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Invasive rodent responses to experimental and natural hurricanes with implications for global climate change by Shiels, Aaron B., Ramírez de Arellano, Gabriela E., Shiels, Laura

“…Hurricanes cause dramatic changes to forests by opening the canopy and depositing debris onto the forest floor. How invasive rodent populations respond to…”
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Invasive rat establishment and changes in small mammal populations on Caribbean Islands following two hurricanes by Shiels, Aaron B., Lombard, Claudia D., Shiels, Laura, Hillis-Starr, Zandy

“…Invasive mammals, particularly black rats (Rattus rattus), house mice (Mus musculus), and mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) are established on many tropical…”
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Population genomics of invasive rodents on islands: Genetic consequences of colonization and prospects for localized synthetic gene drive by Oh, Kevin P., Shiels, Aaron B., Shiels, Laura, Blondel, Dimitri V., Campbell, Karl J., Saah, J. Royden, Lloyd, Alun L., Thomas, Paul Q., Gould, Fred, Abdo, Zaid, Godwin, John R., Piaggio, Antoinette J.

“…Introduced rodent populations pose significant threats worldwide, with particularly severe impacts on islands. Advancements in genome editing have motivated…”
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Detection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the Blood and Peripheral Tissues of Wild Hawaiian Rats (Rattus rattus) by a Quantitative PCR (qPCR) Assay by Jarvi, Susan I, Pitt, William C, Farias, Margaret E, Shiels, Laura, Severino, Michael G, Howe, Kathleen M, Jacquier, Steven H, Shiels, Aaron B, Amano, Karis K, Luiz, Blaine C, Maher, Daisy E, Allison, Maureen L, Holtquist, Zachariah C, Scheibelhut, Neil T

“…The nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a rat lungworm, a zoonotic pathogen that causes human eosinophilic meningitis and ocular angiostrongyliasis…”
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Bioremediation of Aluminium from the Waste Water of a Conventional Water Treatment Plant Using the Freshwater Macroalga Oedogonium by Roberts, David, Shiels, Laura, Tickle, Julian, de Nys, Rocky, Paul, Nicholas

“…Conventional water treatment processes use aluminium sulphate (alum) as a coagulant in the production of potable water. While alum is an inexpensive and…”
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Integrating the Voices of Youth with Lived Experience as Co-researchers to Improve Research and Practice Approaches to Childhood Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence by Cullen, Olivia, Jenney, Angelique, Shiels, Laura, Greer, Katelyn, Scott, Katreena

“…Purpose Childhood experiences of intimate partner violence (CEIPV) is common, but youth voices are underrepresented in such research, and little is known about…”
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Trait-based plant mortality and preference for native versus non-native seedlings by invasive slug and snail herbivores in Hawaii by Shiels, Aaron B., Ennis, Martin K., Shiels, Laura

“…Non-native herbivores may alter plant communities through their preferential consumption of seedlings of different species. We assessed seedling herbivory by…”
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Ethnobotany as a pharmacological research tool and recent developments in CNS-active natural products from ethnobotanical sources by McClatchey, Will C, Mahady, Gail B, Bennett, Bradley C, Shiels, Laura, Savo, Valentina

“…The science of ethnobotany is reviewed in light of its multi-disciplinary contributions to natural product research for the development of pharmaceuticals and…”
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Bioremediation of Aluminium from the Waste Water of a Conventional Water Treatment Plant Using the Freshwater Macroalga IOedogonium/I by Roberts, David A, Shiels, Laura, Tickle, Julian, de Nys, Rocky, Paul, Nicholas A

“…Conventional water treatment processes use aluminium sulphate (alum) as a coagulant in the production of potable water. While alum is an inexpensive and…”
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Detection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the Blood and Peripheral Tissues of Wild Hawaiian Rats Assay by Jarvi, Susan I, Pitt, William C, Farias, Margaret E, Shiels, Laura, Severino, Michael G, Howe, Kathleen M, Jacquier, Steven H, Shiels, Aaron B, Amano, Karis K, Luiz, Blaine C, Maher, Daisy E, Allison, Maureen L, Holtquist, Zachariah C, Scheibelhut, Neil T

“…The nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a rat lungworm, a zoonotic pathogen that causes human eosinophilic meningitis and ocular angiostrongyliasis…”
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Efficacy of a vaccine for Angiostrongylus costaricensis against rat lungworm disease caused by A. cantonensis in wild Hawaiian Rats ( Rattus rattus ) (VAC7P.978) by Jarvi, Susan, Pitt, Will, Osuna, Antonio, Farias, Margaret, Shiels, Laura, Howe, Kay, Jacquier, Steven, Shiels, Aaron, Amano, Karis, Luiz, Blaine, Maher, Daisy, Allison, Maureen, Holtquist, Zachariah, Scheibelhut, Neil, Severino, Michael, Riddick, LaTasha

“…Abstract The nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a rat lungworm, a zoonotic pathogen which causes a global, emerging infectious disease known as rat…”
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