, dbh ≥40 cm) and very large (dbh ≥51 cm) live tree density, standing dead tree density, large (dbh ≥40 cm) and very large (dbh ≥51 cm) standing dead tree density, total and large (diameter at transect intersect ≥40 cm) downed coarse woody debris volume, as well as various stand dynamic metrics. For comparison, the same metrics were computed for managed forests in Maine using permanent plot data from the US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis ( FIA ) Program. Information on Ecological Reserve monitoring plots includes Ecological Reserve name, forest‐type group, geographic location, elevation, slope, aspect, and harvest history. This data should prove invaluable for assessing and evaluating long‐term changes in Ecological Reserves across the broad ecological/climate zones that are present in Maine. No copyright or proprietary restrictions are associated with the use of this data set other than citation of this Data Paper. These data are freely available for non‐commercial scientific use.

Trade and conservation implications of new beak and feather disease virus detection in native and introduced parrots - Deborah J. Fogell; Rowan O. Martin; Nancy Bunbury; Becki Lawson; James Sells; Alison M. McKeand; Vikash Tatayah; Cao Tien Trung; Jim J. Groombridge (Conservation Biology, 2018)
Psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD), caused by Beak and feather disease virus (BFDV), has spread rapidly around the world, raising concerns for threatened species conservation and biosecurity associated with the global pet bird trade. The virus has been reported in several wild parrot populations, but data are lacking for many taxa and geographical areas with high parrot endemism. We aimed to advance understanding of BFDV distribution in many data‐deficient areas and determine phylogenetic and biogeographic associations of the virus in 5 parrot species across Africa, the Indian Ocean islands, Asia, and Europe and focused specifically on the highly traded and invasive Psittacula krameri . Blood, feather, and tissue samples were screened for BFDV through standard polymerase chain reaction. Isolates obtained from positive individuals were then analyzed in a maximum likelihood phylogeny along with all other publically available global BFDV sequences. We detected BFDV in 8 countries where it was not known to occur previously, indicating the virus is more widely distributed than currently recognized. We documented for the first time the presence of BFDV in wild populations of P. krameri within its native range in Asia and Africa. We detected BFDV among introduced P. krameri in Mauritius and the Seychelles, raising concerns for island endemic species in the region. Phylogenetic relationships between viral sequences showed likely pathways of transmission between populations in southern Asia and western Africa. A high degree of phylogenetic relatedness between viral variants from geographically distant populations suggests recent introductions, likely driven by global trade. These findings highlight the need for effective regulation of international trade in live parrots, particularly in regions with high parrot endemism or vulnerable taxa where P. krameri could act as a reservoir host.

Ten‐year assessment of the 100 priority questions for global biodiversity conservation - Tommaso Jucker; Bonnie Wintle; Gorm Shackelford; Pierre Bocquillon; Jan Laurens Geffert; Tim Kasoar; Eszter Kovacs; Hannah S. Mumby; Chloé Orland; Judith Schleicher; Eleanor R. Tew; Aiora Zabala; et al. (Conservation Biology, 2018)
In 2008, a group of conservation scientists compiled a list of 100 priority questions for the conservation of the world's biodiversity. However, now almost a decade later, no one has yet published a study gauging how much progress has been made in addressing these 100 high‐priority questions in the peer‐reviewed literature. We took a first step toward reexamining the 100 questions to identify key knowledge gaps that remain. Through a combination of a questionnaire and a literature review, we evaluated each question on the basis of 2 criteria: relevance and effort. We defined highly relevant questions as those that – if answered – would have the greatest impact on global biodiversity conservation and quantified effort based on the number of review publications addressing a particular question, which we used as a proxy for research effort. Using this approach, we identified a set of questions that, despite being perceived as highly relevant, have been the focus of relatively few review publications over the past 10 years. These questions covered a broad range of topics but predominantly tackled 3 major themes: conservation and management of freshwater ecosystems, role of societal structures in shaping interactions between people and the environment, and impacts of conservation interventions. We believe these questions represent important knowledge gaps that have received insufficient attention and may need to be prioritized in future research.

Effect of γ-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) on driving as measured by a driving simulator - Evangelia Liakoni; Delia A. Dempsey; Matthew Meyers; Nancy G. Murphy; Dary Fiorentino; Christopher Havel; Christine Haller; Neal L. Benowitz (Psychopharmacology, 2018)

Nanotechnology in Tuberculosis: State of the Art and the Challenges Ahead - Estefania Grotz; Nancy Tateosian; Nicolas Amiano; Maximiliano Cagel; Ezequiel Bernabeu; Diego A. Chiappetta; Marcela A. Moretton (Pharmaceutical Research, 2018)

Overwintering of the Argentine strain of Neoseiulus californicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) - María Fernanda Gugole Ottaviano; Mariángeles Alonso; Claudia Cédola; Mariana Pascua; Martha Roggiero; Nancy Greco (Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2018)

The role of Amundsen–Bellingshausen Sea anticyclonic circulation in forcing marine air intrusions into West Antarctica - B. Daniel Emanuelsson; Nancy A. N. Bertler; Peter D. Neff; James A. Renwick; Bradley R. Markle; W. Troy Baisden; Elizabeth D. Keller (Climate Dynamics, 2018)

Climate change implications for irrigation and groundwater in the Republican River Basin, USA - Gengxin Ou; Francisco Munoz-Arriola; Daniel R. Uden; Derrel Martin; Craig R. Allen; Nancy Shank (Climatic Change, 2018)

Phylogenetics beyond biology - Nancy Retzlaff; Peter F. Stadler (Theory in Biosciences, 2018)

Contribution of eastern North Pacific tropical cyclones and their remnants on flooding in the western United States - Nancy A. Barth; Gabriele Villarini; Kathleen White (International Journal of Climatology, 2018)
Recent studies have focused on identifying the spatial coverage of heavy rainfall associated with tropical cyclones (TCs) and their remnants (TC‐events) throughout the southwestern United States from eastern North Pacific storms. Yet little is known about the larger spatial contribution of these storms among extreme floods over the western United States. This paper examines the spatial and fractional contribution of 103 TC‐events among annual maximum streamflow at 1,429 long‐term U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamgages with at least 30 years of daily discharge data over the 1958–2010 water years. The highest fractional contributions to annual daily maxima by these storms (~5–14%) are found in southern California, Arizona, southernmost Nevada and Utah, southern and western New Mexico, central Colorado, and Texas. While nearly 32% of the streamgages have at least one annual maximum that was generated by a TC‐event, TC‐events play a limited role in contributing to the upper tail of the flood peak distribution across the western United States.

Genetic ablation of adenosine receptor A3 results in articular cartilage degeneration - Ruzanna Shkhyan; Siyoung Lee; Francesca Gullo; Lei Li; Maria Peleli; Mattias Carlstrom; Andrei S. Chagin; Nicholas W. Banks; Sean Limfat; Nancy Q. Liu; Denis Evseenko (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2018)

Muscle health and performance in monozygotic twins with 30 years of discordant exercise habits - Katherine E. Bathgate; James R. Bagley; Edward Jo; Robert J. Talmadge; Irene S. Tobias; Lee E. Brown; Jared W. Coburn; Jose A. Arevalo; Nancy L. Segal; Andrew J. Galpin (European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2018)

Topography and neighborhood crowding can interact to shape species growth and distribution in a diverse Amazonian forest - Claire Fortunel; Jesse R. Lasky; María Uriarte; Renato Valencia; S. Joseph Wright; Nancy C. Garwood; Nathan J. B. Kraft (Ecology, 2018)
Abiotic constraints and biotic interactions act simultaneously to shape communities. However, these community assembly mechanisms are often studied independently, which can limit understanding of how they interact to affect species dynamics and distributions. We develop a hierarchical Bayesian neighborhood modeling approach to quantify the simultaneous effects of topography and crowding by neighbors on the growth of 124,704 individual stems ≥1 cm DBH for 1,047 tropical tree species in a 25‐ha mapped rainforest plot in Amazonian Ecuador. We build multi‐level regression models to evaluate how four key functional traits (specific leaf area, maximum tree size, wood specific gravity and seed mass) mediate tree growth response to topography and neighborhood crowding. Tree growth is faster in valleys than on ridges and is reduced by neighborhood crowding. Topography and crowding interact to influence tree growth in ~10% of the species. Specific leaf area, maximum tree size and seed mass are associated with growth responses to topography, but not with responses to neighborhood crowding or with the interaction between topography and crowding. In sum, our study reveals that topography and neighborhood crowding each influence tree growth in tropical forests, but act largely independently in shaping species distributions. While traits were associated with species response to topography, their role in species response to neighborhood crowding was less clear, which suggests that trait effects on neighborhood dynamics may depend on the direction (negative/positive) and degree of symmetry of biotic interactions. Our study emphasizes the importance of simultaneously assessing the individual and interactive role of multiple mechanisms in shaping species dynamics in high diversity tropical systems.

