We analyzed the impact of amenity and biodiversity protection as mandated in national forest plans on the implementation of hazardous fuel reduction treatments aimed at protecting the wildland urban interface (WUI) and restoring fire resilient forests. We used simulation modeling to delineate areas on national forests that can potentially transmit...
Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) forests are widely distributed throughout North America and are subject to mountain pine
beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) epidemics, which have caused mortality over millions of hectares of mature trees in
recent decades. Mountain pine beetle is known to influence stand structure, and has the ability to impact...
Full Text:
Oregon. PLoS ONE 9(9):
e107532. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107532
10.1371/journal.pone.0107532
Public
DNA segments in the fungus Fusarium graminearum were identified as possible genes encoding for chromodomain proteins (CDPs), and targeted for genetic manipulation. Targeted single-gene deletion strains, as wells as GFP-S tag fusion strains, were generated from wildtype F. graminearum protoplasts, and verified strains were screened for phenotypic differences, such as...
Full Text:
chromosome
structure and counteracts HP1a and H3K9me2. PloS one, 8(3), e59496.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone
Background:
As Zika virus continues to spread, decisions regarding resource allocations to control the
outbreak underscore the need for a tool to weigh policies according to their cost and the
health burden they could avert. For example, to combat the current Zika outbreak the US
President requested the allocation of...
We constructed a comprehensive phylogeny of the genus Genea, with new molecular data from samples collected in several countries in temperate and Mediterranean Europe, as well as North America. Type specimens and authentic material of most species were examined to support identifications. The molecular identity of the most common species...
Full Text:
herbarium collection DNA bar-
code sequencing project. PLoS One 8:e62419,
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062419
Natural disturbances and human activities can alter the benthic composition of coral reefs and other marine ecosystems. Reef fishes that associate with particular structures on the sea floor, such as coral heads, may be vulnerable to perturbations of those habitats. The spread of a newly discovered crustose alga (Ramicrusta sp.)...
Full Text:
Caribbean
reefs. PLoS ONE 5 [doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010835]
Pueschel CM, Saunders GW (2009
Biological invasions create complex ecological
and societal issues worldwide. Most of the
knowledge about invasions comes only from successful
invaders, but less is known about which processes
determine the differential success of invasions. In this
review, we develop a framework to identify the main
dimensions driving the success and failure...
Statistics of central tendency and dispersion may
not capture relevant or desired characteristics of the distribution
of continuous phenomena and, thus, they may not
adequately describe temporal patterns of change. Here, we
present two methodological approaches that can help to identify
temporal changes in environmental regimes. First, we
use higher-order...
Full Text:
ecosystem structure is unknown., PLoS ONE, 7,
e45586, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045586, 2012.
Bulmer, M. G
Mountain environments are currently among the ecosystems least invaded by non-native
species; however, mountains are increasingly under threat of non-native plant invasion.
The slow pace of exotic plant invasions in mountain ecosystems is likely due to a combination
of low anthropogenic disturbances, low propagule supply, and extreme/steep environmental
gradients. The...
Full Text:
| DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0147826 January 29, 2016 2 / 24
non-natives along elevation gradients are
“Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis” is an opportunistic environmental pathogen that causes respiratory illness in immunocompromised
patients, such as those with cystic fibrosis as well as other chronic respiratory diseases. Currently, there is no
efficient approach to prevent or treat M. avium subsp. hominissuis infection in the lungs. During initial colonization...