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Campbell LP, Bauer AM, Tavares Y, Guralnick RP, Reuman D. Broadscale spatial synchrony in a West Nile virus mosquito vector across multiple timescales. Sci Rep 2024; 14:12479. [PMID: 38816487 PMCID: PMC11139987 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-62384-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024] Open
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Insects often exhibit irruptive population dynamics determined by environmental conditions. We examine if populations of the Culex tarsalis mosquito, a West Nile virus (WNV) vector, fluctuate synchronously over broad spatial extents and multiple timescales and whether climate drives synchrony in Cx. tarsalis, especially at annual timescales, due to the synchronous influence of temperature, precipitation, and/or humidity. We leveraged mosquito collections across 9 National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) sites distributed in the interior West and Great Plains region USA over a 45-month period, and associated gridMET climate data. We utilized wavelet phasor mean fields and wavelet linear models to quantify spatial synchrony for mosquitoes and climate and to calculate the importance of climate in explaining Cx. tarsalis synchrony. We also tested whether the strength of spatial synchrony may vary directionally across years. We found significant annual synchrony in Cx. tarsalis, and short-term synchrony during a single period in 2018. Mean minimum temperature was a significant predictor of annual Cx. tarsalis spatial synchrony, and we found a marginally significant decrease in annual Cx. tarsalis synchrony. Significant Cx. tarsalis synchrony during 2018 coincided with an anomalous increase in precipitation. This work provides a valuable step toward understanding broadscale synchrony in a WNV vector.
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- Lindsay P Campbell
- Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida, Vero Beach, FL, 32962, USA.
- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.
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- Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida, Vero Beach, FL, 32962, USA
- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10025, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Ecological Research, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66047, USA
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Meier CL, Thibault KM, Barnett DT. Spatial and temporal sampling strategy connecting
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Terrestrial Observation System protocols. Ecosphere 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/11/2023] Open
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- Courtney L. Meier
- National Ecological Observatory Network, Battelle Boulder Colorado USA
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- National Ecological Observatory Network, Battelle Boulder Colorado USA
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Spatial and Seasonal Patterns of the Mosquito Community in Central Oklahoma. Pathogens 2022; 11:pathogens11091007. [PMID: 36145439 PMCID: PMC9502914 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11091007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 08/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Mosquitoes (Culicidae) are ubiquitous flying insects that function as vectors for several viruses that cause disease in humans. Mosquito abundance and diversity are influenced by landscape features and environmental factors such as temperature and precipitation and vary across seasons and years. The range and phenology of many mosquito species that vector viruses relevant to human health are changing. We sampled mosquito communities in central Oklahoma for four years at thirteen sites, collecting over 25,000 mosquitoes; among these, we identified 27 different species, including several that transmit human pathogens and were collected in suburban backyards. Community composition differed across the landscape and changed from early season to late season and year to year. This effort to describe mosquito communities in Oklahoma is a first step toward assessing and predicting arbovirus risk, an ongoing and dynamic public health challenge.
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Visintin AM, Laurito M, Grech MG, Estallo EL, Grillet ME, Almeida FFL, Almirón WR. Ecological Characterization of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) at the Southern Coast of Mar Chiquita Lake, Argentina. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY 2022; 59:525-536. [PMID: 34951445 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjab186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In the southern coast of Mar Chiquita Lake, central Argentina, mosquitoes affect public health and community livelihood, since they transmit pathogens to human beings causing diseases such as malaria, filariasis, encephalitis, yellow fever, and dengue, among others, and have a negative effect on cattle farming as well. To characterize the structure of the mosquito assemblage of the region, we determined the species composition and diversity, the temporal distribution of different species, and the patterns of species richness, abundance, and diversity across seasons. We collected adult mosquitoes over a two-year period (October 2004-September 2006) by means of CDC light traps baited with CO2 from 18:00 to 08:00 h during the warm season (October-April) and from 12:00 h to 18:00 h in the cold season (May-September). A total of 71,501 individuals from 30 species were collected, with Culex Linnaeus and Aedes Meigen genera representing more than 98% of collected specimens (61.5% and 37.3%, respectively). The higher values of richness and abundance of Culicidae were registered in warm seasons compared to cold seasons. Chao1 estimates suggested that more than 90% of the species were detected in all seasons. Mosquito abundance distribution fit the logarithmic series and log-normal models. Aedes albifasciatus (Macquart), Ae. scapularis (Rondani), Culex interfor Dyar, Cx. saltanensis Dyar, and Cx. dolosus (Lynch Arribálzaga), vectors incriminated in arbovirus transmission, were abundant year-round, with Cx. saltanensis and Cx. dolosus most prevalent in cold seasons. Further studies are needed to assess the role of these species in arbovirus transmission in this region of central Argentina.
