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Helping decisions and kin recognition in long-tailed tits: is call similarity used to direct help towards kin? (2020)
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Leedale, A., Lachlan, R., Robinson, E., & Hatchwell, B. (2020). Helping decisions and kin recognition in long-tailed tits: is call similarity used to direct help towards kin?. Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, 375(1802), https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0565

Most cooperative breeders live in discrete family groups, but in a minority, breeding populations comprise extended social networks of conspecifics that vary in relatedness. Selection for effective kin recognition may be expected for more related ind... Read More about Helping decisions and kin recognition in long-tailed tits: is call similarity used to direct help towards kin?.

Impacts of river engineering on river channel behaviour : implications for managing downstream flood risk (2020)
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flood risk. Water, 12(5), https://doi.org/10.3390/w12051355

Although knowledge of sediment transport has improved over the last 25 years, our understanding of bedload transfer and sediment delivery is still based on a limited set of observations or on models that make assumptions on hydraulic and sediment tra... Read More about Impacts of river engineering on river channel behaviour : implications for managing downstream flood risk.

Impacts of river engineering on river channel behaviour : implications for managing downstream flood risk (2020)
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Heritage, G., & Entwistle, N. (2020). Impacts of river engineering on river channel behaviour : implications for managing downstream flood risk. Water, 12(5), 1355. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12051355

Although knowledge of sediment transport has improved over the last 25 years, our understanding of bedload transfer and sediment delivery is still based on a limited set of observations or on models that make assumptions on hydraulic and sediment tra... Read More about Impacts of river engineering on river channel behaviour : implications for managing downstream flood risk.

Relationships between health outcomes in older populations and urban green infrastructure size, quality and proximity (2020)
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Dennis, M., Cook, P., James, P., Wheater, P., & Lindley, S. (2020). Relationships between health outcomes in older populations and urban green infrastructure size, quality and proximity. BMC Public Health, 20(626), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08762-x

Background: There is a growing body of literature supporting positive associations between natural environments and better health. The type, quality and quantity of green and blue space (‘green-space’) in proximity to the home might be particularly i... Read More about Relationships between health outcomes in older populations and urban green infrastructure size, quality and proximity.

Transcriptome-wide analysis reveals different categories of response to a standardised immune challenge in a wild rodent (2020)
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Individuals vary in their immune response and, as a result, some are more susceptible to infectious disease than others. Little is known about the nature of this individual variation in natural populations, or which components of immune pathways are... Read More about Transcriptome-wide analysis reveals different categories of response to a standardised immune challenge in a wild rodent.

Vacuolar ATPase depletion contributes to dysregulation of endocytosis in bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei (2020)
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Xu, Z.-S., Li, F.-J., Hide, G., Lun, Z.-R., & Lai, D.-H. (2020). Vacuolar ATPase depletion contributes to dysregulation of endocytosis in bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei. Parasites and Vectors, 13(1), 214. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04068-4

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Vacuolar H-ATPase (V-ATPase) is a highly conserved protein complex which hydrolyzes ATP and pumps protons to acidify vacuolar vesicles. Beyond its role in pH maintenance, the involvement of V-ATPase in endocytosis is well documented in... Read More about Vacuolar ATPase depletion contributes to dysregulation of endocytosis in bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei.

Marine social sciences : looking towards a sustainable future (2020)
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McKinley, E., Acott, T., & Yates, K. (2020). Marine social sciences : looking towards a sustainable future. Environmental Science and Policy, 108, 85-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.03.015

Marine and coastal environments provide extensive and essential ecosystem services upon which much of humanity
relies, yet the incorporation of human dimensions into marine and coastal policy and management has historically
been lacking. As efforts... Read More about Marine social sciences : looking towards a sustainable future.

Marine social sciences: Looking towards a sustainable future (2020)
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McKinley, E., Acott, T., & Yates, K. (2020). Marine social sciences: Looking towards a sustainable future. Environmental Science and Policy, 108, 85-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.03.015

Marine and coastal environments provide extensive and essential ecosystem services upon which much of humanity relies, yet the incorporation of human dimensions into marine and coastal policy and management has historically been lacking. As efforts t... Read More about Marine social sciences: Looking towards a sustainable future.

