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Spontaneous resting-state fluctuations in neuronal activity offer
insights into the inherent organization of the human brain, and may
provide markers for diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.
Resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) can be
used to investigate intrinsic functional connectivity networks,
which are identified based on similarities in the signal measured
from different brain regions. From data acquisition to
interpretation of results, Introduction to Resting State fMRI
Functional Connectivity discusses a wide range of approaches
without requiring any previous knowledge of resting state fMRI,
making it highly accessible to readers from a broad range of
backgrounds. Supplemented with online datasets and examples to
enable the reader to obtain hands-on experience working with real
data, this primer provides a practical and approachable
introduction for those new to the field of resting state fMRI. The
Oxford Neuroimaging Primers are short texts aimed at new
researchers or advanced undergraduates from the biological, medical
or physical sciences. They are intended to provide a thorough
understanding of the ways in which neuroimaging data can be
analyzed and how that relates to acquisition and interpretation.
Each primer has been written so that it is a stand-alone
introduction to a particular area of neuroimaging, and the primers
also work together to provide a comprehensive foundation for this
increasingly influential field.
In 2011, monitoring was conducted to follow up on a 2005 survey of
dune vegetation habitat and for continued development of a
long-term vegetation monitoring protocol for this ecosystem. In
2005, thirty vegetation sampling sites were established in what was
then dune grassland habitat throughout Cape Cod National Seashore
(CACO), arranged along seven transects running perpendicular to the
coastline from Chatham to Provincetown. Each site consisted of two
10x10-m plots. In addition to distance from coastline, sites were
characterized by integrating GIS technology to assess landscape
changes and succession.
Background and History Although Cape Cod National Seashore (CACO)
is perhaps best known for its shoreline scenery, the interior
forests and woodlands have become the most prominent feature of
this coastal landscape. In the period before European settlement,
Cape Cod was covered largely by pine-oak forests, interspersed with
smaller areas of hickory (Carya spp.), beech (Fagus grandifolia),
red maple (Acer rubrum), and birch (Betula spp.) (Motzkin et al.
2002). In the 18th and 19th centuries, much of Cape Cod consisted
of open heathlands and grasslands created and maintained primarily
by the agricultural practices of early settlers that included
cutting, grazing, and burning (Eberhardt 2001, Eberhardt et al.
2003). The cessation of these activities by the mid-1800's allowed
trees to re-invade the landscape (Patterson et al. 1983, Motzkin et
al. 2002, Parshall et al. 2003), and forests now occupy the largest
land-surface area and biovolume of any vegetation community (Figure
1).
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