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Parasites play a critical yet understudied role in Arctic ecosystems, particularly within key subsistence species such as Arctic char ( Salvelinus alpinus ). As the Arctic undergoes rapid climate-driven change, establishing baseline parasite biodiversity is essential for monitoring ecological shifts and anticipating emerging health and conservation concerns. This study provides the most comprehensive assessment to date of Arct...
Cephalopods play a key role in marine ecosystems but are difficult to study directly; hence, beaks recovered from predator stomachs are critical to further understand their distribution and ecology. Cephalopod species have traditionally been identified from beak morphology, a time-consuming method limited by degree of beak digestion, lack of specialist expertise, and limited coverage in reference collections. Here, we provide...
Soil microbial drought history affects physiological response of select tree species to drought stressNARA Subscribed
Soil microbes aid in the drought tolerance of plants, yet the extent to which a microbial community’s previous drought exposure can affect plant responses to contemporary drought is largely unknown. To address this gap using a greenhouse experiment, we planted saplings of three eastern hardwoods ( Prunus virginiana , Liriodendron tulipifera , and Quercus rubra ) in field soils exposed to experimentally-induced drought or ambie...
A comprehensive assessment of Australia’s terrestrial invertebrate pet trade across physical and online marketplacesNARA Subscribed
The terrestrial invertebrate trade in Australia is both poorly researched and largely exempt from regulation, despite numerous conservation and biosecurity risks. To determine the extent and implications of this trade, we conducted systematic monitoring of domestic invertebrate sales between 2019 and 2025, spanning online and physical marketplaces. Platforms surveyed included social media groups, pet store websites, public cla...
Marine Isotope Stage 4 glaciation in northern England, UK: Evidence from Victoria Cave, North YorkshireNARA Subscribed
Victoria Cave, north Yorkshire, England, contains a long sequence of Pleistocene clastic sediments and calcite flowstones. Earlier work, using U–Th dating, established that the flowstone units formed in interglacial stages corresponding to Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 13, 11, 9, 7 and 5. The intervening laminated sediments were therefore assigned to glacial stages (MIS 12, 10, 6 and 2) and regarded as rhythmites that settled fr...
Individual Trees Respond to 40 Years of Climate Change Through Leaf Functional Trait AcclimationNARA Subscribed
Forests are vital for regulating climate and sustaining biodiversity, but climate change threatens their ability to do so, especially in the tropics. Our knowledge of how tropical forests and their constituent trees will respond to changes in climate is largely based on functional trait studies; however, few previous studies have investigated trait changes within individual tropical trees across decades, limiting our ability t...
A primary care pharmacogenetic precision medicine pilot based on specific Māori tribal ethical frameworks and principlesNARA Subscribed
Indigenous tribal communities are frequently underserved by genomic medicine because they are under-represented in research, often live in remote locations and have ethical and cultural perspectives that vary from westernised standpoints. The Rakeiora platform, a permissioning and analytical environment that incorporates Māori perspectives and ethical frameworks on how precision medicine research is best conducted was used to...
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Geospatial heterogeneity of hotspots for incidence and late-stage diagnosis of breast, colorectal, and lung cancerNARA Subscribed
Purpose Cancer control relies on the identification of populations at risk (hotspots) of new or late-stage cancer diagnoses. However, the extent to which hotspots differ between cancer sites or between outcome measures has been poorly characterized. We sought to determine the geospatial heterogeneity of hotspots of breast, colorectal, and lung cancer incidence and late-stage diagnoses. Methods We identified adult patients diag...
Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity may be influenced by arbuscular mycorrhizal trees in mixed temperate forestsNARA Subscribed
Mycorrhizal fungi are critical plant mutualists that influence nutrient cycling, yet we have an incomplete understanding of factors driving their diversity and function. While it’s presumed that diverse host plant communities support diverse mycorrhizal fungal communities, abiotic factors and non-host plants may also be important. We investigated whether ectomycorrhizal fungal (ECMF) communities in soils and roots varied among...
Seasonal managed wetlands in the San Francisco Estuary are novel habitats that can support aquatic food webs. However, their potential to benefit fish in the estuary is poorly understood. We quantified wetland zooplankton production dynamics to assess whether outflows from wetlands might be used to subsidize fishes. Our study goals were to (1) compare seasonal zooplankton trends between wetlands and adjacent waters, (2) identi...
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...
Distribution and ecology of the four Macrourus species by‐caught in the longline fishery at South Georgia, Southern OceanNARA Subscribed
Although Macrourus species are the main by‐catch across Southern Ocean longline fisheries, including around South Georgia, the lack of species‐specific data has hindered effective management and ecological understanding. Aggregation of macrourids at genus level masks critical interspecific differences in life‐history strategies and vulnerabilities to fishing. Here, we provide the first comprehensive biological assessment of th...