Personality, abnormal behaviour, and health : an evaluation of the welfare of police horses (2018)
Journal Article
Schork, I., Schetini de Azevedo, C., & Young, R. (2018). Personality, abnormal behaviour, and health : an evaluation of the welfare of police horses. PLoS ONE, 13(9), e0202750. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202750

An animal’s welfare depends on an individual’s capacity to adapt to the environment in which it lives. This adaptation is directly associated with the quality of the environment and to the possibility of expressing natural behaviours. Horses kept in... Read More about Personality, abnormal behaviour, and health : an evaluation of the welfare of police horses.

Captive-born collared peccary (Pecari tajacu, Tayassuidae) fails to discriminate between predator and non-predator models (2018)
Journal Article
Magno de Faria, C., de Souza Sá, F., Costa, D., da Silva, M., da Silva, B., Young, R., & Schetini, C. (2018). Captive-born collared peccary (Pecari tajacu, Tayassuidae) fails to discriminate between predator and non-predator models. Acta ethologica, 21(3), 175-184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10211-018-0298-3

Captive animals may lose the ability to recognize their natural predators, making conservation programs more susceptible to
failure if such animals are released into the wild. Collared peccaries are American tayassuids that are vulnerable to local... Read More about Captive-born collared peccary (Pecari tajacu, Tayassuidae) fails to discriminate between predator and non-predator models.

A perspective on using experiment and theory to identify design principles in dye-sensitized solar cells (2018)
Journal Article

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) have been the subject of wide-ranging studies for many
years because of their potential for large-scale manufacturing using roll-to-roll processing
allied to their use of earth abundant raw materials. Two main chal... Read More about A perspective on using experiment and theory to identify design principles in dye-sensitized solar cells.

The different physical and behavioural characteristics of zoo mammals that influence their response to visitors (2018)
Journal Article
Queiroz, M., & Young, R. (2018). The different physical and behavioural characteristics of zoo mammals that influence their response to visitors. Animals, 8(139), https://doi.org/10.3390/ani8080139

The factors underlying the ‘zoo visit effect’ (changes in animal behaviour/physiology in response to visitor presence) are still poorly understood, despite it being widely investigated. The present study examined the effect of zoo visitors on the beh... Read More about The different physical and behavioural characteristics of zoo mammals that influence their response to visitors.

Soil and forest structure predicts large-scale patterns of occurrence and local abundance of a widespread Amazonian frog (2018)
Journal Article
Ferreira, A., Jehle, R., Stow, A., & Lima, A. (2018). Soil and forest structure predicts large-scale patterns of occurrence and local abundance of a widespread Amazonian frog. PeerJ, https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5424

The distribution of biodiversity within the Amazon basin is often structured by sharp environmental boundaries, such as large rivers. The Amazon region is also characterized by subtle environmental clines, but how they might affect the distributions... Read More about Soil and forest structure predicts large-scale patterns of occurrence and local abundance of a widespread Amazonian frog.

Hidden diversity hampers conservation efforts in a highly impacted neotropical river system (2018)
Journal Article
Sales, N., Mariani, S., Salvador, G., Pessali, T., & Carvalho, D. (2018). Hidden diversity hampers conservation efforts in a highly impacted neotropical river system. Frontiers in Genetics, 9, #271. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2018.00271

Neotropical Rivers host a highly diverse ichthyofauna, but taxonomic uncertainty prevents appropriate conservation measures. The Doce River Basin (DRB), lying within two Brazilian threatened hotspots (Atlantic Forest and Brazilian Savanna) in south-e... Read More about Hidden diversity hampers conservation efforts in a highly impacted neotropical river system.

Effects of micro-molar H2O2 on inhibiting soil nitrification (2018)
Journal Article
Qin, J., & Lin, C. (2018). Effects of micro-molar H2O2 on inhibiting soil nitrification. Geoderma, 333, 145-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.07.028

Microcosm experiments were conducted to examine the effects of micro-molar hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) on soil nitrification in three scenarios: (a) without added fresh biomass and magnetite, (b) with added fresh biomass, and (c) with added magnetite. The... Read More about Effects of micro-molar H2O2 on inhibiting soil nitrification.

