Food webs in Southern Appalachian forest soils are complex. Because of climate uncertainty, it is imperative that we gain a baseline understanding of the nutrient fluxes associated with each trophic level of the forest...
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Aphaenogaster, Fungi, and Mutualisms
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Soil microbial ecology -- Appalachian Region, Southern, Soil microbial ecology -- North Carolina, Western, Ants -- Ecology -- Appalachian Region, Southern, Ants -- Ecology -- North Carolina, Western, Fungal communities -- Appalachian Region, Southern, Fungal communities -- North Carolina, Western, Mutualism (Biology) -- Appalachian Region, Southern, and Mutualism (Biology) -- North Carolina, Western
Research on life history evolution in birds has revealed both direct and indirect effects of predation. Increased levels of nest predation favor reproductive behaviors that reduce the threat of predators on offspring or allow...
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Carolina chickadee -- Effect of predation on -- North Carolina, Western, House wren -- Predators of -- Ecology -- North Carolina, Western, Carolina chickadee -- Behavior -- North Carolina, Western, and Carolina chickadee -- Ecology -- North Carolina, Western
Environmentally cued polymorphisms are excellent models for studying the origins of phenotypicplasticity. Facultative paedomorphosis in salamanders is a form of discrete phenotypic plasticity in whichaquatic larvae respond to...
关键词:
Ambystoma talpoideum, best of a bad lot, geographic variation, interspecific competition, phenotypic plasticity, and polyphenism
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Salamanders -- Morphogenesis -- North Carolina, Western, Neoteny, Morphology -- Environmental aspects, Salamanders -- Life cycles -- North Carolina, Western, and Ambystoma -- North Carolina, Western
The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, is an invasive species in the United States that has rapidly spread throughout the country since its first introduction to Mobile, Alabama, in the 1930s from South America. Within...
关键词:
Aphaenogaster, entomology, fire ant, North Carolina, Solenopsis invicta, and thermal tolerance
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Solenopsis invicta -- Habitat -- North Carolina, Western, Solenopsis invicta -- Habitat -- South Carolina, Solenopsis invicta -- Habitat -- Georgia -- Rabun County, Introduced organisms -- Southern States, Wood ant -- Habitat -- North Carolina, Western, Wood ant -- Habitat -- South Carolina, Acclimatization, and Adaptation (Biology)
Cystic Fibrosis is a disease caused by mutations in the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) protein. This membrane protein selectively transports chloride ions into epithelial cells and is important in a...
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Nucleotides, Cystic fibrosis, Mutation (Biology), Molecular dynamics, and Biochemistry
Animals that successfully colonize urban areas must be tolerant of anthropogenic disturbance including noise. Chronic anthropogenic noise may be difficult for animals that use acoustic signals to overcome if it disrupts...
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Song sparrow, Noise pollution, Birdsongs, City noise, and Audio frequency
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is the most common monogenic hereditary disease in Caucasians affecting greater than 70,000 persons worldwide. Primary symptoms of CF patients are electrolyte imbalance in epithelial cells creating thick...
关键词:
CFTR, DSF, Ligand, and NBD1
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Cystic fibrosis gene, Cystic fibrosis -- Genetic aspects, Protein folding, Fluorimetry, and Ligands (Biochemistry)
Lethal Toxin Neutralizing Factor (LTNF) is a protein found in the blood stream of the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana). LTNF confers immunity against toxins and venom from many organisms including different species of...
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Proteins, Enzymes, Virginia opossum, and Natural immunity
There are estimated to be 1030 total bacterial cells on earth and approximately 1011 cells/m2 of bacteria on human skin. Microorganisms are ubiquitous, and there are countless services that microbes provide, such as breaking...
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Dermacoccus, Gram Positive, Novel Species, and Skin
The purpose of this study was to examine a single bacterial species isolated from Great Smoky Mountains Nation Park (GSMNP), characterize its growth requirements, and identify it down to the species level. A polyphasic approach...
关键词:
All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory, Bacteria, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Microbiology, and Prokaryotic Taxonomy
学科:
Enterobacteriaceae -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.) -- Identification, Bacteriology -- Technique, and Diagnostic microbiology
