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Works Published in 2016
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2016 journal article
Spatial and temporal variability in dune field: Pea Island, North Carolina
Shore & Beach, Coastal Observations, 84(2), 49–58.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 16, 2021
2016 journal article
The contribution of human foods to honey bee diets in a mid-sized metropolis
Journal of Urban Ecology, 2(1), juw001.
TL;DR:
Rather than switching to human food sources, urban bees seem to be feeding on urban flowers or insect-produced honeydew, which suggests an important role for urban flowers and green spaces in maintaining healthy pollinator populations in cities.
(via Semantic Scholar)
academic.oup.com (publisher PDF)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 5, 2021
2016 journal article
Molecular analysis of environmental plant DNA in house dust across the United States
Aerobiologia, 33(1), 71–86.
author keywords: Environmental DNA; Plant allergens; Geography; Next-generation sequencing
TL;DR:
The utility of using environmental DNA sequencing to reconstruct the distributions of plant DNA inside and outside buildings is demonstrated, an approach that could prove useful for better understanding and predicting plant allergen exposures.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Source: Crossref
Added: January 5, 2021
2016 journal article
Symbiosis in the Soil: Citizen Microbiology in Middle and High School Classrooms †
Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 17(1), 60–62.
TL;DR:
A citizen-science microbiology project geared toward implementation in middle and high school classrooms, where students culture environmental microorganisms and document microbial diversity of plant root systems compared with adjacent bulk soil.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: September 16, 2020
2016 journal article
The Tragedy of the Unexamined Cat: Why K–12 and University Education Are Still in the Dark Ages and How Citizen Science Allows for a Renaissance
Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 17(1), 4–6.
TL;DR:
Citizen science offers a way to change K–12 and university education and, in doing so, complete the renaissance, and here it is offered an example of such an approach.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
4. Quality Education
(OpenAlex)
13. Climate Action
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: September 16, 2020
2016 book
The evolution of human skin and the thousands of species it sustains, with ten hypothesis of relevance to doctors
In Personalized, Evolutionary, and Ecological Dermatology (pp. 57–66).
Contributors: R. Dunn n
TL;DR:
The entire skin is covered in microscopic life, which has great importance for many aspects of dermatology, but little about this composition makes sense, except in light of evolution.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: May 7, 2020
2016 journal article
The canalized parental roles of a Eudyptes penguin constrain provisioning and growth of chicks during nutritional stress
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 70(4), 467–479.
Contributors: K. Morrison*, N. Morrison, R. Buchheit*, R. Dunn* , P. Battley * & D. Thompson *
author keywords: Behavioral plasticity; Climate change; Conspecific aggression; Eudyptes chrysocome filholi; Maladaptation; Southern rockhopper penguin
TL;DR:
It is concluded that the canalized division of labor strategy of Eudyptes penguins is maladapted to more frequent years of nutritional stress under climate change.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: May 7, 2020
2016 journal article
Phylogenetics of psychoactive plants in neuro-targeted bioprospecting 24852989
Planta Medica, 81(S 01), S1–S381.
author keywords: Bioprospecting; ethnobotany; phylogeny; prediction; psychoactive plants
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: February 24, 2020
2016 journal article
Use antimicrobials wisely
Nature, 537(7619), 159–161.
Contributors: P. Jørgensen *, D. Wernli *, S. Carroll *, R. Dunn n , S. Harbarth *, S. Levin *, A. So *, M. Schlüter *, R. Laxminarayan
MeSH headings : Agriculture / methods; Animals; Animals, Domestic / microbiology; Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use; Drug Discovery; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Global Health; Humans; Infections / drug therapy; Infections / microbiology; International Cooperation; Prescription Drug Misuse / prevention & control; United Nations / legislation & jurisprudence
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: February 24, 2020
2016 journal article
Exploring Psychosocial Task Resolution and Self-Concept among African-American Adolescents
Perceptual and Motor Skills, 82(3), 803–810.
MeSH headings : Adolescent; Black or African American / psychology; Child; Female; Humans; Male; Personality Development; Personality Inventory / statistics & numerical data; Psychology, Adolescent; Reference Values; Self Concept; Southeastern United States; Urban Population
TL;DR:
Scores for Self-concept and Resolution of Identity stages were highly correlated although scores on Resolution of identity, commonly seen as the primary psychosocial task of adolescence, were not related to scores on either Emotional Well-being or Family Relations.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Source: ORCID
Added: March 24, 2019
2016 journal article
Toward the Development of an Ethnic Identity Measure for African American Youth
Journal of Black Psychology, 23(4), 358–377.
