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Diverse Primitive Basalts from an Extensional Back-arc Setting: Fort Rock Volcanic Field, Oregon
(2016)The Fort Rock Volcanic Field study area (FRVF) is situated in a highly complex volcanic and tectonic extensional back arc setting, influenced by multiple episodes involving the subduction of the Juan de Fuca Plate under ... -
Climatic and Environmental Changes Affecting Communities in Atlantic Canada
(MDPI, 2017-07-27)Small rural coastal communities located in Atlantic Canada are vulnerable to the effects of climate and environmental changes. Major storms have impounded the coastline, causing much physical damage and affecting the ... -
Chemostratigraphy of the uppermost Cambrian at the Ordovician GSSP
(2018-01)Chemostratigraphy is an important tool for correlating layered sedimentary rock successions. Preserved/near primary carbon isotope signatures in marine carbonates can provide high-resolution profiles for sedimentary sequences ... -
CENTRAL NORTH ATLANTIC PALEOCEANOGRAPHY DURING THE LATE EARLY PLEISTOCENE (SPANNING MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE 21) BASED ON A HIGH-RESOLUTION DINOFLAGELLATE CYST RECORD
(2019)A high-resolution dinoflagellate cyst record from Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Site U1313, constrained by an ultra-high resolution δ18O record from the same sample set, is established to enhance our understanding of ... -
Host Plant-Derived miRNAs Potentially Modulate the Development of a Cosmopolitan Insect Pest, Plutella xylostella
(MDPI, 2019)Plant microRNAs (miRNAs) have recently been reported to be involved in the cross-kingdom regulation of specific cellular and physiological processes in animals. However, little of this phenomenon is known for the communication ... -
Is It Time to Shift Our Environmental Thinking? A Perspective on Barriers and Opportunities to Change
(MDPI, 2019)In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goals. In 2019, the release of the global assessment report of the United Nations’ ... -
Ecological Risk Assessment of Soil Heavy Metals and Pesticide Residues in Tea Plantations
(MDPI, 2020)Tea plantations have used many synthetic chemicals to ensure performance and control of pests. This has led to increased contamination of soils and reduced tea growth. We assessed the levels of heavy metals, including Cd, ... -
Differential Profiles of Gut Microbiota and Metabolites Associated with Host Shift of Plutella xylostella
(MDPI, 2020)Evolutionary and ecological forces are important factors that shape gut microbial profiles in hosts, which can help insects adapt to different environments through modulating their metabolites. However, little is known ... -
An analysis of aquatic invasive species management in the Niagara region of Ontario, Canada: establishment of a database to improve knowledge sharing
(Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC), 2020)The UN Convention on Biological Diversity has declared invasive species a global threat and requested increased data sharing to prevent further impact. Existing worldwide and local databases mainly focus on distribution, ... -
Mechanism and consequences for avoidance of superparasitism in the solitary parasitoid Cotesia vestalis
(Nature Research, 2020)A parasitoid's decision to reject or accept a potential host is fundamental to its fitness. Superparasitism, in which more than one egg of a given parasitoid species can deposit in a single host, is usually considered ... -
Rewilding for human health
(The Resurgence Trust, 2020)Exploring the connections between zoonotic diseases, human health and well-being, ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss. -
Are Yellow Sticky Cards and Light Traps Effective on Tea Green Leafhoppers and Their Predators in Chinese Tea Plantations?
(MDPI, 2020)In Chinese tea plantations, yellow sticky cards and light traps are increasingly used to control insect pests, especially the tea green leafhopper . In this study, a 16-week open-field experiment with daily weather monitoring ... -
How Ecosystem-Based Adaptation to Climate Change Can Help Coastal Communities through a Participatory Approach
(MDPI, 2021)Coastal rural communities worldwide face many challenges not only related to climate change but also extreme events, environmental degradation, population growth or aging, and conflict usage of the ecosystem. Historically, ...