Search Results - "Clark, M. K."

Social network analysis reveals specialized trade in an Endangered songbird by Sánchez‐Mercado, A., Cardozo‐Urdaneta, A., Moran, L., Ovalle, L., Arvelo, M. Á., Morales‐Campos, J., Coyle, B., Braun, M. J., Rodríguez‐Clark, K. M.

“…Unsustainable harvest is one of the most important threats to biodiversity, and birds are highly impacted, but avian markets remain poorly understood. When…”
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Surface uplift, tectonics, and erosion of eastern Tibet from large-scale drainage patterns by Clark, M. K., Schoenbohm, L. M., Royden, L. H., Whipple, K. X., Burchfiel, B. C., Zhang, X., Tang, W., Wang, E., Chen, L.

“…A new regional compilation of the drainage history in southeastern Tibet suggests that the modern rivers draining the plateau margin were once tributaries to a…”
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Pulsed resources at tundra breeding sites affect winter irruptions at temperate latitudes of a top predator, the snowy owl by Robillard, A., Therrien, J. F., Gauthier, G., Clark, K. M., Bêty, J.

“…Irruptive migration is mostly observed in species specialized on pulsed resources and is thought to be a response to unpredictable changes in food supply. We…”
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Use of a regional, relict landscape to measure vertical deformation of the eastern Tibetan Plateau by Clark, M. K., Royden, L. H., Whipple, K. X., Burchfiel, B. C., Zhang, X., Tang, W.

“…Field work and topography analysis show that remnant, local areas of a low‐relief landscape or erosion surfaces are geographically continuous across the…”
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Illegal wildlife trade networks: finding creative opportunities for conservation intervention in challenging circumstances by Sánchez‐Mercado, A., Cardozo‐Urdaneta, A., Rodríguez‐Clark, K. M., Moran, L., Ovalle, L., Ángel Arvelo, M., Morales‐Campos, J., Coyle, B., Braun, M. J.

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Deletion of the Ubiquitin Ligase CHIP Leads to the Accumulation, But Not the Aggregation, of Both Endogenous Phospho- and Caspase-3-Cleaved Tau Species by Dickey, Chad A, Yue, Mei, Lin, Wen-Lang, Dickson, Dennis W, Dunmore, Judith H, Lee, Wing C, Zehr, Cynthia, West, Gemma, Cao, Songsong, Clark, Amber M. K, Caldwell, Guy A, Caldwell, Kim A, Eckman, Christopher, Patterson, Cam, Hutton, Michael, Petrucelli, Leonard

“…Accumulation of the microtubule-associated protein tau into neurofibrillary lesions is a pathological consequence of several neurodegenerative diseases,…”
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Combining threat and occurrence models to predict potential ecological traps for Andean bears in the Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela by Sánchez‐Mercado, A, Ferrer‐Paris, J. R, García‐Rangel, S, Yerena, E, Robertson, B. A, Rodríguez‐Clark, K. M

“…Ecological traps occur when rapid environmental change makes organisms' habitat selection cues misleading and leads them to prefer poor quality habitats. Such…”
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Weight, fat mass, and central distribution of fat increase when women use depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate for contraception by CLARK, M. K, DILLON, J. S, SOWERS, M, NICHOLS, S

“…To compare longitudinal changes in weight, body fat, and ratio of central to peripheral fat mass among first-time depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA)…”
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Bone Mineral Density and Its Change in White Women: Estrogen and Vitamin D Receptor Genotypes and Their Interaction by Willing, Marcia, Sowers, Maryfran, Aron, David, Clark, M. K., Burns, Trudy, Bunten, Carol, Crutchfield, Mary, D'Agostino, Danielle, Jannausch, Mary

“…Low bone mineral density (BMD) is a major risk factor for development of osteoporosis; increasing evidence suggests that attainment and maintenance of peak…”
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Environmental Education as a Component of Multidisciplinary Conservation Programs: Lessons from Conservation Initiatives for Critically Endangered Fruit Bats in the Western Indian Ocean by TREWHELLA, W. J., RODRIGUEZ-CLARK, K. M., CORP, N., ENTWISTLE, A., GARRETT, S. R. T., GRANEK, E., LENGEL, K. L., RABOUDE, M. J., REASON, P. F., SEWALL, B. J.

