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Minnie Bow-Bot Robot, Amanda Durrant Dec 2018

Minnie Bow-Bot Robot, Amanda Durrant

Children's Book and Media Review

Minnie has a huge order of bows to make before the honey festival and doesn't know how she will get it all done in time. Daisy saves the day with a bow-making robot named Bow-Bot. Minnie and Daisy push the buttons and Bow-Bot is making the bows in no time. However, she soon runs out of ribbon and starts making bows out of anything she can find, like a chair and the curtains! The remote control breaks as they try to turn Bow-Bot off, but Minnie uses her bow grabber to push the OFF button on Bow-Bot. Minnie repairs the …

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Make It Now: Animals, Karen Abbott Dec 2018

Make It Now: Animals, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

This is a novel little book! There is no story, just adorable paper-doll forest animals with stands and accessories that can be popped-out for creative play. There is space on each doll for a child to color some portion of the animal or scenery. A colorful page of stickers is included on the last page for some additional personalization. Children can create a story of their own over and over again as they place and pretend with the figures.

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Life In The Ocean: The Story Of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle, Cynthia Phillips Dec 2018

Life In The Ocean: The Story Of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle, Cynthia Phillips

Children's Book and Media Review

Sylvia Earle has spent more than seven thousand hours underwater and has dedicated her life to studying the ocean. When she was a little girl she was given ample opportunities to study and explore her surroundings. She called her curiosity “investigations” and was determined from a young age to explore the ocean. She walked on the ocean floor deeper than anyone has ever walked, helped design underwater equipment, and enthusiastically observed ocean life. Sylvia Earle has become an advocate for protecting the sea. This picture book biography is about an amazing woman who changed the world.

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It's Monday, Mrs. Jolly Bones, Haley Singleton Dec 2018

It's Monday, Mrs. Jolly Bones, Haley Singleton

Children's Book and Media Review

Mrs. Jolly Bones is a quirky lady who does her chores quite differently than most. From laundry to gardening to a night in with her friends, her antics amuse and delight. She is assisted by many farm animals, including a cow, a goose, and a pig in performing her household duties. Take care, though--for if your child does become inspired by our dear Mrs. Jolly Bones, they may complete their chores as she does, which will result in a mess that in reality will probably not be as amusing as in the book.

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Hare And Tortoise, Kaley Durney Dec 2018

Hare And Tortoise, Kaley Durney

Children's Book and Media Review

Two competitors, one race course, and one finish line. Hare definitely has the advantage. He’s fast, he can dash, and can rush through meadows. Hare loves to win almost as much as he loves carrots. Tortoise, on the other hand, is not known for his speed, but he’s willing to compete against Hare. The race begins and Hare is off in a flash as Tortoise only starts to move. Hare has a substantial lead but gets distracted by the carrots in the carrot field. He can’t resist having a few carrots and taking a nap. Tortoise keeps on going and …

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Goats, Kristie Hinckley Dec 2018

Goats, Kristie Hinckley

Children's Book and Media Review

Goats live in the wild, but are also kept by people. Their hooves allow them to climb without slipping, which is one of their unique characteristics. Most goats are back, brown, or white. Some have spots or markings on them. Goats have horns and beards. They eat leaves, grass, grain, hay, and salt. People use goats for their milk and their meat. They can be friendly enough to keep as a pet! While male goats are called billy goats, females are called nannies and baby goats are called kids.

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Captain, Taylor Harris Dec 2018

Captain, Taylor Harris

Children's Book and Media Review

Fifteen-year-old Billy joined the army and is being sent off to fight the Turks in Gallipoli. On the way there, he meets a boy named Captain and his donkey, Hey-Ho, who are in the service corps and are sent along with Billy’s platoon. They move from battle to battle, experiencing the horrors of war, but amidst all the fighting, Captain and Hey-Ho are always there providing relief to the troops, especially Billy. Captain and Billy develop a close friendship as they are both far underage. Two years later, fatigued and delusional, Billy accidentally shoots Captain and it almost destroys him. …

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Brambleheart, Olivia Noli Dec 2018

Brambleheart, Olivia Noli

Children's Book and Media Review

Twig is a young chipmunk living in a dystopian animal society based in a junk heap. Failing in all his classes, Twig decides to run away. He finds a dragon egg and becomes its surrogate father when the dragon hatches. With the help of the fire-breathing dragon, Twig suddenly excels at his Metal Craft classes. His professor is determined to prove that Twig is somehow cheating. Basil, a school bully, discovers the dragon and reports the truth to the professor, who then tries to enslave the dragon. Twig and his friend Lily rescue the dragon with the help of Basil …

