South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

Leaf damage is associated with alteration of microbiome composition and abundance in the Spartina alterniflora phyllosphere

ABSTRACT Spartina alterniflora , the dominant plant species in salt marshes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastlines of the Americas, is affected by disease and sudden vegetation dieback. Despite the foundational role of S. alterniflora in low-elevation salt marshes, the...

Why Colonoware? Exploring Functional Variations in Hand-Built Coarse Earthenwares across the Historical Upper Southeast

Abstract Colonoware, a hand-built, low-fired coarse earthenware, appears on archaeological sites occupied from the mid-seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century throughout the southeastern United States. Although colonoware is highly variable in appearance and abundance, it is ev...

Reticulated adaptive radiation and phylogenomic diversity loss in the Hawaiian honeycreepers

The Hawaiian honeycreepers, one of the world’s most iconic adaptive radiations, are facing a human-mediated extinction crisis. More than 60 Hawaiian honeycreepers (Fringillidae: Carduelinae: Drepanidini) evolved from a single rosefinch-like ancestor that colonized the Hawaiian Is...