An Alternative to Static Climatologies: Robust Estimation of Open Ocean CO2 Variables and Nutrient Concentrations From T, S, and O2 Data Using Bayesian Neural Networks - Henry C. Bittig; Tobias Steinhoff; Hervé Claustre; Björn Fiedler; Nancy L. Williams; Raphaëlle Sauzède; Arne Körtzinger; Jean-Pierre Gattuso (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018)

Molecular detection of ephemeral fever virus among large ruminants in the Philippines - John Emmanuel E. Lapira; Michelle M. Balbin; Lawrence P. Belotindos; Victoria V. Viloria; Nancy S. Abes; Claro N. Mingala (VirusDisease, 2018)

Naïve Bayesian Models for Vero Cell Cytotoxicity - Alexander L. Perryman; Jimmy S. Patel; Riccardo Russo; Eric Singleton; Nancy Connell; Sean Ekins; Joel S. Freundlich (Pharmaceutical Research, 2018)

Enhancing resilience within and between critical infrastructure systems - Nancy Kete; Giuliano Punzo; Igor Linkov (Environment Systems and Decisions, 2018)

Improving communication resilience for effective disaster relief operations - Ekundayo Shittu; Geoffrey Parker; Nancy Mock (Environment Systems and Decisions, 2018)

Thrombospondin-1 interactions regulate eicosanoid metabolism and signaling in cancer-related inflammation - Manuel U. Ramirez; Elizabeth R. Stirling; Nancy J. Emenaker; David D. Roberts; David R. Soto-Pantoja (Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2018)

Infection process of Gilbertella persicaria in papaya (Carica papaya L.) fruits - Isabel Cruz-Lachica; Isidro Marquez-Zequera; Raul Allende-Molar; Josefina Leon-Felix; Josefa Adriana Sañudo-Barajas; Nancy Ley-Lopez; Raymundo Saul Garcia-Estrada (Journal of General Plant Pathology, 2018)

Apatite-rich pyrometamorphic rocks from Suweileh area, Jordan - Nancy Al-Ajarmeh; Hani Khoury (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2018)

Secondary metabolism in Penicillium expansum : Emphasis on recent advances in patulin research - Joanna Tannous; Nancy P. Keller; Ali Atoui; André El Khoury; Roger Lteif; Isabelle P. Oswald; Olivier Puel (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2018)

Heroin Use Is Associated with Ruptured Saccular Aneurysms - Anil Can; Victor M. Castro; Yildirim H. Ozdemir; Sarajune Dagen; Dmitriy Dligach; Sean Finan; Sheng Yu; Vivian Gainer; Nancy A. Shadick; Guergana Savova; Shawn Murphy; Tianxi Cai; et al. (Translational Stroke Research, 2018)

Modification of plant cell wall chemistry impacts metabolome and microbiome composition in Populus PdKOR1 RNAi plants - Allison M. Veach; Daniel Yip; Nancy L. Engle; Zamin K. Yang; Amber Bible; Jennifer Morrell-Falvey; Timothy J. Tschaplinski; Udaya C. Kalluri; Christopher W. Schadt (Plant and Soil, 2018)

Biocrust moss populations differ in growth rates, stress response, and microbial associates - Kyle D. Doherty; Matthew A. Bowker; Anita J. Antoninka; Nancy C. Johnson; Troy E. Wood (Plant and Soil, 2018)

Fungal guilds are evenly distributed along a vertical spruce forest soil profile while individual fungi show pronounced niche partitioning - Derek Peršoh; Nancy Stolle; Andreas Brachmann; Dominik Begerow; Gerhard Rambold (Mycological Progress, 2018)

Global change‐driven effects on dissolved organic matter composition: Implications for food webs of northern lakes - Irena F. Creed; Ann‐Kristin Bergström; Charles G. Trick; Nancy B. Grimm; Dag O. Hessen; Jan Karlsson; Karen A. Kidd; Emma Kritzberg; Diane M. McKnight; Erika C. Freeman; Oscar E. Senar; Agneta Andersson; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2018)
Northern ecosystems are experiencing some of the most dramatic impacts of global change on Earth. Rising temperatures, hydrological intensification, changes in atmospheric acid deposition and associated acidification recovery, and changes in vegetative cover are resulting in fundamental changes in terrestrial–aquatic biogeochemical linkages. The effects of global change are readily observed in alterations in the supply of dissolved organic matter ( DOM )—the messenger between terrestrial and lake ecosystems—with potentially profound effects on the structure and function of lakes. Northern terrestrial ecosystems contain substantial stores of organic matter and filter or funnel DOM , affecting the timing and magnitude of DOM delivery to surface waters. This terrestrial DOM is processed in streams, rivers, and lakes, ultimately shifting its composition, stoichiometry, and bioavailability. Here, we explore the potential consequences of these global change‐driven effects for lake food webs at northern latitudes. Notably, we provide evidence that increased allochthonous DOM supply to lakes is overwhelming increased autochthonous DOM supply that potentially results from earlier ice‐out and a longer growing season. Furthermore, we assess the potential implications of this shift for the nutritional quality of autotrophs in terms of their stoichiometry, fatty acid composition, toxin production, and methylmercury concentration, and therefore, contaminant transfer through the food web. We conclude that global change in northern regions leads not only to reduced primary productivity but also to nutritionally poorer lake food webs, with discernible consequences for the trophic web to fish and humans.

Genomes of ubiquitous marine and hypersaline Hydrogenovibrio , Thiomicrorhabdus and Thiomicrospira spp. encode a diversity of mechanisms to sustain chemolithoautotrophy in heterogeneous environments - Kathleen M. Scott; John Williams; Cody M. B. Porter; Sydney Russel; Tara L. Harmer; John H. Paul; Kirsten M. Antonen; Megan K. Bridges; Gary J. Camper; Christie K. Campla; Leila G. Casella; Eva Chase; et al. (Environmental Microbiology, 2018)
Summary Chemolithoautotrophic bacteria from the genera Hydrogenovibrio, Thiomicrorhabdus and Thiomicrospira are common, sometimes dominant, isolates from sulfidic habitats including hydrothermal vents, soda and salt lakes and marine sediments. Their genome sequences confirm their membership in a deeply branching clade of the Gammaproteobacteria . Several adaptations to heterogeneous habitats are apparent. Their genomes include large numbers of genes for sensing and responding to their environment (EAL‐ and GGDEF‐domain proteins and methyl‐accepting chemotaxis proteins) despite their small sizes (2.1–3.1 Mbp). An array of sulfur‐oxidizing complexes are encoded, likely to facilitate these organisms' use of multiple forms of reduced sulfur as electron donors. Hydrogenase genes are present in some taxa, including group 1d and 2b hydrogenases in Hydrogenovibrio marinus and H. thermophilus MA2‐6, acquired via horizontal gene transfer. In addition to high‐affinity cbb 3 cytochrome c oxidase, some also encode cytochrome bd‐ type quinol oxidase or ba 3 ‐ type cytochrome c oxidase, which could facilitate growth under different oxygen tensions, or maintain redox balance. Carboxysome operons are present in most, with genes downstream encoding transporters from four evolutionarily distinct families, which may act with the carboxysomes to form CO 2 concentrating mechanisms. These adaptations to habitat variability likely contribute to the cosmopolitan distribution of these organisms.

Environmental predictors of dispersal traits across a species’ geographic range - Elizabeth A. LaRue; Jeffrey D. Holland; Nancy C. Emery (Ecology, 2018)
Variation in habitat quality and quantity drive selection on dispersal traits in heterogeneous environments, but the extent to which environmental conditions predict geographic variation in dispersal is rarely evaluated. We assessed dispersal trait variation across the range of Cakile edentula var. lacustris , an annual herb that occupies beaches of the Great Lakes. Cakile edentula has dimorphic fruits that each contain one dispersive and one non‐dispersive seed. Previous work showed that plant height, branching density, and dispersive fruit wing‐loading can determine the distance that seeds disperse locally by wind, while pericarp thickness influences the distance they disperse by water. We tested if these traits vary predictably with latitude across the species’ geographic range, and if variation in dispersal characteristics can be predicted by the quality and quantity of habitat available at a site. We observed that the dispersive fruits from northern and southern populations had thinner pericarps than those from the interior of the species’ range, reflecting reduced long‐distance dispersal by water at both range limits. Plants at the northern range limit were shorter with less dense branching and lower wing‐loading than populations elsewhere in the range, suggesting that these populations have enhanced local wind dispersal. In contrast, southern populations exhibited traits with inconsistent effects on wind dispersal: plants tended to be short, which facilitates wind dispersal in C. edentula , but also had relatively higher branching density and distal segment wing‐loading that reduce wind dispersal. Geographic variation in maternal plant height and branching density was partially explained by variation in habitat quality, which declined at the species’ range limits. In addition, population differences in branching density, fruit wing‐loading, and pericarp thickness were predicted by the abundance and distribution of beach habitat. Finally, a common garden analysis recovered latitudinal patterns for the dispersal traits associated with fruits, but not those associated with maternal architecture. Thus, the geographic patterns of dispersal trait variation that we observed likely reflect responses to past selection by the distribution, abundance, and quality of habitat, strong plasticity in dispersal traits, and the effects dispersal itself has in shaping local adaptation by driving gene flow among populations.

