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A Survey of Tick-Borne Bacterial Pathogens in Florida

GANSER, GLASS, KESSLER – A Survey of Tick-Borne Bacterial Pathogens in Florida Carrie E. De Jesus, Claudia Ganser, William H. Kessler, Zoe S. White, Chanakya R. Bhosale, Gregory E. Glass, and Samantha M. Wisely Article first published online: 13 SEPT 2019 Insects DOI: 10.3390/insects10090297 ABSTRACT: Within the past three decades, new bacterial etiological agents of […]

Plague in a Changing Environment: A Literature Review for Madagascar

RYAN – Plague in a Changing Environment: A Literature Review for Madagascar Sadie Ryan and Fernanda Zermoglio Article first published online: 1 SEP 2019 USAID Technical Report EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This review identifies environmental factors that contribute to the emergence of plague and plague dynamics in Madagascar and aims to identify the potential implications for decisionmaking and […]

Interannual Hydroclimatic Variability of the Lake Mweru Basin, Zambia

BUNTING, WAYLEN – Interannual Hydroclimatic Variability of the Lake Mweru Basin, Zambia Peter Waylen, Christopher Annear, and Erin Bunting Article first published online: 29 AUG 2019 Water DOI: 10.3390/w11091801 ABSTRACT: Annual precipitation inputs to the Lake Mweru basin, Zambia, were computed from historic data and recent gridded data sets to determine historic (1925–2013) changes in […]

Socializing the rain: human adaptation to ecological variability in a fishery, Mweru-Luapula, Zambia

WAYLEN – Socializing the rain: human adaptation to ecological variability in a fishery, Mweru-Luapula, Zambia Christopher M. Annear, Peter R. Waylen Article first published online: 23 AUG 2019 Journal of Political Ecology DOI: 10.2458/v26i1.23246 ABSTRACT: Rainfall drives fishery fertility in Mweru-Luapula, thus rainfall variability contributes to frequent changes in fishing catches. Fishers and traders have […]

Integrating Surface-Based Temperature and Vegetation Abundance Estimates into Land Cover Classifications for Conservation Efforts in Savanna Landscapes

BUNTING, CHILD, HERRERO, SOUTHWORTH – Integrating Surface-Based Temperature and Vegetation Abundance Estimates into Land Cover Classifications for Conservation Efforts in Savanna Landscapes Hannah Victoria Herrero, Jane Southworth, Erin Bunting, Romer Ryan Kohlhaas, and Brian Child Article first published online: 07 AUG 2019 Sensors DOI: 10.3390/s19163456 ABSTRACT: Southern African savannas are an important dryland ecosystem, as […]

Seasonal and geographic variation in insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti in southern Ecuador

LIPPI, MUNDIS, RYAN, SIPPY – Seasonal and geographic variation in insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti in southern Ecuador Sadie J. Ryan, Stephanie J. Mundis, Alex Aguirre, Catherine A. Lippi, Efraín Beltrán, Froilán Heras, Valeria Sanchez, Mercy J. Borbor-Cordova, Rachel Sippy, Anna M. Stewart-Ibarra , Marco Neira Article first published online: 10 JUN 2019 PLoS Neglected […]

Decadal-Scale Variations of Thalweg Morphology and Riffle–Pool Sequences in Response to Flow Regulation in the Lowermost Mississippi River

MOSSA and WU – Decadal-Scale Variations of Thalweg Morphology and Riffle–Pool Sequences in Response to Flow Regulation in the Lowermost Mississippi River Chia-Yu Wu and Joann Mossa Article first published online: 5 JUN 2019 Water DOI: 10.3390/w11061175 ABSTRACT: The lowermost Mississippi River (LMR) is one of the largest deltaic systems in North America and one […]

Women Caring for Our Aging in Place Seniors Will Lose Out because of U.S. Immigration Policies

GOLANT – Women Caring for Our Aging in Place Seniors Will Lose Out because of U.S. Immigration Policies Stephen M. Golant Article first published online: 15 Apr 2019 Journal of Aging & Social Policy DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2019.1603535 ABSTRACT: Most older people experiencing chronic health problems, physical disabilities, and memory losses are still able to age in […]

Discipline and Develop: Destruction of the Brazil Nut Forest in the Lower Amazon Basin

ANTUNES, SIMMONS, WALKER, WAYLEN – Discipline and Develop: Destruction of the Brazil Nut Forest in the Lower Amazon Basin Cynthia S. Simmons, Robert Walker, Stephen Aldrich, Eugenio Arima, Ritaumaria Pereira, Edna Maria Ramos de Castro, Fernando Michelotti, Michael Waylen, & Aghane Antunes Article first published online: 20 DEC 2018 The Annals of the American Association […]

Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA)

GLASS, MULLENS – Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA) Article first published online: NOV 2018 Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA) ABSTRACT: These Summary Findings represent a high-level synthesis of the material in the underlying report. The findings consolidate Key Messages and supporting evidence from 16 national-level topic chapters, 10 regional chapters, and 2 chapters that focus […]