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Climate science: The resilience of Amazonian forests by Bush, Mark B

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Amazonia and the Anthropocene: What was the spatial extent and intensity of human landscape modification in the Amazon Basin at the end of prehistory? by Piperno, Dolores R, McMichael, Crystal, Bush, Mark B

“…The nature and spatial scale of prehistoric human landscape modifications in Amazonia are enduring questions. Original conceptions of the issues by…”
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Fracture-resistant monolithic dental crowns by Zhang, Yu, Mai, Zhisong, Barani, Amir, Bush, Mark, Lawn, Brian

“…Highlights • Capacity of crown restorations to sustain high bite force has been measured on manufactured, anatomically-correct specimens for three classes of…”
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A definition of free sugars for the UK by Swan, Gillian E, Powell, Natasha A, Knowles, Bethany L, Bush, Mark T, Levy, Louis B

“…Public Health England has set a definition for free sugars in the UK in order to estimate intakes of free sugars in the National Diet and Nutrition Survey…”
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The resilience of Amazonian forests by Bush, Mark B.

“…Isotope evidence suggests that, during dry periods associated with the most recent ice age, the Amazonian forest survived in a region that is sensitive to…”
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Tropical Andean climate variations since the last deglaciation by Zhao, Boyang, Russell, James M, Blaus, Ansis, Nascimento, Majoi de Novaes, Freeman, Aaron, Bush, Mark B

“…Global warming during the Last Glacial Termination was interrupted by millennial-scale cool intervals such as the Younger Dryas and the Antarctic Cold Reversal…”
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Gut hormone pharmacology of a novel GPR119 agonist (GSK1292263), metformin, and sitagliptin in type 2 diabetes mellitus: results from two randomized studies by Nunez, Derek J, Bush, Mark A, Collins, David A, McMullen, Susan L, Gillmor, Dawn, Apseloff, Glen, Atiee, George, Corsino, Leonor, Morrow, Linda, Feldman, Paul L

“…GPR119 receptor agonists improve glucose metabolism and alter gut hormone profiles in animal models and healthy subjects. We therefore investigated the…”
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Human-induced ecological cascades: Extinction, restoration, and rewilding in the Galápagos highlands by Bush, Mark B, Conrad, Shelby, Restrepo, Alejandra, Thompson, Diane M, Lofverstrom, Marcus, Conroy, Jessica L

“…SignificanceThe Galápagos Islands are an iconic evolutionary and ecological setting, recognized to be both species-poor and ecologically sensitive. Here, we…”
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Long‐term ecological legacies in western Amazonia by Åkesson, Christine M., McMichael, Crystal N. H., Raczka, Marco F., Huisman, Seringe N., Palmeira, Mona, Vogel, Johnny, Neill, David, Veizaj, Jason, Bush, Mark B., Lafontaine, Guillaume

“…Modifications of Amazonian forests by pre‐Columbian peoples are thought to have left ecological legacies that have persisted to the modern day. Most Amazonian…”
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Pregnancy outcomes from more than 1,800 in vitro fertilization cycles with the use of 24-chromosome single-nucleotide polymorphism–based preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy by Simon, Alexander L., Kiehl, Michelle, Fischer, Erin, Proctor, J. Glenn, Bush, Mark R., Givens, Carolyn, Rabinowitz, Matthew, Demko, Zachary P.

“…To measure in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes following 24-chromosome single‒nucleotide-polymorphism (SNP)–based preimplantation genetic testing for…”
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Early to mid-Holocene human activity exerted gradual influences on Amazonian forest vegetation by Nascimento, Majoi N, Heijink, Britte M, Bush, Mark B, Gosling, William D, McMichael, Crystal N H

“…Humans have been present in Amazonia throughout the Holocene, with the earliest archaeological sites dating to 12 000 years ago. The earliest inhabitants began…”
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Further evidence for localized, short-term anthropogenic forest alterations across pre-Columbian Amazonia by Piperno, Dolores R., McMichael, Crystal, Bush, Mark B.

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How deregulation, drought and increasing fire impact Amazonian biodiversity by Feng, Xiao, Merow, Cory, Liu, Zhihua, Park, Daniel S., Roehrdanz, Patrick R., Maitner, Brian, Newman, Erica A., Boyle, Brad L., Lien, Aaron, Burger, Joseph R., Pires, Mathias M., Brando, Paulo M., Bush, Mark B., McMichael, Crystal N. H., Neves, Danilo M., Nikolopoulos, Efthymios I., Saleska, Scott R., Hannah, Lee, Breshears, David D., Evans, Tom P., Soto, José R., Ernst, Kacey C., Enquist, Brian J.

“…Biodiversity contributes to the ecological and climatic stability of the Amazon Basin 1 , 2 , but is increasingly threatened by deforestation and fire 3 , 4 …”
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Introducing a new (freeware) tool for palynology by Bush, Mark B., Weng, Chengyu

“…We present a multiple‐access key and searchable data base to Neotropical pollen that is available as freeware. The data base is based on FileMaker 5 and…”
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Anthropogenic influence on Amazonian forests in pre‐history: An ecological perspective by Bush, Mark B, McMichael, Crystal H, Piperno, Dolores R, Silman, Miles R, Barlow, Jos, Peres, Carlos A, Power, Mitchell, Palace, Michael W

“…An important debate has been re‐invigorated by new data concerning the size and environmental impacts of human populations in the Amazon Basin during…”
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Quantifying past forest cover and biomass changes in the Ecuadorian Amazon by Witteveen, Nina H., Kleijwegt, Zoë S., Geara, Hana, Kool, Cathelijne, Blaus, Ansis, Saenz, Lina Cabrera, Gomes, Bianca Tacoronte, Philip, Annemarie, Bush, Mark B., McMichael, Crystal N. H.

“…Summary Here, we developed and applied models to quantitatively reconstruct forest cover and biomass changes at three lakes in northwestern Amazonia over the…”
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Pleistocene megafaunal extinction in the grasslands of Junín‐Peru by Rozas‐Davila, Angela, Rodbell, Donald T., Bush, Mark B.

“…Aim To determine the timing of megafaunal extinction in the high plains of Peru and also to determine if the timing was delayed in grasslands compared with…”
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The functional extinction of Andean megafauna by Rozas-Davila, Angela, Valencia, Bryan G., Bush, Mark B.

“…Controversy exists over the cause and timing of the extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna. In the tropical Andes, deglaciation and associated rapid climate…”
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Holocene histories of biome stability in northern Amazonian savannas by Beltran, Julian, de Toledo, Mauro B, Palace, Michael, Dibb, Jack, Bush, Mark B

“…Paleoecological analysis of three lake sediment cores from the Roraima savannas in northern Brazil revealed systems dominated by Poaceae pollen throughout most…”
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Upslope migration of Andean trees by Feeley, Kenneth J., Silman, Miles R., Bush, Mark B., Farfan, William, Cabrera, Karina Garcia, Malhi, Yadvinder, Meir, Patrick, Revilla, Norma Salinas, Quisiyupanqui, Mireya Natividad Raurau, Saatchi, Sassan

“…Aim Climate change causes shifts in species distributions, or ‘migrations'. Despite the centrality of species distributions to biodiversity conservation, the…”
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