Dinoflagellate Cysts Track Eutrophication in the Northern Gulf of Mexico - Andrea M. Price; Melissa M. Baustian; R. Eugene Turner; Nancy N. Rabalais; Gail L. Chmura (Estuaries and Coasts, 2018)

BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene - Maria Dornelas; Laura H. Antão; Faye Moyes; Amanda E. Bates; Anne E. Magurran; Dušan Adam; Asem A. Akhmetzhanova; Ward Appeltans; José Manuel Arcos; Haley Arnold; Narayanan Ayyappan; Gal Badihi; et al. (Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2018)
Motivation The BioTIME database contains raw data on species identities and abundances in ecological assemblages through time. These data enable users to calculate temporal trends in biodiversity within and amongst assemblages using a broad range of metrics. BioTIME is being developed as a community‐led open‐source database of biodiversity time series. Our goal is to accelerate and facilitate quantitative analysis of temporal patterns of biodiversity in the Anthropocene. Main types of variables included The database contains 8,777,413 species abundance records, from assemblages consistently sampled for a minimum of 2 years, which need not necessarily be consecutive. In addition, the database contains metadata relating to sampling methodology and contextual information about each record. Spatial location and grain BioTIME is a global database of 547,161 unique sampling locations spanning the marine, freshwater and terrestrial realms. Grain size varies across datasets from 0.0000000158 km 2 (158 cm 2 ) to 100 km 2 (1,000,000,000,000 cm 2 ). Time period and grain BioTIME records span from 1874 to 2016. The minimal temporal grain across all datasets in BioTIME is a year. Major taxa and level of measurement BioTIME includes data from 44,440 species across the plant and animal kingdoms, ranging from plants, plankton and terrestrial invertebrates to small and large vertebrates. Software format .csv and .SQL.

The classification of wetlands: integration of top-down and bottom-up approaches and their significance for ecosystem service determination - Erwin J. J. Sieben; Skhumbuzo P. Khubeka; Simangele Sithole; Nancy M. Job; Donovan C. Kotze (Wetlands Ecology and Management, 2018)

Migration and invasion induced by linoleic acid are mediated through fascin in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells - Christian Gonzalez-Reyes; Cleofas Marcial-Medina; Nancy Cervantes-Anaya; Pedro Cortes-Reynosa; Eduardo Perez Salazar (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2018)

Soluble mucus component CLCA1 modulates expression of leukotactic cytokines and BPIFA1 in murine alveolar macrophages but not in bone marrow-derived macrophages - Nancy A. Erickson; Kristina Dietert; Jana Enders; Rainer Glauben; Geraldine Nouailles; Achim D. Gruber; Lars Mundhenk (Histochemistry and Cell Biology, 2018)

Racialized economic segregation and stage at diagnosis of colorectal cancer in the United States - Benjamin J. Scally; Nancy Krieger; Jarvis T. Chen (Cancer Causes & Control, 2018)

A healthy lifestyle index and its association with risk of breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancer among Canadian women - Rhonda Arthur; Victoria A. Kirsh; Nancy Kreiger; Thomas Rohan (Cancer Causes & Control, 2018)

Elevated Serotonin Interacts with Angiotensin-II to Result in Altered Valve Interstitial Cell Contractility and Remodeling - Jessica Perez; Nancy Diaz; Ishita Tandon; Rachel Plate; Christopher Martindale; Kartik Balachandran (Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, 2018)

Cortical thickness abnormalities in trichotillomania: international multi-site analysis - Samuel R. Chamberlain; Michael Harries; Sarah A. Redden; Nancy J. Keuthen; Dan J. Stein; Christine Lochner; Jon E. Grant (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2018)

Threats to biodiversity from cumulative human impacts in one of North America's last wildlife frontiers - Nancy Shackelford; Rachel J. Standish; William Ripple; Brian M. Starzomski (Conservation Biology, 2018)
Land‐use change is the largest proximate threat to biodiversity yet remains one of the most complex to manage. In British Columbia (BC), where large mammals roam extensive tracts of intact habitat, continued land‐use development is of global concern. Extant mammal diversity in BC is unrivalled in North America owing, in part, to its unique position at the intersection of alpine, boreal, and temperate biomes. Despite high conservation values, understanding of cumulative ecological impacts from human development is limited. Using cumulative‐effects‐assessment (CEA) methods, we assessed the current human footprint over 16 regional ecosystems and 7 large mammal species. Using historical and current range estimates of the mammals, we investigated impacts of human land use on species’ persistence. For ecosystems, we found that bunchgrass, coastal Douglas fir, and ponderosa pine have been subjected to over 50% land‐use conversion, and over 85% of their spatial extent has undergone either direct or estimated indirect impacts. Of the mammals we considered, wolves were the least affected by land conversion, yet all species had reduced ranges compared with historical estimates. We found evidence of a hard trade‐off between development and conservation, most clearly for mammals with large distributions and ecosystems with high levels of conversion. Rather than serve as a platform to monitor species decline, we strongly advocate these data be used to inform land‐use planning and to assess current conservation efforts. More generally, CEAs offer a robust tool to inform wildlife and habitat conservation at scale.

Selection of a Ligand-Binding Neutralizing Antibody Assay for Benralizumab: Comparison with an Antibody-Dependent Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity (ADCC) Cell-Based Assay - Yuling Wu; Ahmad Akhgar; Jia J Li; Binbing Yu; Cecil Chen; Nancy Lee; Wendy I. White; Lorin K. Roskos (The AAPS Journal, 2018)

The influence of anthropogenic edge effects on primate populations and their habitat in a fragmented rainforest in Costa Rica - Laura M. Bolt; Amy L. Schreier; Kristofor A. Voss; Elizabeth A. Sheehan; Nancy L. Barrickman; Nathaniel P. Pryor; Matthew C. Barton (Primates, 2018)

Spatio-temporal variation of strawberry aphid populations and their parasitoids - María F. Cingolani; Nancy Greco (Applied Entomology and Zoology, 2018)

Drivers of vegetative dormancy across herbaceous perennial plant species - Richard P. Shefferson; Tiiu Kull; Michael J. Hutchings; Marc‐André Selosse; Hans Jacquemyn; Kimberly M. Kellett; Eric S. Menges; Richard B. Primack; Juha Tuomi; Kirsi Alahuhta; Sonja Hurskainen; Helen M. Alexander; et al. (Ecology Letters, 2018)
Vegetative dormancy, that is the temporary absence of aboveground growth for ≥ 1 year, is paradoxical, because plants cannot photosynthesise or flower during dormant periods. We test ecological and evolutionary hypotheses for its widespread persistence. We show that dormancy has evolved numerous times. Most species displaying dormancy exhibit life‐history costs of sprouting, and of dormancy. Short‐lived and mycoheterotrophic species have higher proportions of dormant plants than long‐lived species and species with other nutritional modes. Foliage loss is associated with higher future dormancy levels, suggesting that carbon limitation promotes dormancy. Maximum dormancy duration is shorter under higher precipitation and at higher latitudes, the latter suggesting an important role for competition or herbivory. Study length affects estimates of some demographic parameters. Our results identify life historical and environmental drivers of dormancy. We also highlight the evolutionary importance of the little understood costs of sprouting and growth, latitudinal stress gradients and mixed nutritional modes.

The role of landscape connectivity in resistance, resilience, and recovery of multi‐trophic microarthropod communities - Nancy Shackelford; Rachel J. Standish; Zoë Lindo; Brian M. Starzomski (Ecology, 2018)
There is a need to find generalizable mechanisms supporting ecological resilience, resistance, and recovery. One hypothesized mechanism is landscape connectivity, a habitat configuration that allows movement of biotic and abiotic resources between local patches. Whether connectivity increases all or only one of resistance, resilience, and recovery has not been teased apart, however, and has been difficult to test at large scales and for complex trophic webs. Natural microcosms offer a complex system that can be manipulated to test questions at a landscape‐scale relative to the community of study. Here, we test the role of connectivity in altering resistance, resilience, and recovery to a gradient of heating disturbance in moss microcosms. To test across trophic levels, we focused on community composition as our metric of response and applied three connectivity treatments – isolation, connected to an equally disturbed patch, and connected to an undisturbed patch. We found that connectivity between equally disturbed patches boosted resistance of communities to disturbance. Additionally, recovery was linear and rapid in communities connected to undisturbed landscapes, hump shaped when connected to equally disturbed landscapes, and linear but slow in isolated communities. We did not find thresholds on the disturbance gradient at which disturbed communities exhibited zero or increasing dissimilarity to controls through time, so were unable to draw conclusions on the role of connectivity in ecological resilience. Ultimately, isolated communities exhibited increasingly variable composition and slow recovery patterns even in control communities when compared with connected treatments.

