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Generalism and the evolution of parasite virulence by Leggett, Helen C., Buckling, Angus, Long, Gráinne H., Boots, Mike

“…•Support for the virulence trade-off theory is good but not perfect.•Parasites differ in their degree of host generalism.•Generalism is likely to impact…”
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Trophic Cascades in a Formerly Cod-Dominated Ecosystem by Frank, Kenneth T, Petrie, Brian, Choi, Jae S, Leggett, William C

“…Removal of top predators from ecosystems can result in cascading effects through the trophic levels below, completely restructuring the food web. Cascades have…”
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Transient dynamics of an altered large marine ecosystem by Frank, Kenneth T., Petrie, Brian, Fisher, Jonathan A. D., Leggett, William C.

“…Will cod make a comeback? Cod populations in the northwest Atlantic suffered a sudden and dramatic collapse about 20 years ago, and despite the subsequent ban…”
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The evolution of transmission mode by Antonovics, Janis, Wilson, Anthony J., Forbes, Mark R., Hauffe, Heidi C., Kallio, Eva R., Leggett, Helen C., Longdon, Ben, Okamura, Beth, Sait, Steven M., Webster, Joanne P.

“…This article reviews research on the evolutionary mechanisms leading to different transmission modes. Such modes are often under genetic control of the host or…”
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From mice to elephants: overturning the 'one size fits all' paradigm in marine plankton food chains by Boyce, Daniel G., Frank, Kenneth T., Leggett, William C.

“…It is widely believed that consumer control is a weak regulator of marine phytoplankton communities. It remains unclear, however, why this should be the case…”
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Experimental Evolution of Adaptive Phenotypic Plasticity in a Parasite by Leggett, Helen C., Benmayor, Rebecca, Hodgson, David J., Buckling, Angus

“…Coinfection of parasite genotypes can select for various changes in parasite life history strategies relative to single genotype infections, with consequences…”
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Mechanisms of pathogenesis, infective dose and virulence in human parasites by Leggett, Helen C, Cornwallis, Charlie K, West, Stuart A

“…The number of pathogens that are required to infect a host, termed infective dose, varies dramatically across pathogen species. It has recently been predicted…”
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Sex-based divergence in isotopic compositions of north temperate freshwater fishes by Johnston, T. A., Casselman, J. M., Leggett, W. C.

“…Differences in reproductive allocation of male and female fishes could lead to sexual divergence in nutritional requirements, trophic ecologies, and…”
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Decline in top predator body size and changing climate alter trophic structure in an oceanic ecosystem by Shackell, Nancy L., Frank, Kenneth T., Fisher, Jonathan A. D., Petrie, Brian, Leggett, William C.

“…Globally, overfishing large-bodied groundfish populations has resulted in substantial increases in their prey populations. Where it has been examined, the…”
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Food impaction: etiology over 35 years and association with eosinophilic esophagitis by Lenz, C J, Leggett, C, Katzka, D A, Larson, J J, Enders, F T, Alexander, J A

“…With the emergence of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) as a common cause of food impaction (FI) and a presumed increase in incidence of EoE in the population,…”
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Breaking Bergmann's rule: truncation of Northwest Atlantic marine fish body sizes by Fisher, Jonathan A. D, Frank, Kenneth T, Leggett, William C

“…A strictly species-centric view of human impacts on ecological communities may conceal important trait changes key to ecosystem functioning and stability…”
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Structural and spectroscopic studies of a rare non-oxido V(v) complex crystallized from aqueous solution by Leggett, C J, Parker, B F, Teat, S J, Zhang, Z, Dau, P D, Lukens, W W, Peterson, S M, Cardenas, A J P, Warner, M G, Gibson, J K, Arnold, J, Rao, L

“…A non-oxido V(v) complex with glutaroimide-dioxime (H L), a ligand for recovering uranium from seawater, was synthesized from aqueous solution as Na[V(L) ]·2H…”
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Experimental verification of principal losses in a regulatory particulate matter emissions sampling system for aircraft turbine engines by Kittelson, D. B., Swanson, J., Aldridge, M., Giannelli, R. A., Kinsey, J. S., Stevens, J. A., Liscinsky, D. S., Hagen, D., Leggett, C., Stephens, K., Hoffman, B., Howard, R., Frazee, R. W., Silvis, W., McArthur, T., Lobo, P., Achterberg, S., Trueblood, M., Thomson, K., Wolff, L., Cerully, K., Onasch, T., Miake-Lye, R., Freedman, A., Bachalo, W., Payne, G.

“…A sampling system for measuring emissions of nonvolatile particulate matter (nvPM) from aircraft gas turbine engines has been developed to replace the use of…”
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Maternal influences on population dynamics: evidence from an exploited freshwater fish by Venturelli, Paul A, Murphy, Cheryl A, Shuter, Brian J, Johnston, Thomas A, van Coeverden de Groot, Peter J, Boag, Peter T, Casselman, John M, Montgomerie, Robert, Wiegand, Murray D, Leggett, William C

“…We used a field experiment, population modeling, and an analysis of 30 years of data from walleye ( Sander vitreus ; a freshwater fish) in Lake Erie to show…”
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Diversity–disturbance relationships: frequency and intensity interact by Hall, Alex R., Miller, Adam D., Leggett, Helen C., Roxburgh, Stephen H., Buckling, Angus, Shea, Katriona

“…An influential ecological theory, the intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH), predicts that intermediate levels of disturbance will maximize species…”
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The life of p: "Just significant" results are on the rise by Leggett, Nathan C., Thomas, Nicole A., Loetscher, Tobias, Nicholls, Michael E. R.

“…Null hypothesis significance testing uses the seemingly arbitrary probability of .05 as a means of objectively determining whether a tested effect is reliable…”
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Interpretation of volumetric laser endomicroscopy in Barrett's esophagus using image enhancement software by Kamboj, A K, Hoversten, P, Kahn, A K, Trindade, A J, Iyer, P G, Wang, K K, Leggett, C L

“…Image interpretation of Barrett's esophagus (BE) with volumetric laser endomicroscopy (VLE) can be enhanced by image processing software that highlights…”
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Maternal and Environmental Gradients in the Egg Size of an Iteroparous Fish by Johnston, Thomas A., Leggett, W. C.

“…Life history theory predicts that organisms inhabiting environments with relatively poor conditions for the growth and survival of their offspring should…”
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Marine macroinvertebrate species−area relationships, assemblage structure and their environmental drivers on submarine banks by Stortini, C. H., Petrie, B., Frank, K. T., Leggett, W. C.

“…Modern extensions of the theory of island biogeography (TIB) posit that the slope of the species−area relationship (SAR) reflects the insularity of ecological…”
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Promiscuity and the evolution of cooperative breeding by Leggett, Helen C, El Mouden, Claire, Wild, Geoff, West, Stuart

“…Empirical data suggest that low levels of promiscuity have played a key role in the evolution of cooperative breeding and eusociality. However, from a…”
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