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- Andrés M Visintin
- Centro de Investigaciones Entomológicas de Córdoba (CIEC)-Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas (IIBYT)-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Avenida Vélez Sarsfield, CP, Córdoba, Argentina
- Instituto de Biología de la Conservación y Paleobiología (IBiCoPa), Centro de Investigación e Innovación Tecnológica (CENIIT), Universidad Nacional de La Rioja, Avenida Luis Vernet y Apóstol Felipe s/n. CP, La Rioja, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones Entomológicas de Córdoba (CIEC)-Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas (IIBYT)-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Avenida Vélez Sarsfield, CP, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigación Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagónica (CIEMEP)-CONICET-UNPSJB, Esquel, Chubut, Argentina
- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Ciencias de la Salud-Sede Esquel, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco, CP, Chubut, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones Entomológicas de Córdoba (CIEC)-Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas (IIBYT)-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Avenida Vélez Sarsfield, CP, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Biología de Vectores. Instituto de Zoología y Ecología Tropical, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela. Apartado, Los Chaguaramos, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Centro de Investigaciones Entomológicas de Córdoba (CIEC)-Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas (IIBYT)-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Avenida Vélez Sarsfield, CP, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones Entomológicas de Córdoba (CIEC)-Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas (IIBYT)-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Avenida Vélez Sarsfield, CP, Córdoba, Argentina
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Koltz AM, Culler LE. Biting insects in a rapidly changing Arctic. CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE 2021; 47:75-81. [PMID: 34004377 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2021.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Revised: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Biting insects have a long-standing reputation for being an extreme presence in the Arctic, but it is unclear how they are responding to the rapid environmental changes currently taking place in the region. We review recent advances in our understanding of climate change responses by several key groups of biting insects, including mosquitoes, blackflies, and warble/botflies, and we highlight the significant knowledge gaps on this topic. We also discuss how changes in biting insect populations could impact humans and wildlife, including disease transmission and the disruption of culturally and economically important activities. Future work should integrate scientific with local and traditional ecological knowledge to better understand global change responses by biting insects in the Arctic and the associated consequences for the environmental security of Arctic communities.
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- Amanda M Koltz
- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA; The Arctic Institute, Center for Circumpolar Security Studies, P.O. Box 21194, Washington, DC 20009, USA.
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- Department of Environmental Studies, Dartmouth College, 6182 Steele Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, USA; Institute of Arctic Studies, Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth College, 6048 Haldeman Center, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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Reinbold-Wasson DD, Reiskind MH. Development and Validation of a Three-Dimensional Printed Multifunctional Trap for Surveillance of Mosquitoes. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MOSQUITO CONTROL ASSOCIATION 2021; 37:68-75. [PMID: 34184046 DOI: 10.2987/21-7000.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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An essential component of vector-borne disease monitoring programs is mosquito surveillance. Surveillance efforts employ various collection traps depending on mosquito species and targeted life-history stage, i.e., eggs, larvae, host-seeking, resting, or gravid adults. Surveillance activities often use commercial traps, sometimes modified to accept specific mosquito species attractants. The advent of widely available and affordable 3D printing technology allows the construction of novel trap designs and components. The study goal was to develop and assess a cost-effective, multipurpose, 6-volt mosquito trap integrating features of both host-seeking and gravid mosquito traps to collect undamaged live specimens: a multifunctional mosquito trap (MMT). We tested the MMT in comparison to commercial traps, targeting gravid Aedes albopictus, host-seeking Ae. albopictus, and total number of host-seeking mosquitos regardless of species. Field evaluations found the MMT performed as well as or better than comparable commercial traps. This project demonstrates an easy to construct, inexpensive, and versatile mosquito trap, potentially useful for surveying multiple mosquito species and other hematophagous insects by varying attractants into the MMT.