The spectrum of genetic variants in hereditary pancreatic cancer includes Fanconi anemia genes - Thomas P. Slavin; Susan L. Neuhausen; Bita Nehoray; Mariana Niell-Swiller; Ilana Solomon; Christina Rybak; Kathleen Blazer; Aaron Adamson; Kai Yang; Sharon Sand; Nancy Guerrero-Llamas; Danielle Castillo; et al. (Familial Cancer, 2018)

A novel genotoxin-specific qPCR array based on the metabolically competent human HepaRG™ cell line as a rapid and reliable tool for improved in vitro hazard assessment - Gamze Ates; Birgit Mertens; Anja Heymans; Luc Verschaeve; Dimiter Milushev; Philippe Vanparys; Nancy H. C. Roosens; Sigrid C. J. De Keersmaecker; Vera Rogiers; Tatyana Y. Doktorova (Archives of Toxicology, 2018)

The P-type ATPase CtpG preferentially transports Cd2+ across the Mycobacterium tuberculosis plasma membrane - Marcela López; Laudy-Viviana Quitian; Martha-Nancy Calderón; Carlos-Y. Soto (Archives of Microbiology, 2018)

Antibiotics reduce genetic diversity of core species in the honeybee gut microbiome - Kasie Raymann; Louis‐Marie Bobay; Nancy A. Moran (Molecular Ecology, 2018)
The gut microbiome plays a key role in animal health, and perturbing it can have detrimental effects. One major source of perturbation to microbiomes, in humans and human‐associated animals, is exposure to antibiotics. Most studies of how antibiotics affect the microbiome have used amplicon sequencing of highly conserved 16S rRNA sequences, as in a recent study showing that antibiotic treatment severely alters the species‐level composition of the honeybee gut microbiome. But because the standard 16S rRNA ‐based methods cannot resolve closely related strains, strain‐level changes could not be evaluated. To address this gap, we used amplicon sequencing of protein‐coding genes to assess effects of antibiotics on fine‐scale genetic diversity of the honeybee gut microbiota. We followed the population dynamics of alleles within two dominant core species of the bee gut community, Gilliamella apicola and Snodgrassella alvi , following antibiotic perturbation. Whereas we observed a large reduction in genetic diversity in G. apicola , S. alvi diversity was mostly unaffected. The reduction in G. apicola diversity accompanied an increase in the frequency of several alleles, suggesting resistance to antibiotic treatment. We find that antibiotic perturbation can cause major shifts in diversity and that the extent of these shifts can vary substantially across species. Thus, antibiotics impact not only species composition, but also allelic diversity within species, potentially affecting hosts if variants with particular functions are reduced or eliminated. Overall, we show that amplicon sequencing of protein‐coding genes, without clustering into operational taxonomic units, provides an accurate picture of the fine‐scale dynamics of microbial communities over time.

Feeding habits of the tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, in the northwest Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico - Alexandra C. Aines; John K. Carlson; Andre Boustany; Alyssa Mathers; Nancy E. Kohler (Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2018)

Epistemic and ethical trade-offs in decision analytical modelling - Martin Vezér; Alexander Bakker; Klaus Keller; Nancy Tuana (Climatic Change, 2018)

Narrating climate change as a rite of passage - Nancy Menning (Climatic Change, 2018)

Feasibility of analyzing DNA copy number variation in breast cancer tumor specimens from 1950 to 2010: how old is too old? - Nancy Krieger; Sheida Nabavi; Pamela D. Waterman; Ninah S. Achacoso; Luana Acton; Stuart J. Schnitt; Laurel A. Habel (Cancer Causes & Control, 2018)

A spatial evaluation of historic iron mining impacts on current impaired waters in Lake Superior’s Mesabi Range - John Baeten; Nancy Langston; Don Lafreniere (Ambio, 2018)

An easily overlooked cause of toxic encephalopathy: methylene blue in a patient on an SSRI - Pieter-Jan Honoré; Nancy Deianova; Griet Loret; Dimitri Hemelsoet (Acta Neurologica Belgica, 2018)

Size, growth, and density data for shallow‐water sea urchins from Mexico to the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1956–2016 - Thomas A. Ebert; Louis M. Barr; James L. Bodkin; Dirk Burcham; Dominique Bureau; Henry S. Carson; Nancy L. Caruso; Jennifer E. Caselle; Jeremy T. Claisse; Sabrina Clemente; Kathryn Davis; Paul M. Detwiler; et al. (Ecology, 2018)
Size, growth, and density have been studied for North American Pacific coast sea urchins Strongylocentrotus purpuratus , S. droebachiensis, S. polyacanthus , Mesocentrotus (Strongylocentrotus) franciscanus , Lytechinus pictus , Centrostephanus coronatus , and Arbacia stellata by various workers at diverse sites and for varying lengths of time from 1956 to present. Numerous peer‐reviewed publications have used some of these data but some data have appeared only in graduate theses or the gray literature. There also are data that have never appeared outside original data sheets. Motivation for studies has included fisheries management and environmental monitoring of sewer and power plant outfalls as well as changes associated with disease epidemics. Studies also have focused on kelp restoration, community effects of sea otters, basic sea urchin biology, and monitoring. The data sets presented here are a historical record of size, density, and growth for a common group of marine invertebrates in intertidal and nearshore environments that can be used to test hypotheses concerning future changes associated with fisheries practices, shifts of predator distributions, climate and ecosystem changes, and ocean acidification along the Pacific Coast of North America and islands of the north Pacific. No copyright restrictions apply. Please credit this paper when using the data.

Bacteria as food in aquaculture: do they make a difference? - Nancy Nevejan; Peter De Schryver; Mathieu Wille; Kristof Dierckens; Kartik Baruah; Gilbert Van Stappen (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2018)
Bacterioplankton is an important component of marine as well as fresh waters and accounts for a large fraction of the production of particulate matter in those ecosystems. The concept of bacteria as providers of essential nutrients in aquatic food webs has been raised most recently in relation to the utilization of bacteria as a food source in aquaculture food chains. This article represents a comprehensive review on the potential role of bacteria as a direct food source for aquaculture organisms. After studying shortly the analytical tools that can be applied to determine the uptake and assimilation of bacteria by higher trophic levels, it describes the bacterial loads that are found in closed and open aquaculture systems and elaborates on the composition of bacteria from a nutritional point of view. Next this study elaborates in more detail on the role of bacteria as food for the zooplankton groups used as live food in aquaculture hatcheries and for various groups of aquaculture target organisms, such as fish, crustaceans and especially bivalves. This includes an assessment of the specific uptake mechanisms of the different taxonomic groups of interest in relation to their efficiency to ingest bacteria. Finally, future research lines are suggested to elucidate the nutritional impact of the bacterial community in aquaculture systems and how to steer this in order to optimize the production.

Alcohol Consumption and Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - Anil Can; Victor M. Castro; Yildirim H. Ozdemir; Sarajune Dagen; Dmitriy Dligach; Sean Finan; Sheng Yu; Vivian Gainer; Nancy A. Shadick; Guergana Savova; Shawn Murphy; Tianxi Cai; et al. (Translational Stroke Research, 2018)

Development of a copper-clioquinol formulation suitable for intravenous use - Moe Wehbe; Armaan K. Malhotra; Malathi Anantha; Cody Lo; Wieslawa H. Dragowska; Nancy Dos Santos; Marcel B. Bally (Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 2018)

Beyond ICOM8: perspectives on advances in mycorrhizal research from 2015 to 2017 - Catherine A. Gehring; Nancy C. Johnson (Mycorrhiza, 2018)

Characterization of Biaxial Stretch as an In Vitro Model of Traumatic Brain Injury to the Blood-Brain Barrier - Hector Rosas-Hernandez; Elvis Cuevas; Claudia Escudero-Lourdes; Susan M. Lantz; Nancy P. Gomez-Crisostomo; Nasya M. Sturdivant; Kartik Balachandran; Syed Z. Imam; William Slikker; Merle G. Paule; Syed F. Ali (Molecular Neurobiology, 2018)

Levels of 1-hydroxypyrene in urine of people living in an oil producing region of the Andean Amazon (Ecuador and Peru) - Jena Webb; Oliver T. Coomes; Donna Mergler; Nancy A. Ross (International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2018)

Seasonal variation of carrageenans from Chondracanthus chamissoi with a review of variation in the carrageenan contents produced by Gigartinales - Karina Véliz; Nancy Chandía; Marcelo Rivadeneira; Martin Thiel (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2017)

Community Perceptions of the Crop-Feeding Buton Macaque (Macaca ochreata brunnescens): an Ethnoprimatological Study on Buton Island, Sulawesi - Jane L. Hardwick; Nancy E. C. Priston; Thomas E. Martin; David G. Tosh; Abdul H. Mustari; Kirsten E. Abernethy (International Journal of Primatology, 2017)

Development of a quantitative multi-compound method for the detection of 14 nitrogen-rich adulterants by LC-MS/MS in food materials - Nancy Frank; Thomas Bessaire; Adrienne Tarres; Alexandre Goyon; Thierry Delatour (Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, 2017)

