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• Select Phylogeny and Biogeography of Tribe Hibisceae (Malvaceae) on Madagascar

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  Phylogeny and Biogeography of Tribe Hibisceae (Malvaceae) on Madagascar

  Authors:Margaret M Koopman and David A BaumFrom:Systematic Botany (Vol. 33, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  April-June 20089,197 words Report Author(s): Margaret M Koopman, David A Baum (corresponding author) Madagascar is celebrated for its diverse and highly endemic flora. The diversification of Hibisceae (Malvaceae; Malvoideae) on Madagascar provides an...
• Select Prokaryotic diversity--magnitude, dynamics, and controlling factors. (Viewpoint)

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  Prokaryotic diversity--magnitude, dynamics, and controlling factors. (Viewpoint)

  Authors:Vigdis Torsvik, Lise Ovreas, and Tron Frede ThingstadFrom:Science (Vol. 296, Issue 5570) Peer-Reviewed

  May 10, 20022,492 words Article There are probably millions of species in the microorganismal domains Bacteria and Archaea (the prokaryotes), and we are only just beginning to work out the basic principles governing their distribution and abundance in...
• Select Phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a sub-Andean forest from the Norte de Santander, Colombia

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  Phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a sub-Andean forest from the Norte de Santander, Colombia

  Author:Diego Carrero-SarmientoFrom:Journal of Vector Borne Diseases (Vol. 53, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  January-March 20164,569 words Report 1610LByline: Richard. Hoyos-Lopez, Rafael. Bolanos, Maria. Contreras-Gutierrez, Diego. Carrero-Sarmiento Background & objectives: The recognition of communities of arthropods with medical importance in natural systems...
• Select Architectural Design Drives the Biogeography of Indoor Bacterial Communities

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  Architectural Design Drives the Biogeography of Indoor Bacterial Communities

  Authors:Steven W. Kembel, James F. Meadow, Timothy K. O'Connor, Gwynne Mhuireach, Dale Northcutt, Jeff Kline, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 29, 20146,906 words Article 1490LAuthor(s): Steven W. Kembel 1,2,3, James F. Meadow 2,3,*, Timothy K. O'Connor 2,3,4, Gwynne Mhuireach 2,5, Dale Northcutt 2,5, Jeff Kline 2,5, Maxwell Moriyama 2,5, G. Z. Brown 2,5,6, Brendan J. M. Bohannan 2,3, Jessica...
• Select Temporal patterns of settlement, recruitment and post-settlement losses in a rocky reef fish assemblage in the South-Western Mediterranean Sea

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  Temporal patterns of settlement, recruitment and post-settlement losses in a rocky reef fish assemblage in the South-Western Mediterranean Sea

  Authors:F.C. Felix-Hackradt, C.W. Hackradt, J. Trevino-Oton, A. Perez-Ruzafa, and J.A. Garcia-ChartonFrom:Marine Biology (Vol. 160, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20138,202 words Report 1450LPost-settlement events can significantly alter the density distribution of settlers and subsequently the adult population structure. The temporal and inter-annual variability of settlement and the effects of mortality...
• Select Phenological and geographical patterns of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) spawning in the western Gulf of Alaska

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  Phenological and geographical patterns of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) spawning in the western Gulf of Alaska

  Authors:Lorenzo Ciannelli, Kevin M. Bailey, Kung-Sik Chan, and Nils Chr. StensethFrom:Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (Vol. 64, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20075,991 words Article 1570LAbstract: Over 20 years of egg sampling data were used to reconstruct the geographical and phenological patterns of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) spawning aggregations in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). The analyzed...
• Select Trophic rank and the species-area relationship

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  Trophic rank and the species-area relationship

  Authors:Robert D. Holt, John H. Lawton, Gary A. Polis, and Neo D. MartinezFrom:Ecology (Vol. 80, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  July 19998,029 words Article The species - area relationship may be the strongest empirical generalization in community ecology. We explore the effect of trophic rank upon the "strength" of the species - area relationship, as measured by z, the...
• Select Avifauna of a Paraguayan Cerrado locality: Parque Nacional Serrania San Luis, depto. Concepcion

