Search Results - "McEachern, A."

Seasonal timing of first rain storms affects rare plant population dynamics by Levine, Jonathan M, McEachern, A. Kathryn, Cowan, Clark

“…A major challenge in forecasting the ecological consequences of climate change is understanding the relative importance of changes to mean conditions vs…”
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Rainfall effects on rare annual plants by Levine, Jonathan M., McEachern, A. Kathryn, Cowan, Clark

“…1. Variation in climate is predicted to increase over much of the planet this century. Forecasting species persistence with climate change thus requires…”
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Do competitors modulate rare plant response to precipitation change? by Levine, Jonathan M, McEachern, A. Kathryn, Cowan, Clark

“…Ecologists increasingly suspect that climate change will directly impact species physiology, demography, and phenology, but also indirectly affect these…”
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A neutralizing human monoclonal antibody protects against lethal disease in a new ferret model of acute nipah virus infection by Bossart, Katharine N, Zhu, Zhongyu, Middleton, Deborah, Klippel, Jessica, Crameri, Gary, Bingham, John, McEachern, Jennifer A, Green, Diane, Hancock, Timothy J, Chan, Yee-Peng, Hickey, Andrew C, Dimitrov, Dimiter S, Wang, Lin-Fa, Broder, Christopher C

“…Nipah virus is a broadly tropic and highly pathogenic zoonotic paramyxovirus in the genus Henipavirus whose natural reservoirs are several species of Pteropus…”
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Effects of life history and reproduction on recruitment time lags in reintroductions of rare plants by Albrecht, Matthew A., Osazuwa‐Peters, Oyomoare L., Maschinski, Joyce, Bell, Timothy J., Bowles, Marlin L., Brumback, William E., Duquesnel, Janice, Kunz, Michael, Lange, Jimmy, McCue, Kimberlie A., McEachern, A. Kathryn, Murray, Sheila, Olwell, Peggy, Pavlovic, Noel B., Peterson, Cheryl L., Possley, Jennifer, Randall, John L., Wright, Samuel J.

“…Reintroductions are important components of conservation and recovery programs for rare plant species, but their long‐term success rates are poorly understood…”
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Diverse native island flora shows rapid initial passive recovery after exotic herbivore removal on Santa Rosa Island, California by Thomson, Diane M., McEachern, A. Kathryn, Schultz, Emily L., Niessen, Kenneth, Wilken, Dieter, Chess, Katherine, Cole, Lauren F., Oliver, Ruth Y., Phillips, Jennifer D., Tucker, Acadia

“…Removing exotic vertebrates from islands is an increasingly common and potentially effective strategy for protecting biodiversity. Yet, surprisingly few…”
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Evidence of henipavirus infection in West African fruit bats by Hayman, David T S, Suu-Ire, Richard, Breed, Andrew C, McEachern, Jennifer A, Wang, Linfa, Wood, James L N, Cunningham, Andrew A

“…Henipaviruses are emerging RNA viruses of fruit bat origin that can cause fatal encephalitis in man. Ghanaian fruit bats (megachiroptera) were tested for…”
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Establishment, immortalisation and characterisation of pteropid bat cell lines by Crameri, Gary, Todd, Shawn, Grimley, Samantha, McEachern, Jennifer A, Marsh, Glenn A, Smith, Craig, Tachedjian, Mary, De Jong, Carol, Virtue, Elena R, Yu, Meng, Bulach, Dieter, Liu, Jun-Ping, Michalski, Wojtek P, Middleton, Deborah, Field, Hume E, Wang, Lin-Fa

“…Bats are the suspected natural reservoir hosts for a number of new and emerging zoonotic viruses including Nipah virus, Hendra virus, severe acute respiratory…”
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Oak habitat recovery on California's largest islands: Scenarios for the role of corvid seed dispersal by Pesendorfer, Mario B., Baker, Christopher M., Stringer, Martin, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Bode, Michael, McEachern, A. Kathryn, Morrison, Scott A., Sillett, T. Scott

“…1. Seed dispersal by birds is central to the passive restoration of many tree communities. Reintroduction of extinct seed dispersers can therefore restore…”
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Identification and characterization of a new orthoreovirus from patients with acute respiratory infections by Chua, Kaw Bing, Voon, Kenny, Crameri, Gary, Tan, Hui Siu, Rosli, Juliana, McEachern, Jennifer A, Suluraju, Sivagami, Yu, Meng, Wang, Lin-Fa

“…First discovered in the early 1950s, reoviruses (respiratory enteric orphan viruses) were not associated with any known disease, and hence named orphan…”
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Exceptionally Potent Cross-Reactive Neutralization of Nipah and Hendra Viruses by a Human Monoclonal Antibody by Zhongyu Zhu, Bossart, Katharine N., Bishop, Kimberly A., Crameri, Gary, Dimitrov, Antony S., McEachern, Jennifer A., Yang Feng, Middleton, Deborah, Lin-Fa Wang, Broder, Christopher C., Dimitrov, Dimiter S.

