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Metabolic cold adaptation in fishes occurs at the level of whole animal, mitochondria and enzyme by White, Craig R, Alton, Lesley A, Frappell, Peter B

“…Metabolic cold adaptation (MCA), the hypothesis that species from cold climates have relatively higher metabolic rates than those from warm climates, was first…”
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Morphology and burrowing energetics of semi-fossorial skinks (Liopholis spp.) by Wu, Nicholas C, Alton, Lesley A, Clemente, Christofer J, Kearney, Michael R, White, Craig R

“…Burrowing is an important form of locomotion in reptiles, but no study has examined the energetic cost of burrowing for reptiles. This is significant because…”
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Genetic variation of macronutrient tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster by Havula, E., Ghazanfar, S., Lamichane, N., Francis, D., Hasygar, K., Liu, Y., Alton, L. A., Johnstone, J., Needham, E. J., Pulpitel, T., Clark, T., Niranjan, H. N., Shang, V., Tong, V., Jiwnani, N., Audia, G., Alves, A. N., Sylow, L., Mirth, C., Neely, G. G., Yang, J., Hietakangas, V., Simpson, S. J., Senior, A. M.

“…Carbohydrates, proteins and lipids are essential nutrients to all animals; however, closely related species, populations, and individuals can display dramatic…”
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Measurement of the nucleon strange-antistrange asymmetry at next-to-leading order in QCD from NuTeV Dimuon data by Mason, D, Brau, J, Drucker, R B, Frey, R, Spentzouris, P, Conrad, J, Fleming, B T, Formaggio, J, Kim, J H, Koutsoliotas, S, McNulty, C, Romosan, A, Shaevitz, M H, Stern, E G, Vaitaitis, A, Zimmerman, E D, Johnson, R A, Suwonjandee, N, Vakili, M, Bernstein, R H, Bugel, L, Lamm, M J, Marsh, W, Nienaber, P, Tobien, N, Yu, J, Adams, T, Alton, A, Bolton, T, Goldman, J, Goncharov, M, de Barbaro, L, Buchholz, D, Schellman, H, Zeller, G P, Boyd, S, McDonald, J, Naples, D, Radescu, V, Tzanov, M, Avvakumov, S, de Barbaro, P, Bodek, A, Budd, H, Harris, D A, McFarland, K S, Sakumoto, W K, Yang, U K

“…We present a new measurement of the difference between the nucleon strange and antistrange quark distributions from dimuon events recorded by the NuTeV…”
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Precise determination of electroweak parameters in neutrino-nucleon scattering by Zeller, G P, McFarland, K S, Adams, T, Alton, A, Avvakumov, S, de Barbaro, L, de Barbaro, P, Bernstein, R H, Bodek, A, Bolton, T, Brau, J, Buchholz, D, Budd, H, Bugel, L, Conrad, J, Drucker, R B, Fleming, B T, Frey, R, Formaggio, J A, Goldman, J, Goncharov, M, Harris, D A, Johnson, R A, Kim, J H, Koutsoliotas, S, Lamm, M J, Marsh, W, Mason, D, McDonald, J, McNulty, C, Naples, D, Nienaber, P, Romosan, A, Sakumoto, W K, Schellman, H, Shaevitz, M H, Spentzouris, P, Stern, E G, Suwonjandee, N, Tzanov, M, Vakili, M, Vaitaitis, A, Yang, U K, Yu, J, Zimmerman, E D

“…The NuTeV Collaboration has extracted the electroweak parameter sin(2)theta(W) from the measurement of the ratios of neutral current to charged current nu and…”
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Interspecific interactions alter the metabolic costs of climate warming by Alton, Lesley A., Kellermann, Vanessa

“…Climate warming is expected to increase the energy demands of ectotherms by accelerating their metabolic rates exponentially. However, this prediction ignores…”
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Metabolic scaling is the product of life-history optimization by White, Craig R, Alton, Lesley A, Bywater, Candice L, Lombardi, Emily J, Marshall, Dustin J

“…Organisms use energy to grow and reproduce, so the processes of energy metabolism and biological production should be tightly bound. On the basis of this…”
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Search for Neutral Heavy Leptons in a High-Energy Neutrino Beam by Vaitaitis, A., Drucker, R. B., Formaggio, J., Koutsoliotas, S., Adams, T., Alton, A., Avvakumov, S., de Barbaro, L., de Barbaro, P., Bernstein, R. H., Bodek, A., Bolton, T., Brau, J., Buchholz, D., Budd, H., Bugel, L., Conrad, J., Fleming, B. T., Frey, R., Goldman, J., Goncharov, M., Harris, D. A., Johnson, R. A., Kim, J. H., Lamm, M. J., Marsh, W., Mason, D., McFarland, K. S., McNulty, C., Monroe, J., Naples, D., Nienaber, P., Romosan, A., Sakumoto, W. K., Schellman, H., Shaevitz, M. H., Spentzouris, P., Stern, E. G., Vakili, M., Wu, V., Yang, U. K., Yu, J., Zeller, G. P., Zimmerman, E. D.

