Philippa Kaur

Sample collection Eighteen samples of mono-varietal Ogliarola campana EVOO were directly collected in Campania region (Southern Italy), among olive production areas ascribed to four regional PDOs (Fig. 1): Irpinia (IR, 7 samples), Colline Salernitane (CS, 4 samples), Penisola Sorrentina (PS, 5 samples) and Cilento (CI, 2 samples). The unbalanced experimental design was constrained by local and […] More

Independent monophyletic origin of Culex pipiens pipiens and Culex pipiens molestus Two alternative hypotheses have been proposed to explain the differences in ecological and physiological strategies of Cx. p. pipiens and Cx. p. molestus19. One hypothesis explains such differentiation as a rapid shift in physiological and behavior traits as an adaptation to an underground environment […] More

1. Bayne, B. L. In Marine Biology of Polar Regions and Effects of Stress in Marine Organisms: Proceedings of the 18th European Marine Biology Symposium, University of Oslo, Norway (eds. Gray, J. S. & Christiansen, M. E.) 331–349 (John Wiley & Sons, 1985). 2. Odling-Smee, F. J., Laland, K. N. & Feldman, M. W. Niche […] More

1. Walton, A. Provincial-level projection of the current mountain pine beetle outbreak: update of the infestation projection based on the Provincial Aerial Overview Surveys of Forest Health conducted from 1999 through 2012 and the BCMPB model (year 10). Tech. Rep., BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources Operations, Victoria, BC (2013). 2. Dhar, A., […] More

1. Bastviken, D., Tranvik, L. J., Downing, J. A., Crill, P. M. & Enrich-Prast, A. Freshwater methane emissions offset the continental carbon sink. Science 331, 50 (2011). Article Google Scholar 2. Stanley, E. H. et al. The ecology of methane in streams and rivers: patterns, controls, and global significance. Ecol. Monogr. 86, 146–171 (2016). Article […] More

Analysis workflow This study was focused on the Canadian province of British Columbia, which covers 1 million km2, and has strong latitudinal, altitudinal, and longitudinal environmental gradients (from temperate rainforest to boreal forest, semi-desert, and dry grasslands). BC encompasses the most extensive undisturbed temperate rainforests, and some of the last free flowing rivers and intact […] More

Selective carbon sources influence the end products of nitrate respiration in microbial enrichment cultures To enrich for nitrate-respiring microbial communities from samples of aquatic sediment, agricultural soil, and groundwater, we inoculated them into a medium with 20 mM sodium nitrate as the electron acceptor and 2 g/L yeast extract as the carbon source and electron donor, and we […] More

1. Pyke, G. H., Pulliam, H. R. & Charnov, E. Optimal foraging: a selective review of theory and tests. Quart. Rev. Biol. 52, 137–54 (1977). Article Google Scholar 2. Stephens, D. W., Brown, J. S. & Ydenberg, R. C. Foraging: Behavior and Ecology (The University of Chicago Press, 2007). 3. Emlen, J. M. The role […] More