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Conservation practitioners face the complex challenge of addressing global biodiversity threats within social-ecological systems with multiple jurisdictions, numerous interest groups, and changing environmental conditions. Bridging the research-to-implementation gap between scientists and managers, which integrates diverse perspectives that represent the variety of considerations impacting management outcomes can help to infor...
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...
Reef-building corals and coralline algae form the calcium carbonate frameworks that underpin tropical coral reefs, yet in some locations, coral cover has declined by ~50% in recent decades due to marine heatwaves and other stressors. Identifying refugia environments, such as upwelling systems, that may buffer stress, promote recovery, and could enhance resilience by promoting physiological plasticity that supports thermotolera...
Urban green roofs as habitat and foraging sites for antsNARA Subscribed
Urbanization has caused significant habitat loss for insects and other taxa, prompting interest in engineered green spaces, like green roofs (roofs with plants on them). Green roofs may provide habitat for insects, but there is debate as to how they compare to surrounding ground urban habitat (green strips along sidewalks, street medians, planters, and lawns) and how green roof building height, size, and age affects the biodiv...
Extensive phospholipid resorption from senescing leaves is not associated with phospholipid substitution in an oligotrophic heathNARA Subscribed
Background and aims In leaves, ~ 25% of phosphorus (P) is allocated to membrane phospholipids. A significant amount of leaf P is resorbed during leaf senescence to reduce plant P loss upon leaf abscission and fuel the growth of new leaves. High P resorption observed in plants on P depleted soils has been associated with extensive resorption of all P-fractions, including phospholipids, from senescent leaves. This high resorptio...
A history of chronic adolescent stress attenuates cued fear-potentiated startle in adult female Wistar ratsNARA Subscribed
Rationale Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a stress and trauma-related disorder that is largely characterized by hyperarousal to fear-based cues. N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are key mediators of fear learning behaviors. Altered NMDA receptor signaling is a hallmark of PTSD pathology that impacts fear memory learning and extinction processes. Objectives In the current study, we tested whether exposing adolesce...
A Coast-to-Coast Assessment of Cumulative Impacts and Protection Potential in Canadian Marine Conservation NetworksNARA Subscribed
The effectiveness of marine conservation networks depends on their ability to manage and safeguard against the many overlapping human activities and stressors influencing marine ecosystems. Cumulative impact mapping (CIM) combines information on the intensity and location of stressors with the spatial extent and vulnerability of marine habitats to generate a single, relative cumulative impact (CI) score. Despite its potential...
Interpretable deep learning reveals spatiotemporal MRI features of brain aging that align with neurodegenerationNARA Subscribed
Cortical thinning and atrophy are hallmarks of brain aging that have been characterized using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Brain aging involves many neuroanatomic features whose effects on brain structure remain unexplored. To address this challenge, we trained interpretable deep neural networks (DNNs) to estimate brain age (BA) from T 1 -weighted ( T 1 w) MRI. By identifying MRI features unapparent to humans, DNNs can fi...