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An ecologist who investigated the fate of additional carbon taken up by a mature forest during free-air carbon dioxide enrichment, separating uptake from net storage.[ref]
The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment by Mingkai Jiang and others. Authorship and research contribution
An ecologist who investigated how changes in surface albedo can offset some climatic effects of boreal forest carbon storage.[ref]
Offset of the potential carbon sink from boreal forestation by decreases in surface albedo by Richard A. Betts. Authorship and research contribution
An ecologist who studied vulnerability of forest xylem to drought, connecting hydraulic function to environmental stress.[ref]
Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought by Brendan Choat and others. Authorship and research contribution
An ecologist who investigated changes in the tropical-forest carbon sink, comparing African and Amazonian forests through time.[ref]
Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests by Wannes Hubau and others. Authorship and research contribution
An ecologist who investigated disease associated with red squirrel declines, comparing experimental susceptibility in red and grey squirrels.[ref]
Parapoxvirus causes a deleterious disease in red squirrels associated with UK population declines by Daniel M. Tompkins and others. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
An ecologist who studied changes in grey squirrel distribution associated with recovery of the native pine marten in Ireland.[ref]
Population crash in an invasive species following the recovery of a native predator: the case of the American grey squirrel and the European pine marten in Ireland by Emma Sheehy and others. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
An ecologist who investigated coordinated monitoring and control of invasive American mink, linking management at landscape scale to biological invasion.[ref]
Turning back the tide of American mink invasion at an unprecedented scale through community participation and adaptive management by Rosalind Bryce and others. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
An ecologist who used genetic markers to investigate introgression between red deer and sika deer in a hybrid zone.[ref]
Introgression through rare hybridization: A genetic study of a hybrid zone between red and sika deer (genus Cervus) in Argyll, Scotland by Simon J. Goodman and others. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
An ecologist who investigated how deer browsing changes habitat suitability for breeding common nightingales, using paired exclusion and browsed plots.[ref]
Experimental evidence that deer browsing reduces habitat suitability for breeding Common Nightingales Luscinia megarhynchos by Chas A. Holt and others. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
An ecologist who tested effects of introduced hedgehog removal on breeding waders, comparing nest success in removal and control plots.[ref]
Experimental removal of introduced hedgehogs improves wader nest success in the Western Isles, Scotland by Digger B. Jackson. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
An ecologist who investigated species eradication, comparing the campaigns against introduced muskrats and coypus in Britain.[ref]
The eradication of muskrats and coypus from Britain by L. M. Gosling and others. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
An ecologist who studied the spread of the greater white-toothed shrew in Ireland and its relationship to changes in the distribution of a native shrew.[ref]
Invading and expanding: range dynamics and ecological consequences of the greater white-toothed shrew (Crocidura russula) invasion in Ireland by Allan D. McDevitt and others. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
An ecologist who investigated the dependence of predation on prey abundance, using search and handling arguments to explain a saturating functional response.[ref]
Some Characteristics of Simple Types of Predation and Parasitism by C. S. Holling. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
A developmental biologist who investigated biological homology and digit identity, including the relationship between avian hand positions and ancestral digit identities.[ref]
1,2,3 = 2,3,4: A solution to the problem of the homology of the digits in the avian hand by Günter P. Wagner and Jacques A. Gauthier. Authorship and experimental findings
A developmental biologist who studied developmental origins and identities of avian wing digits through comparative embryological evidence.[ref]
Embryological evidence identifies wing digits in birds as digits 1, 2, and 3 by Koji Tamura and others. Authorship and experimental findings
A developmental biologist who investigated a developmental digit identity frameshift hypothesis in avian wing digits, comparing molecular identity with anatomical position.[ref]
Transcriptomic analysis of avian digits reveals conserved and derived digit identities in birds by Zhe Wang and others. Authorship and experimental findings
A developmental biologist who used live imaging and force perturbation to investigate how mechanical conditions influence alveolar epithelium differentiation.[ref]
The Strength of Mechanical Forces Determines the Differentiation of Alveolar Epithelial Cells by Jiao Li and others. Authorship and experimental findings
A developmental biologist who investigated intestinal maintenance after depletion of Lgr5-positive cells, testing contributions from a reserve population.[ref]
A reserve stem cell population in small intestine renders Lgr5-positive cells dispensable by Hua Tian and others. Authorship and experimental findings
A developmental biologist who tested the role of Lgr5-positive cells in intestinal regeneration after radiation damage.[ref]
Lgr5+ stem cells are indispensable for radiation-induced intestinal regeneration by Ciara Metcalfe and others. Authorship and experimental findings
A developmental biologist who investigated Ascl2-dependent dedifferentiation during intestinal stem cell replacement after ablation.[ref]
Ascl2-Dependent Cell Dedifferentiation Drives Regeneration of Ablated Intestinal Stem Cells by Kazutaka Murata and others. Authorship and experimental findings
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Welcome to the OurBigBook Project! Our goal is to create the perfect publishing platform for STEM subjects, and get university-level students to write the best free STEM tutorials ever.
Everyone is welcome to create an account and play with the site: ourbigbook.com/go/register. We belive that students themselves can write amazing tutorials, but teachers are welcome too. You can write about anything you want, it doesn't have to be STEM or even educational. Silly test content is very welcome and you won't be penalized in any way. Just keep it legal!
Intro to OurBigBook
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This feature makes it possible for readers to find better explanations of any topic created by other writers. And it allows writers to create an explanation in a place that readers might actually find it.
Figure 1. Screenshot of the "Derivative" topic page. View it live at: ourbigbook.com/go/topic/derivativeVideo 2. OurBigBook Web topics demo. Source. - local editing: you can store all your personal knowledge base content locally in a plaintext markup format that can be edited locally and published either:This way you can be sure that even if OurBigBook.com were to go down one day (which we have no plans to do as it is quite cheap to host!), your content will still be perfectly readable as a static site.
- to OurBigBook.com to get awesome multi-user features like topics and likes
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Figure 5. . You can also edit articles on the Web editor without installing anything locally. Video 3. Edit locally and publish demo. Source. This shows editing OurBigBook Markup and publishing it using the Visual Studio Code extension. 
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