Kelp forests are among the most extensive and productive coastal ecosystems, yet they remain underrepresented in global conservation policy despite widespread declines driven by interacting global- (i.e., ocean warming, marine heatwaves) to local-scale stressors. At the same time, kelp conservation and restoration efforts are expanding rapidly across regions, but measures of success and syntheses tend to primarily focus on eco...

Genetic and other predisposing factors can influence the progression from initiation of drug intake to compulsive substance use through distinct biobehavioral processes. Operant cocaine self-administration studies in laboratory mice offer a powerful method to dissect the biology of this progression from initiation, dose-response, extinction, and cued reinstatement in a controlled, tractable system. However, many such studies e...

In response to potentially stressful conditions, for example due to climate change, organisms can move, adjust through phenotypic plasticity and evolve. Evolution can act on mean trait values, or on plasticity itself. Whether phenotypic plasticity, evolution, or evolution of plasticity is the dominant response to environmental change is still subject to debate. Representing a close link between genotype and phenotype, gene exp...

Current plant conservation efforts are hindered by, for example, poor seed germination, low viability, and insufficient propagation and preservation technologies. To address these problems, we devised an approach to plant conservation that integrates conservation, preservation, and restoration (CPR), which uses advanced in vitro techniques. We applied our method to the endangered plant species, Mingan thistle ( Cirsium mingane...