Drones : the brilliant, the bad and the beautiful (2020)
Book
Miah, A. (2020). Drones : the brilliant, the bad and the beautiful. Bingley: Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/9781838679859

Against the backdrop of an increasingly dynamic world, driven by rapid digital innovation and technological advances, drones are becoming prolific within society. In this book, Andy Miah delivers a comprehensive analysis of the wide-reaching applicat... Read More about Drones : the brilliant, the bad and the beautiful.

A phylogenetic comparative analysis on the evolution of sequential hermaphroditism in seabreams (Teleostei : Sparidae) (2020)
Journal Article
Pla, S., Benvenuto, C., Capellini, I., & Piferrer, F. (2020). A phylogenetic comparative analysis on the evolution of sequential hermaphroditism in seabreams (Teleostei : Sparidae). Scientific reports, 10, 3606. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60376-w

The Sparids are an ideal group of fish in which to study the evolution of sexual systems since they exhibit a great sexual diversity, from gonochorism (separate sexes) to protandrous (male-first) and protogynous (female-first) sequential hermaphrod... Read More about A phylogenetic comparative analysis on the evolution of sequential hermaphroditism in seabreams (Teleostei : Sparidae).

Tracking forest biophysical properties with automated digital repeat photography: a fisheye perspective using digital hemispherical photography from below the canopy (2020)
Journal Article
Brown, L., Ogutu, B., & Dash, J. (2020). Tracking forest biophysical properties with automated digital repeat photography: a fisheye perspective using digital hemispherical photography from below the canopy. Agricultural and forest meteorology, 287, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.107944

In recent years, digital repeat photography has received increasing attention as an inexpensive means by which seasonal changes in vegetation canopies can be monitored. Offering automation and an increased measurement frequency, colour indices derive... Read More about Tracking forest biophysical properties with automated digital repeat photography: a fisheye perspective using digital hemispherical photography from below the canopy.

Agrowaste derived biochars impregnated with ZnO for removal of arsenic and lead in water (2020)
Journal Article
Mondal, D., Cruz, G., Rimaycuna, J., Soukup, K., Gomez, M., Solis, J., & Lang, J. (2020). Agrowaste derived biochars impregnated with ZnO for removal of arsenic and lead in water. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 8(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2020.103800

Using residual biomass for biochar production to be applied for water treatment is a cost effective and environmental-friendly alternative to activated carbon. However, biochars are materials with low textural properties (total specific area and tota... Read More about Agrowaste derived biochars impregnated with ZnO for removal of arsenic and lead in water.

Honey bee pathogens and diseases (2020)
Book Chapter
Martin, S., & Allsop, M. (2020). Honey bee pathogens and diseases. In C. Starr (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_59-1

Honey bees are the most intensively studied of all social insects – quite possibly the most studied of any invertebrate animal. As such their diseases and pests have become well-known. It is unlikely that any other social insect is affected by such a... Read More about Honey bee pathogens and diseases.

Phylogeographical structure of the pygmy shrew : revisiting the roles of southern and northern refugia in Europe (2020)
Journal Article
Vega, R., McDevitt, A., Stojak, J., Mishta, A., Wójcik, J., Kryštufek, B., & Searle, J. (2020). Phylogeographical structure of the pygmy shrew : revisiting the roles of southern and northern refugia in Europe. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 129(4), 901-917. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blz209

Southern and northern glacial refugia are considered paradigms that explain the complex phylogeographical patterns and processes of European biota. Here, we provide a revisited statistical phylogeographical analysis of the pygmy shrew Sorex minutus L... Read More about Phylogeographical structure of the pygmy shrew : revisiting the roles of southern and northern refugia in Europe.

Fine-scale seascape genomics of an exploited marine species, the common cockle Cerastoderma edule, using a multi-modelling approach (2020)
Journal Article
Coscia, I., Wilmes, S., Ironside, J., Goward-Brown, A., O'Dea, E., Malham, S., …Robins, P. (2020). Fine-scale seascape genomics of an exploited marine species, the common cockle Cerastoderma edule, using a multi-modelling approach. Evolutionary Applications, 13(8), 1854-1867. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12932

Population dynamics of marine species that are sessile as adults are driven by oceanographic dispersal of larvae from spawning to nursery grounds. This is mediated by life-history traits such as the timing and frequency of spawning, larval behaviour... Read More about Fine-scale seascape genomics of an exploited marine species, the common cockle Cerastoderma edule, using a multi-modelling approach.

What makes or breaks a campaign to stop an invading plant pathogen? (2020)
Journal Article
Milne, A., Gottwald, T., Parnell, S., Alonso Chavez, V., & van den Bosch, F. (2020). What makes or breaks a campaign to stop an invading plant pathogen?. PLoS Computational Biology, 16(2), e1007570. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007570

Diseases in humans, animals and plants remain an important challenge in our society. Effective control of invasive pathogens often requires coordinated concerted action of a large group of stakeholders. Both epidemiological and human behavioural fact... Read More about What makes or breaks a campaign to stop an invading plant pathogen?.

