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Amphibian skin defences show variation in ability to inhibit growth of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis isolates from the Global Panzootic Lineage (2017)
Journal Article
Antwis, R., & Weldon, C. (2017). Amphibian skin defences show variation in ability to inhibit growth of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis isolates from the Global Panzootic Lineage. Microbiology, 163(12), 1835-1838. https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.000570

The fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has caused declines and extinctions in hundreds of amphibian species across the world. Virulence varies among and within lineages; the Global Panzootic Lineage (GPL) is the most pathogenic, although... Read More about Amphibian skin defences show variation in ability to inhibit growth of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis isolates from the Global Panzootic Lineage.

Molecular, morphological and acoustic identification of Eumops maurus and Eumops hansae (Chiroptera: Molossidae) with new reports from Central Amazonia (2017)
Journal Article
Lopez-Baucells, A., Rocha, R., Tavares, V., Moras, L., Silva, S., Bobrowiec, P., & Meyer, C. (2017). Molecular, morphological and acoustic identification of Eumops maurus and Eumops hansae (Chiroptera: Molossidae) with new reports from Central Amazonia. Tropical Zoology, 31(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/03946975.2017.1382284

Eumops maurus and Eumops hansae are rarely captured Neotropical molossid bats for
which information on taxonomy, natural history, and spatial distribution are scarce.
This translates into a poor understanding of their ecology and limits the delimit... Read More about Molecular, morphological and acoustic identification of Eumops maurus and Eumops hansae (Chiroptera: Molossidae) with new reports from Central Amazonia.

ABC assay : method development and application to quantify the role of three DWV master variants in overwinter colony losses of European honey bees (2017)
Journal Article
Kevill, J., Highfield, A., Mordecai, G., Martin, S., & Schroeder, D. (2017). ABC assay : method development and application to quantify the role of three DWV master variants in overwinter colony losses of European honey bees. Viruses, 9(11), 314. https://doi.org/10.3390/v9110314

Deformed wing virus (DWV) is one of the most prevalent honey bee viral pathogens in the world. Typical of many RNA viruses, DWV is a quasi-species, which is comprised of a large number of different variants, currently consisting of three master varia... Read More about ABC assay : method development and application to quantify the role of three DWV master variants in overwinter colony losses of European honey bees.

Development of solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Anthony, R., Holliman, P., Furnell, L., Connell, A., Jones, E., & Kershaw, C. (2017, October). Development of solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells. Poster presented at Dyenamo DSSC Strikes Back, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Low oil-water ratio invert emulsion mud for unconventional shale reservoirs (2017)
Thesis
Egejuru, P. Low oil-water ratio invert emulsion mud for unconventional shale reservoirs. (Thesis). University of Salford

Due to stringent environmental regulations on the disposal and management of the traditional diesel oil-based mud used for drilling difficult formations such as shale, there is the necessity to develop an environmentally friendly drilling mud. Vegeta... Read More about Low oil-water ratio invert emulsion mud for unconventional shale reservoirs.

Harnessing mtDNA variation to resolve ambiguity in ‘Redfish’ sold in Europe (2017)
Journal Article
Shum, P., Moore, L., Pampoulie, C., Di Muri, C., Vandamme, S., & Mariani, S. (2017). Harnessing mtDNA variation to resolve ambiguity in ‘Redfish’ sold in Europe. PeerJ, 5, e3746. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3746

Morphology-based identification of North Atlantic Sebastes has long been controversial and misidentification may produce misleading data, with cascading consequences that negatively affect fisheries management and seafood labelling. North Atlantic Se... Read More about Harnessing mtDNA variation to resolve ambiguity in ‘Redfish’ sold in Europe.

The Asian Hornet (vespa velutina) - Threats, Biology & Expansion (2017)
Book
Martin, S. (2017). The Asian Hornet (vespa velutina) - Threats, Biology & Expansion. International Bee Research Association (IBRA) & Northern Bee Books

This book by Professor Stephen Martin aims to cover all the key aspects of the hornets’ biology including the impact they have on both people and honey bees. The information presented is gained from various sources during the many years Professor Ma... Read More about The Asian Hornet (vespa velutina) - Threats, Biology & Expansion.

Mining noise affects loud call structures and emission patterns of wild black-fronted titi monkeys (2017)
Journal Article
of wild black-fronted titi monkeys. Primates, 59(1), 89-97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-017-0629-4

Anthropogenic noise pollution is increasing and
can constrain acoustic communication in animals. Our aim
was to investigate if the acoustic parameters of loud calls
and their diurnal pattern in the black-fronted titi monkey
(Callicebus nigrifrons... Read More about Mining noise affects loud call structures and emission patterns of wild black-fronted titi monkeys.

The population structure and demography of Triturus cristatus in agricultural landscapes of North-West England (2017)
Thesis
Orchard, D. The population structure and demography of Triturus cristatus in agricultural landscapes of North-West England. (Thesis). University of Salford

Triturus cristatus is one of Europe’s most rapidly declining amphibians and has been the subject of conservation concern in the UK since 1975. Despite its widespread decline and continued threats from development, T. cristatus remains widely distribu... Read More about The population structure and demography of Triturus cristatus in agricultural landscapes of North-West England.