Lines on a map : conservation units, meta-population dynamics, and recovery of woodland caribou in Canada (2018)
Journal Article
Weckworth, B., Hebblewhite, M., Mariani, S., & Musiani, M. (2018). Lines on a map : conservation units, meta-population dynamics, and recovery of woodland caribou in Canada. Ecosphere, 9(7), e02323. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2323

Delineating conservation units is a fundamental step in recovery planning for endangered species. Yet, challenges remain in the application and validation of scientifically evaluated conservation units in management practice. The Canadian government... Read More about Lines on a map : conservation units, meta-population dynamics, and recovery of woodland caribou in Canada.

Validation of the Sentinel-3 Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (OTCI): synergetic exploitation of the Sentinel-2 missions (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Brown, L., Dash, J., Lidon, A., Lopez-Baeza, E., & Dransfeld, S. (2018, July). Validation of the Sentinel-3 Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (OTCI): synergetic exploitation of the Sentinel-2 missions. Presented at IGARSS 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Valencia, Spain

Continuity to the Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (MTCI) will be provided by the Sentinel-3 Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI), and to ensure its utility in a wide range of operational applications, v... Read More about Validation of the Sentinel-3 Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (OTCI): synergetic exploitation of the Sentinel-2 missions.

Flood energy dissipation in anabranching channels (2018)
Journal Article
Entwistle, N., Heritage, G., & Milan, D. (2018). Flood energy dissipation in anabranching channels. River Research and Applications, 34(7), 709-720. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3299

This study examines the character of developing anabranched channel networks on the River Wear, north England using metre-scale aerial LiDAR. DSM-DTM interpretation reveals a well-developed vegetation structure and a locally diverse terrain, dominate... Read More about Flood energy dissipation in anabranching channels.

Active bacterioplankton community response to dissolved ‘free’ deoxyribonucleic acid (dDNA) in surface coastal marine waters (2018)
Journal Article
Taylor, J., Bird, K., Widdicome, C., & Cunliffe, M. (2018). Active bacterioplankton community response to dissolved ‘free’ deoxyribonucleic acid (dDNA) in surface coastal marine waters. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 94(10), https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiy132

Seawater contains dissolved ‘free’ DNA (dDNA) that is part of a larger <0.2 μm pool of DNA (D-DNA) including viruses and uncharacterised bound DNA. Previous studies have shown that bacterioplankton readily degrade dDNA and culture-based approaches... Read More about Active bacterioplankton community response to dissolved ‘free’ deoxyribonucleic acid (dDNA) in surface coastal marine waters.

Radiocaesium transfer and radiation exposure of frogs in Fukushima Prefecture (2018)
Journal Article
Tagami, K., Uchida, S., Wood, M., & Beresford, N. (2018). Radiocaesium transfer and radiation exposure of frogs in Fukushima Prefecture. Scientific reports, 8(1), 10662. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28866-0

The International Commission on Radiological Protection has proposed an environmental assessment framework. This includes ionising radiation exposure assessment for different frog life-stages, but radiocaesium transfer parameters are unavailable. We... Read More about Radiocaesium transfer and radiation exposure of frogs in Fukushima Prefecture.

Titi monkey biogeography : parallel Pleistocene spread by Plecturocebus and Cheracebus into a post-Pebas Western Amazon (2018)
Journal Article
Byrne, H., Lynch Alfaro, J., Sampaio, I., Farias, I., Schneider, H., Hrbek, T., & Boubli, J. (2018). Titi monkey biogeography : parallel Pleistocene spread by Plecturocebus and Cheracebus into a post-Pebas Western Amazon. Zoologica Scripta, 47(5), 499-517. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12300

Titi monkeys, subfamily Callicebinae, are a diverse, species‐rich group of Neotropical primates with an extensive range across South America. Their distribution in space and time makes them an interesting primate model for addressing questions of Neo... Read More about Titi monkey biogeography : parallel Pleistocene spread by Plecturocebus and Cheracebus into a post-Pebas Western Amazon.

