To breed for climate resilient crops, an understanding of the genetic and environmental factors influencing adaptation is critical. Barley provides a model species to study adaptation to climate change. Here we present a detailed analysis of genetic variation at a major photoperiod response locus and relate this to the domestication history and dispersal of barley. The PPD-H1 locus (a PSEUDO-RESPONSE REGULATOR 7 ) promotes flo...

Anthropogenic pressure is increasing the variety and frequency of environmental disturbance events, limiting recovery and leading to long‐term declines in wild plant and animal populations. Coral reefs and associated fish assemblages are inherently dynamic due to their susceptibility to a host of disturbances, but regional‐scale nuances in the drivers of long‐term change frequently remain poorly resolved. Here, we examine the...

Networks of no-take marine protected areas (MPAs), where all extractive activities are prohibited, are the most effective tool to directly protect marine ecosystems from destructive and unsustainable human activities. No-take MPAs and MPA networks have been globally implemented in coastal seas, and their success has been significantly enhanced where science-based biophysical guidelines have informed their design. Increasingly,...

Over the past decade, vertebrate populations globally have experienced significant declines in distribution and abundance. Understanding the reasons behind these population declines is the first step in implementing appropriate management responses to improve conservation outcomes. Uncovering drivers of extirpation events after the fact, however, requires a careful forensic approach to prevent similar declines elsewhere. The o...

Aim The persistence and stability of habitats through time are considered predictors of high levels of biodiversity in some environments. Long‐term habitat persistence and stability may explain the species‐rich, endemic forest fauna and flora of the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Region ( EABR ). Using complementary phylogenetic and biogeographical approaches, we examine evolutionary patterns in EABR brevicipitid frogs. Usin...

Goblet cells in the intestine of shi drum Umbrina cirrosa showed the presence of glycoconjugates particularly rich in fucose and N‐acetylglucosamine residues. They displayed also sialic acid linked to galactosyl(β1→3)N‐acetylgalactosamine and to galactosyl(β1→4)N‐acetylglucosamine. All the nine horseradish peroxidase‐conjugated lectins employed with the only exception of GSA II marked the enterocytes supranuclear region and th...

The aim of this work is to elucidate the glycoconjugate composition of the secretory products of the oesophageal mucous cells in a tilapine polyhybrid. Lectin histochemistry gave evidence of the presence of β‐galactose, α‐N‐acetylgalactosamine and sialic acid residues in the terminal position. The majority of sialic acid belongs to short side chains; a few sialic acid residues are acetylated at the C 7 and/or C 8 and/or C 9 le...