“…Pteropus livingstonii, P voeltzkowi, and P rodricensis are three critically endangered fruit bats from western Indian Ocean islands for which multidisciplinary…”
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Tropical dry forests in Venezuela: assessing status, threats and future prospects by RODRÍGUEZ, J. P., NASSAR, J. M., RODRÍGUEZ-CLARK, K. M., ZAGER, I., PORTILLO-QUINTERO, C. A., CARRASQUEL, F., ZAMBRANO, S.

“…Tropical dry forests may be among the world's most threatened ecosystems, but few studies have objectively quantified their status and threats. This study…”
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Population trends and survival of nesting green sea turtles Chelonia mydas on Aves Island, Venezuela by García-Cruz, MA, Lampo, M, Peñaloza, CL, Kendall, WL, Solé, G, Rodríguez-Clark, KM

“…Long-term demographic data are valuable for assessing the effect of anthropogenic impacts on endangered species and evaluating recovery programs. Using a…”
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An mtDNA Mutation in the Initiation Codon of the Cytochrome C Oxidase Subunit II Gene Results in Lower Levels of the Protein and a Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy by Clark, Kim M., Taylor, Robert W., Johnson, Margaret A., Chinnery, Patrick F., Chrzanowska-Lightowlers, Zofia M.A., Andrews, Richard M., Nelson, Isobel P., Wood, Nicholas W., Lamont, Phillipa J., Hanna, Michael G., Lightowlers, Robert N., Turnbull, Douglass M.

“…A novel heteroplasmic 7587T→C mutation in the mitochondrial genome which changes the initiation codon of the gene encoding cytochrome c oxidase subunit II (COX…”
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Effect of captivity on genetic variance for five traits in the large milkweed bug ( ) by Rodríguez-Clark, K M

“…Understanding the changes in genetic variance which may occur as populations move from nature into captivity has been considered important when populations in…”
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Earthquake science in resilient societies by Stahl, T., Clark, M. K., Zekkos, D., Athanasopoulos‐Zekkos, A., Willis, M., Medwedeff, William, Knoper, Logan, Townsend, Kirk, Jin, Jonson

“…Earthquake science is critical in reducing vulnerability to a broad range of seismic hazards. Evidence‐based studies drawing from several branches of the Earth…”
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Implications of piscine predator control on the federally listed fountain darter by Clark, M. K., Ostrand, K. G., Bonner, T. H.

“…One strategy for protecting the federally listed fountain darter, Etheostoma fonticola (Jordan & Gilbert), during low flow conditions is the removal of piscine…”
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Raciation and speciation in house mice from the Alps: the role of chromosomes by Piálek, Jaroslav, Hauffe, Heidi C., Rodríguez-Clark, Kathryn M., Searle, Jeremy B.

“…There are at least 24 different karyotypic races of house mouse in the central Alps, each characterized by a different complement of ancestral acrocentric and…”
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Reversal of a mitochondrial DNA defect in human skeletal muscle by Clark, Kim M, Bindoff, Laurence A, Lightowlers, Robert N, Andrews, Richard M, Griffiths, Philip G, Johnson, Margaret A, Brierley, Elizabeth J, Turnbull, Douglass M

“…Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), the only extrachromosomal DNA in human cells, is a small genome with 16.5 kb of DNA. Defects of this genome, such as point mutations…”
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Occupational Exposures and Risk of Female Infertility by Smith, E. M., Hammonds-Ehlers, M., Clark, M. K., Kirchner, H. L., Fuortes, L.

“…This study examined the association between occupational chemical and radiation exposures and risk of medically diagnosed infertility in 281 women compared…”
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Sources and movements of marine turtles in the Gulf of Venezuela: Regional and local assessments by Barrios-Garrido, H., Becker, P., Bjorndal, K.A., Bolten, A.B., Diez, C.E., Espinoza-Rodríguez, N., Fastigi, M., Gray, J., Harrison, E., Hart, K.A., Meylan, A., Meylan, P., Montiel-Villalobos, M.G., Morales, F., Nava, M., Palmar, J., Petit-Rodriguez, M.J., Richardson, P., Rodríguez-Clark, K.M., Rojas-Cañizales, D., Sandoval, M.G., Valverde, R.A., van Dam, R., Walker, J.T., Wildermann, N., Hamann, M.

“…Marine turtles are challenging species to protect because they occur over large geographic scales. Tagging individual turtles at nesting beaches and foraging…”
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