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Loss and Transformation of Coastal Wetlands due to Global Change in the Conterminous United States: Past, Present, and FutureNARA Subscribed
Coastal wetlands are being transformed by global change, impacting the ecological and societal benefits provided by these ecosystems. Synthesizing knowledge of historical and expected future transformations in coastal wetlands can help inform forward-looking planning and stewardship efforts. Here, we review anticipated future ecological transformations in coastal wetlands of the conterminous United States and contrast them wit...
Mitragynine reduces methamphetamine self-administration in rats without disrupting food-maintained respondingNARA Subscribed
Rationale Kratom ( Mitragyna speciosa ), a plant native to Southeast Asia, has become popular in the United States for its reported ability to treat substance use disorders (SUD). Mitragynine (MG) is the most abundant alkaloid found in kratom. Objectives The present studies evaluated whether MG decreases methamphetamine self-administration under both fixed-ratio (FR) and progressive-ratio (PR) schedules. In a separate cohort w...
Differential tree species response to a changing climate could serve to drive changes in tree species dominance that alter forest ecosystem dynamics and have cascading socio-ecological impacts. This study projected climate change–driven shifts in tree species dominance across Canada’s forests by the end of the twenty-first century. To do this, we mapped predictions of dominant tree species under possible future climate conditi...
Since its consolidation as a sub‐discipline of ecology in the late 1990s, urban ecology has grown substantially, enhancing our understanding of how urbanization shapes biodiversity and how biodiversity adapts to urbanization. Inherently interdisciplinary in its scope and application, urban ecology is rooted in multiple theoretical and methodological foundations, potentially making the field overwhelming for newcomers as the ke...
SNAPSHOT USA 2024: Year 6 of the Coordinated National Camera Trap Survey of the United StatesNARA Subscribed
Motivation SNAPSHOT USA is an annual, multi‐contributor camera trap survey of mammals across the United States. The growing SNAPSHOT USA dataset is intended for tracking the spatial and temporal responses of mammal populations to changes in land use, land cover and climate. These data will be useful for exploring the drivers of spatial and temporal changes in relative abundance and distribution, as well as the impacts of speci...
The Marsupial Database: A comprehensive dataset on the ecology and life history of American and Australasian marsupialsNARA Subscribed
Marsupials are an important but typically neglected group of mammals that have been overlooked in many comparative analyses of vertebrate ecology and life history evolution. In order to address this knowledge bias, we have developed The Marsupial Database. The Marsupial Database contains traits for a phylogenetically diverse set of 414 extant and recently extinct (last 200 years) species from all seven modern marsupial orders...
Marine megafauna species are affected by a wide range of anthropogenic threats. To evaluate the risk of such threats, species’ vulnerability to each threat must first be determined. We build on the existing threats classification scheme and ranking system of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species by assessing the vulnerability of 256 marine megafauna species to 23 at‐sea threat...
Waterfowl Move Less in Heterogeneous and Human‐Populated Landscapes, With Implications for Spread of Avian Influenza VirusesNARA Subscribed
Animal movements contribute to the spread of infectious diseases and are driven in part by environmental conditions. We investigated the links among the environment, animal movement, and infectious disease dynamics in waterfowl, which are among the primary wildlife hosts of avian influenza viruses. By combining telemetry data on 4606 individuals from 26 waterfowl species with data on land cover, weather, and vegetation, we fou...
BMP9 knockout impairs pulmonary vessel muscularisation and confers aberrant tamoxifen sensitivityNARA Subscribed
Deleterious mutations in the GDF2 gene, encoding BMP9, are causative of pulmonary arterial hypertension and hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia. Paradoxically, BMP9 germ-line knockout ( Gdf2 −/− ; Bmp9 KO) and double Bmp9 KO / conditional Bmp10 cKO (dKO) mice exhibit an attenuated response to PAH-inducing stimuli. We asked whether this contradiction is due to the pathological, physiological, or genetic consequences of BMP9...
Motivation Here, we make available a second version of the BioTIME database, which compiles records of abundance estimates for species in sample events of ecological assemblages through time. The updated version expands version 1.0 of the database by doubling the number of studies and includes substantial additional curation to the taxonomic accuracy of the records, as well as the metadata. Moreover, we now provide an R packag...
Aim The urgency for remote, reliable and scalable biodiversity monitoring amidst mounting human pressures on ecosystems has sparked worldwide interest in Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM), which can track life underwater and on land. However, we lack a unified methodology to report this sampling effort and a comprehensive overview of PAM coverage to gauge its potential as a global research and monitoring tool. To address this...
Freshwater ecosystems and their biota are under increasing pressure from anthropogenic stressors. In response to declining fish stocks, hatchery and stocking programmes are widely implemented as core components of restoration and management strategies, with positive outcomes for some wild populations. Despite this, stocking remains contentious due to potential genetic and ecological risks to wild populations. Monitoring and ev...
Global Marine Flyways Identified for Long‐Distance Migrating Seabirds From Tracking DataNARA Subscribed
Aim To identify the broad‐scale oceanic migration routes (‘marine flyways’) used by multiple pelagic, long‐distance migratory seabirds based on a global compilation of tracking data. Location Global. Time Period 1989–2023. Major Taxa Studied Seabirds (Families: Phaethontidae, Hydrobatidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Laridae and Stercorariidae). Methods We collated a comprehensive global tracking dataset that included the mig...