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Brambleheart, Tessa Mcmillan Dec 2018

Brambleheart, Tessa Mcmillan

Children's Book and Media Review

Twig, a young chipmunk, feels like an outsider in the woodland community of the Hill because he doesn’t feel confident in the crafts he is taught at school. In the Hill, craft mastery determines a creature’s social standing. After a disastrous day, Twig runs away to escape his problems, but encounters a newborn dragon. Seeing no mother dragon, Twig adopts the baby and returns home to secretly care for it. Twig enlists his best friend, Lily, to care for the baby dragon and together they call it Char. Twig uses Char’s ability with fire to aid him with his craft …

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Born In The Wild: Baby Mammals And Their Parents, Sarah Rawle Dec 2018

Born In The Wild: Baby Mammals And Their Parents, Sarah Rawle

Children's Book and Media Review

Did you know that mama pandas cradle their babies for the first several days of their life, without even putting them down to eat or drink? Did you know that baby wolves need to have their moms chew their food? Read to learn more about baby wild animals and their mothers!

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Big Machines: The Story Of Virginia Lee Burton, Haley Singleton Dec 2018

Big Machines: The Story Of Virginia Lee Burton, Haley Singleton

Children's Book and Media Review

Virginia Lee Burton, the well-known author and artist of the books Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and The Little Engine that Could, dances across these pages as she illustrates images for her two sons, Aris and Michael. Burton’s artistic ability is the central focus of this book. It follows her illustrations as she uses her “magical wands” to create dinosaurs, horses, and, most importantly, machines. Her boys watch, enthralled as she brings machines to life in front of their eyes. Cable cars, crawler tractors, and trains all make an appearance.

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Bayberry Island: An Adventure About Friendship And The Journey Home, Taylor Harris Dec 2018

Bayberry Island: An Adventure About Friendship And The Journey Home, Taylor Harris

Children's Book and Media Review

Twig and his friends, Lily and Basil, set off to take their baby dragon, Char, home. While sailing, they must find their way around a beaver dam, food shortage, and even a mighty storm. Their ship sinks, shipwrecking them on an island where they discover more baby dragons, Char’s siblings. When it becomes apparent that the dragons are fine on their own, Lily and Twig start building a way to go home. To their surprise, their enemy from back home, Professor Burdock, appears and with Basil’s help tries to smuggle the baby dragons off the island. Lily and Twig fight …

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Quantitative Behavioral Analysis Of First Successful Captive Breeding Of Endangered Ozark Hellbenders, Rachel A. Settle, Jeffery A. Ettling, Mark D. Wanner, Chawna D. Schuette, Jeffrey T. Briggler, Alicia Mathis Dec 2018

Quantitative Behavioral Analysis Of First Successful Captive Breeding Of Endangered Ozark Hellbenders, Rachel A. Settle, Jeffery A. Ettling, Mark D. Wanner, Chawna D. Schuette, Jeffrey T. Briggler, Alicia Mathis

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

Understanding behaviors associated with reproductive events is vital to management of captive breeding programs for threatened and endangered species. The Ozark hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi) is a federally endangered aquatic salamander with only one successful captive breeding program (the Saint Louis Zoo's Ron Goellner Center for Hellbender Conservation). Although anecdotal observations have been reported for hellbender reproductive behavior from field observations, no quantitative assessments have been made. We quantified hellbender behavior from video-recordings of three successful breeding events at the Saint Louis Zoo that occurred in 2012, including aggressive, sexual, social, and locomotory behaviors. We used transition matrices to organize …

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Assessing The Feasibility Of Soil Infiltration Trenches For Highway Runoff Control On The Island Of Oahu, Hawaii, Martina Sobotkova, Jaromir Dusek, Ghasem Alavi, Laxman Sharma, Chittaranjan Ray Dec 2018

Assessing The Feasibility Of Soil Infiltration Trenches For Highway Runoff Control On The Island Of Oahu, Hawaii, Martina Sobotkova, Jaromir Dusek, Ghasem Alavi, Laxman Sharma, Chittaranjan Ray

Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute: Faculty Publications

The coastal waters of Hawaii are extremely important for recreation as well as for the health of the marine environment. Non-point source pollution from storm runoff poses a great threat to surface water quality in Hawaii. The State of Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) includes infiltration trenches as a best management practice (BMP) option to reduce pollution caused by stormwater runoff. HDOT guidelines state that the implementation of BMPs is needed to reduce sediment and pollutant loads to streams and the ocean. In this study, the suitability of soils adjacent to highways on Oahu for the siting of infiltration trenches …

