Predators can have non-consumptive effects (NCE) on prey populations in addition to normal consumptive effects. One of these NCE may be changes in patterns of behavior to reduce predation risk. Aquatic salamanders of the genus...
In Richland Creek, Haywood County, North Carolina, the invasive species, Redbreast Sunfish,Lepomis auritus (Linnaeus 1758), dominates the fish assemblage. As part of a study of thefeasibility of using backpack electrofishing to...
Parola chiave:
aquatic ecology, diet, electrofishing, invasive species, population description e Redbreast Sunfish
Soggetto:
Redbreast sunfish -- North Carolina -- Haywood County e Redbreast sunfish -- Food -- North Carolina -- Haywood County
Expanding our understanding of signal complexity in animals could start with thevery smallest songbirds. Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) can encodevery specific details about a threat in their acoustically simple...
Parola chiave:
alarm call, bird call, duty cycle, Melospiza melodia, ornithology e Song sparrow
Soggetto:
Song sparrow -- Vocalization, Song sparrow -- Behavior e Birdsongs
La Crosse virus (LACV) is an important cause of pediatric arboviral neuroinvasive disease in the United States and is highly endemic within western North Carolina (WNC). The eastern tree hole mosquito (Aedes triseriatus) is the...
Soggetto:
Encephalitis, Mosquitoes, Animals as carriers of disease, Animal ecology e Host-parasite relationships
To study the relation between chromatin structure and DNA function in detail it is necessary to have an in vitro procedure for assembling nucleosomes on a naked DNA template with properties similar to native chromatin. Such...
Systematic relationships among members of the Trillium erectum complex (T. cernuum L., T. flexipes Rafinesque, T. simile Gleason, T. rugelii Rendle, T. erectum L., T. sulcatum T. Patrick, and T. vaseyi Harbison) are not well...
Parola chiave:
Erectum complex, speciation, systematics, taxonomy, Trilliaceae e Trillium
Recent molecular phylogenetic analyses have clearly shown the large, arctic and northtemperate genus Saxifraga (Saxifragaceae) sensu lato is polyphyletic with two distinct clades: Saxifraga sensu stricto and Micranthes. Six...
Parola chiave:
Biogeography, Micranthes, Plant systematics, Southern Appalachians e Species concepts
My research consists of a taxonomic and phylogenetic analysis of the genus Diervilla (Bush honeysuckle), containing three eastern North American species, Diervilla lonicera, Diervilla rivularis, and Diervilla sessilifolia...
Eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) are often found in urban areas and have seemingly adapted to the changing conditions, however, an often-overlooked potential threat for urban dwellers is anthropogenic stress or human-induced...
Soggetto:
Eastern bluebird -- Infancy -- Georgia -- Carroll County, Eastern bluebird -- Habitat -- Georgia -- Carroll County, Eastern bluebird -- Effect of stress on -- Georgia -- Carroll County e Telomere -- Physiology
The endangered dusky gopher frog (Rana sevosa) inhabits underground refuges created by fire and burrowing animals in longleaf pine forests. Prescribed fire can result in a mosaic of habitat patches having different...
Parola chiave:
fire, gopher frog, longleaf pine e mississippi
Soggetto:
Frogs -- Effect of fires on -- Mississippi, Frogs -- Habitat -- Mississippi, Frogs -- Ecology -- Mississippi e Fire ecology -- Mississippi