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Jaworski L, Jansen S, Pfitzner WP, Beck M, Becker N, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Kiel E, Lühken R. Comparative analysis of subsampling methods for large mosquito samples. Parasit Vectors 2019; 12:354. [PMID: 31311590 PMCID: PMC6636137 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-019-3606-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background The analysis of large mosquito samples is expensive and time-consuming, delaying the efficient timing of vector control measurements. Processing a fraction of a sample using a subsampling method can significantly reduce the processing effort. However, a comprehensive evaluation of the reliability of different subsampling methods is missing. Methods A total of 23 large mosquito samples (397–4713 specimens per sample) were compared in order to evaluate five subsampling methods for the estimation of the number of specimens and species: area, volume, weight, selection of 200 random specimens and analyses with an image processing software. Each sample was distributed over a grid paper (21.0 × 29.7 cm; 25 grid cells of 4.2 × 5.9 cm) with 200 randomly distributed points. After taking pictures, mosquito specimens closest to each of the 200 points on the paper were selected. All mosquitoes per grid cell were identified by morphology and transferred to scaled tubes to estimate the volume. Finally, the fresh and dry weights were determined. Results The estimated number of specimens and species did not differ between the area-, volume- and weight-based method. Subsampling 20% of the sample gave an error rate of approximately 12% for the number of specimens, 6% for the proportion of the most abundant species and between 6–40% for the number of species per sample. The error for the estimated number of specimens using the picture processing software ImageJ gave a similar error rate when analyzing 15–20% of the total sample. By using 200 randomly selected specimens it was possible to give a precise estimation of the proportion of the most abundant species (r = 0.97, P < 0.001), but the number of species per sample was underestimated by 28% on average. Selecting adjacent grid cells instead of sampling randomly chosen grid cells and using dry weight instead of wet weight did not increase the accuracy of estimates. Conclusions Different subsampling methods have various advantages and disadvantages. However, the area-based analysis of 20% of the sample is probably the most suitable approach for most kinds of mosquito studies, giving sufficiently precise estimations of the number of specimens and species, which is slightly less laborious compared to the other methods tested. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13071-019-3606-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Linda Jaworski
- Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany. .,Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Hemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Hamburg, Germany.
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Hemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Hamburg, Germany
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- German Mosquito Control Association (KABS), Waldsee, Germany
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- German Mosquito Control Association (KABS), Waldsee, Germany
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Hemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Hamburg, Germany.,Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Hamburg, Germany
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- Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Hemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Hamburg, Germany.