Designing probiotic therapies with broad-spectrum activity against a wildlife pathogen (2020)
Journal Article
Antwis, R., Harrison, X., Sewell, T., & Fisher, M. (2020). Designing probiotic therapies with broad-spectrum activity against a wildlife pathogen. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 3134. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.03134

Host-associated microbes form an important component of immunity that protect against infection by pathogens. Treating wild individuals with these protective microbes, known as probiotics, can reduce rates of infection and disease in both wild and... Read More about Designing probiotic therapies with broad-spectrum activity against a wildlife pathogen.

Island rule and bone metabolism in fossil murines from Timor (2020)
Journal Article
Miszkiewicz, J., Louys, J., Beck, R., Mahoney, P., Aplin, K., & O’Connor, S. (2020). Island rule and bone metabolism in fossil murines from Timor. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 129(3), 570-586. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blz197

Skeletal growth rates reconstructed from bone histology in extinct insular hippopotamids, elephants, bovids and sauropods have been used to infer dwarfism as a response to island conditions. Limited published records of osteocyte lacunae densities... Read More about Island rule and bone metabolism in fossil murines from Timor.

Assessing the potential of environmental DNA metabarcoding for monitoring Neotropical mammals : a case study in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest, Brazil (2020)
Journal Article
Sales, N., Da Cruz Kaizer, M., Coscia, I., Perkins, J., Highlands, A., Boubli, J., …McDevitt, A. (2020). Assessing the potential of environmental DNA metabarcoding for monitoring Neotropical mammals : a case study in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Mammal Review, 50(3), 221-225. https://doi.org/10.1111/mam.12183

The application of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding as a biomonitoring tool has greatly increased in the last decade. However, most studies have focused on aquatic macro-organisms in temperate areas (e.g., fishes). We apply eDNA metabarcoding t... Read More about Assessing the potential of environmental DNA metabarcoding for monitoring Neotropical mammals : a case study in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest, Brazil.

Large-scale and significant expression from pseudogenes in Sodalis glossinidius – a facultative bacterial endosymbiont (2020)
Journal Article
Goodhead, I., Blow, F., Brownridge, P., Hughes, M., Kenny, J., Krishna, R., …Darby, A. (2020). Large-scale and significant expression from pseudogenes in Sodalis glossinidius – a facultative bacterial endosymbiont. Microbial Genomics, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000285

The majority of bacterial genomes have high coding efficiencies, but there are some genomes of intracellular bacteria that have low gene density. The genome of the endosymbiont Sodalis glossinidius contains almost 50 % pseudogenes containing mutation... Read More about Large-scale and significant expression from pseudogenes in Sodalis glossinidius – a facultative bacterial endosymbiont.

A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space (2020)
Journal Article
Jeliazkov, A., Mijatovic, D., Chantepie, S., Andrew, N., Arlettaz, R., Meyer, C., & et, A. (2020). A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space. Scientific Data, 7(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0344-7

The use of functional information in the form of species traits plays an important role in explaining biodiversity patterns and responses to environmental changes. Although relationships between species composition, their traits, and the environment... Read More about A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space.

Understanding the evolution of cymothoid isopod parasites using comparative genomics and geometric morphometrics (2020)
Thesis
Baillie, C. Understanding the evolution of cymothoid isopod parasites using comparative genomics and geometric morphometrics. (Thesis). University of Salford

One of the single most extraordinary examples of host-parasite co-evolution is shown by the isopod family Cymothoidae, of which all species are obligate parasites of fishes, including many commercially important fish species. Cymothoids are one of... Read More about Understanding the evolution of cymothoid isopod parasites using comparative genomics and geometric morphometrics.

The effects of biochar on trace element and nutrient solubility in the presence of low-molecular-weight organic acids (2020)
Thesis
Heaney, N. The effects of biochar on trace element and nutrient solubility in the presence of low-molecular-weight organic acids. (Thesis). University of Salford

Low-molecular-weight organic acids (LMWOAs) secreted by plant roots play an essential role in regulating the phytoavailability of soil-borne trace elements and nutrients. Biochar is widely considered as a suitable soil remediation option, having show... Read More about The effects of biochar on trace element and nutrient solubility in the presence of low-molecular-weight organic acids.

Into the night : evaluating sleep as a measure of animal welfare (2020)
Thesis
Schork, I. Into the night : evaluating sleep as a measure of animal welfare. (Thesis). The University of Salford

There is a need for a simple non-invasive measure of animal welfare. In humans, sleep quality correlates strongly with a person’s wellbeing; this suggests that sleep may also prove to be a suitable tool to measure mammals’ welfare. Studies in humans... Read More about Into the night : evaluating sleep as a measure of animal welfare.