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Microbially-mediated transformations are important for removing wastewater chemicals in rivers. In-stream degradation rates are likely to be affected by channel morphology and size because these factors determine the extent of chemical contact between the water column and the microbial community in fixed biofilms, where most microbially-mediated processes are expected to take place. We hypothesize that transformation rate cons...
Assessing direct effects of insect change on insectivore populations in the United KingdomNARA Subscribed
Declines in insect abundance are a cause for concern, with potential downstream impacts on ecosystem function. Insects are key food resources for insectivorous vertebrates, with evidence that reductions in prey availability may influence population dynamics. Yet quantifying direct effects at large spatial scales is difficult, both due to data limitations and because correlations may reflect shared responses to environmental ch...
The Toxicology Investigators Consortium 2024 Annual ReportNARA Subscribed
Breeding perspectives on tackling trait genome-to-phenome (G2P) dimensionality using ensemble-based genomic predictionNARA Subscribed
Key message Trait Genome-to-Phenome (G2P) dimensionality and “breeding context” combine to influence the realised prediction skill of different whole genome prediction (WGP) methods. Theory and empirical evidence both suggest there is likely to be “No Free Lunch” for prediction-based breeding. Ensembles of diverse sets of G2P models provide a framework to expose and investigate the high G2P dimensionality of trait genetic arch...
Motivation Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are central to plant nutrient acquisition, soil carbon dynamics, and ecosystem resilience. Yet, their biogeography remains incompletely characterised, particularly across underrepresented regions. Australia, with its characteristic ecological conditions, continental scale, and long‐standing evolutionary trajectories, has been notably undersampled. This gap hinders our ability to mak...
Satellite-based remote sensing approaches provide a cost-efficient means to collect information on the world’s forests and to repeatedly survey large, or inaccessible, forest areas. However, it may not always be possible to ground truth–associated findings using direct ecological field surveys conducted by trained forest scientists. Local ecological knowledge (LEK) is an alternative form of data which could be used to compleme...
Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA) are rare inherited neurodegenerative disorders characterized by a progressive impairment of gait, balance, limb coordination, and speech. There is currently no composite scale that includes multiple aspects of the SCA experience to assess disease progression and treatment effects. Applying the method of partial least squares (PLS) regression, we developed the Spinocerebellar Ataxia Composite Scale...
Despite host‐fungal symbiotic interactions being ubiquitous in all ecosystems, understanding how symbiosis has shaped the ecology and evolution of fungal spores that are involved in dispersal and colonization of their hosts has been ignored in life‐history studies. We assembled a spore morphology database covering over 26,000 species of free‐living to symbiotic fungi of plants, insects and humans and found more than eight orde...
Development of a Head Acceleration Event Classification Algorithm for Female Rugby UnionNARA Subscribed
Instrumented mouthguards have been used to detect head accelerations and record kinematic data in numerous sports. Each recording requires validation through time-consuming video verification. Classification algorithms have been posed to automatically categorise head acceleration events and spurious events. However, classification algorithms must be designed and/or validated for each combination of sport, sex and mouthguard sy...