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A conservation assessment of Packera millefolium, a southern Appalachian endemic	The chlorophyll-a maximum of the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Nutrient dynamics and trophic interaction at the most productive region of the system

Pattern and process in rare plant conservation: An assessment of the southeastern U.S.	The response of avian foraging guilds and plant communities to prescribed fire in the ponderosa pine forests of the U.S. southwest

How we learn about climate change: Environmental education in North Carolina	Arctic plant migration by 2100: Comparing predictions with observations

Pre and post zygotic fitness components of hybridization in spadefoot toads	Species diversity patterns at ecotones

Microbial diversity of oligotrophic marine sediments	Impacts of sponge produced dissolved inorganic nitrogen on Caribbean coral reef seaweed communities

Evaluating conservation assessments in the Sandhills of North Carolina	Habitat complexity and patch choice: Spatiotemporal distribution of foraging shorebirds on intertidal sand flats

Ecological heterogeneity in streams: Geomorphic and hydrologic influences on macroinvertebrate community structure	Assessing microsite and regeneration niche preferences when introducing endangered species

Vegetation of Non-alluvial Wetlands of the Southeastern Piedmont	Vegetation change in the Duke Forest, 1977 -- 2010

Classification and description of alluvial plant communities of the North Carolina coastal plain	When specialists compete: Increased competition as a cost of resource polymorphism

A synthesis of rights-of-way native plant communities: Identifying their relevance to historical and contemporary Piedmont savannas	Fire ecology and fire management in the Southern Appalachians: Rationale for and effects of prescribed fire

Forest response to natural disturbance: Changes in structure and diversity on a North Carolina Piedmont forest in response to catastrophic wind events	Understanding local and regional plant diversity: Species pools, species saturation, and the multi-scalar effects of plant productivity

Broad-scale patterns and determinants of beta-diversity	Life history evolution in seasonal environments: Phenological and environmental determinants of thermal adaptation in Wyeomyia smithii

Subdividing the savanna: The ecology of change in northern Tanzania	Finding common ground: Conservation, development and indigenous livelihoods in the Huascaran Biosphere Reserve, Peru

The effectiveness of rotating Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in fisheries management: A case study of the NC hard clam fishery	The evolution of communication in a complex acoustic environment

Effects of changing temperatures on coral reef health: Implications for management	Acoustic variation and species discrimination in southeastern sibling species, the cricket frogs Acris crepitans and Acris gryllus

Post-fire vegetation dynamics and the invasion of Paulownia tomentosa in the southern Appalachians	Impact of geomorphic structures on hyporheic exchange, temperature, and ecological processes in streams

Linking physiological rates and community ecology: Effects of ocean temperature on dispersal and species interactions	Anaerobic carbon cycling pathways in the subseafloor investigated via functional genes, chemical gradients, stable carbon isotopes, and thermodynamic calculations

Acoustic communication in colonial seabirds: Individual, sexual, and species-specific variation in acoustic signals of Pterodroma petrels	Behavior and ecology of the Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) in oxbow lakes of the Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru

Open systems in community ecology: Dispersal, diversity, and ecosystem properties	Evolution in the context of the environment

Effects of the vertical structure of the water column on the phytoplankton in a shallow, lagoonal estuary	Microbial productivity in the Neuse River and Pamlico Sound estuarine system: Patterns and perturbations

Integration of spatio-temporal vegetation dynamics into a distributed ecohydrological model: Application to optimality theory and real-time watershed simulations	Conservation of the longleaf pine ecosystem: Ecology and social context

Causes and consequences of novel host plant use in a phytophagous insect: Evolution, physiology and species interactions	Individualistic and phylogenetic perspectives on plant community patterns

The biogeochemistry and ecology of tidal freshwater rivers	A quantitative approach for defining rarity

Species diversity of vegetation in the Carolinas: The influence and interaction of scale of observation, soil nutrients, and disturbance events	The Ecology of Fear in Estuarine Communities: Cascading Effects of Multiple Predators

Ecosystem Impacts of Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling by Coral Reef Sponges	Macroinvertebrate responses to watershed land use and local-scale stream restoration

Oceanographic and geomagnetic influences on sea turtle migrations	The role of mutualists in plant response to pathogen infection