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Tick salivary glands: function, physiology and future by Bowman, A S, Sauer, J R

“…The salivary glands are the organs of osmoregulation in ticks and, as such, are critical to the biological success of ticks both during the extended period off…”
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Transcriptome analysis of the salivary glands of the female tick Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) by Aljamali, M.N, Hern, L, Kupfer, D, Downard, S, So, S, Roe, B.A, Sauer, J.R, Essenberg, R.C

“…Ticks infest a wide range of hosts while bypassing their immune, inflammatory and haemostatic responses during their extended feeding, which may last for more…”
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RNA interference in ticks: a study using histamine binding protein dsRNA in the female tick Amblyomma americanum by Aljamali, M.N, Bior, A.D, Sauer, J.R, Essenberg, R.C

“…RNA interference (RNAi), a gene silencing process, has been recently exploited to determine gene function by degrading specific mRNAs in several eukaryotic…”
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Population Declines in North American Birds that Migrate to the Neotropics by Robbins, Chandler S., Sauer, John R., Greenberg, Russell S., Droege, Sam

“…Using data from the North American Breeding Bird Survey, we determined that most neotropical migrant bird species that breed in forests of the eastern United…”
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Salivary glands in ixodid ticks: control and mechanism of secretion by Sauer, J.R, Essenberg, R.C, Bowman, A.S

“…The salivary glands are vital to the biological success of ixodid ticks and the major route for pathogen transmission. Important functions include the…”
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First-Time Observer Effects in the North American Breeding Bird Survey by Kendall, William L., Peterjohn, Bruce G., Sauer, John R.

“…Currently the operational analysis of Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data by the National Biological Service accounts for observer differences in estimating the…”
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Tick saliva: recent advances and implications for vector competence by BOWMAN, A. S., COONS, L. B., NEEDHAM, G. R., SAUER, J. R.

“… Secretions of the tick salivary glands are essential to the successful completion of the prolonged feeding of these ectoparasites as well as the conduit by…”
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Estimating Transition Probabilities for Stage‐Based Population Projection Matrices Using Capture‐Recapture Data by Nichols, James D., Sauer, John R., Pollock, Kenneth H., Hestbeck, Jay B.

“…In stage—based demography, animals are often categorized into size (or mass) classes, and size—based probabilities of surviving and changing mass classes must…”
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Effects of landscape composition and wetland fragmentation on frog and toad abundance and species richness in Iowa and Wisconsin, U.S.A by Knutson, Melinda G., Sauer, John R., Olsen, Douglas A., Mossman, Michael J., Hemesath, Lisa M., Lannoo, Michael J.

“…Management of amphibian populations to reverse recent declines will require defining high-quality habitat for individual species or groups of species, followed…”
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Inference Methods for Spatial Variation in Species Richness and Community Composition When Not All Species Are Detected by Nichols, James D., Boulinier, Thierry, Hines, James E., Pollock, Kenneth H., Sauer, John R.

“…Inferences about spatial variation in species richness and community composition are important both to ecological hypotheses about the structure and function…”
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A novel phospholipase A2 activity in saliva of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (L.) by Bowman, A.S. (Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.), Gengler, C.L, Surdick, M.R, Zhu, K, Essenberg, R.C, Sauer, J.R, Dillwith, J.W

“…Saliva from female lone star ticks, Amblyomma americanum, contained a novel phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activity that hydrolyzed 14C-arachidonate from…”
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Cell membrane receptors and regulation of cell function in ticks and blood-sucking insects by Sauer, J R, McSwain, J L, Essenberg, R C

“…Immunoglobulins cross the midgut epithelium and enter the haemolymph of many blood-feeding arthropods without losing their immunological properties. Antigens…”
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Estimating Species Richness: The Importance of Heterogeneity in Species Detectability by Boulinier, Thierry, Nichols, James D., Sauer, John R., Hines, James E., Pollock, K. H.

“…Estimating species richness (i.e., the actual number of species present in a given area) is a basic objective of many field studies carried out in community…”
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First demonstration of multihop all-optical packet switching by Blumenthal, D.J., Feuerstein, R.J., Sauer, J.R.

“…Experimenta1 demonstration of all-optical multihop routing through 2/spl times/2 photonic packet switches is described for the first time. As each packet…”
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Tick Salivary Gland Physiology by Sauer, J R, McSwain, J L, Bowman, A S, Essenberg, R C

“…The multifunctional, morphologically complex salivary glands are essential to the biological success of ticks and are intricately involved in the transmission…”
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Changes in lipids of the salivary glands of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum, during feeding by Shipley, M.M, Dillwith, J.W, Bowman, A.S, Essenberg, R.C, Sauer, J.R

“…The lipid composition of salivary glands from male and female lone star ticks, Amblyomma americanum, was investigated at progressive stages of tick feeding…”
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Model-Based Estimates of Annual Survival Rate Are Preferable to Observed Maximum Lifespan Statistics for Use in Comparative Life-History Studies by Krementz, David G., Sauer, John R., Nichols, James D.

“…Estimates of longevity are available for many animals, and are commonly used in comparative life-history analyses. We suggest that annual survival rate is a…”
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A soliton ring network by Sauer, J.R., Islam, M.N., Dijaili, S.P.

“…The recent demonstration of ultrafast, cascadable, all-optical soliton gates, although with long latency and at an early stage of research, opens the…”
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Mourning Dove Population Trend Estimates from Call-Count and North American Breeding Bird Surveys by Sauer, John R., Dolton, David D., Droege, Sam

“…The mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) Call-count Survey and the North American Breeding Bird Survey provide information on population trends of mourning doves…”
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Identification of SNARE and cell trafficking regulatory proteins in the salivary glands of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (L.) by Karim, S, Essenberg, R.C, Dillwith, J.W, Tucker, J.S, Bowman, A.S, Sauer, J.R

“…Prostaglandin E 2 (PGE 2) stimulates secretion of tick salivary gland proteins via a phosphoinositide signaling pathway and mobilization of intracellular Ca 2+…”
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