Works Published in 2014
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2014 journal article
Binturong (Arctictis binturong) and Kinkajou (Potos flavus) Digestive Strategy: Implications for Interpreting Frugivory in Carnivora and Primates
PLoS ONE, 9(8), e105415.
Ed(s): A. Taylor
MeSH headings : Animals; Carnivora / physiology; Diet, Vegetarian; Dietary Fiber / analysis; Digestion; Fatty Acids / analysis; Feces / chemistry; Fruit / chemistry; Herbivory; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Polysaccharides / analysis; Primates; Species Specificity
TL;DR:
Evaluating the digestive physiology of two frugivorous Carnivora species that converge with primates in a diversity of ecological and anatomical traits related to fruit consumption indicates that both carnivoran species have rapid digestive passage for mammals that consume a predominantly plant-based diet.
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journals.plos.org (publisher PDF)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Source: ORCID
Added: January 5, 2021
2014 journal article
Plant–animal interactions in suburban environments: implications for floral evolution
Oecologia, 174(3), 803–815.
author keywords: Suburbanization; Floral evolution; Florivory; Nectar robbing; Gelsemium sempervirens
MeSH headings : Animals; Biological Evolution; Ecology; Flowers / anatomy & histology; Flowers / genetics; Gelsemium / anatomy & histology; Gelsemium / genetics; Phenotype; Plant Nectar; Pollen / physiology; Pollination; Selection, Genetic; Southeastern United States; Symbiosis; Urbanization
TL;DR:
It was found that Gelsemium growing in suburban sites experienced more robbing and florivory as well as more heterospecific but not conspecific pollen transfer, andFloral traits, particularly corolla length and width, influenced the susceptibility of plants to particular interactors.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
Source: Crossref
Added: October 29, 2020
2014 journal article
Secondary Compounds in Floral Rewards of Toxic Rangeland Plants: Impacts on Pollinators
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 62(30), 7335–7344.
author keywords: alkaloid; nectar; pollen; pollinator; secondary metabolite
MeSH headings : Animals; Bees; Birds; Ecosystem; Flowers / chemistry; Insecta; Plant Nectar / chemistry; Plants, Toxic / chemistry; Pollen / chemistry; Pollination; Symbiosis; United States
TL;DR:
The biochemical, physiological, and behavioral mechanisms by which pollinators cope with secondary compound consumption are discussed, drawing parallels between pollinators and herbivores.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Crossref
Added: August 28, 2020
2014 journal article
Erratum to: Characterizing lentic freshwater fish assemblages using multiple sampling methods
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 186(7), 4475–4477.
Source: Crossref
Added: August 28, 2020
2014 journal article
Modification of a seagrass community by benthic jellyfish blooms and nutrient enrichment
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 461, 185–192.
author keywords: Cassiopea spp.; Eutrophication; Global change; Habitat complexity; Jellyfish blooms; Thalassia testudinum
TL;DR:
A field experiment to determine effects of proliferations of benthic jellyfish, Cassiopea spp.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
Source: Crossref
Added: August 28, 2020
2014 journal article
Lionfish alter benthic invertebrate assemblages in patch habitats of a subtropical estuary
Marine Biology, 161(9), 2179–2182.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
Source: Crossref
Added: August 28, 2020
2014 journal article
Ecosystem fragmentation drives increased diet variation in an endemic livebearing fish of the Bahamas
Ecology and Evolution, 4(16), 3298–3308.
author keywords: Bahamas mosquitofish; food webs; individual specialization; niche variation; predation; RNA/DNA ratios; stable isotopes
TL;DR:
It is shown that fragmentation-induced release from predation led to increased G. hubbsi population densities, which consequently led to lower mean growth rates, likely as a result of higher intraspecific competition for food, suggesting that habitat fragmentation can greatly impact the ecology of resilient populations.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Crossref
Added: August 28, 2020
2014 journal article
The Didymo story: the role of low dissolved phosphorus in the formation of Didymosphenia geminata blooms
Diatom Research, 29(3), 229–236.
author keywords: river diatom blooms; rock snot; Didymo; phosphorus limitation; global change; atmospheric N-deposition; N-enrichment of landscapes; dissolved phosphorus
TL;DR:
The identification of very low soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP; below ∼2 ppb) as the proximate cause of bloom formation, has led to the more likely explanation that D. geminata blooms are the result of large-scale human intervention in climatic, atmospheric and edaphic processes that favour this ultra-oligotrophic species.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: February 21, 2020
2014 journal article
Spatio-temporal variation in stream water chemistry in a tropical urban watershed
Ecology and Society, 19(2).
Contributors: A. Ramírez* , K. Rosas, A. Lugo & O. Ramos-González
author keywords: ion concentrations; nutrient concentrations; Puerto Rico; tropical streams; urban streams; water physicochemistry
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: January 28, 2020
2014 journal article
Functional feeding groups of aquatic insect families in Latin America: a critical analysis and review of existing literature
Revista De Biología Tropical, 62, 155.
