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Environmental Niche and Species Distribution Modelling of Hawaiian Megalagrion Damselflies (Pinapinao, Odonata: Coenagrionidae)NARA Subscribed
Aim We model the ecological niches and geographic distributions of 22 of 23 Megalagrion damselfly species and explore ecological and evolutionary hypotheses that may explain patterns of diversity. Location The Hawaiian Archipelago (Kaua‘i, O‘ahu, Moloka‘i, Lāna‘i, Maui, Hawai‘i). Taxon Megalagrion damselflies (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) are an endemic Hawaiian radiation of 23 species. Methods We gathered occurrence data from GBI...
The Ontology of Biological Attributes (OBA)—computational traits for the life sciencesNARA Subscribed
Existing phenotype ontologies were originally developed to represent phenotypes that manifest as a character state in relation to a wild-type or other reference. However, these do not include the phenotypic trait or attribute categories required for the annotation of genome-wide association studies (GWAS), Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) mappings or any population-focussed measurable trait data. The integration of trait and biol...
Prolonging survival in good health is a fundamental societal goal. However, the leading determinants of disability-free survival in healthy older people have not been well established. Data from ASPREE, a bi-national placebo-controlled trial of aspirin with 4.7 years median follow-up, was analysed. At enrolment, participants were healthy and without prior cardiovascular events, dementia or persistent physical disability. Disab...
Broad aggressive interactions among African carnivores suggest intraguild killing is driven by more than competitionNARA Subscribed
Theory on intraguild killing (IGK) is central to mammalian carnivore community ecology and top‐down ecosystem regulation. Yet, the cryptic nature of IGK hinders empirical evaluations. Using a novel data source – online photographs of interspecific aggression between African carnivores – we revisited existing predictions about the extent and drivers of IGK. Compared with seminal reviews, our constructed IGK network yielded 10 m...
The human hepatocyte TXG-MAPr: gene co-expression network modules to support mechanism-based risk assessmentNARA Subscribed
Mechanism-based risk assessment is urged to advance and fully permeate into current safety assessment practices, possibly at early phases of drug safety testing. Toxicogenomics is a promising source of mechanisms-revealing data, but interpretative analysis tools specific for the testing systems (e.g. hepatocytes) are lacking. In this study, we present the TXG-MAPr webtool (available at https://txg-mapr.eu/WGCNA_PHH/TGGATEs_PHH...
With the accelerating pace of global change, it is imperative that we obtain rapid inventories of the status and distribution of wildlife for ecological inferences and conservation planning. To address this challenge, we launched the SNAPSHOT USA project, a collaborative survey of terrestrial wildlife populations using camera traps across the United States. For our first annual survey, we compiled data across all 50 states dur...
Using massively parallel sequencing data from two species with different life history traits, American lobster ( Homarus americanus ) and Arctic Char ( Salvelinus alpinus ), we highlight how an unbalanced sex ratio in the samples and a few sex‐linked markers may lead to false interpretations of population structure and thus to potentially erroneous management recommendations. Here, multivariate analyses revealed two genetic cl...
The effects of vessel approaches on the New Zealand fur seal ( Arctocephalus forsteri ) in the Bay of Plenty, New ZealandNARA Subscribed
Animals that establish new sites near the edge of the species' range may be vulnerable to disturbance as they are low in numbers and are not tied to the sites. Pinniped distributions world‐wide are changing as many species are recolonizing areas of their former ranges and establishing new colonies. Little research is available on the impact that vessel presence may pose on pinnipeds at such sites. This study documents response...
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