“…We have previously identified neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies against Nipah virus (NiV) and Hendra virus (HeV) by panning a large nonimmune antibody…”
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Climate alters response of an endemic island plant to removal of invasive herbivores by McEachern, A. Kathryn, Thomson, Diane M, Chess, Katherine A

“…Islands experience higher rates of species extinction than mainland ecosystems, with biological invasions among the leading causes; they also serve as…”
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A recombinant subunit vaccine formulation protects against lethal Nipah virus challenge in cats by McEachern, Jennifer A, Bingham, John, Crameri, Gary, Green, Diane J, Hancock, Tim J, Middleton, Deborah, Feng, Yan-Ru, Broder, Christopher C, Wang, Lin-Fa, Bossart, Katharine N

“…Abstract Nipah virus (NiV) and Hendra virus (HeV) are closely related deadly zoonotic paramyxoviruses that have emerged and re-emerged over the last 10 years…”
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The influence of disturbed habitat on the spatial ecology of Argentine black and white tegu (Tupinambis merianae), a recent invader in the Everglades ecosystem (Florida, USA) by Klug, Page E., Reed, Robert N., Mazzotti, Frank J., McEachern, Michelle A., Vinci, Joy J., Craven, Katelin K., Yackel Adams, Amy A.

“…The threat of invasive species is often intensified in disturbed habitat. To optimize control programs, it is necessary to understand how degraded habitat…”
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A neutralization test for specific detection of Nipah virus antibodies using pseudotyped vesicular stomatitis virus expressing green fluorescent protein by Kaku, Yoshihiro, Noguchi, Akira, Marsh, Glenn A., McEachern, Jennifer A., Okutani, Akiko, Hotta, Kozue, Bazartseren, Boldbaatar, Fukushi, Shuetsu, Broder, Christopher C., Yamada, Akio, Inoue, Satoshi, Wang, Lin-Fa

“…Nipah virus (NiV) is a new zoonotic paramyxovirus that emerged in 1998 and is now classified in the genus Henipavirus along with the closely related Hendra…”
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Functional studies of host-specific ephrin-B ligands as Henipavirus receptors by Bossart, Katharine N, Tachedjian, Mary, McEachern, Jennifer A, Crameri, Gary, Zhu, Zhongyu, Dimitrov, Dimiter S, Broder, Christopher C, Wang, Lin-Fa

“…Abstract Hendra virus (HeV) and Nipah virus (NiV) are closely related paramyxoviruses that infect and cause disease in a wide range of mammalian hosts. To…”
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Neutralization assays for differential henipavirus serology using Bio-Plex Protein Array Systems by Bossart, Katharine N., McEachern, Jennifer A., Hickey, Andrew C., Choudhry, Vidita, Dimitrov, Dimiter S., Eaton, Bryan T., Wang, Lin-Fa

“…Hendra virus (HeV) and Nipah virus (NiV) are related emerging paramyxoviruses classified in the genus Henipavirus. Both cause fatal disease in animals and…”
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Evaluation of Ecological Risk to Populations of a Threatened Plant from an Invasive Biocontrol Insect by Louda, S. M., Rand, T. A., Arnett, A. E., A. S. Mc Clay, Shea, K., A. K. Mc Eachern

“…Controversy exists over estimation of ecological risk in biological control. At present, the risk to the rare, federally listed Pitcher's thistle (Cirsium…”
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Power Supplies Under Sags and Distorted AC Voltage by da Motta, L. J., Jung, F. L. L., Rezende, T. A.S., Ribeiro, P. F., Belchior, F. N., McEachern, A.

“…This paper describes the performance of switched mode computer power supplies under voltage sags and harmonic distortions. The tests were carried out in a…”
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Transgenic Epigenetics: Using Transgenic Organisms to Examine Epigenetic Phenomena by McEachern, Lori A.

“…Non-model organisms are generally more difficult and/or time consuming to work with than model organisms. In addition, epigenetic analysis of model organisms…”
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