The postcranial skeleton of Yanoconodon allini from the Early Cretaceous of Hebei, China and its implications for locomotor adaptation in eutriconodontan mammals., Wilson Gregory P, Luo Zhe-Xi, and Chen M, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

A large carnivorous mammal from the Late Cretaceous and the North American origin of marsupials, Wilson Gregory P, Ekdale E G, Hoganson J W, Calede J J, and Vander Linden A, Nature Communications

Unexpectedly large phytolith C sequestration potential in global terrestrial ecosystems, Strömberg C A E, Song Z, and Liu H, Nature

Light environment and epidermal cell morphology in grasses, Dunn R E, Strömberg C A E, and Le T -Y, International Journal of Plant Sciences

Large contribution of forests to carbon sink through continental silicate weathering, Strömberg C A E, Li B, Song Z, Liu H, Wang H, Strong P J, and Xu C, Environmental Science & Technology

Regional-scale variability in the spread of grasslands in the late Miocene, Strömberg C A E, Chen S T, Smith S Y, and Sheldon N D, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Quasi-static Eocene-Oligocene climate in Patagonia promotes slow faunal evolution and mid-Cenozoic global cooling, Dunn R E, Strömberg C A E, Madden R H, Kohn M J, Carlini A A, Evans S, and Palacios A, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Reconstruction of the recent ethnological and environmental history of the mountainous area of the Catalan Coast (Iberian Peninsula), using macro- and micro-contents from ovicaprine animal dung, Strömberg C A E, Panades i Blas X, Bartolomé i Filella J, Soriano i Tomàs I, Buckland P, Serieyssol K K, Bach i Plaza J, Arillo Aranda A, Lozar F, Stevenson T, and Chamorro i Lorenzo L, Environmental Archaeology

Effects of progressively increasing mid-latitude forest area on global energy transport, clouds, and tropical precipitation., Swann Abigail L S and Lague Marysa M, Geophysical Research Letters

Gender gaps in achievement and participation in multiple introductory biology classrooms, Eddy S, Wenderoth M P, and Brownell S, CBE-LIfe Science Education

The complete mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes of a novel haptophyte, Chrysochromulina tobin, reveal unique repeat architectures, and evolutionary signatures, Cattolico R A, Deodato C, Starkenburg S, Jha R, Hovde B, Hunsperger H, Mercer L, Cheretkov O, and Monnat R, submitted:BMC Genomics

Elk (Cervus elaphus) exclusion alters plant successional trajectories in the Mount St. Helens blast zone, Fleming Michael, del Moral Roger, Crisafulli Charles, and Frenzen Peter, American Midland Naturalist

Climate determines upper, but not lower, altitudinal range limits of Pacific Northwest conifers. , Ettinger A K, Ford K R, and HilleRisLambers J, Ecology

A basal ganglia pathway drives selective auditory responses in songbird dopaminergic neurons via disinhibition, Perkel D J and Gale S D, J Neurosci, Volume 30, Issue 3, p.1027-37

Anatomy of a songbird basal ganglia circuit essential for vocal learning and plasticity, Perkel D J and Gale S D, J Chem Neuroanat, Volume 39, Issue 2, p.124-31

Striatal dopamine modulates basal ganglia output and regulates social context-dependent behavioral variability through D1 receptors, Perkel D J, Leblois A, and Wendel B J, J Neurosci, Volume 30, Issue 16, p.5730-43

Language and birdsong: Introduction to the special issue, Brenowitz E A, Perkel D J, and Osterhout L, Brain Lang