Slc11a1 (Nramp-1) gene modulates immune-inflammation genes in macrophages during pristane-induced arthritis in mice - Mara A. Correa; Tatiane Canhamero; Andrea Borrego; Iana S. S. Katz; José R. Jensen; José Luiz Guerra; Wafa H. K. Cabrera; Nancy Starobinas; Jussara G. Fernandes; Orlando G. Ribeiro; Olga M. Ibañez; Marcelo De Franco (Inflammation Research, 2017)

Morphology and size of blood cells of Rhinella arenarum (Hensel, 1867) as environmental health assessment in disturbed aquatic ecosystem from central Argentina - Zulma Anahí Salinas; Mariana Baraquet; Pablo Raúl Grenat; Adolfo Ludovico Martino; Nancy Edith Salas (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Methodological considerations of terrestrial laser scanning for vegetation monitoring in the sagebrush steppe - Kyle E. Anderson; Nancy F. Glenn; Lucas P. Spaete; Douglas J. Shinneman; David S. Pilliod; Robert S. Arkle; Susan K. McIlroy; DeWayne R. Derryberry (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2017)

Ex vivo human skin permeation of methylchloroisothiazolinone (MCI) and methylisothiazolinone (MI) - Aurélie Berthet; Philipp Spring; David Vernez; Gregory Plateel; Nancy B. Hopf (Archives of Toxicology, 2017)

Frizzled-5: a high affinity receptor for secreted frizzled-related protein-2 activation of nuclear factor of activated T-cells c3 signaling to promote angiogenesis - Yuri K. Peterson; Patrick Nasarre; Ingrid V. Bonilla; Eleanor Hilliard; Jennifer Samples; Thomas A. Morinelli; Elizabeth G. Hill; Nancy Klauber-DeMore (Angiogenesis, 2017)

A new iridoid glycoside and a new cinnamoyl glycoside from Scrophularia ningpoensis Hemsl - Jun Zhang; Fanny C. F. Ip; Yan Liang; Nancy Y. Ip; Ba-Lian Zhong; Chun-Wang Lai; Shi-Hai Xu (Natural Product Research, 2017)

Integrating bioassays and analytical chemistry as an improved approach to support safety assessment of food contact materials - Julien Veyrand; Maricel Marin-Kuan; Claudine Bezencon; Nancy Frank; Violaine Guérin; Sander Koster; Hélia Latado; Julie Mollergues; Amaury Patin; Dominique Piguet; Patrick Serrant; Jesus Varela; et al. (Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, 2017)

Bisphenol A urinary level, its correlates, and association with cardiometabolic risks in Lebanese urban adults - Youssef Mouneimne; Mona Nasrallah; Nathalie Khoueiry-Zgheib; Lara Nasreddine; Nancy Nakhoul; Hussein Ismail; Mohamad Abiad; Lynn Koleilat; Hani Tamim (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2017)

Effects of near-future-predicted ocean temperatures on early development and calcification of the queen conch Strombus gigas - Dalila Aldana Aranda; Nancy Brito Manzano (Aquaculture International, 2017)

Quantifying impacts of forecast uncertainties on predicted storm surges - Donald T. Resio; Nancy J. Powell; Mary A. Cialone; Himangshu S. Das; Joannes J. Westerink (Natural Hazards, 2017)

Perceptions of Urologists About the Conversational Elements Leading to Treatment Decision-Making Among Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer Patients - Prajakta Adsul; Ricardo Wray; Danielle Boyd; Nancy Weaver; Sameer Siddiqui (Journal of Cancer Education, 2017)

Depression of leukocyte protein synthesis, immune function and growth performance induced by high environmental temperature in broiler chickens - Nancy N. Kamel; Ayman M. H. Ahmed; Gamal M. K. Mehaisen; Magdi M. Mashaly; Ahmed O. Abass (International Journal of Biometeorology, 2017)

Cryptic species and colonization processes in Ophryotrocha (Annelida, Dorvilleidae) inhabiting vertebrate remains in the shallow‐water Mediterranean - Sergi Taboada; Carlos Leiva; Maria Bas; Nancy Schult; Damhnait McHugh (Zoologica Scripta, 2017)
Over the past several years, there has been growing interest in how bones of decaying mammals are colonized in the marine seabed. One of the most common opportunistic taxa occurring worldwide on bones is dorvilleid polychaetes of the genus Ophryotrocha . In a recent study in the Mediterranean, Ophryotrocha puerilis and Ophryotrocha alborana were two of the most abundant species occurring in experimentally deployed bones. These species have direct development and this makes them a suitable model to study the mechanisms and processes allowing organisms lacking a dispersive larval phase to colonize new substrates. Here, we address the colonization processes at the molecular level for populations of O. puerilis and O. alborana on experimentally deployed mammal bones in the shallow‐water Mediterranean collected over a year at 3‐month intervals. High genetic distances between some of the O. puerilis organisms collected indicated the occurrence of at least two cryptic sibling species ( O. puerilis ‘Shallow’ and O. puerilis ‘Deep’) apart from O. puerilis sensu stricto . This was corroborated with phylogenetic analyses using an alignment of three concatenated genes ( COI , 16S , H3 ) and with species delimitation analyses using COI . The haplotype network inferred from COI sequences for O. puerilis ‘Shallow’ showed a few common haplotypes shared between the two trimesters analysed and several other less represented haplotypes only present in one trimester. Thus, colonization of these experimental bones may have been achieved by a few organisms that arrived to the bones and were able to reseed, and by several individuals arriving to the experimental bones and not persisting across time. In contrast, the haplotype network for O. alborana revealed that none of the haplotypes present in three different trimesters were shared, suggesting that the populations arriving at the bones during each trimester were totally replaced by new individuals during the subsequent trimesters. Our study suggests that different species of shallow‐water Ophryotrocha occurring in the Mediterranean may have different patterns of substrate colonization despite sharing similar life histories.

Memory-guided force control in healthy younger and older adults - Kristina A. Neely; Shaadee Samimy; Samantha L. Blouch; Peiyuan Wang; Amanda Chennavasin; Michele T. Diaz; Nancy A. Dennis (Experimental Brain Research, 2017)

Evaluation in situ of genotoxicity and stress in South American common toad Rhinella arenarum in environments related to fluorite mine - Favio E. Pollo; Pablo R. Grenat; Zulma A. Salinas; Manuel A. Otero; Nancy E. Salas; Adolfo L. Martino (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Coffee consumption and risk of renal cell carcinoma - Samuel O. Antwi; Jeanette E. Eckel-Passow; Nancy D. Diehl; Daniel J. Serie; Kaitlynn M. Custer; Michelle L. Arnold; Kevin J. Wu; John C. Cheville; David D. Thiel; Bradley C. Leibovich; Alexander S. Parker (Cancer Causes & Control, 2017)

Drivers of climate risk in African agriculture - Denis J. Sonwa; Amadou Dieye; El-Houssine El Mzouri; Amos Majule; Francis T. Mugabe; Nancy Omolo; Hervé Wouapi; Joy Obando; Nick Brooks (Climate and Development, 2017)

Pathways to transformational change in the face of climate impacts: an analytical framework - Paul Mapfumo; Mary Onyango; Saïd K. Honkponou; El Houssine El Mzouri; Andrew Githeko; Lilia Rabeharisoa; Joy Obando; Nancy Omolo; Amos Majule; Fatima Denton; Jessica Ayers; Arun Agrawal (Climate and Development, 2017)

Melitasphaeridium choanophorum – a living fossil dinoflagellate cyst in the Gulf of Mexico - Andrea M. Price; Melissa M. Baustian; R. Eugene Turner; Nancy N. Rabalais; Gail L. Chmura (Palynology, 2017)

Characterization of resistance to the wheat stem sawfly in spring wheat landrace accessions from targeted geographic regions of the world - Andrea C. Varella; David K. Weaver; Jason P. Cook; Nancy K. Blake; Megan L. Hofland; Peggy F. Lamb; Luther E. Talbert (Euphytica, 2017)

Identification of MSH2 inversion of exons 1–7 in clinical evaluation of families with suspected Lynch syndrome - Maureen E. Mork; Andrea Rodriguez; Melissa W. Taggart; Miguel A. Rodriguez-Bigas; Patrick M. Lynch; Sarah A. Bannon; Y. Nancy You; Eduardo Vilar (Familial Cancer, 2017)

The hereditary nature of small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type: two new familial cases - Leora Witkowski; Nancy Donini; Rebecca Byler-Dann; James A. Knost; Steffen Albrecht; Andrew Berchuck; W. Glenn McCluggage; Martin Hasselblatt; William D. Foulkes (Familial Cancer, 2017)

A primer on systematic reviews in toxicology - Sebastian Hoffmann; Rob B. M. de Vries; Martin L. Stephens; Nancy B. Beck; Hubert A. A. M. Dirven; John R. Fowle; Julie E. Goodman; Thomas Hartung; Ian Kimber; Manoj M. Lalu; Kristina Thayer; Paul Whaley; et al. (Archives of Toxicology, 2017)