Genetic diversity of common toads (Bufo bufo) along the Norwegian coast : disjunct distribution of locally dominant haplotypes (2018)
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haplotypes. Herpetological journal, 28(3), 127-133

Little is known about the phylogeographic history of amphibian populations along the western Fennoscandinavian coast.
In the present study, we focus on the common toad (Bufo bufo) and document the spatial distribution of mitochondrial
DNA (cytb) ha... Read More about Genetic diversity of common toads (Bufo bufo) along the Norwegian coast : disjunct distribution of locally dominant haplotypes.

Genetic variability and ontogeny predict microbiome structure in a disease-challenged montane amphibian (2018)
Journal Article

Amphibian populations worldwide are at risk of extinction from infectious diseases, including chytridiomycosis caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). Amphibian cutaneous microbiomes interact with Bd and can confer protecti... Read More about Genetic variability and ontogeny predict microbiome structure in a disease-challenged montane amphibian.

Generic names and mislabelling conceal high species diversity in global fisheries markets (2018)
Journal Article
Cawthorn, D., Baillie, C., & Mariani, S. (2018). Generic names and mislabelling conceal high species diversity in global fisheries markets. Conservation Letters, 11(5), e12573. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12573

Consumers have the power to influence conservation of marine fishes by selectively purchasing sustainably-harvested species. Yet, this power is hindered by vague labelling and seafood fraud, which may mask market biodiversity and lead to inadvertent... Read More about Generic names and mislabelling conceal high species diversity in global fisheries markets.

High genetic diversity and lack of pronounced population structure in five species of sympatric Pacific eels (2018)
Journal Article

Understanding the population structure of tropical anguillids residing in the Pacific is
vital for their conservation management. Here, the population genetic structure of
five sympatric freshwater eels (Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, A. me... Read More about High genetic diversity and lack of pronounced population structure in five species of sympatric Pacific eels.

Urban sloths : public knowledge, opinions, and interactions (2018)
Journal Article
Pereira, K., Young, R., Boere, V., & Silva, I. (2018). Urban sloths : public knowledge, opinions, and interactions. Animals, 8(6), #90. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani8060090

Free-range sloths living in an urban environment are rare. In this study, the opinions, attitudes, and interactions with a population of Bradypus variegatus were investigated through short, structured interviews of people in the pubic square where th... Read More about Urban sloths : public knowledge, opinions, and interactions.

Morphological description of male genital organs of Marca's marmoset (Mico marcai) (2018)
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de Siqueira, G., Silva, F., & Santana, M. (2018). Morphological description of male genital organs of Marca's marmoset (Mico marcai). Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia, 47(4), 372-384. https://doi.org/10.1111/ahe.12365

Morphological characterisation of the genital organs of primates may bring significant contributions to the understanding of different reproductive behaviours and support new conservation strategies. However, relevant or detailed descriptions of geni... Read More about Morphological description of male genital organs of Marca's marmoset (Mico marcai).

Response of a spring-fed fen ecosystem in Central Eastern Europe (NW Romania) to climate changes during the last 4000 years : a high resolution multi-proxy reconstruction (2018)
Journal Article
Galka, M., Feurdean, A., Hutchinson, S., Krystyna, M., Tantau, I., & Apolinarska, K. (2018). Response of a spring-fed fen ecosystem in Central Eastern Europe (NW Romania) to climate changes during the last 4000 years : a high resolution multi-proxy reconstruction. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 504, 170-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.05.027

We document the long-term development of a spring-fed fen assessing its sensivity to climate changes over the last ca. 4000 years. Our investigation is based on high-resolution, continuous plant macrofossil remains and mollusc records, complemented b... Read More about Response of a spring-fed fen ecosystem in Central Eastern Europe (NW Romania) to climate changes during the last 4000 years : a high resolution multi-proxy reconstruction.