The effects of demographic stochasticity and parameter uncertainty on predicting the establishment of introduced species by Palamara, Gian Marco, Carrara, Francesco, Smith, Matthew J., Petchey, Owen L.

“…Invasive species are a serious threat to biodiversity worldwide and predicting whether an introduced species will first establish and then become invasive can be useful to preserve ecosystem services. …”
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Marine Introduced Species Q13: Are threats from marine invasive species increasing in Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays? by Pappal, Adrienne, Smith, Jan, Pederson, Judith

“…While most foreign species are harmless, there are many examples of plants and animals that have caused ecological and/or economic problems when moved to new areas. As some introduced species become invasive, the physical conditions and habitats of native species ca be altered in a variety of ways that result in the exclusion of native species and favor those of the invader. …”
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Orthogonal Dietary Niche Enables Reversible Engraftment of a Gut Bacterial Commensal by Kearney, Sean M, Gibbons, Sean Michael, Erdman, Susan E, Alm, Eric J

“…While probiotic or prebiotic approaches typically lead to a transient pulse in abundance of an organism, persistent establishment of an introduced species may require alternative strategies. Here, we introduce the concept of orthogonal niche engineering in the gut, where we include a resource typically absent from the diet, seaweed, to establish a customized niche for an introduced organism. …”
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Teasing Apart Impacts of Human Activity and Regional Drought on Madagascar’s Large Vertebrate Fauna: Insights From New Excavations at Tsimanampesotse and Antsirafaly by Godfrey, Laurie R, Crowley, Brooke E, Muldoon, Kathleen M, Burns, Stephen J, Scroxton, Nick, Klukkert, Zachary S, Ranivoharimanana, Lovasoa, Alumbaugh, Jamie, Borths, Matthew, Dart, Ryan, Faina, Peterson, Goodman, Steven M, Gutierrez, Isaac J, Hansford, James P, Hekkala, Evon R, Kinsley, Christopher W, Lehman, Phillip, Lewis, Margaret E, Pérez, Ventura R, Rahantaharivao, Noromamy J, Rakotoarijaona, Mamy, Rasolonjatovo, Harimanjaka AM, Samonds, Karen E, Turvey, Samuel T, Vasey, Natalie, Widmann, Patrick, Mcgee, David

“…Our new data allow us to document the hydroclimate of the subarid southwest during the Holocene, as well as shifts in faunal composition (including local extirpations, large-vertebrate population collapse, and the appearance of introduced species). These records affirm that climate alone cannot have produced the observed vertebrate turnover in the southwest. …”
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Engineered Lysins With Customized Lytic Activities Against Enterococci and Staphylococci by Binte Muhammad Jai, Hana Sakina, Dam, Linh Chi, Tay, Lowella Servito, Koh, Jodi Jia Wei, Loo, Hooi Linn, Kline, Kimberly A., Goh, Boon Chong

“…While there are many studies that extended the lytic spectrum of a lysin by domain swapping, few have managed to introduce species specificity in a chimeric lysin. In this work, we constructed two chimeric lysins by swapping the CBDs of two parent lysins with different lytic spectra against enterococci and staphylococci. …”
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