Two foundational questions about sustainability are “How are ecosystems and the services
they provide going to change in the future?” and “How do human decisions affect these …

Climatic change is recognized as an important factor capable of influencing the structural
properties of aquatic ecosystems. Lake ecosystems are particularly sensitive to climate change…

Response of iron, copper, and zinc status to supplementation with Zn or a combination of Zn
and Fe was assessed in adult females in a 10-wk study. Group Z received 50 mg Zn/d as Zn …

Amylin is a recently discovered 37 amino acid peptide which is co-secreted from the pancreas
with insulin and acts to modulate carbohydrate metabolism. Recently, high-affinity binding …

Structural equation modeling is a multivariate statistical method that allows evaluation of a
network of relationships between manifest and latent variables. In this statistical technique, …

A review of the experimental studies relating boron to biological effects on appendicular
and axial bones in animal models suggests that numerous influences, known and unknown, …

Amylin, a 37-amino acid peptide structurally related to calcitonin gene-related peptide, is
synthesized in and released along with insulin from pancreatic f-cells. Amylin is proposed to act …

In the land use and land cover (LULC) literature, narrative scenarios are qualitative
descriptions of plausible futures associated with a combination of socio-economic, policy, …

… MA Kenney was supported by the STC program of the National Science Foundation via the
National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics under the agreement Number EAR- 0120914. …

US efforts to integrate social and biophysical sciences to address the issue of global change
exist within a wider movement to understand global change as a societal challenge and to …