Sources: ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: March 24, 2019
2016 journal article
Promoting Ethnic Identity Development in African American Youth: The Role of Rites of Passage
Journal of Black Psychology, 22(3), 388–417.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
10. Reduced Inequalities
(OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: March 24, 2019
2016 journal article
Lactobacilli Dominance and Vaginal pH: Why Is the Human Vaginal Microbiome Unique?
Frontiers in Microbiology, 7(DEC).
Contributors: E. Miller *, D. Beasley *, R. Dunn n & E. Archie *
author keywords: vaginal microbiome; lactobacilli; pH; estrogen; mammals; evolution
TL;DR:
High levels of starch in human diets have led to increased levels of glycogen in the vaginal tract, which, in turn, promotes the proliferation of lactobacilli, which may have paved the way for a novel, protective microbiome in human vaginal tracts.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
Using evolutionary tools to search for novel psychoactive plants
Plant Genetic Resources, 14(4), 246–255.
Contributors: M. Halse-Gramkow*, M. Ernst *, N. Ronsted *, R. Dunn n & C. Saslis-Lagoudakis*
author keywords: bioprospecting; ethnobotany; medicinal plants; phylogeny; prediction
TL;DR:
This work compiled a database of 501 psychoactive plant species and their properties and mapped these plant attributes on a phylogenetic tree of all land plant genera and showed that psychoactive properties are not randomly distributed on the phylogeny of land plants; instead certain plant lineages show overabundance of psycho active properties.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
Exoskeletons and economics: indoor arthropod diversity increases in affluent neighbourhoods
Biology Letters, 12(8), 20160322.
Contributors: M. Leong*, M. Bertone n , K. Bayless n, R. Dunn n & M. Trautwein*
author keywords: biodiversity; socioeconomics; income; urban ecosystem; indoor biome; landscape ecology
MeSH headings : Animals; Arthropods; Cities; Ecosystem
TL;DR:
It is found that house size, surrounding vegetation, as well as mean neighbourhood income best predict the number of kinds of arthropods found indoors, showing that the luxury effect can extend to the indoor environment.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
Democratizing evolutionary biology, lessons from insects
Current Opinion in Insect Science, 18, 89–92.
Contributors: R. Dunn n & D. Beasley *
MeSH headings : Animals; Biology / trends; Community Participation; Computational Biology / trends; Humans; Insecta; Research / trends
TL;DR:
This review highlights how insect-based citizen science has led to the expansion of specimen collections and reframed research questions in light of new observations and unexpected discoveries.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
Urban warming reduces aboveground carbon storage
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283(1840), 20161574.
Contributors: E. Meineke n, E. Youngsteadt n, R. Dunn n & S. Frank n
author keywords: climate change; urban ecology; carbon storage; urban heat island effect; ecosystem services; herbivory
MeSH headings : Animals; Carbon; Carbon Sequestration; Cities; Ecosystem; Herbivory; Insecta; Temperature; Trees / physiology
TL;DR:
The results suggest that urban trees will sequester even less carbon in the future and ecosystem service assessments that do not consider urban conditions may overestimate urban tree carbon storage.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
13. Climate Action
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
The diversity of arthropods in homes across the United States as determined by environmental DNA analyses
Molecular Ecology, 25(24), 6214–6224.
Contributors: A. Madden n, A. Barberán *, M. Bertone n , H. Menninger n, R. Dunn n & N. Fierer *
author keywords: allergens; arthropod diversity; cytochrome c oxidase; DNA barcoding; insect diversity
MeSH headings : Allergens; Animals; Arthropods / classification; DNA / analysis; Dust / analysis; Food Chain; Housing; United States
TL;DR:
S Settled dust samples were collected by citizen scientists from both inside and outside more than 700 homes across the United States, yielding the first continental‐scale estimates of arthropod diversity associated with the authors' residences.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
Microbial diversity of extreme habitats in human homes
PeerJ, 4(9), e2376.
Contributors: A. Savage *, J. Hills*, K. Driscoll, D. Fergus*, A. Grunden n & R. Dunn n
author keywords: Community Ecology; Extreme environments; Human Homes; Interactive effects; Microbialdiversity; Temperature; pH; Chemical
TL;DR:
High-throughput sequencing techniques are used to assess bacterial and archaeal diversity in the extreme environments inside human homes with extreme temperature, pH, and chemical environmental conditions, finding a lower diversity of microbes in these extreme home environments compared to less extreme habitats in the home.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
Life Inside an Acorn: How Microclimate and Microbes Influence Nest Organization in Temnothorax Ants
ETHOLOGY, 122(10), 790–797.
author keywords: nest architecture; thermoregulation; microbes; pathogens; ants; Temnothorax
TL;DR:
The relatively strong response of T. curvispinosus to microbial growth inside their nests suggests that pathogen pressures—in addition to microclimate—have a significant impact on how colonies use nest spaces.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
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