Search Results - "Murray, Christopher M"

Empirical and philosophical problems with the subspecies rank by Burbrink, Frank T., Crother, Brian I., Murray, Christopher M., Smith, Brian Tilston, Ruane, Sara, Myers, Edward A., Pyron, Robert Alexander

“…Species‐level taxonomy derives from empirical sources (data and techniques) that assess the existence of spatiotemporal evolutionary lineages via various…”
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The evolution of crocodilian nesting ecology and behavior by Murray, Christopher M., Crother, Brian I., Doody, J. Sean

“…Crocodilians comprise an ancient and successful lineage of archosaurs that repeatedly raises questions on how they survived a mass extinction and remained…”
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The Spatial Ecology of Nuisance Crocodiles: Movement Patterns of Relocated American Crocodiles ( Crocodylus acutus ) in Guanacaste, Costa Rica by Coleman, Tyler Steven, Gabel, Wray, Easter, Michael, McGreal, Maggie, Marin, Mahmood Sasa, Garrigos, Davinia Beneyto, Murray, Christopher M

“…Anthropogenic alterations of the environment have increased, highlighting the need for human-wildlife coexistence and conflict mitigation. Spatial ecology, and…”
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Host-specific phenotypic variation of a parasite co-introduced with invasive Burmese pythons by Westfall, Aundrea K, Miller, Melissa A, Murray, Christopher M, Falk, Bryan G, Guyer, Craig, Romagosa, Christina M

“…Invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus Kuhl, 1820) have introduced a lung parasite, Raillietiella orientalis, (Hett, 1915) from the python's native range…”
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Latitudinal gradients in sexual dimorphism: Alternative hypotheses for variation in male traits by Murray, Christopher M., McMahan, Caleb D., Litmer, Allison R., Goessling, Jeffrey M., Siegel, Dustin

“…Biological patterns across latitudinal gradients elucidate a number of striking natural clines from which numerous processes can be further explored. The…”
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The Inference of the Evolution of Immune Traits as Constrained by Phylogeny: Insight into the Immune System of the Basal Diapsid by López-Pérez, Jorge E., Crother, Brian I., Murray, Christopher M.

“…Among vertebrates, some of the most vulnerable taxa to emergent fungal pathogens are members of Reptilia. In light of the growing threat of emergent fungal…”
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The effect of androgen exposure on cerebral lateralization in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) by Honan, Caroline, Murray, Christopher M.

“…•Alligators exhibit a left-eye bias during aggressive behavior encounters.•In ovo exposure to androgens inhibits behavioral lateralization.•Crocodilians…”
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Divergent Morphology among Populations of the New Guinea Crocodile, Crocodylus novaeguineae (Schmidt, 1928): Diagnosis of an Independent Lineage and Description of a New Species by Murray, Christopher M, Russo, Peter, Zorrilla, Alexander, McMahan, Caleb D

“…The freshwater crocodile inhabiting Papua New Guinea, currently recognized as Crocodylus novaeguineae, exhibits morphological, molecular, and ecological…”
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Critical thermal tolerance of invasion: Comparative niche breadth of two invasive lizards by Litmer, Allison R., Murray, Christopher M.

“…Understanding the evolution of thermal tolerance in ectotherms is particularly important given the current period of rapid change in the environment and…”
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Early usage and meaning of evolvability by Crother, Brian I., Murray, Christopher M.

“…Evolvability has become an enormously popular concept in evolutionary biology and in machine learning software architecture. While it is claimed that the term…”
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Variability in snake skin microbial assemblages across spatial scales and disease states by Walker, Donald M., Leys, Jacob E., Grisnik, Matthew, Grajal-Puche, Alejandro, Murray, Christopher M., Allender, Matthew C.

“…Understanding how biological patterns translate into functional processes across different scales is a central question in ecology. Within a spatial context,…”
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Sexual Kidneys in the Red-spotted Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) by Siegel, Dustin S, Murray, Christopher M, Wilson, Emily R, Puleo, Emily R, True, Keith A, Aldridge, Robert D

“…Functional nephrons of the kidney with secondary sexual function are rare in vertebrates and descriptions of these structures do not unequivocally conclude…”
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Squamate areas of endemism in Cuba as determined by parsimony analysis of endemicity by Murray, Christopher M., Crother, Brian I.

“…Cuba, the largest island in the Greater Antilles, hosts a high diversity of native squamate reptiles and is characterized by a complex geological history. The…”
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Effects of snake fungal disease (ophidiomycosis) on the skin microbiome across two major experimental scales by Romer, Alexander S., Grisnik, Matthew, Dallas, Jason W., Sutton, William, Murray, Christopher M., Hardman, Rebecca H., Blanchard, Tom, Hanscom, Ryan J., Clark, Rulon W., Godwin, Cody, Alexander, N. Reed, Moe, Kylie C., Cobb, Vincent A., Eaker, Jesse, Colvin, Rob, Thames, Dustin, Ogle, Chris, Campbell, Josh, Frost, Carlin, Brubaker, Rachel L., Snyder, Shawn D., Rurik, Alexander J., Cummins, Chloe E., Ludwig, David W., Phillips, Joshua L., Walker, Donald M.

“…Abstract Emerging infectious diseases are increasingly recognized as a significant threat to global biodiversity conservation. Elucidating the relationship…”
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Ontology of areas of endemism by Crother, Brian I, Murray, Christopher M

“…Areas of endemism have been recognized as important units in historical biogeography, and much attention has been given to methods of identifying these units…”
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Detection of a synthetic sex steroid in the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus): Evidence for a novel environmental androgen by Murray, Christopher M., Merchant, Mark, Easter, Michael, Padilla, Sergio, Garrigós, Davinia B., Sasa Marin, Mahmood, Guyer, Craig

“…Endocrine-disrupting contaminants (EDC's) are well known to alter sexual differentiation among vertebrates via estrogenic effects during development,…”
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A salamander's top down effect on fungal communities in a detritivore ecosystem by Walker, Donald M, Murray, Christopher M, Talbert, Doug, Tinker, Paul, Graham, Sean P, Crowther, Thomas W

“…The soil decomposer community is a primary driver of carbon cycling in forest ecosystems. Understanding the processes that structure this community is critical…”
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Heterophil/Lymphocyte Alterations as a Measure of Stress in American Alligators in Relation to Anthropogenic Disturbance in a Louisiana Intermediate Marsh by Murray, Christopher M, Rheubert, Justin L, Easter, Michael E, Merchant, Mark, Crother, Brian I

“…Numerous anthropogenic factors represent environmental threats to Gulf Coast wetland ecosystems and associated fauna. American alligators (Alligator…”
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Regional warming and the thermal regimes of American crocodile nests in the Tempisque Basin, Costa Rica by Murray, Christopher M., Easter, Michael, Padilla, Sergio, Marin, Mahmood Sasa, Guyer, Craig

“…Spatial variation in global climate change makes population-specific responses to this enigmatic threat pertinent on a regional scale. Organisms with…”
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Microbial Assemblage Dynamics Within the American Alligator Nesting Ecosystem: a Comparative Approach Across Ecological Scales by Grajal-Puche, Alejandro, Murray, Christopher M., Kearley, Matthew, Merchant, Mark, Nix, Christopher, Warner, Jonathan K., Walker, Donald M.

“…Understanding the ecological processes that shape species assemblage patterns is central to community ecology. The effects of ecological processes on…”
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