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  Avifauna of a Paraguayan Cerrado locality: Parque Nacional Serrania San Luis, depto. Concepcion

  Authors:Mark B. Robbins, Rob. C. Faucett, and Nathan H. RiceFrom:Wilson Bulletin (Vol. 111, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  June 19996,019 words Article We recorded 181 avian species at the Paraguayan Cerrado site, Parque Nacional Serrania San Luis, depto. Concepcion, including the first record of Veery (Catharus fuscescens) for the country. We obtained further evidence...
• Select Macroevolutionary Dynamics and Historical Biogeography of Primate Diversification Inferred from a Species Supermatrix

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  Macroevolutionary Dynamics and Historical Biogeography of Primate Diversification Inferred from a Species Supermatrix

  Authors:Mark S. Springer, Robert W. Meredith, John Gatesy, Christopher A. Emerling, Jong Park, Daniel L. Rabosky, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 16, 201213,860 words Article 1630LAuthor(s): Mark S. Springer 1 , * , Robert W. Meredith 1 , 2 , John Gatesy 1 , Christopher A. Emerling 1 , Jong Park 1 , 3 , Daniel L. Rabosky 4 , 5 , Tanja Stadler 6 , Cynthia Steiner 7 , Oliver A. Ryder 7 , Jan E....
• Select Statistical Process Monitoring with Biogeography-Based Optimization Independent Component Analysis.

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  Statistical Process Monitoring with Biogeography-Based Optimization Independent Component Analysis.

  Authors:Xiangshun Li, Di Wei, Cheng Lei, Zhiang Li, and Wenlin WangFrom:Mathematical Problems in Engineering (Vol. 2018) Peer-Reviewed

  Annual 20185,600 words Article 1380LIndependent Component Analysis (ICA), a type of typical data-driven fault detection techniques, has been widely applied for monitoring industrial processes. FastICA is a classical algorithm of ICA, which extracts...
• Select IBBOMSA: An improved biogeography-based approach for multiple sequence alignment

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  IBBOMSA: An improved biogeography-based approach for multiple sequence alignment

  Authors:Rohit Kumar Yadav and Haider BankaFrom:Evolutionary BioinformaticsPeer-Reviewed

  Oct. 27, 20164,746 words Article 1300LABSTRACT: In bioinformatics, multiple sequence alignment (MSA) is an NP-hard problem. Hence, nature-inspired techniques can better approximate the solution. In the current study, a novel biogeography-based optimization...
• Select Transient stability analysis by optimal location and tuning of SVC using biogeography based optimization

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  Transient stability analysis by optimal location and tuning of SVC using biogeography based optimization

  Authors:K. Karthikeyan and P.K. DhalFrom:Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences (Vol. 10, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20161,440 words Article 1340LTransient stability enhancement via tuning and optimal placement of SVC is methodically evaluated in this paper. The performance study of SVC is executed in IEEE 14 bus test system for the enhancement of transient...
• Select A Molecular Phylogeny for Yponomeutoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Ditrysia) and Its Implications for Classification, Biogeography and the Evolution of Host Plant Use

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  A Molecular Phylogeny for Yponomeutoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Ditrysia) and Its Implications for Classification, Biogeography and the Evolution of Host Plant Use

  Authors:Jae-Cheon Sohn, Jerome C. Regier, Charles Mitter, Donald Davis, Jean-Francois Landry, Andreas Zwick, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 31, 201316,844 words Report 1450LBackground Yponomeutoidea, one of the early-diverging lineages of ditrysian Lepidoptera, comprise about 1,800 species worldwide, including notable pests and insect-plant interaction models. Yponomeutoids were one of...
• Select The effect of landscape heterogeneity on the probability of patch colonization

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  The effect of landscape heterogeneity on the probability of patch colonization

