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The hyperiid amphipod Brachyscelus rapacoides is a warm-water species associated with gelatinous zooplankton. In the Mediterranean it has been reported in association with Rhopilema nomadica in both Israel and Turkey. Here, we document the first record of B. rapacoides in Greek waters, representing the first confirmed record for Europe, based on both morphological examination and DNA barcoding of the mitochondrial COI gene. Sp...
Ear morphology in the Damaraland mole-rat, Fukomys damarensis (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)NARA Subscribed
Both naked mole-rats ( Heterocephalus glaber ) and Damaraland mole-rats ( Fukomys damarensis ) are increasing in popularity as laboratory species. Many aspects of the biology of these eusocial bathyergid rodents have been examined and compared over the years, including their audition. The hearing ranges in both genera are limited to very low frequencies for mammals of their size, with high thresholds at all frequencies. The pe...
SNAPSHOT USA 2024: Year 6 of the Coordinated National Camera Trap Survey of the United StatesNARA Subscribed
Motivation SNAPSHOT USA is an annual, multi‐contributor camera trap survey of mammals across the United States. The growing SNAPSHOT USA dataset is intended for tracking the spatial and temporal responses of mammal populations to changes in land use, land cover and climate. These data will be useful for exploring the drivers of spatial and temporal changes in relative abundance and distribution, as well as the impacts of speci...
During hybrid speciation, homoeologues combine in a single genome. Homoeologue expression bias (HEB) occurs when one homoeologue has higher gene expression than another. HEB has been well characterized in plants but rarely investigated in animals, especially invertebrates. Consequently, we have little idea as to the role that HEB plays in allopolyploid invertebrate genomes. If HEB is constrained by features of the parental gen...
Current approaches to assessing potential non-target risks associated with biological control agents are conservative, and they often rely on oviposition experiments conducted in quarantine laboratories. By their nature, such tests offer robust evidence of a parasitoid’s ability to attack and develop in a host. However, they exclude many important chemical cues present in the natural environment, which play a key role in the a...
Uncertainties in Modelling Hawaii's Future Precipitation and What It Means for Endangered Forest Birds: A ReviewNARA Subscribed
Aim We aim to review present uncertainties in projecting fine‐scale future precipitation in an area of high model disagreement, which is also data poor, topographically complex, and experiences climate‐driven threats to endemic biodiversity. Location Hawaiian Islands. Time Period We primarily focused on downscaling studies from the past decade and studies comparing the most recent iterations of the Coupled Model Intercompariso...