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Evolving while invading: rapid adaptive evolution in juvenile development time for a biological control organism colonizing a high-elevation environment

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McEvoy, Peter B., Higgs, Kimberley M., Coombs, Eric M., Karacetin, Evrim, and Starcevich, Leigh Ann

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We report evidence of adaptive evolution in juvenile development time on a decadal timescale for the cinnabar moth Tyria jacobaeae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) colonizing new habitats and hosts from the Willamette Valley to the Coast Range and Cascades Mountains in Oregon. Four lines of evidence reveal shorter egg to pupa juvenile...

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Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation - Invasive Plant Species Management Plan

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Patterson, Mark Andre

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Invasive species are one of the most significant threats to native ecosystems in the nation (Mooney, 2001). As defined by Federal Executive Order 13112, a species is considered invasive if it is not native to the ecosystem under consideration, and its establishment causes or is likely to cause...

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Capstone Project

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