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Arboreal Folivores Limit Their Energetic Output, All the Way to Slothfulness by Pauli, Jonathan N., Peery, M. Zachariah, Fountain, Emily D., Karasov, William H.

“…By exploiting unutilized resources, organisms expand into novel niches, which can lead to adaptive radiation. However, some groups fail to diversify despite…”
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Fire-driven animal evolution in the Pyrocene by Jones, Gavin M., Goldberg, Joshua F., Wilcox, Taylor M., Buckley, Lauren B., Parr, Catherine L., Linck, Ethan B., Fountain, Emily D., Schwartz, Michael K.

“…Fire-driven animal evolution may occur rapidly in the Pyrocene, with potentially significant implications for biodiversity conservation.Fire is an important…”
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Finding the right coverage: the impact of coverage and sequence quality on single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping error rates by Fountain, Emily D., Pauli, Jonathan N., Reid, Brendan N., Palsbøll, Per J., Peery, M. Zachariah

“…Restriction‐enzyme‐based sequencing methods enable the genotyping of thousands of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci in nonmodel organisms. However, in…”
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Land use and life history constrain adaptive genetic variation and reduce the capacity for climate change adaptation in turtles by Byer, Nathan W, Fountain, Emily D, Reid, Brendan N, Miller, Kristen, Kulzer, Paige J, Peery, M Zachariah

“…Rapid anthropogenic climate change will require species to adapt to shifting environmental conditions, with successful adaptation dependent upon current…”
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Fire-adapted traits in animals by Jones, Gavin M, Goldberg, Joshua F, Wilcox, Taylor M, Buckley, Lauren B, Parr, Catherine L, Linck, Ethan B, Fountain, Emily D, Schwartz, Michael K

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Demography of avian scavengers after Pleistocene megafaunal extinction by Perrig, Paula L., Fountain, Emily D., Lambertucci, Sergio A., Pauli, Jonathan N.

“…The late Quaternary megafauna extinctions reshaped species assemblages, yet we know little about how extant obligate scavengers responded to this abrupt…”
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Genomic targets for high-resolution inference of kinship, ancestry and disease susceptibility in orang-utans (genus: Pongo) by Banes, Graham L, Fountain, Emily D, Karklus, Alyssa, Huang, Hao-Ming, Jang-Liaw, Nian-Hong, Burgess, Daniel L, Wendt, Jennifer, Moehlenkamp, Cynthia, Mayhew, George F

“…Orang-utans comprise three critically endangered species endemic to the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. Though whole-genome sequencing has recently accelerated…”
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Cophylogenetics and biogeography reveal a coevolved relationship between sloths and their symbiont algae by Fountain, Emily D., Pauli, Jonathan N., Mendoza, Jorge E., Carlson, Jenna, Peery, M. Zachariah

“…[Display omitted] •Sloths have a coevolved, mutualistic relationship with the symbiotic algae found in their fur.•The main driver of algae diversification in…”
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Niche modelling identifies low rainfall, but not soil type, as an important habitat requirement of the fossorial Australasian trapdoor spider genus Cantuaria (Hogg, 1902) by Smith, Victoria R., Vink, Cor J., Fountain, Emily D., Cruickshank, Robert H., Paterson, Adrian M.

“…Habitat loss is one of the greatest drivers for extinction worldwide. Understanding a taxon’s habitat requirements is crucial in being able to protect it from…”
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The effects of Sceletium tortuosum (L.) N.E. Br. extract fraction in the chick anxiety-depression model by Carpenter, Jessica M., Jourdan, Mary K., Fountain, Emily M., Ali, Zulfiqar, Abe, Naohito, Khan, Ikhlas A., Sufka, Kenneth J.

“…Sceletium tortuosum (L.) N.E. Br. has been reported to elevate mood, reduce anxiety and stress and alleviate pain. This study sought to examine the effects of…”
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High rates of anticoagulant rodenticide exposure in California Barred Owls are associated with the wildland–urban interface by Hofstadter, Daniel F, Kryshak, Nicholas F, Gabriel, Mourad W, Wood, Connor M, Wengert, Greta M, Dotters, Brian P, Roberts, Kevin N, Fountain, Emily D, Kelly, Kevin G, Keane, John J, Whitmore, Sheila A, Berigan, William J, Peery, M Zachariah

“…Abstract Pesticide use is pervasive and the exposure of non-target wildlife has been well documented over the past half-century. Among pesticides,…”
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Nine out of ten samples were mistakenly switched by The Orang-utan Genome Consortium by Banes, Graham L., Fountain, Emily D., Karklus, Alyssa, Fulton, Robert S., Antonacci-Fulton, Lucinda, Nelson, Joanne O.

