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Herbivore effects on productivity vary by guild: cattle increase mean productivity while wildlife reduce variability by Charles, Grace K., Porensky, Lauren M., Riginos, Corinna, Veblen, Kari E., Young, Truman P.

“…Wild herbivores and livestock share the majority of rangelands worldwide, yet few controlled experiments have addressed their individual, additive, and…”
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Piecewise disassembly of a large-herbivore community across a rainfall gradient: the UHURU experiment by Goheen, Jacob R, Palmer, Todd M, Charles, Grace K, Helgen, Kristofer M, Kinyua, Stephen N, Maclean, Janet E, Turner, Benjamin L, Young, Hillary S, Pringle, Robert M

“…Large mammalian herbivores (LMH) strongly influence plant communities, and these effects can propagate indirectly throughout food webs. Most existing…”
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Relationships between Cattle and Biodiversity in Multiuse Landscape Revealed by Kenya Long-Term Exclosure Experiment by Young, Truman P., Porensky, Lauren M., Riginos, Corinna, Veblen, Kari E., Odadi, Wilfred O., Kimuyu, Duncan M., Charles, Grace K., Young, Hillary S.

“…On rangelands worldwide, cattle interact with many forms of biodiversity, most obviously with vegetation and other large herbivores. Since 1995, we have been…”
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The sticky fruit of manzanita: potential functions beyond epizoochory by LoPresti, Eric F., Robinson, Moria L., Krimmel, Billy A., Charles, Grace K.

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How do psychobehavioural variables shed light on heterogeneity in COVID-19 vaccine acceptance? Evidence from United States general population surveys on a probability panel and social media by Charles, Grace K, Braunstein, Sofia P, Barker, Jessica L, Fung, Henry, Coome, Lindsay, Kumar, Rohan, Huang, Vincent S, Kemp, Hannah, Grant, Eli, Bernard, Drew, Barefoot, Darren, Sgaier, Sema K

“…ObjectivesTo (1) understand what behaviours, beliefs, demographics and structural factors predict US adults’ intention to get a COVID-19 vaccination, (2)…”
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Termite mound cover and abundance respond to herbivore‐mediated biotic changes in a Kenyan savanna by Charles, Grace K., Riginos, Corinna, Veblen, Kari E., Kimuyu, Duncan M., Young, Truman P.

“…Both termites and large mammalian herbivores (LMH) are savanna ecosystem engineers that have profound impacts on ecosystem structure and function. Both of…”
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Low functional redundancy among mammalian browsers in regulating an encroaching shrub (Solanum campylacanthum) in African savannah by Pringle, Robert M., Goheen, Jacob R., Palmer, Todd M., Charles, Grace K., DeFranco, Elyse, Hohbein, Rhianna, Ford, Adam T., Tarnita, Corina E.

“…Large herbivorous mammals play an important role in structuring African savannahs and are undergoing widespread population declines and local extinctions, with…”
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Determinants of Households’ Access to Improved Water Sources, Sanitation and Handwashing facilities among Under-18 Orphans: A Secondary Analysis of 2018 Demographic Health Surveys by Solagbade, Abimbola Jamiu, Omodara, Funmilayo Modupe, Isiek, Edith Samuel, Ishatah, Grace Charles

“…Background: This study aimed to investigate households’ access to improved water sources, sanitation and handwashing facilities among under-18 orphans in…”
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Plasticity in social communication and its implications for the colonization of novel habitats by Ord, Terry J., Charles, Grace K., Palmer, Meredith, Stamps, Judy A.

“…Lay Summary Puerto Rican lizards tailor the performance of elaborate headbob displays to ensure rivals "get the message" in most viewing conditions. This…”
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The Evolution of Alternative Adaptive Strategies for Effective Communication in Noisy Environments by Ord, Terry J., Charles, Grace K., Hofer, Rebecca K.

“…Animals communicating socially are expected to produce signals that are conspicuous within the habitats in which they live. The particular way in which a…”
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Plant communities in harsh sites are less invaded: a summary of observations and proposed explanations by Zefferman, Emily, Stevens, Jens T., Charles, Grace K., Dunbar-Irwin, Mila, Emam, Taraneh, Fick, Stephen, Morales, Laura V., Wolf, Kristina M., Young, Derek J. N., Young, Truman P.

“…Within the invasion ecology literature, it is often noted that abiotically stressful environments are typically less invaded by non-native plants than nearby…”
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Causal Datasheet for Datasets: An Evaluation Guide for Real-World Data Analysis and Data Collection Design Using Bayesian Networks by Butcher, Bradley, Huang, Vincent S, Robinson, Christopher, Reffin, Jeremy, Sgaier, Sema K, Charles, Grace, Quadrianto, Novi

“…Developing data-driven solutions that address real-world problems requires understanding of these problems' causes and how their interaction affects the…”
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Cattle select African savanna termite mound patches less when sharing habitat with wild herbivores by Odadi, Wilfred O., Charles, Grace K., Young, Truman P.

“…African savanna termite mounds function as nutrient‐rich foraging hotspots for different herbivore species, but little is known about their effects on the…”
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Understanding why at-risk population segments do not seek care for tuberculosis: a precision public health approach in South India by Helfinstein, Sarah, Engl, Elisabeth, Thomas, Beena E, Natarajan, Gayathri, Prakash, Prithivi, Jain, Mokshada, Lavanya, Jayabal, Jagadeesan, Murugesan, Chang, Rebekah, Mangono, Tichakunda, Kemp, Hannah, Mannan, Shamim, Dabas, Harkesh, Charles, Grace K, Sgaier, Sema K

“…IntroductionDelaying care-seeking for tuberculosis (TB) symptoms is a major contributor to mortality, leading to worse outcomes and spread. To reduce delays,…”
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Factors leading to the evolution and maintenance of a male ornament in territorial species by Charles, Grace K., Ord, Terry J.

“…Male ornamentation is assumed to have evolved primarily from selection by female mate choice. Yet this is only one possible reason for ornament evolution…”
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Increasing Uptake of Social Distancing During COVID-19: How Machine Learning Strategies Can Lead to Targeted Interventions by Grace Charles, Mokshada Jain, Yael Caplan, Hannah Kemp, Aysha Keisler, Vincent Huang, Sema K. Sgaier

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Plant and small-mammal responses to large-herbivore exclusion in an African savanna: five years of the UHURU experiment by Kartzinel, Tyler R., Goheen, Jacob R., Charles, Grace K., DeFranco, Elyse, Maclean, Janet E., Otieno, Tobias O., Palmer, Todd M., Pringle, Robert M.

“…Assessing the direct and indirect consequences of nonrandom species removal within guilds of strongly interacting species, such as large mammalian herbivores,…”
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Causal datasheet: An approximate guide to practically assess Bayesian networks in the real world by Butcher, Bradley, Huang, Vincent S, Reffin, Jeremy, Sgaier, Sema K, Charles, Grace, Quadrianto, Novi

“…In solving real-world problems like changing healthcare-seeking behaviors, designing interventions to improve downstream outcomes requires an understanding of…”
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Interaction of two oxysterols, 7-ketocholesterol and 25-hydroxycholesterol, with phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin in model membranes by Mintzer, Evan, Charles, Grace, Gordon, Sharon

“…Oxidized analogs of cholesterol (oxysterols) are produced through both enzymatic and non-enzymatic pathways and have been shown to perturb membrane properties…”
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The Behavior of Two Oxidized Derivatives of Cholesterol in Model Membranes by Mintzer, Evan, Charles, Grace

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