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Mitigation policies buffer multiple climate stressors in a socio-ecological salt marsh habitat by Roy, Michael S., Byrnes, Jarrett E. K., Mavrommati, Georgia

“…Climate change strains human and natural system sustainability worldwide. Plum Island Estuary, Massachusetts (PIE MA) salt marshes are socio-environmental…”
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PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE BROODING BRITTLE STAR AMPHIPHOLIS SQUAMATA (ECHINODERMATA) ALONG THE COAST OF NEW ZEALAND REVEALS HIGH CRYPTIC GENETIC VARIATION AND CRYPTIC DISPERSAL POTENTIAL by Sponer, Renate, Roy, Michael S

“…Direct development in benthic marine invertebrates is usually associated with narrow geographical range, low rates of colonization, and low levels of gene…”
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Out of Africa: The Slow Train to Australasia by Waters, Jonathan M., Roy, Michael S., Crandall, Keith

“…We used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences to test biogeographic hypotheses for Patiriella exigua (Asterinidae), one of the world's most widespread coastal…”
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Marine biogeography of southern Australia: phylogeographical structure in a temperate sea-star by Waters, Jonathan M., Roy, Michael S.

“…Aim To test whether marine biogeographical patterns observed at the community level are also important within species. It is postulated that historical…”
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Effects of hydrographic barriers on population genetic structure of the sea star Coscinasterias muricata (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) in the New Zealand fiords by PERRIN, CÉCILE, WING, STEPHEN R., ROY, MICHAEL S.

“…New Zealand's 14 deep‐water fiords possess persistent salinity stratification and mean estuarine circulation that may serve to isolate populations of marine…”
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Cladogenesis in a starfish species complex from southern Australia: evidence for vicariant speciation? by Waters, Jonathan M., O’Loughlin, P.Mark, Roy, Michael S.

“…DNA sequencing (cytochrome oxidase I; 82 sequences; 25 locations) of a species complex of Australian six-rayed sea-stars (genus Patiriella) reveals four…”
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Sex-Specific Consequences of Recent Inbreeding in an Ancestrally Inbred Population of New Zealand Takahe by Jamieson, Ian G., Roy, Michael S., Lettink, Marieke

“…Although the negative effects of close inbreeding in captive populations are well known, inbreeding in small, free-ranging populations is less well understood…”
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Molecular systematics of some Indo-Pacific asterinids (Echinodermata, Asteroidea): does taxonomy reflect phylogeny? by Waters, Jonathan M., Mark O’Loughlin, P., Roy, Michael S.

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PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE BROODING BRITTLE STAR AMPHIPHOLIS SQUAMATA (ECHINODERMATA) ALONG THE COAST OF NEW ZEALAND REVEALS HIGH CRYPTIC GENETIC VARIATION AND CRYPTIC DISPERSAL POTENTIAL by Sponer, Renate, Roy, Michael S.

“…— Direct development in benthic marine invertebrates is usually associated with narrow geographical range, low rates of colonization, and low levels of gene…”
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PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE BROODING BRITTLE STAR AMPHIPHOLIS SQUAMATA (ECHINODERMATA) ALONG THE COAST OF NEW ZEALAND REVEALS HIGH CRYPTIC GENETIC VARIATION AND CRYPTIC DISPERSAL POTENTIAL by Sponer, Renate, Roy, Michael S.

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Characterization of an abundant short interspersed nuclear element (SINE) present in Canis familiaris by Das, M, Chu, L L, Ghahremani, M, Abrams-Ogg, T, Roy, M S, Housman, D, Pelletier, J

“…A short interspersed nuclear element (Can SINE) of approximately 130-150 bp was cloned and characterized from Canis familiaris. We demonstrate that this…”
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Recent diversification in African greenbuls (Pycnonotidae: Andropadus) supports a montane speciation model by Roy, Michael S.

“…It is generally accepted that accentuated global climatic cycles since the Plio–Pleistocene (2.8 Ma ago) have caused the intermittent fragmentation of forest…”
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Evidence of a human–mediated invasion of the tropical western Atlantic by the ‘world's most common brittlestar’ by Roy, M. S., Sponer, R.

“…Ophiactis savignyi…”
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Molecular Systematics and Evolutionary History of Akalats (Genus Sheppardia): A Pre-Pleistocene Radiation in a Group of African Forest Birds by Roy, Michael S., Sponer, Renate, Fjeldså, Jon

“…The African forest robins (akalats) of the genus Sheppardia are represented by eight forest-dwelling species with restricted distributions in tropical Africa…”
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Patterns of differentiation and hybridization in North American wolflike canids, revealed by analysis of microsatellite loci by ROY, M. S, GEFFEN, E, SMITH, D, OSTRANDER, E. A, WAYNE, R. K

“…Genetic divergence and gene flow among closely related populations are difficult to measure because mutation rates of most nuclear loci are so low that new…”
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Large genetic distances within a population ofAmphipholis squamata(Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) do not support colour varieties as sibling species by Sponer, Renate, Deheyn, Dimitri, Roy, Michael S.

“…The brittle starAmphipholis squamatais paradoxical in that it lacks an obvious dispersive phase yet has a world-wide distribution. Although individuals from…”
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Molecular Genetics of Pre-1940 Red Wolves by Roy, Michael S., Geffen, Eli, Smith, Deborah, Wayne, Robert K.

“…Conservation of the endangered red wolf (Canis rufus) has become a controversial issue because its genetic and morphological composition has been altered by…”
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Relationships and Genetic Purity of the Endangered Mexican Wolf Based on Analysis of Microsatellite Loci by García-Moreno, Jaime, Matocq, Majorie D., Roy, Michael S., Geffen, Eli, Wayne, Robert K.

“…The Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi), an endangered subspecies of gray wolf, was native to parts of Mexico and the southwestern United States. Currently,…”
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Large genetic distances within a population of Amphipholis squamata (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) do not support colour varieties as sibling species by SPONER, Renate, DEHEYN, Dimitri, ROY, Michael S

“…The brittle star Amphipholis squamata is paradoxical in that it lacks an obvious dispersive phase yet has a world-wide distribution. Although individuals from…”
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Molecular Phylogeny and Evolutionary History of the Tit-Tyrants (Aves: Tyrannidae) by Roy, Michael S., Torres-Mura, Juan Carlos, Hertel, Fritz

“…Tit-tyrants of the genusAnairetespresently consist of six species; five inhabit various regions along the Andean cordillera of South America and one is endemic…”
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