The southern coastal Beringian land bridge: cryptic refugium or pseudorefugium for woody plants during the Last Glacial Maximum? - Yue Wang; Peter D. Heintzman; Lee Newsom; Nancy H. Bigelow; Matthew J. Wooller; Beth Shapiro; John W. Williams (Journal of Biogeography, 2017)
Aim The Bering Land Bridge ( BLB ) connected Asia and North America during glacial periods, supported a diverse ecosystem of now‐vanished megafauna, and is a proposed glacial refugium. This study tests whether southern coastal Beringia was a refugium for woody taxa during the Last Glacial Maximum ( LGM ) and hypotheses about habitats available on the BLB before and after megafaunal extinction. Location St. Paul Island, Alaska. Methods We analysed sediment cores from the Lake Hill, with a new age model anchored by 18 radiocarbon dates and multiple palaeoecological indicators (sedimentary ancient DNA [seda DNA ], macrobotanical fossils, and pollen) for the presence/absence of four woody genera: Picea, Betula, Alnus and Salix . We reconstructed vegetation history and compare St. Paul tundra composition to mainland counterparts. Results St. Paul has been continuously occupied by graminoid‐forb tundra with prostrate shrubs ( Salix , Ericaceae) since 18,000 years before present (yr bp ). Fossil pollen of Picea, Pinus, Betula and Alnus is present in the Lake Hill sediments at low relative abundances and accumulation rates, consistent with long‐distance transport. Macrobotanical fossils and seda DNA analyses do not support Picea, Betula and Alnus presence. The St. Paul modern and fossil pollen assemblages are compositionally unlike mainland counterparts, but most closely resemble Arctic herbaceous tundra. Stratigraphically constrained cluster analysis indicates no major change in the vegetation after woolly mammoth extinction at 5600 yr bp , although Poaceae, Cyperaceae, Equisetum and forb abundances increase. Main conclusions This study strongly indicates that St. Paul and, by implication, southern coastal Beringia were not refugia for woody taxa during the LGM . The persistence of prostrate shrub‐graminoid tundra supports interpretations that herbaceous tundra prevailed on southern Beringia during the LGM , whilst not ruling out the possibility of mesic shrub tundra in the interior. This herbaceous tundra supported an island refugium for woolly mammoth for 8000 years, showing no major vegetation composition changes after extinction.

Managing Alaska’s National Parks in an era of uncertainty: an evaluation of scenario planning workshops - Corrine Noel Knapp; Nancy Fresco; Lena Krutikov (Regional Environmental Change, 2017)

Taking the Circularity to the Next Level: A Special Issue on the Circular Economy - Nancy M. P. Bocken; Elsa A. Olivetti; Jonathan M. Cullen; José Potting; Reid Lifset (Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2017)

The Circular Economy: Exploring the Introduction of the Concept Among S&P 500 Firms - Nancy M. P. Bocken; Paavo Ritala; Pontus Huotari (Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2017)

Micropropagation and in vitro elicitation of licorice (Glycyrrhiza spp.) - Nancy Jaiswal; Yashodhara Verma; Pragati Misra (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant, 2017)

Origins of endemic island tortoises in the western Indian Ocean: a critique of the human‐translocation hypothesis - Dennis M. Hansen; Jeremy J. Austin; Rich H. Baxter; Erik J. de Boer; Wilfredo Falcón; Sietze J. Norder; Kenneth F. Rijsdijk; Christophe Thébaud; Nancy J. Bunbury; Ben H. Warren (Journal of Biogeography, 2017)
How do organisms arrive on isolated islands, and how do insular evolutionary radiations arise? In a recent paper, Wilmé et al . ( ) argue that early Austronesians that colonized Madagascar from Southeast Asia translocated giant tortoises to islands in the western Indian Ocean. In the Mascarene Islands, moreover, the human‐translocated tortoises then evolved and radiated in an endemic genus ( Cylindraspis ). Their proposal ignores the broad, established understanding of the processes leading to the formation of native island biotas, including endemic radiations. We find Wilmé et al .'s suggestion poorly conceived, using a flawed methodology and missing two critical pieces of information: the timing and the specifics of proposed translocations. In response, we here summarize the arguments that could be used to defend the natural origin not only of Indian Ocean giant tortoises but also of scores of insular endemic radiations world‐wide. Reinforcing a generalist's objection, the phylogenetic and ecological data on giant tortoises, and current knowledge of environmental and palaeogeographical history of the Indian Ocean, make Wilmé et al .'s argument even more unlikely.

Will phenotypic plasticity affecting flowering phenology keep pace with climate change? - Bryce A. Richardson; Lindsay Chaney; Nancy L. Shaw; Shannon M. Still (Global Change Biology, 2017)
Rising temperatures have begun to shift flowering time, but it is unclear whether phenotypic plasticity can accommodate projected temperature change for this century. Evaluating clines in phenological traits and the extent and variation in plasticity can provide key information on assessing risk of maladaptation and developing strategies to mitigate climate change. In this study, flower phenology was examined in 52 populations of big sagebrush ( Artemisia tridentata ) growing in three common gardens. Flowering date (anthesis) varied 91 days from late July to late November among gardens. Mixed‐effects modeling explained 79% of variation in flowering date, of which 46% could be assigned to plasticity and genetic variation in plasticity and 33% to genetics (conditional R 2 = 0.79, marginal R 2 = 0.33). Two environmental variables that explained the genetic variation were photoperiod and the onset of spring, the Julian date of accumulating degree‐days >5 °C reaching 100. The genetic variation was mapped for contemporary and future climates (decades 2060 and 2090), showing flower date change varies considerably across the landscape. Plasticity was estimated to accommodate, on average, a ±13‐day change in flowering date. However, the examination of genetic variation in plasticity suggests that the magnitude of plasticity could be affected by variation in the sensitivity to photoperiod and temperature. In a warmer common garden, lower‐latitude populations have greater plasticity (+16 days) compared to higher‐latitude populations (+10 days). Mapped climatypes of flowering date for contemporary and future climates illustrate the wide breadth of plasticity and large geographic overlap. Our research highlights the importance of integrating information on genetic variation, phenotypic plasticity and climatic niche modeling to evaluate plant responses and elucidate vulnerabilities to climate change.

Marine species in ambient low‐oxygen regions subject to double jeopardy impacts of climate change - Christine H. Stortini; Denis Chabot; Nancy L. Shackell (Global Change Biology, 2017)
We have learned much about the impacts of warming on the productivity and distribution of marine organisms, but less about the impact of warming combined with other environmental stressors, including oxygen depletion. Also, the combined impact of multiple environmental stressors requires evaluation at the scales most relevant to resource managers. We use the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, characterized by a large permanently hypoxic zone, as a case study. Species distribution models were used to predict the impact of multiple scenarios of warming and oxygen depletion on the local density of three commercially and ecologically important species. Substantial changes are projected within 20–40 years. A eurythermal depleted species already limited to shallow, oxygen‐rich refuge habitat (Atlantic cod) may be relatively uninfluenced by oxygen depletion but increase in density within refuge areas with warming. A more stenothermal, deep‐dwelling species (Greenland halibut) is projected to lose ~55% of its high‐density areas under the combined impacts of warming and oxygen depletion. Another deep‐dwelling, more eurythermal species (Northern shrimp) would lose ~4% of its high‐density areas due to oxygen depletion alone, but these impacts may be buffered by warming, which may increase density by 8% in less hypoxic areas, but decrease density by ~20% in the warmest parts of the region. Due to local climate variability and extreme events, and that our models cannot project changes in species sensitivity to hypoxia with warming, our results should be considered conservative. We present an approach to effectively evaluate the individual and cumulative impacts of multiple environmental stressors on a species‐by‐species basis at the scales most relevant to managers. Our study may provide a basis for work in other low‐oxygen regions and should contribute to a growing literature base in climate science, which will continue to be of support for resource managers as climate change accelerates.