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Krol L, Van der Hoorn B, Gorsich EE, Trimbos K, Bodegom PMV, Schrama M. How Does eDNA Compare to Traditional Trapping? Detecting Mosquito Communities in South-African Freshwater Ponds. Front Ecol Evol 2019. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Barnett DT, Duffy PA, Schimel DS, Krauss RE, Irvine KM, Davis FW, Gross JE, Azuaje EI, Thorpe AS, Gudex‐Cross D, Patterson M, McKay JM, McCorkel JT, Meier CL. The terrestrial organism and biogeochemistry spatial sampling design for the National Ecological Observatory Network. Ecosphere 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- David T. Barnett
- Battelle Memorial Institute 1685 38th Street, Suite 100 Boulder Colorado 80301 USA
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- Neptune and Company 1435 Garrison Street, Suite 100 Lakewood Colorado 80215 USA
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Lab 4800 Grove Drive Pasadena California 91109 USA
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- Battelle Memorial Institute 1685 38th Street, Suite 100 Boulder Colorado 80301 USA
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- Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center US Geological Survey 2327 University Way Bozeman Montana 59715 USA
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- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management University of California, Santa Barbara 240 Bren Hall Santa Barbara California 93106 USA
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- Climate Change Response Program National Park Service Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Fort Collins Colorado 80525 USA
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- Battelle Memorial Institute 1685 38th Street, Suite 100 Boulder Colorado 80301 USA
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- Battelle Memorial Institute 1685 38th Street, Suite 100 Boulder Colorado 80301 USA
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- Battelle Memorial Institute 1685 38th Street, Suite 100 Boulder Colorado 80301 USA
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- Battelle Memorial Institute 1685 38th Street, Suite 100 Boulder Colorado 80301 USA
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- Battelle Memorial Institute 1685 38th Street, Suite 100 Boulder Colorado 80301 USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 8800 Greenbelt Road Greenbelt Maryland 20771 USA
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- Battelle Memorial Institute 1685 38th Street, Suite 100 Boulder Colorado 80301 USA
- Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research University of Colorado Campus Box 450 Boulder Colorado 80309 USA
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Schmitt CJ, Cook JA, Zamudio KR, Edwards SV. Museum specimens of terrestrial vertebrates are sensitive indicators of environmental change in the Anthropocene. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2018; 374:20170387. [PMID: 30455205 PMCID: PMC6282080 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Natural history museums and the specimen collections they curate are vital scientific infrastructure, a fact as true today as it was when biologists began collecting and preserving specimens over 200 years ago. The importance of museum specimens in studies of taxonomy, systematics, ecology and evolutionary biology is evidenced by a rich and abundant literature, yet creative and novel uses of specimens are constantly broadening the impact of natural history collections on biodiversity science and global sustainability. Excellent examples of the critical importance of specimens come from their use in documenting the consequences of environmental change, which is particularly relevant considering the alarming rate at which we now modify our planet in the Anthropocene. In this review, we highlight the important role of bird, mammal and amphibian specimens in documenting the Anthropocene and provide examples that underscore the need for continued collection of museum specimens.This article is part of the theme issue 'Biological collections for understanding biodiversity in the Anthropocene'.
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- C Jonathan Schmitt
- Museum of Comparative Zoology and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Museum of Southwestern Biology & Biology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- Museum of Vertebrates and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Museum of Comparative Zoology and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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The detritus-based microbial-invertebrate food web contributes disproportionately to carbon and nitrogen cycling in the Arctic. Polar Biol 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s00300-017-2201-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Thorpe AS, Barnett DT, Elmendorf SC, Hinckley ES, Hoekman D, Jones KD, LeVan KE, Meier CL, Stanish LF, Thibault KM. Introduction to the sampling designs of the
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- Andrea S. Thorpe
- The National Ecological Observatory Network 1685 38th Street Boulder Colorado 80301 USA
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- The National Ecological Observatory Network 1685 38th Street Boulder Colorado 80301 USA
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- The National Ecological Observatory Network 1685 38th Street Boulder Colorado 80301 USA
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- The National Ecological Observatory Network 1685 38th Street Boulder Colorado 80301 USA
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- The National Ecological Observatory Network 1685 38th Street Boulder Colorado 80301 USA
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- The National Ecological Observatory Network 1685 38th Street Boulder Colorado 80301 USA
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- The National Ecological Observatory Network 1685 38th Street Boulder Colorado 80301 USA
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- The National Ecological Observatory Network 1685 38th Street Boulder Colorado 80301 USA
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- The National Ecological Observatory Network 1685 38th Street Boulder Colorado 80301 USA
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- The National Ecological Observatory Network 1685 38th Street Boulder Colorado 80301 USA
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