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Obesity-Induced Peritoneal Dissemination Of Ovarian Cancer And Dominant Recruitment Of Macrophages In Ascites, Rosa Mistica C. Ignacio, Eun-Sook Lee, Andrew J. Wilson, Alicia Beeghly-Fadiel, Margaret M. Whalen, Deok-Soo Son Dec 2018

Obesity-Induced Peritoneal Dissemination Of Ovarian Cancer And Dominant Recruitment Of Macrophages In Ascites, Rosa Mistica C. Ignacio, Eun-Sook Lee, Andrew J. Wilson, Alicia Beeghly-Fadiel, Margaret M. Whalen, Deok-Soo Son

Chemistry Faculty Research

One-fifth of cancer deaths are associated with obesity. Because the molecular mechanisms by which obesity affects the progression of ovarian cancer (OC) are poorly understood, we investigated if obesity could promote the progression of OC cells using the postmenopausal ob/ob mouse model and peritoneal dissemination of mouse ID8 OC cells. Compared to lean mice, obese mice had earlier OC occurrence, greater metastasis throughout the peritoneal cavity, a trend toward shorter survival, and higher circulating glucose and proinflammatory chemokine CXCL1 levels. Ascites in obese mice had higher levels of macrophages (Mφ) and chemokines including CCL2, CXCL12, CXCL13, G-CSF and M-CSF. Omental …

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The Entrepreneur And The Customers: A Quiet Conflict, Timo Airaksinen Dec 2018

The Entrepreneur And The Customers: A Quiet Conflict, Timo Airaksinen

European Management Studies

From the point of view of conflict theory, I argue for the following pessimistic conclusion: a silent conflict of interests exists between the entrepreneur and the customer, as the former must advertise and promote his/her innovations and merchandise. It looks innocent enough, but by doing so, the entrepreneur interferes with the needs and desires of the customer, and especially with the latter’s conditional needs even when the customer does not appreciate it, or when the entrepreneur does it against the customer’s will. From the customer’s point of view, it is disturbing and negatively affects his/her happiness level. What are, therefore, …

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December 2018; Buffalo-Niagara Lgbtq History Project Minutes, Buffalo-Niagara Lgbtq History Project Dec 2018

December 2018; Buffalo-Niagara Lgbtq History Project Minutes, Buffalo-Niagara Lgbtq History Project

Buffalo-Niagara LGBTQ History Project Minutes

The Buffalo-Niagara LGBTQ History Project is a collective network of peers documenting LGBTQ history in the Buffalo-Niagara Region. This page maintains archival copies of all meeting minutes and is a part of the Dr. Madeline Davis LGBTQ Archives of WNY, E. H. Butler Library, SUNY Buffalo State.

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Growing Social Connection: A Case Study Of A Therapeutic Farm Community, Theresa Aldrich Dec 2018

Growing Social Connection: A Case Study Of A Therapeutic Farm Community, Theresa Aldrich

Honors Program Theses and Projects

This is a case study of a single therapeutic farm community with the goal of understanding the community as a whole organization. Therapeutic farm communities are largely under researched. The studies that do exist focus on evaluating client outcomes without adequate description of the organizations which produce the outcomes. To provide an in depth description of the therapeutic farm community which was selected for this case study, ethnographic research methods were utilized. Data analysis was conducted as an inductive process, drawing conclusions from coded and organized ethnographic field notes using postmodernism as a theoretical lens. This guided the interpretation of …

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Developing A Critical Perspective Of Creative Agency In Digital Environments, Nicholas G. Leonard Dec 2018

Developing A Critical Perspective Of Creative Agency In Digital Environments, Nicholas G. Leonard

Student Projects

Previous understandings of creativity have focused on the individual, and digital technologies as static tools. Since then, our understanding of creativity has developed through a social psychology understanding to link creative behaviors to the environment. Digital technologies have also developed expodentially with the introduction of neural networks, deep learning, and artificial intelligence. By addressing the environment to support creative behaviors through a social psychology perspective while simultaneously breaking away from a traditional Instrumental Theory of Technology to view digital technologies as having agency, arguments can be made for critically reviewing our relationships with technology to better support creative behaviors though …

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Shedding Light On The Role Of Opaque1 In Asymmetric Cell Division In Maize, Janette Yuseil Mendoza Dec 2018

