programmed phenomenon, and it has been shown that it can be initiated or inhibited by a variety of environmental stimuli, both physiological and pathological. The structural changes take place in two discrete stages. The first comprises nuclear and cytoplasmic condensation and breaking up of the cell into a

lecs.cs.ucla.edu As new fabrication and integration technologies reduce the cost and size of micro-sensors and wireless interfaces, it becomes feasible to deploy densely distributed wireless networks of sensors and actuators. These systems promise to revolutionize biological, earth

Habitat and environmental monitoring is a driving application for wireless sensor networks. We present an analysis of data from a second generation sensor networks deployed during the summer and autumn of 2003. During a 4 month deployment, these networks, consisting of 150 devices, produced unique

system described in an earlier work and presents a set of experiences from a four month long deployment on a remote island o# the coast of Maine. We present an in-depth analysis of the environmental and node health data. The close integration of WSNs with their environment provides biological data

Metabolites are the end products of cellular regulatory processes, and their levels can be regarded as the ultimate response of biological systems to genetic or environmental changes. In parallel to the terms ‘transcriptome ’ and ‘proteome’, the set of metabolites synthesized by a biological system

-power and cheap wireless sensors as the number one emerging technology. Unlike PCs or the Internet, which are designed to support all types of applications, sensor networks are usually mission driven and application specific (be it detection of biological agents and toxic chemicals; environmental measure-ment

of microclimate and ecological patterns, processes, physiology, and biological diversity. Microclimate can be defined as the climate close to surfaces, upon and beneath soils, under snow, or in water, on living things (such as trees), or even on individual animals. Individuals may disperse across broad areas

June 2009This study has been prepared to provide U.S. Congress and the public with information about the resources in the Fox‐Wisconsin Heritage Parkway and their feasibility to become a National Heritage Area. Publication and transmittal of this report should not be considered an endorsement or commitment by the National Park Service. Authorization and funding for any commitments by the National Park Service will be considered with competing priorities for existing park system unites and programs.

and evolutionary biology to provide this linkage. Ecosystem functioning is the end result of the operation of multiple environmental filters in a hierarchy of scales which, by selecting individuals with appropriate responses, result in assemblages with varying trait composition. Functional linkages and trade

being the mathematical summation of the independent regulatory inputs. Test regulatory networks generated with this approach display stable and cyclically stable gene expression levels, consistent with known biological systems. We include variables to model the effect of environmental conditions