Search Results - "Ireland, Alex W"
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Chemical methodology as a source of small-molecule checkpoint inhibitors and heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) modulators
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (26-04-2011)“…Unique chemical methodology enables the synthesis of innovative and diverse scaffolds and chemotypes and allows access to previously unexplored "chemical…”
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Upland deforestation triggered an ecosystem state‐shift in a kettle peatland
Published in The Journal of ecology (01-05-2012)“…1. European settlement of eastern North America resulted in dramatic changes to ecosystems, although the dynamics and underlying causes of these changes are…”
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Rapid Delineation of Preliminary Ecological Sites Applied to Forested Northern Appalachian Landscapes
Published in Soil Science Society of America journal (01-01-2015)“…The fundamental assumption underpinning Ecological Sites is that soils, topographic, and climatic variables can be correlated with composition and productivity…”
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Potential conservation benefits of a voluntary corporate certification program
Published in Environment, development and sustainability (01-06-2020)“…Conservation on privately held and working land will be an important component of large-scale efforts aimed at tempering habitat loss to protect biodiversity…”
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Hydroclimatic variability drives episodic expansion of a floating peat mat in a North American kettlehole basin
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-01-2011)“…The coming century is predicted to feature enhanced climatic variability, including increased frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme climatic events…”
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A comparative study of within-basin and regional peatland development: implications for peatland carbon dynamics
Published in Quaternary science reviews (01-02-2013)“…Northern peatlands are among the most carbon-rich ecosystems on Earth, but many unanswered questions remain regarding linkages between their long-term…”
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Widespread dust deposition on North American peatlands coincident with European land-clearance
Published in Vegetation history and archaeobotany (01-11-2014)“…Ecosystems around the world are being subjected to numerous human disturbances. Climate change and land degradation are the most obvious of these disturbances…”
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Drought as a Trigger for Rapid State Shifts in Kettle Ecosystems: Implications for Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change
Published in Wetlands (Wilmington, N.C.) (01-12-2012)“…Global climate change has raised important questions about ecosystem resilience and the likelihood of unexpected and potentially irreversible ecosystem state…”
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Provisional, Forested Ecological Sites in the Northern Appalachians and Their State-and-Transition Models
Published in Rangelands (01-12-2016)“…The identification of unique areas of vegetative potential across the Northern Appalachians is complicated by a long land-use history of vegetation management…”
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Field experiment demonstrates the potential utility of satellite-derived reflectance indices for monitoring regeneration of boreal forest communities
Published in Trees, Forests and People (Online) (01-12-2021)“…•Reflectance indices derived from high spatial-resolution satellite imagery can be used to inform early-stage reforestation metrics.•Stem density can be…”
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Synthesis and structure–activity relationships of small molecule inhibitors of the simian virus 40 T antigen oncoprotein, an anti-polyomaviral target
Published in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry (15-11-2014)“…[Display omitted] Polyomavirus infections are common and relatively benign in the general human population but can become pathogenic in immunosuppressed…”
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High-resolution satellite imagery applied to monitoring revegetation of oil-sands-exploration well pads
Published in Environmental geosciences (01-12-2017)“…To achieve reclamation certification, oil-and-gas operations in Alberta, Canada are required to monitor the revegetation of idle well pads that no longer…”
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A screen for modulators of large T antigen’s ATPase activity uncovers novel inhibitors of Simian Virus 40 and BK virus replication
Published in Antiviral research (01-10-2012)“…► Polyomaviruses are linked to an increasing number of diseases. ► To date, specific therapeutics that target this class of viruses are not known. ► A…”
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An integrated reconstruction of recent forest dynamics in a New England cultural landscape
Published in Vegetation history and archaeobotany (01-07-2011)“…Broad-scale patterns of vegetation response to three centuries of human disturbance in the northeastern United States are well understood, but stand-scale…”
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Bob Marshall's forest reconstruction study: three centuries of ecological resilience to disturbance1
Published in The journal of the Torrey Botanical Society (01-07-2008)“…In 1924, Bob Marshall and his Harvard University advisor Richard Fisher developed an integrated historical approach for forest reconstruction to address…”
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Testing Unmanned Aerial Systems for Monitoring Wildlife at Night
Published in Wildlife Society bulletin (2011) (01-03-2019)“…Monitoring wildlife populations in proximity to industrial activities, including oil and gas operations, is critical to mitigating potential risk to both…”
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Bob Marshall's Forest Reconstruction Study: Three Centuries of Ecological Resilience to Disturbance
Published in The journal of the Torrey Botanical Society (01-07-2008)“…In 1924, Bob Marshall and his Harvard University advisor Richard Fisher developed an integrated historical approach for forest reconstruction to address…”
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Assessing the sensitivity of kettle ecosystems to climatic and anthropogenic disturbances
Published 01-01-2012“…Human-induced global change raises important questions about ecosystem resilience to external perturbations. Kettle peatlands have been underutilized in…”
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Assessing the sensitivity of kettle ecosystems to climatic and anthropogenic disturbances
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