Shedding Light On The Role Of Opaque1 In Asymmetric Cell Division In Maize, Janette Yuseil Mendoza

Biology ETDs

Asymmetric cell division (ACD) is important for cell fate and tissue patterning. Many aspects of ACD in plants, however, are still unclear. The process of ACD can be broadly broken down into three phases: (1) cell polarization, (2) division plane establishment and maintenance, and (3) cell division and cytokinesis. Stomatal development in maize has proven to be a useful model for understanding the ACD mechanism. Previous studies have identified several proteins important for all three phases of ACD. Actin is important in each of the phases of ACD, suggesting an actin motor such as myosin may also be important for …

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Physella Acuta, Comparative Immunology And Evolutionary Aspects Of Gastropod Immune Function, Jonathan H. Schultz Dec 2018

Physella Acuta, Comparative Immunology And Evolutionary Aspects Of Gastropod Immune Function, Jonathan H. Schultz

Biology ETDs

Gastropod immunobiology has benefitted from investigations focused on the planorbid snail Biomphalaria glabrata, intermediate host for the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni. Though such concentrated efforts have elucidated fascinating aspects of invertebrate immunity, they have not provided full knowledge regarding the evolution of immune function among other gastropod species. This dissertation presents the importance of making strategic choices regarding which organisms to select for comparative immunology. Herein, the choice was made to investigate the immunobiology of Physella acuta, a freshwater snail species of the Physidae, a sister family to Planorbidae to which B. glabrata belongs. Benefiting greatly from …

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Eazytrack: Exploring Next-Gen Technology And User Experience Design To Help Relieve Stress, Kaiyi Dong Dec 2018

Eazytrack: Exploring Next-Gen Technology And User Experience Design To Help Relieve Stress, Kaiyi Dong

Theses

In this competitive society with the pace of people’s life speeding up, stress is inevitable. Too much stress though will bring negative effects on people’s physical and emotional wellbeing. According to a survey the American Psychological Association conducted from 2007 to 2016, very few actions are being taken to prevent or relieve stress effectively even though an increasing number of people have realized that stress has an impact on health and wellbeing.¹ Untreated chronic stress can contribute to severe health problems including anxiety, insomnia, muscle pain, high blood pressure, and a weakened immune system.² Today, there are many stress trackers …

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Effect Of Temperature Change On Synaptic Transmission At Crayfish Neuromuscular Junctions, Yuechen Zhu, Leo De Castro, Robin L. Cooper Dec 2018

Effect Of Temperature Change On Synaptic Transmission At Crayfish Neuromuscular Junctions, Yuechen Zhu, Leo De Castro, Robin L. Cooper

Biology Faculty Publications

Ectothermic animals in areas characterised by seasonal changes are susceptible to extreme fluctuations in temperature. To survive through varied temperatures, ectotherms have developed unique strategies. This study focuses on synaptic transmission function at cold temperatures, as it is a vital component of ectothermic animals' survival. For determining how synaptic transmission is influenced by an acute change in temperature (20°C to 10°C within a minute) and chronic cold (10°C), the crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) neuromuscular junction (NMJ) was used as a model. To simulate chronic cold conditions, crayfish were acclimated to 15°C for 1 week and then to 10°C for …

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Hitting The Threshold Of Common Sense: The Time For Screening Limits To Guard Against Environmental Transfer Is Now, Clara Fenger, Thomas Tobin, Maria Catignani, Theodore Shults Dec 2018

Hitting The Threshold Of Common Sense: The Time For Screening Limits To Guard Against Environmental Transfer Is Now, Clara Fenger, Thomas Tobin, Maria Catignani, Theodore Shults

Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center Faculty Publications

Recreational drug use and the opiate epidemic have taken a great toll on the human population of the United States and beyond. Year over year, deaths from synthetic opioids—of which fentanyl ranks as the most prevalent—have skyrocketed, reaching 29,406 in 2017. Environmental transfer of drugs of human addiction to horses is nothing new. Cocaine and its primary metabolite, benzoylecgonine, have long been identified as environmental substances in post-race samples, and many jurisdictions have screening limits in place as a result. More recently, methamphetamine has begun to show up in post-race samples, reflecting the increasing addiction problem associated with this drug. …

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Debunking The Self: Jastrow, Münsterberg And The Automatograph, He Drayson Dec 2018

Debunking The Self: Jastrow, Münsterberg And The Automatograph, He Drayson

School of Art, Design and Architecture

No abstract provided.

