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Aligning Conservation Priorities across Taxa in Madagascar with High-Resolution Planning Tools by Kremen, C., Cameron, A., Moilanen, A., Phillips, S. J., Thomas, C. D., Beentje, H., Dransfield, J., Fisher, B. L., Glaw, F., Good, T. C., Harper, G. J., Hijmans, R. J., Lees, D. C., Louis, E., Nussbaum, R. A., Raxworthy, C. J., Razafimpahana, A., Schatz, G. E., Vences, M., Vieites, D. R., Wright, P. C., Zjhra, M. L.

“…Globally, priority areas for biodiversity are relatively well known, yet few detailed plans exist to direct conservation action within them, despite urgent…”
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DNA barcoding reveals a largely unknown fauna of Gracillariidae leaf-mining moths in the Neotropics by Lees, D. C., Kawahara, A. Y., Rougerie, R., Ohshima, I., Kawakita, A., Bouteleux, O., De Prins, J., Lopez-Vaamonde, C.

“…Higher taxa often show increasing species richness towards tropical low latitudes, a pattern known as the latitudinal biodiversity gradient (LBG). A rare…”
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The mid-domain effect: geometric constraints on the geography of species richness by Colwell, Robert.K., Lees, David C.

“…Geographic patterns of species richness are influenced by many factors, but the role of shared physiographical and physiological boundaries in relation to…”
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Mitogenomics of ‘Old World Acraea’ butterflies reveals a highly divergent ‘Bematistes’ by Timmermans, M.J.T.N., Lees, D.C., Thompson, M.J., Sáfián, Sz, Brattström, O.

“…[Display omitted] •Bematistes species have remarkably divergent mitogenomes with synapomorphic tRNA rearrangements.•Mitogenomes provide genetic support for…”
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Examining Monophyly in a Large Radiation of Madagascan Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae: Mycalesina) Based on Mitochondrial DNA Data by Torres, E., Lees, D.C., Vane-Wright, R.I., Kremen, C., Leonard, J.A., Wayne, R.K.

“…The satyrine butterfly subtribe Mycalesina has undergone one of the more spectacular evolutionary radiations of butterflies in the Old World tropics. Perhaps…”
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Alkaloidal glycosidase inhibitors and digestive glycosidase inhibition in specialist and generalist herbivores of Omphalea diandra by Kite, G.C, Scofield, A.M, Lees, D.C, Hughes, M, Smith, N.G

“…Generalist herbivores of the neotropical liana Omphalea diandra (Euphorbiaceae) were compared to the specialist herbivore, larvae of the uraniid moth Urania…”
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A null model for species richness gradients: bounded range overlap of butterflies and other rainforest endemics in Madagascar by LEES, DAVID C, KREMEN, CLAIRE, ANDRIAMAMPIANINA, LANTO

“…Species richness has classically been thought to increase from the poles towards the Equator, and from high elevations down to sea-level. However, the largest…”
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Madaglymbus, a new genus of Malagasy endemic diving beetles and description of a highly unusual species based on morphology and DNA sequence data (Dytiscidae: Copelatinae) by Shaverdo, H., Monaghan, M. T., Lees, D. C., Ranaivosolo, R., Balke, M.

“…Madaglymbus gen. nov. is described for ten species of Aglymbus Sharp, 1882, from Madagascar and the Comoro Islands based on their morphology and a phylogenetic…”
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Madagascar as a model region of species diversification by Vences, Miguel, Wollenberg, Katharina C., Vieites, David R., Lees, David C.

“…Tropical biotas provide excellent settings in which to explore mechanisms of evolutionary diversification, yet these processes remain poorly understood…”
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Intuitive Prediction: Response Strategies Underlying Cue Weights in the Relative-Weight Averaging Model by Lees, Catherine D., Triggs, Thomas J.

“…The experiments investigated how humans assign weight to cues in a learned, probabilistic, multiple-cue prediction task. The cue and criterion variables were…”
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Long-Term Signal of Disturbance: Fucus gardneri after the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill by Driskell, William B., Ruesink, Jennifer L., Lees, Dennis C., Houghton, Jonathan P., Lindstrom, Sandra C.

“…We followed long-term dynamics of a conspicuous intertidal brown alga, Fucus gardneri, for seven years after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill (EVOS) in Prince…”
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Model-based uncertainty in species range prediction by Pearson, Richard G, Thuiller, Wilfried, Araújo, Miguel B, Martinez-Meyer, Enrique, Brotons, Lluís, McClean, Colin, Miles, Lera, Segurado, Pedro, Dawson, Terence P, Lees, David C

“…Many attempts to predict the potential range of species rely on environmental niche (or 'bioclimate envelope') modelling, yet the effects of using different…”
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Tracking origins of invasive herbivores through herbaria and archival DNA: the case of the horse-chestnut leaf miner by Lees, David C, Lack, H Walter, Rougerie, Rodolphe, Hernandez-Lopez, Antonio, Raus, Thomas, Avtzis, Nikolaos D, Augustin, Sylvie, Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos

“…Determining the native geographic range or origin of alien invasive species is crucial to developing invasive species management strategies. However, the…”
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Some methylated sequences and the numbers of methyl groups in HeLa cell rRNA by Maden, B.E.H., Lees, C.D., Salim, M.

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Fatal myocardial infarction following carotid endarterectomy: three hundred thirty-five patients followed 6-11 years after operation by Hertzer, N R, Lees, C D

“…Routine coronary angiography has been recommended to all patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy at the Cleveland Clinic since 1978. Patients found to have…”
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DNA barcoding reveals a largely unknown fauna of G racillariidae leaf‐mining moths in the N eotropics by Lees, D. C., Kawahara, A. Y., Rougerie, R., Ohshima, I., Kawakita, A., Bouteleux, O., De Prins, J., Lopez‐Vaamonde, C.

“…Abstract Higher taxa often show increasing species richness towards tropical low latitudes, a pattern known as the latitudinal biodiversity gradient ( LBG ). A…”
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Esophageal perforation: a complication of the Angelchik prosthesis by Lees, C D, Steiger, E, Cosgrove, 3rd, D M

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Home parenteral nutrition by Lees, C D, Steiger, E, Hooley, R A, Montague, N, Srp, F, Gulledge, A D, Wateska, L P, Frame, C

“…Home parenteral nutrition is a life-sustaining mode of therapy for patients with short bowel syndrome that is unresponsive to conventional therapy. It requires…”
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The quantitative histologic distribution of pyridoxal phosphate in the rat stomach, effects of drugs influencing secretion by Von Redlich, D, Glick, D, Bixby, JA, Lees, CD

“…The quantitative histologic distribution of pyridoxal phosphate (PLP), the coenzyme of histidine decarboxylase in the biosynthesis of histamine as well as the…”
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The St. Jude Medical cardiac valve versus the Björk-Shiley prosthetic valve in the mitral position: a preliminary report by Lees, C D, Gill, C C, Cosgrove, 3rd, D M, Lytle, B W, Golding, L A, Taylor, P C, Loop, F D

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