Learning how to think ecologically - Howard Whiteman; Nancy Buschhaus (Ecology, 2017)

Assessment of Correlation Between Early and Late Efficacy Endpoints to Identify Potential Surrogacy Relationships in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: a Literature-Based Meta-analysis of 108 Phase II and Phase III Studies - Rui Zhu; Dan Lu; Yu-Waye Chu; Akiko Chai; Michelle Green; Nancy Zhang; Jin Yan Jin (The AAPS Journal, 2017)

Enhanced production of metabolites by elicitation in Opuntia ficus-indica, Opuntia megacantha, and Opuntia streptacantha callus - Nancy Gabriela Camarena-Rangel; Ana Paulina Barba-De la Rosa; José Andrés Herrera-Corredor; María del Socorro Santos-Díaz (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2017)

Protein malnutrition during fetal programming induces fatty liver in adult male offspring rats - Sabrina Edith Campisano; Stella Maris Echarte; Enrique Podaza; Andrea Nancy Chisari (Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry, 2017)

The cyst-theca relationship of the dinoflagellate cyst Trinovantedinium pallidifulvum , with erection of Protoperidinium lousianensis sp. nov. and their phylogenetic position within the Conica group - Kenneth Neil Mertens; Haifeng Gu; Yoshihito Takano; Andrea M. Price; Vera Pospelova; Kara Bogus; Gerard J. M. Versteegh; Fabienne Marret; R. Eugene Turner; Nancy N. Rabalais; Kazumi Matsuoka (Palynology, 2017)

Anti-mutated citrullinated vimentin antibodies in antiphospholipid syndrome: diagnostic value and relationship with clinical features - Cristiano Alessandri; Nancy Agmon-Levin; Fabrizio Conti; Carlo Perricone; Elena Ortona; Monica Pendolino; Antonella Capozzi; Federica Delunardo; Riccardo Mancini; Simona Truglia; Francesca Romana Spinelli; Fulvia Ceccarelli; et al. (Immunologic Research, 2017)

Organochlorine Pesticides in Gonad, Brain, and Blood of Mice in Two Agricultural Areas of Sinaloa - Ernestina Perez-Gonzalez; Ulises-Giovanni Osuna-Martinez; Maria-Nancy Herrera-Moreno; Guadalupe-Durga Rodriguez-Meza; Hector-A. Gonzalez-Ocampo; Marcos Bucio-Pacheco (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2017)

Genetic resilience to amyloid related cognitive decline - Timothy J. Hohman; Logan Dumitrescu; Nancy J. Cox; Angela L. Jefferson (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2017)

All in the family? Analyzing the impact of family history in addition to genotype on medullary thyroid carcinoma aggressiveness in MEN2A patients - Kristin L. Long; Carol Etzel; Thereasa Rich; Samuel Hyde; Nancy D. Perrier; Paul H. Graham; Jeffrey E. Lee; Mimi I. Hu; Gilbert J. Cote; Robert Gagel; Elizabeth G. Grubbs (Familial Cancer, 2017)

Molecular characterization of a new soybean-infecting member of the genus Nepovirus identified by high-throughput sequencing - Tuba Yasmin; Berlin D. Nelson; Houston A. Hobbs; Nancy K. McCoppin; Kris N. Lambert; Leslie L. Domier (Archives of Virology, 2017)

Habitat filtering not dispersal limitation shapes oceanic island floras: species assembly of the Galápagos archipelago - Sofía Carvajal‐Endara; Andrew P. Hendry; Nancy C. Emery; T. Jonathan Davies (Ecology Letters, 2017)
Remote locations, such as oceanic islands, typically harbour relatively few species, some of which go on to generate endemic radiations. Species colonising these locations tend to be a non‐random subset from source communities, which is thought to reflect dispersal limitation. However, non‐random colonisation could also result from habitat filtering, whereby only a few continental species can become established. We evaluate the imprints of these processes on the Galápagos flora by analysing a comprehensive regional phylogeny for ~ 39 000 species alongside information on dispersal strategies and climatic suitability. We found that habitat filtering was more important than dispersal limitation in determining species composition. This finding may help explain why adaptive radiation is common on oceanic archipelagoes – because colonising species can be relatively poor dispersers with specific niche requirements. We suggest that the standard assumption that plant communities in remote locations are primarily shaped by dispersal limitation deserves reconsideration.

Experimental and statistical methods to evaluate antibacterial activity of a quaternary pyridinium salt on planktonic, biofilm-forming, and biofilm states - Daneli López Pérez; Paula J. Baker; Adam L. Pintar; Jirun Sun; Nancy J. Lin; Sheng Lin-Gibson (Biofouling, 2017)

New species of Xylopia (Annonaceae) from East Africa - David M. Johnson; Quentin Luke; David J. Goyder; Nancy A. Murray (Kew Bulletin, 2017)

Morphological variation related with environmental factors in endemic and threatened Jatropha species of Tehuacan-Cuicatlan, Mexico - Nancy Yazmín Hernández-Nicolás; Leobigildo Córdova-Téllez; Mario Luna-Cavazos; Angélica Romero-Manzanares; Jaime Jiménez-Ramírez (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2017)

Decadal climate prediction with a refined anomaly initialisation approach - Danila Volpi; Virginie Guemas; Francisco J. Doblas-Reyes; Ed Hawkins; Nancy K. Nichols (Climate Dynamics, 2017)

Energy balance and obesity: what are the main drivers? - Isabelle Romieu; Laure Dossus; Simón Barquera; Hervé M. Blottière; Paul W. Franks; Marc Gunter; Nahla Hwalla; Stephen D. Hursting; Michael Leitzmann; Barrie Margetts; Chizuru Nishida; Nancy Potischman; et al. (Cancer Causes & Control, 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)

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging-Derived Collagen Content and Maturity Correlates with Stress in the Aortic Wall of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Patients - Rabee Cheheltani; Joseph E. Pichamuthu; Jayashree Rao; Justin S. Weinbaum; Mohammad F. Kiani; David A. Vorp; Nancy Pleshko (Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, 2017)

Hierarchical spatial modeling of the presence of Chagas disease insect vectors in Argentina. A comparative approach - Pablo Juan; Carlos Díaz-Avalos; Nancy R. Mejía-Domínguez; Jorge Mateu (Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 2017)

Erratum to: A novel bedside test for ACPA: the CCPoint test is moving the laboratory to the rheumatologist’s office - Gisele Zandman-Goddard; Alessandra Soriano; Boris Gilburd; Merav Lidar; Shaye Kivity; Ron Kopilov; Pnina Langevitz; Yehuda Shoenfeld; Nancy Agmon-Levin (Immunologic Research, 2017)

A novel bedside test for ACPA: the CCPoint test is moving the laboratory to the rheumatologist’s office - Gisele Zandman Goddard; Alessandra Soriano; Boris Gilburd; Merav Lidar; Shaye Kivity; Ron Kopilov; Pnina Langevitz; Yehuda Shoenfeld; Nancy Agmon-Levin (Immunologic Research, 2017)

Genetic diversity and population structure of Anastrepha striata (Diptera: Tephritidae) in three natural regions of southwestern Colombia using mitochondrial sequences - Jenny Johana Gallo-Franco; Sandra Marcela Velasco-Cuervo; Elkin Aguirre-Ramirez; Ranulfo González Obando; Nancy Soraya Carrejo; Nelson Toro-Perea (Genetica, 2017)

Removal of organic matter and electricity generation of sediments from Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico, in a sediment microbial fuel cell - Nancy Karina González-Gamboa; David Sergio Valdés-Lozano; Luis Felipe Barahona-Pérez; Liliana Alzate-Gaviria; Jorge Arturo Domínguez-Maldonado (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Assessing disparities in colorectal cancer mortality by socioeconomic status using new tools: health disparities calculator and socioeconomic quintiles - Nancy Breen; Denise Riedel Lewis; James Todd Gibson; Mandi Yu; Sam Harper (Cancer Causes & Control, 2017)

A Blend of Ethanol and (−)-α-Pinene were Highly Attractive to Native Siricid Woodwasps (Siricidae, Siricinae) Infesting Conifers of the Sierra Nevada and the Allegheny Mountains - Nadir Erbilgin; Jack D. Stein; Robert E. Acciavatti; Nancy E. Gillette; Sylvia R. Mori; Kristi Bischel; Jonathan A. Cale; Carline R. Carvalho; David L. Wood (Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2017)

Host plant quantitative trait loci affect specific behavioral sequences in oviposition by a stem-mining insect - Andrea C. Varella; David K. Weaver; Robert K. D. Peterson; Jamie D. Sherman; Megan L. Hofland; Nancy K. Blake; John M. Martin; Luther E. Talbert (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2017)

Seasonal fecundity is not related to geographic position across a species’ global range despite a central peak in abundance - Katharine J. Ruskin; Matthew A. Etterson; Thomas P. Hodgman; Alyssa C. Borowske; Jonathan B. Cohen; Chris S. Elphick; Christopher R. Field; Rebecca A. Kern; Erin King; Alison R. Kocek; Adrienne I. Kovach; Kathleen M. O’Brien; et al. (Oecologia, 2017)

Comparison of methods to evaluate the fungal biomass in heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) dust - Marie-Jeanne Biyeyeme Bi Mve; Yves Cloutier; Nancy Lacombe; Jacques Lavoie; Maximilien Debia; Geneviève Marchand (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2017)

Moving Towards a New Urban Systems Science - Peter M. Groffman; Mary L. Cadenasso; Jeannine Cavender-Bares; Daniel L. Childers; Nancy B. Grimm; J. Morgan Grove; Sarah E. Hobbie; Lucy R. Hutyra; G. Darrel Jenerette; Timon McPhearson; Diane E. Pataki; Steward T. A. Pickett; et al. (Ecosystems, 2017)