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Pengaruh Cara Pemberian Pupuk Organik Cair Vinasse Terhadap Pertumbuhan Awal Bawang Dayak (Eleutherine Palmifolia), Rina Ekawati, Lestari Hetalesi Saputri Dec 2018

Pengaruh Cara Pemberian Pupuk Organik Cair Vinasse Terhadap Pertumbuhan Awal Bawang Dayak (Eleutherine Palmifolia), Rina Ekawati, Lestari Hetalesi Saputri

Jurnal Kultivasi

Pupuk organik bermanfaat untuk meningkatkan kandungan hara, bahan organik tanah, serta memperbaiki sifat fisik, kimia, dan biologi tanah. Vinasse merupakan limbah dari proses pembuatan bioetanol pada industri pengolahan gula, jika telah mengalami proses pengomposan dapat digunakan sebagai pupuk organik cair (POC) vinasse yang dapat meningkatkan pertumbuhan tanaman. Bawang dayak merupakan salah satu tanaman hortikultura yang dapat dijadikan sebagai tanaman berkhasiat obat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari pengaruh cara pemberian pupuk organik cair vinasse terhadap pertumbuhan awal tanaman bawang dayak. Percobaan ini dilakukan di Politeknik Lembaga Pendidikan Perkebunan (LPP) Yogyakarta, dari bulan Juli hingga November 2018. Penelitian ini menggunakan rancangan acak …

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An Evaluation Of Extended Producer Responsibility (Epr) As A Policy Option For Compostable Plastics In California, Amy Franz Dec 2018

An Evaluation Of Extended Producer Responsibility (Epr) As A Policy Option For Compostable Plastics In California, Amy Franz

Master's Projects and Capstones

This research project evaluates Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in California as a viable option to address the end-of-life management challenges identified for compostable plastics. The evaluation is done in three ways (1) review the main challenges identified for managing compostable plastics against the existing California EPR laws for mercury thermostats, agricultural pesticide containers, carpet, paint and mattresses to look for overlap in issues EPR has been used to address, (2) review compostable plastics in the context of the Product Selection Criteria used by California, (3) Look at the California Framework for setting up an EPR program to lay out what …

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Final Ma Portfolio, Laura Risaliti Dec 2018

Final Ma Portfolio, Laura Risaliti

Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects

MA portfolio, English

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Karakteristik Ekstraksi Dan Fermentasi Daun Indigofera Sebagai Pewarna Alami Pada Tekstil, Azafilmi Hakiim, Dessy Agustina Sari Dec 2018

Karakteristik Ekstraksi Dan Fermentasi Daun Indigofera Sebagai Pewarna Alami Pada Tekstil, Azafilmi Hakiim, Dessy Agustina Sari

Chimica et Natura Acta

Keberadaan potensi tanaman Indigofera di wilayah Jawa Barat yang dikenal dengan “Tarum”, banyak diperuntukan sebagai pakan ternak. Kemanfaatan lainnya adalah penghasil pigmen warna biru yang berguna sebagai zat warna alam (ZWA). Peranan ZWA pada kain tekstil memberikan dampak positif bagi lingkungan, karena material hasil buangan warna yang dicelupkan bersifat biodegradable dan mampu teruraikan. Kelemahan dari ZWA diantaranya terletak pada daya ikat,  daya cuci, daya luntur, dan daya tahan sinar yang dinilai tidak kuat menempel pada kain. Perlu adanya variasi perlakuan metode untuk memberikan informasi kajian terbaharukan pada produk material ZWA. Tujuan penelitian ini, memvariasikan beda perlakuan antara fermentasi (aerob) dan …

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Understory Community Assembly Following Wildfire In Boreal Forests: Shift From Stochasticity To Competitive Exclusion And Environmental Filtering, Bo Liu, Han Y. H. Chen, Jian Yang Dec 2018

Understory Community Assembly Following Wildfire In Boreal Forests: Shift From Stochasticity To Competitive Exclusion And Environmental Filtering, Bo Liu, Han Y. H. Chen, Jian Yang

Forestry and Natural Resources Faculty Publications

Understory vegetation accounts for the majority of plant species diversity and serves as a driver of overstory succession and nutrient cycling in boreal forest ecosystems. However, investigations of the underlying assembly processes of understory vegetation associated with stand development following a wildfire disturbance are rare, particularly in Eurasian boreal forests. In this study, we measured the phylogenetic and functional diversity and trait dispersions of understory communities and tested how these patterns changed with stand age in the Great Xing'an Mountains of Northeastern China. Contrary to our expectation, we found that understory functional traits were phylogenetically convergent. We found that random …

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