  Authors:Eric J. Gustafson and Robert H. GardnerFrom:Ecology (Vol. 77, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 19966,805 words Article The effect of landscape heterogeneity on the dispersal of organisms between habitat islands is poorly understood. Preferred pathways for dispersal (i.e., corridors), as well as dispersal barriers, are difficult to...
• Select The Biogeography of Putative Microbial Antibiotic Production

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  The Biogeography of Putative Microbial Antibiotic Production

  Authors:Helene Morlon, Timothy K. O'Connor, Jessica A. Bryant, Louise K. Charkoudian, Kathryn M. Docherty, Evan Jones, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 23, 20157,950 words Article 1510LUnderstanding patterns in the distribution and abundance of functional traits across a landscape is of fundamental importance to ecology. Mapping these distributions is particularly challenging for species-rich groups...
• Select Extending SEQenv: a taxa-centric approach to environmental annotations of 16S rDNA sequences

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  Extending SEQenv: a taxa-centric approach to environmental annotations of 16S rDNA sequences

  Authors:Ali Z. Ijaz, Thomas C. Jeffries, Umer Z. Ijaz, Kelly Hamonts, and Brajesh K. SinghFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 10, 20177,933 words Report 1550LUnderstanding how the environment selects a given taxon and the diversity patterns that emerge as a result of environmental filtering can dramatically improve our ability to analyse any environment in depth as well as...
• Select Multiple approaches to understanding the taxonomic status of an enigmatic new scorpion species of the genus Tityus (Buthidae) from the biogeographic island of Paraje Tres Cerros (Argentina)

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  Multiple approaches to understanding the taxonomic status of an enigmatic new scorpion species of the genus Tityus (Buthidae) from the biogeographic island of Paraje Tres Cerros (Argentina)

  Authors:Andres A. Ojanguren-Affilastro, Renzo S. Adilardi, Rodrigo Cajade, Martin J. Ramirez, F. Sara Ceccarelli, and Liliana M. MolaFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 26, 20179,381 words Report 1410LTityus curupi n. sp., belonging to the bolivianus complex, is described from the biogeographically distinct area of Paraje Tres Cerros in north-eastern Argentina. We also present a molecular species delimitation...
• Select In the Wake of Invasion: Tracing the Historical Biogeography of the South American Cricetid Radiation (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae)

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  In the Wake of Invasion: Tracing the Historical Biogeography of the South American Cricetid Radiation (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae)

  Authors:Rafael N. Leite, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis, Francisca C. Almeida, Fernanda P. Werneck, Duke S. Rogers, and Marcelo WekslerFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 25, 201410,983 words Article 1630LThe Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI) was greatly influenced by the completion of the Isthmus of Panama and impacted the composition of modern faunal assemblages in the Americas. However, the contribution of...
• Select Do the Historical Biogeography and Evolutionary History of the Digenean Margotrema spp. across Central Mexico Mirror Those of Their Freshwater Fish Hosts (Goodeinae)?

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  Do the Historical Biogeography and Evolutionary History of the Digenean Margotrema spp. across Central Mexico Mirror Those of Their Freshwater Fish Hosts (Goodeinae)?

  Authors:Andres Martinez-Aquino, Fadia Sara Ceccarelli, Luis E. Eguiarte, Ella Vazquez-Dominguez, and Gerardo Perez-Ponce de LeonFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 7, 20148,259 words Article 1560LHost-parasite systems provide an ideal platform to study evolution at different levels, including codivergence in a historical biogeography context. In this study we aim to describe biogeographic and codivergent...
• Select Distribution of freshwater sponges and bryozoans in northwest Indiana

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  Distribution of freshwater sponges and bryozoans in northwest Indiana

  Authors:David K. Barnes and Thomas E. LauerFrom:Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science (Vol. 112, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  July 29, 20033,048 words Article ABSTRACT. Current biogeographical distributions of freshwater sponges (Porifera) and bryozoans (Ectoprocta and Entoprocta) are poorly known in Indiana. Although seemingly ubiquitous in many aquatic communities, neither...