Contributors: A. Ramírez* & P. Gutiérrez-Fonseca *
author keywords: food habits; FFG; trophic guilds; trophic structure; tropical streams
MeSH headings : Animals; Food Chain; Fresh Water; Insecta / classification; Insecta / physiology; Latin America; Seasons
TL;DR:
This study provides details on piercers that feed on vascular plants by cutting or piercing the tissue using sharp or chewing mouth parts and consume plant liquids, and provides general guidelines on how to assign organisms to their functional feeding groups.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: January 28, 2020
2014 journal article
Land use effects on leaf litter breakdown in low-order streams draining a rapidly developing tropical watershed in Puerto Rico
Revista De Biología Tropical, 62, 129.
Contributors: P. Torres * & A. Ramírez*
author keywords: tropical streams; land use; detritivores; human impacts; decay rates; Puerto Rico
MeSH headings : Agriculture; Animals; Biodegradation, Environmental; Ecosystem; Invertebrates / classification; Invertebrates / physiology; Plant Leaves / metabolism; Puerto Rico; Rivers / chemistry; Time Factors; Trees / metabolism
TL;DR:
Assessment of rates of leaf litter breakdown in low-order tropical streams draining forest, agriculture, and urban land uses in Puerto Rico suggests that land use is an important factor affecting leaf litter processing in streams.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: January 28, 2020
2014 journal article
Descomposición de hojarasca en seis arroyos de Bosque Mesófilo de Montaña en la cuenca alta del río La Antigua, Veracruz, México
Revista De Biología Tropical, 62, 111.
author keywords: leaf breakdown; aquatic insects; forest cover; functional feeding groups
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 28, 2020
2014 journal article
Do omnivorous shrimp influence mayfly nymph life history traits in a tropical island stream?
Revista De Biología Tropical, 62, 41.
Contributors: N. Macías*, C. Colón-Gaud*, J. Duggins* & A. Ramírez*
author keywords: interspecific interactions; predator-prey; shrimp; mayflies; tropical streams
TL;DR:
The results suggest that interspecific interactions between these taxa could potentially influence organic matter resource dynamics (e.g., leaf litter processing and export) in Puerto Rican streams.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: January 28, 2020
2014 journal article
Estudios sobre macroinvertebrados acuáticos en América Latina: avances recientes y direcciones futuras
Revista De Biología Tropical, 62, 9.
author keywords: aquatic insects; rivers; lakes; wetlands; state of knowledge; Latin America; macroinvertebrates
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 28, 2020
2014 journal article
Diversity of Benthic Biofilms Along a Land Use Gradient in Tropical Headwater Streams, Puerto Rico
Microbial Ecology, 68(1), 47–59.
Contributors: S. Burgos-Caraballo*, S. Cantrell* & A. Ramírez*
MeSH headings : Agriculture; Biodiversity; Biofilms; Forests; Microbial Consortia; Nitrates / chemistry; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; Puerto Rico; Rivers / chemistry; Rivers / microbiology; Urbanization; Water / chemistry; Water Microbiology
TL;DR:
The results suggest that urbanization may indeed increase microbial diversity indirectly by increasing nutrients in stream water and the relationship between biofilm diversity and reach-scale parameters was determined using the Akaike Information Criterion.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: January 28, 2020
2014 journal article
Using empirical field data of aquatic insects to infer a cut-off slope value in asymptotic models to assess inventories completeness
Revista Mexicana De Biodiversidad, 85(1), 218–227.
Contributors: J. Gómez-Anaya *, R. Novelo-Gutiérrez *, A. Ramírez* & R. Arce-Pérez*
author keywords: potential species richness; theoretical slope; Odonata; Coleoptera; Zimapan; Coalcoman
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: January 28, 2020
2014 journal article
Regional Climate Variations and Change for Terrestrial Ecosystems Workshop Review
Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America.
Source: ORCID
Added: January 6, 2020
2014 journal article
Improving the representation of clouds, radiation, and precipitation using spectral nudging in the Weather Research and Forecasting model
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
author keywords: regional climate modeling; spectral nudging; downscaling; WRF
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action
(OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: January 6, 2020
2014 journal article
A Spatially Explicit Model for Mapping Headwater Streams
JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 51(1), 226–239.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation
(OpenAlex)
13. Climate Action
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 14, 2019
2014 journal article
Too big to be noticed: cryptic invasion of Asian camel crickets in North American houses
PEERJ, 2(1).
Contributors: M. Epps n, H. Menninger n, N. LaSala & R. Dunn n
author keywords: Rhaphidophoridae; Diestrammena; Invasive species; Urban ecology; Citizen science
TL;DR:
A continental-scale citizen science campaign is launched to better understand the relative distributions and frequency of native and nonnative camel crickets in human homes across North America and reports the establishment in the northeastern United States of a second exotic species, putatively Diestrammena japanica Blatchley, which was previously undocumented in the literature.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
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