A method of determining where to target surveillance efforts in heterogeneous epidemiological systems (2017)
Journal Article
Mastin, A., van den Bosch, F., Gottwald, T., Alonso Chavez, V., & Parnell, S. (2017). A method of determining where to target surveillance efforts in heterogeneous epidemiological systems. PLoS Computational Biology, 13(8), e1005712. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005712

The spread of pathogens into new environments poses a considerable threat to human, animal, and plant health, and by extension, human and animal wellbeing, ecosystem function, and agricultural productivity, worldwide. Early detection through effectiv... Read More about A method of determining where to target surveillance efforts in heterogeneous epidemiological systems.

On the relationship between continuous measures of canopy greenness derived using near-surface remote sensing and satellite-derived vegetation products (2017)
Journal Article
Brown, L., Dash, J., Ogutu, B., & Richardson, A. (2017). On the relationship between continuous measures of canopy greenness derived using near-surface remote sensing and satellite-derived vegetation products. Agricultural and forest meteorology, 247, 280-292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.08.012

Over the last two decades, satellite-derived estimates of biophysical variables have been increasingly used in operational services, requiring quantification of their accuracy and uncertainty. Evaluating satellite-derived vegetation products is chall... Read More about On the relationship between continuous measures of canopy greenness derived using near-surface remote sensing and satellite-derived vegetation products.

Differential effects of low-molecular-weight organic acids on the mobilization of soil-borne arsenic and trace metals (2017)
Journal Article
arsenic and trace metals. Toxics, 5(3), https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics5030018

A batch experiment was conducted to examine the effects of six low-molecular-weight organic acids on the mobilization of arsenic and trace metals from a range of contaminated soils. The results showed that the organic acids behaved differently when r... Read More about Differential effects of low-molecular-weight organic acids on the mobilization of soil-borne arsenic and trace metals.

From the animal house to the field : are there consistent individual differences in immunological profile in wild populations of field voles (Microtus agrestis)? (2017)
Journal Article
Arriero, E., Wanelik, K., Birtles, R., Bradley, J., Jackson, J., Paterson, S., & Begon, M. (2017). From the animal house to the field : are there consistent individual differences in immunological profile in wild populations of field voles (Microtus agrestis)?. PLoS ONE, 12(8), e0183450. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183450

Inbred mouse strains, living in simple laboratory environments far removed from nature, have been shown to vary consistently in their immune response. However, wildlife populations are typically outbreeding and face a multiplicity of challenges, para... Read More about From the animal house to the field : are there consistent individual differences in immunological profile in wild populations of field voles (Microtus agrestis)?.

Medium/Long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in Pitheciidae (2017)
Journal Article
Goulart, V., Boubli, J., & Young, R. (2017). Medium/Long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in Pitheciidae. Scientific reports, 7(7737), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08143-2

New World primates feature a complex colour vision system. Most species have polymorphic colour vision where males have a dichromatic colour perception and females can be either ichromatic or trichromatic. The adaptive value of high allelic diversity... Read More about Medium/Long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in Pitheciidae.

Hook, line and infection : a guide to culturing parasites, establishing infections and assessing immune responses in the three-spined stickleback (2017)
Journal Article

The three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) is a model organism with an extremely well-characterized ecology, evolutionary history, behavioural repertoire and parasitology that is coupled with published genomic data. These small temperate z... Read More about Hook, line and infection : a guide to culturing parasites, establishing infections and assessing immune responses in the three-spined stickleback.

The tonic immobility test : do wild and captive golden mantella frogs (Mantella aurantiaca) have the same response? (2017)
Journal Article
have the same response?. PLoS ONE, 12(7), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181972

Adaptations to captivity that reduce fitness are one of many reasons, which explain the low success rate of reintroductions. One way of testing this hypothesis is to compare an important behavioural response in captive and wild members of the same sp... Read More about The tonic immobility test : do wild and captive golden mantella frogs (Mantella aurantiaca) have the same response?.

Neglecting the call of the wild : captive frogs like the sound of their own voice (2017)
Journal Article
like the sound of their own voice. PLoS ONE, 12(7), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181931

Acoustic communication is highly influential in the expression of social behavior by anuran amphibians, transmitting information about the individual's physical condition and motivation. We studied the phonotactic (approach movements) responses of wi... Read More about Neglecting the call of the wild : captive frogs like the sound of their own voice.

Factors affecting recent vegetation change in north-east Libya (2017)
Thesis
Ahwaidi, G. Factors affecting recent vegetation change in north-east Libya. (Thesis). University of Salford

Over the last few decades global warming and human intervention have led to changes and deterioration in natural vegetation across the world. The Al Jabal Al Akhdar, in north east Libya, is one of those areas that have experienced changes in land cov... Read More about Factors affecting recent vegetation change in north-east Libya.

Integrating regulatory surveys and citizen science to map outbreaks of forest diseases : acute oak decline in England and Wales (2017)
Journal Article
Brown, N., van den Bosch, F., Parnell, S., & Denman, S. (2017). Integrating regulatory surveys and citizen science to map outbreaks of forest diseases : acute oak decline in England and Wales. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1859), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0547

The number of emerging tree diseases has increased rapidly in recent times, with severe environmental and economic consequences. Systematic regulatory surveys to detect and establish the distribution of pests are crucial for successful management eff... Read More about Integrating regulatory surveys and citizen science to map outbreaks of forest diseases : acute oak decline in England and Wales.