A cost-effective, simple measure of emotional response in the brain for use by behavioral biologists (2019)
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O'Hara, S., & Worsley, H. (2019). A cost-effective, simple measure of emotional response in the brain for use by behavioral biologists. Biologia Futura, 70(2), 143-148. https://doi.org/10.1556/019.70.2019.18

Studies combining brain activity measures with behavior have the potential to reveal more about animal cognition than either on their own. However, brain measure procedures in animal studies are often practically challenging and cost-prohibitive. The... Read More about A cost-effective, simple measure of emotional response in the brain for use by behavioral biologists.

GBOV (Ground-Based Observation for Validation): a copernicus service for validation of vegetation land products (2019)
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The Copernicus Ground-Based Observations for Validation (GBOV) service aims to develop and distribute robust in-situ datasets from a selection of ground-based monitoring sites for a systematic and quantitative validation of Earth Observation (EO) lan... Read More about GBOV (Ground-Based Observation for Validation): a copernicus service for validation of vegetation land products.

Estimating forest leaf area index and canopy chlorophyll content with Sentinel-2: an evaluation of two hybrid retrieval algorithms (2019)
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Brown, L., Ogutu, B., & Dash, J. (2019). Estimating forest leaf area index and canopy chlorophyll content with Sentinel-2: an evaluation of two hybrid retrieval algorithms. Remote Sensing, 11(15), https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11151752

Estimates of biophysical and biochemical variables such as leaf area index (LAI) and canopy chlorophyll content (CCC) are a fundamental requirement for effectively monitoring and managing forest environments. With its red-edge bands and high spatial... Read More about Estimating forest leaf area index and canopy chlorophyll content with Sentinel-2: an evaluation of two hybrid retrieval algorithms.

Evaluating environmental and ecological landscape characteristics relevant to urban resilience across gradients of land-sharing-sparing and urbanity (2019)
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Dennis, M., Scaletta, K., & James, P. Evaluating environmental and ecological landscape characteristics relevant to urban resilience across gradients of land-sharing-sparing and urbanity. PLoS ONE, 14(7), e0215796. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215796

Within urban landscape planning, debate continues around the relative merits of land-sparing (compaction) and land-sharing (sprawl) scenarios. Using part of Greater Manchester (UK) as a case-study, we present a landscape approach to mapping green inf... Read More about Evaluating environmental and ecological landscape characteristics relevant to urban resilience across gradients of land-sharing-sparing and urbanity.

Multi-individual Microsatellite identification: a multiple genome approach to microsatellite design (MiMi) (2019)
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Bespoke microsatellite marker panels are increasingly affordable and tractable to researchers and conservationists. The rate of microsatellite discovery is very high within a shotgun genomic dataset, but extensive laboratory testing of markers is req... Read More about Multi-individual Microsatellite identification: a multiple genome approach to microsatellite design (MiMi).

Host genetics and geography influence microbiome composition in the sponge Ircinia campana (2019)
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Griffiths, S., Antwis, R., Lenzi, L., Lucaci, A., Behringer, D., Butler, M., & Preziosi, R. (2019). Host genetics and geography influence microbiome composition in the sponge Ircinia campana. Journal of Animal Ecology, 88(11), 1684-1695. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13065

1.Marine sponges are host to large, diverse communities of microorganisms. These microbiomes are distinct among sponge species and from seawater bacterial communities, indicating a key role of host identity in shaping its resident microbial community... Read More about Host genetics and geography influence microbiome composition in the sponge Ircinia campana.

Deformed wing virus in honeybees and other insects (2019)
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Martin, S., & Brettell, L. (2019). Deformed wing virus in honeybees and other insects. Annual Review of Virology, 6(1), 49-69. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-virology-092818-015700

Deformed wing virus (DWV) has become the most well-known, widespread, and intensively studied insect pathogen in the world. Although DWV was previously present in honeybee populations, the arrival and global spread of a new vector, the ectoparasitic... Read More about Deformed wing virus in honeybees and other insects.

Environmental DNA metabarcoding as an effective and rapid tool for fish monitoring in canals (2019)
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We focus on a case study along an English canal comparing environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding with two types of electrofishing techniques (wade‐and‐reach and boom‐boat). In addition to corroborating data obtained by electrofishing, eDNA provided a... Read More about Environmental DNA metabarcoding as an effective and rapid tool for fish monitoring in canals.

Sponges as natural environmental DNA samplers (2019)
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Mariani, S., Baillie, C., Colosimo, G., & Riesgo, A. (2019). Sponges as natural environmental DNA samplers. Current Biology, 29(11), R401-R402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.04.031

At a time of unprecedented impacts on marine biodiversity, scientists are rapidly becoming persuaded by the potential of screening large swathes of the oceans through the retrieval, amplification and sequencing of trace DNA fragments left behind by m... Read More about Sponges as natural environmental DNA samplers.

Better model transfers require knowledge of mechanisms (2019)
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Yates, K. (2019). Better model transfers require knowledge of mechanisms. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 34(6), 489-490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.04.006

Influence of preservation methods, sample medium and sampling time on eDNA recovery in a neotropical river (2019)
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Sales, N., Wangensteen Fuentes, O., Carvalho, D., & Mariani, S. (2019). Influence of preservation methods, sample medium and sampling time on eDNA recovery in a neotropical river. Environmental DNA, 1(2), 119-130. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.14

Environmental DNA (eDNA) has rapidly emerged as a promising biodiversity monitoring technique, proving to be a sensitive and cost‐effective method for species detection. Despite the increasing popularity of eDNA, several questions regarding its limit... Read More about Influence of preservation methods, sample medium and sampling time on eDNA recovery in a neotropical river.