Jim Crow and estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer: US-born black and white non-Hispanic women, 1992–2012 - Nancy Krieger; Jaquelyn L. Jahn; Pamela D. Waterman (Cancer Causes & Control, 2017)

Humpback whales interfering when mammal‐eating killer whales attack other species: Mobbing behavior and interspecific altruism? - Robert L. Pitman; Volker B. Deecke; Christine M. Gabriele; Mridula Srinivasan; Nancy Black; Judith Denkinger; John W. Durban; Elizabeth A. Mathews; Dena R. Matkin; Janet L. Neilson; Alisa Schulman‐Janiger; Debra Shearwater; et al. (Marine Mammal Science, 2017)
Humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) are known to interfere with attacking killer whales ( Orcinus orca ). To investigate why, we reviewed accounts of 115 interactions between them. Humpbacks initiated the majority of interactions (57% vs . 43%; n = 72), although the killer whales were almost exclusively mammal‐eating forms ( MEKW s, 95%) vs . fish‐eaters (5%; n = 108). When MEKW s approached humpbacks ( n = 27), they attacked 85% of the time and targeted only calves. When humpbacks approached killer whales ( n = 41), 93% were MEKW s, and ≥87% of them were attacking or feeding on prey at the time. When humpbacks interacted with attacking MEKW s, 11% of the prey were humpbacks and 89% comprised 10 other species, including three cetaceans, six pinnipeds, and one teleost fish. Approaching humpbacks often harassed attacking MEKW s (≥55% of 56 interactions), regardless of the prey species, which we argue was mobbing behavior. Humpback mobbing sometimes allowed MEKW prey, including nonhumpbacks, to escape. We suggest that humpbacks initially responded to vocalizations of attacking MEKW s without knowing the prey species targeted. Although reciprocity or kin selection might explain communal defense of conspecific calves, there was no apparent benefit to humpbacks continuing to interfere when other species were being attacked. Interspecific altruism, even if unintentional, could not be ruled out.

Old and new symbiotic partners in lachnine aphids - Nancy A. Moran (Environmental Microbiology, 2017)

Planktonic equatorial diversity troughs: fact or artifact? Latitudinal diversity gradients in Radiolaria - Demetrio Boltovskoy; Nancy Correa (Ecology, 2017)
In contrast to the classical notion of an increasing biodiversity from the poles to the equator, a number of studies concluded that the diversity of marine species is highest at the middle latitudes, and decreases at the equator. Using a worldwide database critically compiled from 72 surveys (307 species, 4,807 water column and surface sediment samples), we analyzed the latitudinal gradients in species richness ( LGSR ) of a highly diversified group of marine holoplanktonic protists, the polycystine Radiolaria. Species richness values were corrected for uneven sample coverage and sample size, and contrasted with gradients in 11 environmental variables. Radiolarian species richness decreases from the equator to the poles both in the water column and in the surface sediments and is tightly coupled with temperature throughout the entire thermal range of marine waters. In the tropical Pacific Ocean, a conspicuous east‐west gradient in diversity is also associated with temperature. Globally, diversity is negatively correlated with mean annual concentrations of nutrients (N, P, Si) and chlorophyll a. Disagreements with results reported for many other oceanic plankton may stem from the reduction of 3D distributional patterns onto 2D or 1D spaces, to the intermittent mixing of Subtropical and Subpolar species at the middle latitudes, and to a Mid‐Domain Effect. The fact that radiolarian LGSR do not show this drop at the equator is partly due to methodological and database‐related differences, and probably also in part a reflection of taxon‐specific traits.

Characterizing the Climate-Driven Collapses and Expansions of Wetland Habitats with a Fully Integrated Surface–Subsurface Hydrologic Model - Ganming Liu; Franklin W. Schwartz; Christopher K. Wright; Nancy E. McIntyre (Wetlands, 2016)

Occupational Snake Bites: a Prospective Case Series of Patients Reported to the ToxIC North American Snakebite Registry - Meghan B. Spyres; Anne-Michelle Ruha; Steven Seifert; Nancy Onisko; Angela Padilla-Jones; Eric Anthony Smith (Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2016)

Minutes of the Council Meetings and the General Assembly at the XXVIth Congress of the International Primatological Society, Chicago, IL, USA, August 21-27, 2016 - Nancy Caine (International Journal of Primatology, 2016)

Impact of shade on outdoor thermal comfort—a seasonal field study in Tempe, Arizona - Ariane Middel; Nancy Selover; Björn Hagen; Nalini Chhetri (International Journal of Biometeorology, 2016)

Life history differences between fat and lean morphs of lake charr (Salvelinus namaycush) in Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada - Michael J. Hansen; Nancy A. Nate; Louise Chavarie; Andrew M. Muir; Mara S. Zimmerman; Charles C. Krueger (Hydrobiologia, 2016)

Diplomacy for science: strategies to promote international collaboration - Igor Linkov; Sankar Basu; Cathleen Fisher; Nancy Jackson; Adam C. Jones; Maija M. Kuklja; Benjamin D. Trump (Environment Systems and Decisions, 2016)

Structural white matter differences underlying heterogeneous learning abilities after TBI - Kathy S. Chiou; Helen M. Genova; Nancy D. Chiaravalloti (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2016)

Active sesquiterpene lactones against Leishmania amazonensis and Leishmania braziliensis - Andrea M. Sosa; Susana Amaya; Efrain Salamanca Capusiri; Miguel Gilabert; Alicia Bardón; Alberto Giménez; Nancy R. Vera; Susana A. Borkosky (Natural Product Research, 2016)

Menopausal vasomotor symptoms and incident breast cancer risk in the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation - Vicki Hart; Susan R. Sturgeon; Nicholas Reich; Lynnette Leidy Sievert; Sybil L. Crawford; Ellen B. Gold; Nancy E. Avis; Katherine W. Reeves (Cancer Causes & Control, 2016)

On the sustainability of inland fisheries: Finding a future for the forgotten - Steven J. Cooke; Edward H. Allison; T. Douglas Beard; Robert Arlinghaus; Angela H. Arthington; Devin M. Bartley; Ian G. Cowx; Carlos Fuentevilla; Nancy J. Leonard; Kai Lorenzen; Abigail J. Lynch; Vivian M. Nguyen; et al. (Ambio, 2016)

Trichothecenes and aspinolides produced by Trichoderma arundinaceum regulate expression of Botrytis cinerea genes involved in virulence and growth - Mónica G. Malmierca; Inmaculada Izquierdo‐Bueno; Susan P. McCormick; Rosa E. Cardoza; Nancy J. Alexander; Javier Barua; Laura Lindo; Pedro A. Casquero; Isidro G. Collado; Enrique Monte; Santiago Gutiérrez (Environmental Microbiology, 2016)
Summary Trichoderma arundinaceum (Ta37) and Botrytis cinerea (B05.10) produce the sesquiterpenoids harzianum A (HA) and botrydial (BOT), respectively. TaΔTri5, an HA non‐producer mutant, produces high levels of the polyketide compounds aspinolides (Asp) B and C. We analyzed the role of HA and Asp in the B. cinerea ‐ T. arundinaceum interaction, including changes in BOT production as well as transcriptomic changes of BcBOT genes involved in BOT biosynthesis, and also of genes associated with virulence and ergosterol biosynthesis. We found that exogenously added HA up‐regulated the expression of the BcBOT and all the virulence genes analyzed when B. cinerea was grown alone. However, a decrease in the amount of BOT and a down‐regulation of BcBOT gene expression was observed in the interaction zone of B05.10‐Ta37 dual cultures, compared to TaΔTri5. Thus, the confrontation with T. arundinaceum results in an up‐regulation of most of the B. cinerea genes involved in virulence yet the presence of T. arundinaceum secondary metabolites, HA and AspC, act separately and together to down‐regulate the B. cinerea genes analyzed. The present work emphasizes the existence of a chemical cross‐regulation between B. cinerea and T. arundinaceum and contributes to understanding how a biocontrol fungus and its prey interact with each other.

Hunting on a hot day: effects of temperature on interactions between African wild dogs and their prey - Scott Creel; Nancy M. Creel; Andrea M. Creel; Bridget M. Creel (Ecology, 2016)
As global temperatures increase, interactions between species are affected by changes in distribution, abundance and phenology, but also by changes in behavior. The heat dissipation limitation hypothesis suggests that the ability to dissipate heat commonly limits the activity of endotherms, a problem that should be particularly acute for cursorial predators and their prey in equatorial ecosystems. Allometric relationships suggest that heat dissipation should be a stronger constraint for larger species, so that (smaller) predators should be less affected than (larger) prey. We used data from 266 complete days of direct observation of African wild dogs ( Lycaon pictus ) in five packs over a period of 2 yr to test how deviations of temperature from that expected for the time of day affected eight measures of hunting effort and success. We found that higher temperatures disadvantaged the prey of wild dogs more than the dogs themselves, with increased hunting success and shorter pursuits on warmer days. Broadly, our results demonstrate that effects of temperature on behavior can alter interactions between species, exacerbating or offsetting the direct effects of climate change.