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Dispersal is one of the most important aspects of animal behavior and can have far‐reaching consequences for organismal ecology and evolution. Despite recent theoretical advances in understanding why individuals within the same population vary in dispersal behavior, relatively few studies have empirically evaluated the long‐term causes and consequences of variable dispersal within natural populations. In this study, we used li...
Random Mating in a Hybrid Zone Between Two Putative Climate‐Adapted Bird Lineages With Predicted Mitonuclear IncompatibilitiesNARA Subscribed
Biochemical and evolutionary interactions between mitochondrial and nuclear genomes (‘mitonuclear interactions’) are proposed to underpin fundamental aspects of biology including evolution of sexual reproduction, adaptation and speciation. We investigated the role of pre‐mating isolation in maintaining functional mitonuclear interactions in wild populations bearing diverged, putatively co‐adapted mitonuclear genotypes. Two lin...
A critical shortage of skilled healthcare workers is a primary cause of disparate global cancer outcomes. We report participant evaluation of a multidisciplinary preceptorship program. In collaboration with the city of Kumasi, Ghana, Mayo Clinic and the City Cancer Challenge hosted a preceptorship program for comprehensive multidisciplinary breast and cervix cancer training. A total of 14 healthcare workers from Kumasi receive...
Nematodes are among the most abundant organisms in marine ecosystems where they play a critical role in nutrient cycling, provision of nourishment to the higher organisms in the food web, pest control, and act as disease-causing vectors. This study determined the abundance and community structure of nematodes in three plots of Rhizophora mucronata forest stand at Kirepwe Macho and Dabaso sites at Mida Creek, Kenya. Replicated...
Recognizing Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ rights and agency in the post-2020 Biodiversity AgendaNARA Subscribed
The Convention on Biological Diversity is defining the goals that will frame future global biodiversity policy in a context of rapid biodiversity decline and under pressure to make transformative change. Drawing on the work of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars, we argue that transformative change requires the foregrounding of Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ rights and agency in biodiversity policy. We support t...
Full lifetime perspectives on the costs and benefits of lay‐date variation in tree swallowsNARA Subscribed
Animals must balance various costs and benefits when deciding when to breed. The costs and benefits of breeding at different times have received much attention, but most studies have been limited to investigating short‐term season‐to‐season fitness effects. However, breeding early, versus late, in a season may influence lifetime fitness over many years, trading off in complex ways across the breeder’s lifespan. In this study,...
A coral ( Orbicella faveolata ) δ 13 C isotope ratio record off the southwest coast of Puerto Rico is used to indicate regional ocean–atmosphere conditions over the 20th century. The coral δ 13 C record is correlated positively with North Atlantic sea surface temperature (SST) and local evaporation. Spatial correlation maps show a broad area of influence by SST, sea‐level pressure and evaporation to the northeast of Puerto Ric...
This paper presents an evaluation study of the Regional Climate Model version 4.3 ( RegCM4 .3) over the Loess Plateau in northern China, which is a semi‐arid region characterized by complex topography. During recent years, a series of reforestation programmes have been implemented across the region that might influence the local climate in complex ways. To better understand the local climate, the RegCM4 .3 was applied to simul...