Saving Manchester's industrial past : regeneration and new uses of industrial archaeology structures in Greater Manchester, 1980 to 2018 (2019)
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Nevell, M. (2019). Saving Manchester's industrial past : regeneration and new uses of industrial archaeology structures in Greater Manchester, 1980 to 2018. Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 111, 99-117

2020 marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of professional archaeology within the Manchester city region, with the creation of the Greater Manchester Archaeological Unit (GMAU) in 1980. This was the culmination of a decade of raising awaren... Read More about Saving Manchester's industrial past : regeneration and new uses of industrial archaeology structures in Greater Manchester, 1980 to 2018.

Quantifying the hidden costs of imperfect detection for early detection surveillance (2019)
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Mastin, A., van den Bosch, F., van den Berg, F., & Parnell, S. (2019). Quantifying the hidden costs of imperfect detection for early detection surveillance. Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, 374(1776), 20180261. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0261

The global spread of pathogens poses an increasing threat to health, ecosystems, and agriculture worldwide. As early detection of new incursions is key to effective control, new diagnostic tests which can detect pathogen presence shortly after initia... Read More about Quantifying the hidden costs of imperfect detection for early detection surveillance.

Surface engineering of solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (2019)
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The way that molecules interact with interfaces play a key role in the manufacture and performance of solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (ssDSC). In
order to maximise the performance of ssDSC, it is important to understand the interactions and t... Read More about Surface engineering of solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells.

Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the small hive beetle Aethina tumida (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Hawaii (2019)
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Takahashi, J., Okuyama, H., & Martin, S. (2019). Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the small hive beetle Aethina tumida (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Hawaii. Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 4(1), 1522-1523. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2019.1601516

We analyzed the complete mitochondrial genome of the small hive beetle Aethina tumida, a major honeybee pest that was accidentally transported to the Hawaii Islands, USA. The mitochondrial genome of A. tumida was identified as a 15,198 bp circular mo... Read More about Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the small hive beetle Aethina tumida (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Hawaii.

DWV-A lethal to honey bees (Apis mellifera) : a colony level survey of DWV variants (A, B & C) in England, Wales and 32 states across the US (2019)
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Kevill, J., de Souza, F., Sharples, C., Oliver, R., Schroeder, D., & Martin, S. (2019). DWV-A lethal to honey bees (Apis mellifera) : a colony level survey of DWV variants (A, B & C) in England, Wales and 32 states across the US. Viruses, 11(5), 426. https://doi.org/10.3390/v11050426

The strong association between Varroa destructor and Deformed wing virus (DWV), and high overwintering colony losses (OCL) of honey bees is well established. Three DWV master variants: DWV-A, B and C, have been described. However, their various roles... Read More about DWV-A lethal to honey bees (Apis mellifera) : a colony level survey of DWV variants (A, B & C) in England, Wales and 32 states across the US.

Linking effective population size dynamics to phenotypic traits in the common toad (Bufo bufo) (2019)
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in the common toad (Bufo bufo). Conservation Genetics, 20, 987-995. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-019-01185-1

The effective size of a population (Ne) determines the retention of neutral genetic variation in isolated populations, and is therefore a key parameter in conservation genetics. However, while our knowledge on the genetic properties of endangered pop... Read More about Linking effective population size dynamics to phenotypic traits in the common toad (Bufo bufo).

Retrieval of crop biophysical parameters from Sentinel-2 remote sensing imagery (2019)
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The red-edge bands place the recently available multispectral Sentinel-2 imagery at an advantage over other multispectral sensors, and hypothetically offer improved crop biophysical variable retrieval accuracy. In this study, Sentinel-2 data was test... Read More about Retrieval of crop biophysical parameters from Sentinel-2 remote sensing imagery.

A global risk assessment of primates under climate and land use/cover scenarios (2019)
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Carvalho, J., Graham, B., Rebelo, H., Bocksberger, G., Meyer, C., Wich, S., & Kühl, H. (2019). A global risk assessment of primates under climate and land use/cover scenarios. Global Change Biology, 25(9), 3163-3178. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14671

Primates are facing an impending extinction crisis, driven by extensive habitat loss, land use change, and hunting. Climate change is an additional threat, which alone or in combination with other drivers, may severely impact those taxa unable to tra... Read More about A global risk assessment of primates under climate and land use/cover scenarios.

Synergetic exploitation of the sentinel-2 missions for validating the sentinel-3 ocean and land color instrument terrestrial chlorophyll index over a vineyard dominated Mediterranean environment (2019)
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Brown, L., Dash, J., Lidon, A., Lopez-Baeza, E., & Dransfeld, S. (2019). Synergetic exploitation of the sentinel-2 missions for validating the sentinel-3 ocean and land color instrument terrestrial chlorophyll index over a vineyard dominated Mediterranean environment. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 12(7), 2244-2251. https://doi.org/10.1109/jstars.2019.2899998

Continuity to the Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (MTCI) will be provided by the Ocean and Land Color Instrument (OLCI) on-board the Sentinel-3 missions. To ensure its utility in a wide range of scientific... Read More about Synergetic exploitation of the sentinel-2 missions for validating the sentinel-3 ocean and land color instrument terrestrial chlorophyll index over a vineyard dominated Mediterranean environment.