• Bladder Cancer in the United States has
progressively been one of the more common
cancers and is estimated to have 74,000 new
cases as well as 16,000 deaths in 2015.1
• This type of cancer also has one of the highest
rates of recurrence with an average of 60%...
A feedback between decomposition and litter chemical composition occurs with decomposition altering composition that in turn influences the decomposition rate. Elucidating the temporal pattern of chemical composition is vital to understand this feedback, but the effects of plant species and climate on chemical changes remain poorly understood, especially over multiple...
Rationale:
The sampling of sequential, annually formed bone growth layers for stable carbon (δ¹³C values) and nitrogen (δ¹⁵N values) isotope analysis (SIA) can provide a time series of foraging ecology data. To date, no standard protocol exists for the pre-SIA treatment of cortical samples taken from fresh, modern, bones.
Methods:...