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Thermal adaptation and diversity in tropical ecosystems: evidence from cicadas (Hemiptera, Cicadidae) by Sanborn, Allen F, Heath, James E, Phillips, Polly K, Heath, Maxine S, Noriega, Fernando G

“…The latitudinal gradient in species diversity is a central problem in ecology. Expeditions covering approximately 16°54' of longitude and 21°4' of latitude and…”
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Thermal adaptation in North American cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) by Sanborn, Allen F., Heath, James E., Heath, Maxine S., Phillips, Polly K.

“…We determine and summarize the thermal responses for 118 species and subspecies of North American cicadas representing more than 50 years of fieldwork and…”
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Comparative thermal adaptation in cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) inhabiting Mediterranean ecosystems by Sanborn, Allen F., Phillips, Polly K., Heath, James E., Heath, Maxine S.

“…The thermal responses of cicadas inhabiting the Mediterranean ecosystems in Europe, North America, South Africa, and Australia are investigated. A total of 37…”
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Cold cicadas and hot rocks: Thermal responses and thermoregulation in some New Zealand cicadas (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae: Cicadettini) by Heath, James E., Heath, Maxine S., Sanborn, Allen F.

“…We determine the thermal responses for 11 species from four genera of New Zealand cicadas. Thermal responses are remarkably similar regardless of environment…”
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Influence of altitude, habitat and microhabitat on thermal adaptation of cicadas from Southwest Texas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) by Sanborn, Allen F., Phillips, Polly K., Heath, James E., Heath, Maxine S.

“…The thermal responses of 12 cicada species inhabiting Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA are investigated to determine the influence of altitude, habitat and…”
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Thermal responses of some Australian cicadas (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadidae) by Heath, Maxine S., Heath, James E., Sanborn, Allen F.

“…We determine the thermal responses for 22 species from 16 genera, nine tribes and two subfamilies of Australian cicadas. Thermal responses are related to…”
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Convergence and parallelism among cicadas of Argentina and the southwestern United States (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) by Sanborn, A.F, Heath, M.S, Heath, J.E, Noriega, F.G, Phillips, P.K

“…Cicadas of the genera Derotettix in Argentina and Okanagodes in the south‐western United States resemble each other in colour, live on salt‐tolerant plants…”
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genus Pacarina Distant, 1905 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with the description of a new species by Sanborn, Allen F, Heath, Maxine S, Phillips, Polly K, Heath, James E

“…The genus Pacarina Distant, 1905 is redescribed along with the description of the new species Pacarina shoemakeri sp. nov. Sanborn and M. Heath. The…”
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new species of the genus Beameria (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from North America by Sanborn, Allen F, Heath, Maxine S, Phillips, Polly K, Heath, James E

“…Cicadas of the genus Beameria Davis are small, grass dwelling species found across much of western North America. We provide the first detailed description of…”
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Long-Range Sound Distribution and the Calling Song of the Cicada Beameria venosa (Uhler) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) by Sanborn, Allen F, Heath, James E, Heath, Maxine S

“…The calling song of the cicada Beameria venosa is a continuous train of sound pulses produced at a rate of 385 ± 29.5 pulses/s, with peak energy at 16.96 ±…”
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Geotemporal Analysis by Eick, S.G., Eick, A., Fugitt, J., Heath, J.E., Ross, M.

“…We have developed thin client AJAX Web 2.0 visualization components called GeoTimeline™ and GeoTimeWheel™ for displaying temporal event data with geospatial…”
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Sweating in the guanaco ( Lama guanicoe) by de Lamo, Daniel A, Lacolla, Daniel, Heath, James E

“…Sweat glands are present all over the skin, where sweat production varies from 4.98 to 73.36 g m −2 h −1 of skin. Ambient temperatures between 20 and 33°C are…”
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Case Report: Carcinoma of the Extraorbital Lacrimal Gland in a Female Fischer 344 Rat by Heath, James E., Rahemtullah, F., Fine, W. David

“…A large subcutaneous mass was observed at necropsy in the right neck area of a 95-week-old female Fischer 344 rat that served as an untreated control animal in…”
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Carcinogenic activity of the flame retardant, 2,2-bis(bromomethyl)-1,3-propanediol in rodents, and comparison with the carcinogenicity of other NTP brominated chemicals by Dunnick, J K, Heath, J E, Farnell, D R, Prejean, J D, Haseman, J K, Elwell, M R

“…Several brominated chemicals have been shown to be multisite-multispecies carcinogens in laboratory animals, and in this paper we report that the flame…”
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Carcinogenicity of 2',3'-dideoxycytidine in mice by RAO, G. N, COLLINS, B. J, GILES, H. D, HEATH, J. E, FOLEY, J. F, MAY, R. D, BUCKLEY, L. A

“…2',3'-dideoxycytidine (ddC) is a synthetic pyrimidine nucleoside analogue approved for treatment of HIV-positive patients. Previous studies indicated that ddC…”
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Case report: pineocytoma in a male Fischer 344 rat by Heath, J E, Winokur, T S

“…An enlarged pineal gland was observed in a 112-wk-old male Fischer 344 rat from the low-dose treatment group in a 2-yr bioassay. Formalin-fixed,…”
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Thermoregulation by Endogenous Heat Production in Two South American Grass Dwelling Cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae: Proarna) by Sanborn, Allen F., Heath, James E., Heath, Maxine S., Noriega, Fernando G.

“…Proarna bergi (Distant) and Proarna insignis Distant use metabolic heat to raise body temperature (Tb) for activity when ambient conditions would prevent…”
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Effects of prostaglandin E2 on the activity of thermosensitive and insensitive single units in the preoptic/anterior hypothalamus of unanesthetized rabbits by Gordon, C J, Heath, J E

“…Toe eliminate depressant effects of anesthetics on neuron activity, we recorded the single unit activity of thermoregulatory neurons in the POAH of…”
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Evolution of Temperature Regulatory Mechanisms by Douglas O. Nelson, Heath, James E., Prosser, C. Ladd

“…Temperature regulation in vertebrates utilizes both behavioral and metabolic-circulatory mechanisms which are under the control of preoptic-anterior…”
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Convergence and parallelism among cicadas of Argentina and the southwestern United States (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea): CONVERGENCE AND PARALLELISM IN CICADAS by SANBORN, ALLEN F., HEATH, MAXINE S., HEATH, JAMES E., NORIEGA, FERNANDO G., PHILLIPS, POLLY K.

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