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Aim To assess phylogeographic structure, phylogenetic diversity and historical diversification processes in ammotrechid camel spiders from the Baja California Peninsula. Location Baja California Sur, Mexico. Time Period Miocene to Pleistocene. Major Taxa Studied Ammotrechid camel spiders (Solifugae: Ammotrechidae). Methods We conducted the first phylogeographic analysis of Baja California Sur ammotrechid camel spiders using mi...
Quantitative Mineral Resource Assessment of Lithium Pegmatite Deposits in the Southern Appalachian OrogenNARA Subscribed
The first quantitative mineral resource assessment for undiscovered lithium pegmatite deposits in the southern Appalachian region of the United States was conducted. Permissive tracts for lithium pegmatite deposits were delineated by integrating lithological, tectonic, geochemical, geophysical and mineral occurrence data. Lithium pegmatite prospectivity of the tracts was ranked with simplified mappable criteria, including prox...
Resurrecting habitat fragmentation as a process over timeNARA Subscribed
Contrasting cryptofaunal responses to seabird nutrient inputs illuminate coral reef productivity pathwaysNARA Subscribed
Nutrients moving across ecosystems can propagate through food webs via distinct trophic pathways. Their integration into food webs is often mediated by small, abundant taxa that channel subsidies from primary producers to higher trophic levels. On coral reefs, cryptobenthic fishes and invertebrates can fill these roles, yet their responses to allochthonous nutrients are poorly understood. We compared cryptofaunal communities a...
Non‐lethal biopsy is a valuable tool for gaining insight into the physiological status of fish in the wild and for predicting their subsequent behaviour and survival. However, linking the insights from biopsy to post‐release behaviour relies on the assumption that the biopsy itself has no meaningful impact on post‐release behaviour or survival (e.g. in animals tagged with electronic devices). This assumption is likely to be qu...
Accurate prediction of community assembly is a central goal in ecology but is challenging because assembly is governed by numerous mechanisms. Few theoretical models explicitly incorporate or test multiple mechanisms at once. We empirically tested the predictive performance of a plant community assembly model built using all possible combinations of four ‘mechanisms’ (soil resource competition, dispersal and colonisation, spat...
The Toxicology Investigators Consortium 2024 Annual ReportNARA Subscribed
Coral reefs receive both passive and active nutrient subsidies, supplied via oceanographic processes and animal-mediated transfer, which can bolster reef productivity and resilience to disturbance. We examined the relative importance of these two pathways across lagoonal and seaward reefs, reefs of different depths, and those around islands either with or without breeding seabird colonies using carbon and nitrogen stable isoto...
Motivation Here, we make available a second version of the BioTIME database, which compiles records of abundance estimates for species in sample events of ecological assemblages through time. The updated version expands version 1.0 of the database by doubling the number of studies and includes substantial additional curation to the taxonomic accuracy of the records, as well as the metadata. Moreover, we now provide an R packag...
Carbon footprints of greenhouse gas mitigation measures for a grass-based beef cattle finishing system in the UKNARA Subscribed
Purpose Agri-food systems across the globe are faced with the challenge of reducing their supply-chain emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as nitrous oxide (N 2 O), carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), and methane (CH 4 ). For instance, 10% of the UK’s GHG emissions are generated by agriculture, and ~ 56% of these are generated by livestock production. Numerous mitigation measures are being proposed to reduce GHG emissions from rumin...
The relative effectiveness of chlorine and antibiotic treatments for stony coral tissue loss diseaseOA Marine
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) causes severe mortality in many hard corals and is now present in most of the Caribbean. The application of amoxicillin paste is currently the most successful local intervention to treat SCTLD lesions in nature, but the potential development of antibiotic resistance makes alternatives valuable. In a preliminary field trial (n = 84 corals), we compared two treatments against SCTLD, (1) am...
The Toxicology Investigators Consortium 2023 Annual ReportNARA Subscribed
Defining an ageing-related pathology, disease or syndrome: International Consensus StatementNARA Subscribed
Around the world, individuals are living longer, but an increased average lifespan does not always equate to an increased health span. With advancing age, the increased prevalence of ageing-related diseases can have a significant impact on health status, functional capacity and quality of life. It is therefore vital to develop comprehensive classification and staging systems for ageing-related pathologies, diseases and syndrom...