| physiological effects of heat stress on hawaiian picture-wing drosophila: genome-wide expression patterns and stress-related traits. | climate change is compounding the threats to the future of biodiversity, already impacted by habitat loss, invasive species and diseases. in the hawaiian islands, many of the endemic species have narrow habitat ranges that make them especially vulnerable to climate change. the hawaiian drosophila, a remarkably diverse group of species with 11 listed as federally endangered, are thought to be sensitive to temperature changes. to examine the species differences in sensitivity of hawaiian picture-w ... | 2015 | 27293683 |
| patterns and processes in complex landscapes: testing alternative biogeographical hypotheses through integrated analysis of phylogeography and community ecology in hawai'i. | the island of hawai'i is a dynamic assemblage of five volcanoes with wet forest habitat currently existing in four distinct natural regions that vary in area, age and geographical isolation. in this complex landscape, alternative assumptions of the relative importance of specific habitat characteristics on evolutionary and ecological processes predict strikingly different general patterns of local diversity and regional similarity. in this study, we compare alternative a priori hypotheses agains ... | 2013 | 23683316 |