“…The Sumatran orang-utan (Pongo abelii) reference genome was first published in 2011, in conjunction with ten re-sequenced genomes from unrelated wild-caught…”
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The Molecular Phylogeny of the New Zealand Endemic Genus Hadramphus and the Revival of the Genus Karocolens by Fountain, Emily, Cruickshank, Robert, Paterson, Adrian

“…The delineation of species is important to the fields of evolution, ecology and conservation. The use of only a single line of evidence, e.g., morphology or a…”
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Characterizing the diet of a threatened seabird, the Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus, using high-throughput sequencing by Fountain, Emily D, Kulzer, Paige J, Golightly, Richard T, Rivers, James W, Pearson, Scott F, Raphael, Martin G, Betts, Matthew G, Nelson, S Kim, Roby, Daniel D, Kryshak, Nicholas F, Schneider, Stephanie, Peery, M Zachariah

“…Understanding prey consumption patterns is critical to understanding the ways in which seabirds cope with a changing ocean. However, characterizing the dietary…”
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Genomics meets applied ecology: Characterizing habitat quality for sloths in a tropical agroecosystem by Fountain, Emily D., Kang, Jung koo, Tempel, Douglas J., Palsbøll, Per J., Pauli, Jonathan N., Zachariah Peery, M.

“…Understanding how habitat quality in heterogeneous landscapes governs the distribution and fitness of individuals is a fundamental aspect of ecology. While…”
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Examining the uncertain origin and management role of martens on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska by Pauli, Jonathan N, Moss, Wynne E, Manlick, Philip J, Fountain, Emily D, Kirby, Rebecca, Sultaire, Sean M, Perrig, Paula L, Mendoza, Jorge E, Pokallus, John W, Heaton, Timothy H

“…Conservation biologists are generally united in efforts to curtail the spread of non‐native species globally. However, the colonization history of a species is…”
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Effects of Diets Enriched in Omega-3 and Omega-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Offspring Sex-Ratio and Maternal Behavior in Mice by Fountain, Emily D, Mao, Jiude, Whyte, Jeffrey J, Mueller, Kelly E, Ellersieck, Mark R, Will, Matthew J, Roberts, R. Michael, MacDonald, Ruth, Rosenfeld, Cheryl S

“…There have been many trials describing the effects of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) on fecundity, neonatal development, and maternal behavior in humans,…”
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The ecology and conservation of Hadramphus tuberculatus (Pascoe 1877) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) by Fountain, Emily D., Wiseman, Benjamin H., Cruickshank, Robert H., Paterson, Adrian M.

“…The critically endangered weevil, Hadramphus tuberculatus (Pascoe 1877), was considered extinct until its rediscovery in 2004. Once widespread throughout the…”
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The effects of island forest restoration on open habitat specialists: the endangered weevil Hadramphus spinipennis Broun and its host-plant Aciphylla dieffenbachii Kirk by Fountain, Emily D, Malumbres-Olarte, Jagoba, Cruickshank, Robert H, Paterson, Adrian M

“…Human alteration of islands has made restoration a key part of conservation management. As islands are restored to their original state, species interactions…”
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Cross-Species Application of Illumina iScan Microarrays for Cost-Effective, High-Throughput SNP Discovery by Fountain, Emily D., Zhou, Li-Chen, Karklus, Alyssa, Liu, Qun-Xiu, Meyers, James, Fontanilla, Ian K. C., Rafael, Emmanuel Francisco, Yu, Jian-Yi, Zhang, Qiong, Zhu, Xiang-Lei, Pei, En-Le, Yuan, Yao-Hua, Banes, Graham L.

“…Microarrays can be a cost-effective alternative to high-throughput sequencing for discovering novel single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Illumina’s iScan…”
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