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Health professionals as activists: tackling threats to public health by Burns, K

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The paradox of island evolution by Burns, K. C.

“…Aim After colonising isolated islands, many types of plants and animals undergo extreme morphological diversification. In stark contrast, other island taxa…”
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Neuromuscular blockade in patients with ARDS: a rapid practice guideline by Alhazzani, Waleed, Belley-Cote, E., Møller, M. H., Angus, D. C., Papazian, L., Arabi, Y. M., Citerio, G., Connolly, B., Denehy, L., Fox-Robichaud, A., Hough, C. L., Laake, J. H., Machado, F. R., Ostermann, M., Piraino, T., Sharif, S., Szczeklik, W., Young, P. J., Gouskos, A., Kiedrowski, K., Burns, K. E. A.

“…The aim of this Intensive Care Medicine Rapid Practice Guideline (ICM-RPG) is to formulate an evidence-based guidance for the use of neuromuscular blocking…”
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Island biogeography of birds in the South West Pacific: Direct and indirect effects of physical geography and co‐occurring vegetation by Ciarle, Riccardo, Burns, K. C.

“…Aim The distribution of birds among islands is thought to be regulated by island physical geography (i.e. island area, isolation and latitude). In contrast,…”
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What causes size coupling in fruit-frugivore interaction webs? by Burns, K. C

“…The simplest and arguably the most ubiquitous pattern in seed dispersal mutualisms is size coupling: large frugivores tend to consume larger fruits and small…”
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Native–exotic richness relationships: a biogeographic approach using turnover in island plant populations by Burns, K. C.

“…Spatial variation in exotic species richness is often correlated with native species richness, for reasons that are poorly understood. To better understand the…”
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The psychology of natural history by Burns, K.C., Low, Jason

“…Natural history observations are an integral part of ecology and evolution. However, they can be underappreciated because they operate independent of the…”
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Maintenance of a fruit colour polymorphism along an elevational gradient in the Southern Alps of New Zealand by Lim, Ganges, Burns, K. C.

“…Many plants produce colour-polymorphic fruits. However, the processes responsible for the evolution and maintenance of fruit colour polymorphisms are poorly…”
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Income inequality and depression: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of the association and a scoping review of mechanisms by Patel, Vikram, Burns, Jonathan K., Dhingra, Monisha, Tarver, Leslie, Kohrt, Brandon A., Lund, Crick

“…Most countries have witnessed a dramatic increase of income inequality in the past three decades. This paper addresses the question of whether income…”
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Primitive eusociality in a land plant? by Burns, K. C., Hutton, Ian, Shepherd, Lara

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Conspicuous, green flowers are an honest signal of nectar rewards in a bird-pollinated tree (Fuchsia excorticata, Onagraceae) by Lim, Ganges, Burns, K. C.

“…Bird-pollinated flowers typically appear ‘red’. Fuchsia excorticata (Onagraceae), a gynodioecious tree species endemic to New Zealand, is a notable exception…”
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Plants obey (and disobey) the island rule by Biddick, M., Hendriks, A., Burns, K. C.

“…The island rule predicts that small animals evolve to become larger on islands, while large animals evolve to become smaller. It has been studied for over half…”
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Diabetes Attitudes, Wishes and Needs second study (DAWN2™): Cross-national benchmarking of diabetes-related psychosocial outcomes for people with diabetes by Nicolucci, A., Kovacs Burns, K., Holt, R. I. G., Comaschi, M., Hermanns, N., Ishii, H., Kokoszka, A., Pouwer, F., Skovlund, S. E., Stuckey, H., Tarkun, I., Vallis, M., Wens, J., Peyrot, M.

“…Aims The second Diabetes Attitudes, Wishes and Needs (DAWN2) study aimed to assess psychosocial outcomes in people with diabetes across countries for…”
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A restricted cell population propagates glioblastoma growth after chemotherapy by Chen, Jian, Li, Yanjiao, Yu, Tzong-Shiue, McKay, Renée M., Burns, Dennis K., Kernie, Steven G., Parada, Luis F.

“…By using a GFP reporter protein expressed selectively in neural stem cells in a mouse model of glioblastoma, a small subset of GFP-positive glioma cells is…”
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High-flow nasal cannula compared with conventional oxygen therapy for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: author's reply by Rochwerg, Bram, Granton, D., Wang, D. X., Einav, S., Burns, K. E. A.

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The ecosystem service of sense of place: benefits for human well-being and biodiversity conservation by HAUSMANN, ANNA, SLOTOW, ROB, BURNS, JONATHAN K., DI MININ, ENRICO

“…Assessing the cultural benefits provided by non-market ecosystem services can contribute previously unknown information to supplement conservation…”
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Time to abandon the loss of dispersal ability hypothesis in island plants: A comment on García-Verdugo, Mairal, Monroy, Sajeva and Caujapé-Castells (2017) by Burns, K.C.

“…García-Verdugo et al. (2017) recently tested the loss of dispersal ability hypothesis in a wind-dispersed shrub from Southern Europe. Although the hypothesis…”
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Size changes in island plants: independent trait evolution in Alyxia ruscifolia (Apocynaceae) on Lord Howe Island by Burns, K. C.

“…Species that are endemic to isolated islands often differ dramatically in size from their mainland relatives, for reasons that are poorly understood. While…”
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Are there general patterns in plant defence against megaherbivores? by Burns, K. C.

“…Field surveys were conducted to test whether plants deploy structural defences in ways that match the distribution of megaherbivores. In Western Australian…”
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Gender dimorphism in the virulence of a dioecious mistletoe by Burns, K C

“…Parasite virulence often differs between male and female hosts. However, less is known about how virulence might differ between male and female parasites…”
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