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Context matters: emotional responses to urban greening interventions depend on city settingNARA Subscribed
Urban green spaces deliver a remarkable range of human health and well-being benefits, and there is substantial, global effort into incorporating urban greening into the design of cities. However, intense competition for space in cities means small interstitial gaps in the urban fabric are being used for many contemporary green spaces, such as planter boxes or raised garden beds. These small urban greening interventions have b...
Insights from three decades of IUCN Red List assessments catalyzing shark, ray, and chimaera conservationNARA Subscribed
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species is a critical measure of global aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity status. It is also the basis for the Red List Index, which tracks extinction risk over time. Sharks, rays, and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) have now been comprehensively assessed twice (1996–2011 and 2012–2021) with hindcast assessments from 1970 onward, yielding an unprece...
Correlation between DNA methylation and transcriptomic changes in golden Asian sea bass ( Lates calcarifer ): An integrated approachNARA Subscribed
Lates calcarifer , commonly known as barramundi perch, Asian sea bass or barramundi, is a significant aquaculture species across the Indo‐Pacific. Barramundi typically exhibit a silver to bronze wild‐type (WT) skin colour, with occasional golden (xanthic) variants of commercial interest. Although previous studies have identified gene expression differences between golden and WT variants, the genetic mechanism driving golden co...
Fecal Microbiome Varies With Social Group, Age and Bovine Tuberculosis Infection in the European Badger ( Meles meles )NARA Subscribed
Host‐associated microbes are key components of animal health and physiology, with particular importance for determining responses to pathogen infection. The gut microbiota is highly variable at the individual level, being shaped by a multitude of factors including diet, social behaviour, and age. Yet the relative influence of these traits on microbiota composition, and the consequences of this variation for host responses to p...
Acoustic telemetry reveals high site fidelity of yellow‐phase American eels Anguilla rostrata in a large riverNARA Subscribed
Movement patterns and habitat use of yellow‐phase American eels Anguilla rostrata in the Wolastoq/Saint John River were examined using acoustic telemetry. Tracking 72 tagged yellow‐phase eels from late summer 2021 to autumn 2023 revealed overall restricted longitudinal movements (mean linear range ± standard deviation [SD] 6.4 ± 10.9 km) and high site fidelity. However, two eels exhibited small‐scale (20–25 km) seasonal moveme...
Interpretable deep learning reveals spatiotemporal MRI features of brain aging that align with neurodegenerationNARA Subscribed
Cortical thinning and atrophy are hallmarks of brain aging that have been characterized using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Brain aging involves many neuroanatomic features whose effects on brain structure remain unexplored. To address this challenge, we trained interpretable deep neural networks (DNNs) to estimate brain age (BA) from T 1 -weighted ( T 1 w) MRI. By identifying MRI features unapparent to humans, DNNs can fi...
Addressing urgent conservation issues, such as the drastic declines of North American migratory birds, requires creative, evidence‐based, efficient, and collaborative approaches. The abundance of over 50% of monitored North American shorebird populations has declined by over 50% since 1980. To address these declines, we developed a partnership of scientists and practitioners called the Shorebird Science and Conservation Collec...
Marine species with high fecundity and larvae with long-distance dispersal potential can have complex population genetic patterns. Characterizing population structure in these species is important for understanding their ecology and life history and designing management strategies. The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) is both ecologically and economically important but has experienced recent population declines. Characte...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) disproportionately affects women and carriers of the apolipoprotein E ε4 allele (APOE4), yet little is known about how sex and APOE interact to influence white matter (WM) integrity during disease progression. We integrated diffusion MRI and matched blood transcriptomic data to investigate these interactions and their underlying biological mechanisms. WM microstructure was quantified using diffusion te...
Mapping area of habitat for inland wetland speciesNARA Subscribed
Area of habitat (AOH) maps provide a high‐resolution representation of the habitat available in a species’ range and can support conservation policy and planning processes. However, until recently, there was insufficient knowledge on the distribution of inland wetlands and freshwater biodiversity to develop AOH mapping methods specifically tailored to inland wetlands. We used a combined empirical and thematic approach to trans...