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Status and habitat requirements of Physaria thamnophila, an endangered species of Tamaulipan thornscrub
Physaria (Lesquerella) thamnophila (Brassicaceae; henceforth Physaria) is an endangered herbaceous perennial plant of remnant patches of Tamaulipan thornscrub near the southern Texas border. Six …
Received 19 August 2009 19:47 UTC; Posted 19 August 2009
Posted to: Ecology
Development of an Ontology of Microbial Phenotypes (OMP)
AbstractPhenotypic data are routinely used to elucidate gene and protein function in most organisms amenable to experimental manipulation. However, although phenotype ontologies exist for many …
Received 17 August 2009 22:31 UTC; Posted 19 August 2009
Posted to: Microbiology, Bioinformatics
The Role of Bio-Ontologies in Data-Driven Research: A Philosophical Perspective
This project aims to reach a philosophical understanding of the role played by theory in the practices of data dissemination and re-use that characterise data-driven research. Bio-ontologies have t…
Received 18 August 2009 12:42 UTC; Posted 18 August 2009
Posted to: Bioinformatics
Ontology for Biomedical Investigations
The goal of OBI is to enable a formal representation of biomedical investigations that captures the experimental evidence on which their findings are based. The scope of OBI includes: materials mad…
Received 16 August 2009 19:50 UTC; Posted 17 August 2009
Posted to: Biotechnology, Bioinformatics
Effects of habitat, microsite and seed density on recruitment limitation in native scrubland and scrub undergoing restoration
Background/Questions/MethodsRecruitment influences population and community dynamics by determining the replacement of older individuals, decreasing population expansion and reducing/excluding …
Received 17 August 2009 13:15 UTC; Posted 17 August 2009
Posted to: Ecology
Residential irrigation as a driver of urban bird communities
Background/Question/MethodsThe demand for fresh water has largely outpaced supply both globally and locally with current water management policies unable to meet the needs of urban, agricultura…
Received 14 August 2009 21:10 UTC; Posted 17 August 2009
Posted to: Ecology, Earth & Environment
BHL, The Biodiversity Heritage Library: An Expanding International Collaboration
Background/Question/MethodsThe Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL; http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/), one of the cornerstones of the Encyclopedia of Lif…
Received 15 August 2009 01:14 UTC; Posted 17 August 2009
Posted to: Ecology, Evolutionary Biology
Using SeaWiFS and In Situ Data for HAB Prediction in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Decision Tree Analysis
To date, 13 potential HAB species have been detected in coastal waters of Mississippi and Alabama, including representatives of the diatom genera Pseudo-nitzschia and Chaetoceros, and dinoflagellat…
Received 14 August 2009 16:11 UTC; Posted 14 August 2009
Posted to: Ecology, Earth & Environment
Toward a complete model of radial growth in Pinus edulis: the effects of CO2 and prior years
Pinus edulis (piñon pine) is found across 35% of the Colorado Plateau and is a foundation species in the piñon-juniper woodlands of the Southwest. Piñon pine mortality in the recent drought has b…
Received 14 August 2009 19:30 UTC; Posted 14 August 2009
Posted to: Ecology, Plant Biology
Demographic vital rates and population growth: rethinking the relationship in a harvested elk population
Understanding the nature of the relationship between demographic vital rates and the rate of population change (λ) is important for determining effective strategies for population management and co…
Received 14 August 2009 16:50 UTC; Posted 14 August 2009
Posted to: Ecology, Earth & Environment
