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Thermal stress in artificial cavity-nesting Eastern Bluebirds: killing them with kindness?
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-03)
Artificial nest boxes are used to help cavity-nesting species with declining populations that compete for limited nest sites. Proper use of nest boxes has been shown to lower predation rates and ectoparasite loads. However, ...
The Effects of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products on Mosquito Oviposition Site Selection
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-09)
The products that humans use every day to shower, drink, prevent sickness, protect their crops, etc. are having an effect on the environment. Pharmaceuticals and personal care products, or PPCPs, have been becoming notable ...
OPTIMIZATION OF AN OPTOGENETICALLY ACTIVATED INITIATOR OF APOPTOSIS
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-03)
Optogenetic tools provide a window into the world of cell signaling pathways and protein-protein interactions with a precision and elegance that other biological probes can struggle to achieve. The creation of optogenetic ...
The Effect of Diet on Venom Gene Expression in Tetragnatha versicolor
(East Carolina University, 2017-12-01)
Tetragnatha versicolor is an orb weaving spider that can be found throughout North America from Alaska to Nicaragua. This along with the fact the T. versicolor is a habitat generalist means that the species encounters a ...
Immune Priming in A. Mellifera
(East Carolina University, 2017-12-13)
Trans-generational immune priming (TgIP) is the transfer of maternal immune experience to progeny, producing offspring pathogen resistance and ultimately survival from infections. In colony-forming insects like the honey ...
The Effects of Social Status on Dopaminergic Regulation of Neural Circuit Activation and Behavior
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-19)
Social hierarchies can be observed within communities across many species and allow for proper allocation of resources. When forming social hierarchies, animals that display the most aggressive behaviors generally emerge ...
A second locality for the Namib darkling beetle Onymacris brainei (Tenebrionidae, Coleoptera) and first report on its molecular phylogenetic placement
(2017-08-01)
Onymacris brainei Penrith, 1984 – the most recent species of Onymacris to be described – is known only
from its type locality in the Namib Desert, adjacent to the Cunene River in northern Namibia. No additional
specimens ...
Effects of nutrient addition on plant community composition: a functional trait analysis in a long-term experiment
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-19)
The effects of nutrient availability on plant community composition and diversity have been well-documented, but the mechanisms behind the community response remain unclear. Plant species interact with variation in the ...
SOCIAL REGULATION OF THE ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM IN ZEBRAFISH MOTOR CIRCUITS
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-20)
Social status-dependent modulation of neural circuits has been investigated extensively in vertebrate and invertebrate systems. However, the effect of social status on shifting the balance in activation between competing ...
Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris (Mitchill) Stock Identification Using Morphometric and Meristic Characters
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-02)
The Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris is an anadromous fish species of the family Clupeidae. Little is known about its distribution, life history, and status. Adult Hickory Shad are found seasonally during spring spawning in ...