“…A search for neutral heavy leptons (NHLs) has been performed using an instrumented decay channel at the NuTeV (E-815) experiment at Fermilab. The data were…”
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Cooler temperatures slow the repair of DNA damage in tadpoles exposed to ultraviolet radiation: Implications for amphibian declines at high altitude by Morison, Samuel A., Cramp, Rebecca L., Alton, Lesley A., Franklin, Craig E.

“…Ultraviolet B radiation (UVBR) damages the DNA of exposed cells, causing dimers to form between adjacent pyrimidine nucleotides. These dimers block DNA…”
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Do high temperatures enhance the negative effects of ultraviolet-B radiation in embryonic and larval amphibians? by Alton, Lesley A, Franklin, Craig E

“…For the embryos and tadpoles of amphibian species, exposure to ultraviolet-B radiation (UVBR) can be lethal, or cause a variety of sublethal effects. Low…”
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Frontiers in quantifying wildlife behavioural responses to chemical pollution by Bertram, Michael G., Martin, Jake M., McCallum, Erin S., Alton, Lesley A., Brand, Jack A., Brooks, Bryan W., Cerveny, Daniel, Fick, Jerker, Ford, Alex T., Hellström, Gustav, Michelangeli, Marcus, Nakagawa, Shinichi, Polverino, Giovanni, Saaristo, Minna, Sih, Andrew, Tan, Hung, Tyler, Charles R., Wong, Bob B.M., Brodin, Tomas

“…ABSTRACT Animal behaviour is remarkably sensitive to disruption by chemical pollution, with widespread implications for ecological and evolutionary processes…”
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Ecophysiology of a small ectotherm tracks environmental variation along an elevational cline by Anderson, Rodolfo O., Alton, Lesley A., White, Craig R., Chapple, David G.

“…Aim Physiological responses to climate can be used to quantify the environmental limits that a species can tolerate and are, therefore, key to biogeographical…”
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Widespread psychoactive pollutant augments daytime restfulness and disrupts diurnal activity rhythms in fish by Tan, Hung, Martin, Jake M., Alton, Lesley A., Lesku, John A., Wong, Bob B.M.

“…Pharmaceutical pollution is a major driver of global change, with the capacity to alter key behavioural and physiological traits in exposed animals…”
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Thermoregulatory strategies of songbird nestlings reveal limited capacity for cooling and high risk of dehydration by Diehl, Jenna N., Alton, Lesley A., White, Craig R., Peters, Anne

“…•Flow-through respirometry revealed a high and narrow thermoneutral zone (33–42 °C).•Evaporative water loss increased sharply above 33 °C.•Despite panting…”
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Impacts of Exposure to Ultraviolet Radiation and an Agricultural Pollutant on Morphology and Behavior of Tadpoles (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis) by Orford, Jack T., Tan, Hung, Martin, Jake M., Wong, Bob B. M., Alton, Lesley A.

“…Amphibians are the most threatened vertebrate class globally. Multiple factors have been implicated in their global decline, and it has been hypothesized that…”
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Response to Comments on "Metabolic scaling is the product of life-history optimization" by White, Craig R, Alton, Lesley A, Bywater, Candice L, Lombardi, Emily J, Marshall, Dustin J

“…Froese and Pauly argue that our model is contradicted by the observation that fish reproduce before their growth rate decreases. Kearney and Jusup show that…”
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Colder environments did not select for a faster metabolism during experimental evolution of Drosophila melanogaster by Alton, Lesley A., Condon, Catriona, White, Craig R., Angilletta, Michael J.

“…The effect of temperature on the evolution of metabolism has been the subject of debate for a century; however, no consistent patterns have emerged from…”
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How do the physiological traits of a lizard change during its invasion of an oceanic island? by Young, Alyse, Anderson, Rodolfo O., Naimo, Annalise, Alton, Lesley A., Goulet, Celine T., Chapple, David G.

“…Physiology is crucial for the survival of invasive species in new environments. Yet, new climatic conditions and the limited genetic variation found within…”
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Long-term effects of incubation temperature on growth and thermal physiology in a small ectotherm by De Jong, Madeleine J, Alton, Lesley A, White, Craig R, O'Bryan, Moira K, Chapple, David G, Wong, Bob B M

“…Thermal conditions in the developmental environment can substantially affect an individual's phenotype, particularly in egg-laying ectotherms. However, whether…”
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Climate change and invasive species: a physiological performance comparison of invasive and endemic bees in Fiji by da Silva, Carmen R B, Beaman, Julian E, Dorey, James B, Barker, Sarah J, Congedi, Nicholas C, Elmer, Matt C, Galvin, Stephen, Tuiwawa, Marika, Stevens, Mark I, Alton, Lesley A, Schwarz, Michael P, Kellermann, Vanessa

“…Anthropogenic climate change and invasive species are two of the greatest threats to biodiversity, affecting the survival, fitness and distribution of many…”
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