Search Results - "Theobald, David"
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A general model to quantify ecological integrity for landscape assessments and US application
Published in Landscape ecology (01-12-2013)“…Increasingly, natural resources agencies and organizations are using measures of ecological integrity to monitor and evaluate the status and condition of their…”
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Managing the middle: A shift in conservation priorities based on the global human modification gradient
Published in Global change biology (01-03-2019)“…An increasing number of international initiatives aim to reconcile development with conservation. Crucial to successful implementation of these initiatives is…”
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Ecologically-Relevant Maps of Landforms and Physiographic Diversity for Climate Adaptation Planning
Published in PloS one (07-12-2015)“…Key to understanding the implications of climate and land use change on biodiversity and natural resources is to incorporate the physiographic platform on…”
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Development and applications of a comprehensive land use classification and map for the US
Published in PloS one (01-04-2014)“…Land cover maps reasonably depict areas that are strongly converted by human activities, but typically are unable to resolve low-density but widespread…”
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Selective lesions of the dorsomedial striatum impair serial spatial reversal learning in rats
Published in Behavioural brain research (26-06-2010)“…Impairments in reversal learning have been attributed to orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) dysfunction in many species. However, the role of subcortical areas…”
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Gamma Aminobutyric Acidergic and Neuronal Structural Markers in the Nucleus Accumbens Core Underlie Trait-like Impulsive Behavior
Published in Biological psychiatry (1969) (15-01-2014)“…Background Pathological forms of impulsivity are manifest in a number of psychiatric disorders listed in DSM-5, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity…”
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Where to restore ecological connectivity? Detecting barriers and quantifying restoration benefits
Published in PloS one (27-12-2012)“…Landscape connectivity is crucial for many ecological processes, including dispersal, gene flow, demographic rescue, and movement in response to climate…”
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High impulsivity predicting vulnerability to cocaine addiction in rats: some relationship with novelty preference but not novelty reactivity, anxiety or stress
Published in Psychopharmacologia (01-06-2011)“…Rationale Impulsivity is a vulnerability marker for drug addiction in which other behavioural traits such as anxiety and novelty seeking (‘sensation seeking’)…”
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Nucleus Accumbens D2/3 Receptors Predict Trait Impulsivity and Cocaine Reinforcement
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (02-03-2007)“…Stimulant addiction is often linked to excessive risk taking, sensation seeking, and impulsivity, but in ways that are poorly understood. We report here that a…”
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Quantification of habitat fragmentation reveals extinction risk in terrestrial mammals
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (18-07-2017)“…Although habitat fragmentation is often assumed to be a primary driver of extinction, global patterns of fragmentation and its relationship to extinction risk…”
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Norepinephrine and Dopamine Modulate Impulsivity on the Five-Choice Serial Reaction Time Task Through Opponent Actions in the Shell and Core Sub-Regions of the Nucleus Accumbens
Published in Neuropsychopharmacology (New York, N.Y.) (01-08-2012)“…Impulsive behavior is a hallmark of several neuropsychiatric disorders (eg, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, ADHD). Although dopamine (DA) and…”
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Environmental Enrichment Produces a Behavioral Phenotype Mediated by Low Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Response Element Binding (CREB) Activity in the Nucleus Accumbens
Published in Biological psychiatry (1969) (2010)“…Background Previous research has shown that rats reared in an enriched condition (EC) are more sensitive to the acute effects of amphetamine than rats reared…”
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Modeling and mapping the probability of occurrence of invasive wild pigs across the contiguous United States
Published in PloS one (12-08-2015)“…Wild pigs (Sus scrofa), also known as wild swine, feral pigs, or feral hogs, are one of the most widespread and successful invasive species around the world…”
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Circuit‐theory applications to connectivity science and conservation
Published in Conservation biology (01-04-2019)“…Conservation practitioners have long recognized ecological connectivity as a global priority for preserving biodiversity and ecosystem function. In the early…”
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Estimating natural landscape changes from 1992 to 2030 in the conterminous US
Published in Landscape ecology (01-08-2010)“…Quantifying landscape dynamics is a central goal of landscape ecology, and numerous metrics have been developed to measure the influence of human activities on…”
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Biotic and abiotic factors predicting the global distribution and population density of an invasive large mammal
Published in Scientific reports (09-03-2017)“…Biotic and abiotic factors are increasingly acknowledged to synergistically shape broad-scale species distributions. However, the relative importance of biotic…”
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Global human influence maps reveal clear opportunities in conserving Earth’s remaining intact terrestrial ecosystems
Published in Global change biology (01-08-2020)“…Leading up to the Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of the Parties 15, there is momentum around setting bold conservation targets. Yet, it remains…”
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Achieving climate connectivity in a fragmented landscape
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (28-06-2016)“…The contiguous United States contains a disconnected patchwork of natural lands. This fragmentation by human activities limits species’ ability to track…”
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Serotonin Modulates Sensitivity to Reward and Negative Feedback in a Probabilistic Reversal Learning Task in Rats
Published in Neuropsychopharmacology (01-05-2010)“…Depressed patients show cognitive deficits that may depend on an abnormal reaction to positive and negative feedback. The precise neurochemical mechanisms…”
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Identifying Corridors among Large Protected Areas in the United States
Published in PloS one (22-04-2016)“…Conservation scientists emphasize the importance of maintaining a connected network of protected areas to prevent ecosystems and populations from becoming…”
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