Ecosystem (dis)benefits arising from formal and informal land-use in Manchester (UK); a case study of urban soil characteristics associated with local green space management (2020)
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Dennis, M., Beesley, L., Hardman, M., & James, P. (2020). Ecosystem (dis)benefits arising from formal and informal land-use in Manchester (UK); a case study of urban soil characteristics associated with local green space management. Agronomy, 10(4), 552. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10040552

Urban soils are subject to anthropogenic influences and, reciprocally, provide benefits and dis-benefits to human wellbeing; for example carbon storage, nutrient cycling and the regulation trace element and contaminant mobility. Collective stewardshi... Read More about Ecosystem (dis)benefits arising from formal and informal land-use in Manchester (UK); a case study of urban soil characteristics associated with local green space management.

Diverse groups of fungi are associated with plastics in the surface waters of the Western South Atlantic and the Antarctic Peninsula (2020)
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Lacerda, A., Proietti, M., Secchi, E., & Taylor, J. (2020). Diverse groups of fungi are associated with plastics in the surface waters of the Western South Atlantic and the Antarctic Peninsula. Molecular Ecology, 29(10), 1903-1918. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15444

Marine plastic pollution has a range of negative impacts for biota and the colonization of plastics in the marine environment by microorganisms may have significant ecological impacts. However, data on epiplastic organisms, particularly fungi, is sti... Read More about Diverse groups of fungi are associated with plastics in the surface waters of the Western South Atlantic and the Antarctic Peninsula.

Positive association of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) with chronic exposure to drinking water Arsenic (As) at concentrations below the WHO provisional guideline value : a systematic review and meta-analysis (2020)
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Xu, L., Mondal, D., & Polya, D. (2020). Positive association of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) with chronic exposure to drinking water Arsenic (As) at concentrations below the WHO provisional guideline value : a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(7), 2536. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072536

To the best of our knowledge, a dose-response meta-analysis of the relationship between cardiovascular disease (CVD) and arsenic (As) exposure at drinking water As concentrations lower than the WHO provisional guideline value (10 µg/L) has not been p... Read More about Positive association of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) with chronic exposure to drinking water Arsenic (As) at concentrations below the WHO provisional guideline value : a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Kith or kin? Familiarity as a cue to kinship in social birds (2020)
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Leedale, A., Li, J., & Hatchwell, B. (2020). Kith or kin? Familiarity as a cue to kinship in social birds. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8(77), https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00077

Interacting with relatives provides opportunities for fitness benefits via kin-selected cooperation, but also creates potential costs through kin competition and inbreeding. Therefore, a mechanism for the discrimination of kin from non-kin is likely... Read More about Kith or kin? Familiarity as a cue to kinship in social birds.

Fishing for mammals : landscape-level monitoring of terrestrial and semi-aquatic communities using eDNA from riverine systems (2020)
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1. Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has revolutionised biomonitoring in both marine and freshwater ecosystems. However, for semi-aquatic and terrestrial animals, the application of this technique remains relatively untested.

2. We first ass... Read More about Fishing for mammals : landscape-level monitoring of terrestrial and semi-aquatic communities using eDNA from riverine systems.

Genetic tools in the management of invasive mammals : recent trends and future perspectives (2020)
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Browett, S., O'Meara, D., & McDevitt, A. (2020). Genetic tools in the management of invasive mammals : recent trends and future perspectives. Mammal Review, 50(2), 200-210. https://doi.org/10.1111/mam.12189

1. Invasive non-native species are now considered to be one of the greatest threats to biodiversity worldwide. Therefore, efficient and cost-effective management of species invasions requires robust knowledge of their demography, ecology and impacts,... Read More about Genetic tools in the management of invasive mammals : recent trends and future perspectives.

A phylogenetic comparative analysis on the evolution of sequential hermaphroditism in seabreams (Teleostei : Sparidae) (2020)
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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)
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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.