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View article: Continental Patterns of Phenotypic Variation Along Replicated Urban Gradients: A Mega‐Analysis
Continental Patterns of Phenotypic Variation Along Replicated Urban Gradients: A Mega‐Analysis Open
Individual variation among and within natural populations can have eco‐evolutionary implications by, for example, affecting species interactions or evolutionary potential. Urban systems present a unique opportunity to evaluate how environm…
View article: Behavioral DiverCity: individual differences in behavior change along an urbanization gradient
Behavioral DiverCity: individual differences in behavior change along an urbanization gradient Open
Urbanization is occurring globally at an unprecedented rate and, despite the eco-evolutionary importance of individual variation, we still have limited insight on how phenotypic variation is modified by anthropogenic environmental change. …
View article: Sexually transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis and Trichomonas vaginalis infections in North Trinidad – prevalence, risk factors and laboratory diagnosis
Sexually transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis and Trichomonas vaginalis infections in North Trinidad – prevalence, risk factors and laboratory diagnosis Open
Background: Annually, there is an estimation of 64 million new cases of curable STIs among people ages 15 to 49 in Latin American and Caribbean countries. Several risk factors such as age, multiple sexual partners, poor socio-economic cond…
View article: The city and forest bird flock together in a common garden: genetic and environmental effects drive urban phenotypic divergence
The city and forest bird flock together in a common garden: genetic and environmental effects drive urban phenotypic divergence Open
Urban phenotypic divergences are documented across diverse taxa, but the underlying genetic and environmental drivers behind these phenotypic changes are unknown in most wild urban systems. We conduct a common garden (CG) experiment using …
View article: Tit wit: environmental and genetic drivers of cognitive variation along an urbanization gradient
Tit wit: environmental and genetic drivers of cognitive variation along an urbanization gradient Open
Cognitive abilities can promote acclimation and adaptation to life in cities. However, the genetic versus environmental drivers of cognition have rarely been studied in the wild and there exists a major gap concerning the role of cognition…
View article: How does urbanization affect natural selection?
How does urbanization affect natural selection? Open
Urbanization is one of the most significant contributors to the Anthropocene, and urban evolutionary ecology has become an important field of research. While it is commonly assumed that cities impose new and stronger selection, the contrad…
View article: The city and forest bird flock together in a common garden: genetic and environmental effects drive urban phenotypic divergence
The city and forest bird flock together in a common garden: genetic and environmental effects drive urban phenotypic divergence Open
Urban phenotypic divergences are documented across diverse taxa, but the underlying genetic and environmental drivers behind these phenotypic changes are unknown in most wild urban systems. We conduct a common garden experiment using great…
View article: Sexes in sync: phenotypic plasticity, sexual selection and phenological synchrony between the sexes in a wild hibernator
Sexes in sync: phenotypic plasticity, sexual selection and phenological synchrony between the sexes in a wild hibernator Open
Desynchrony of phenological responses to climate change is a major concern for ecological communities. Potential uncoupling between one of the most fundamental divisions within populations, males and females, has not been well studied. To …
View article: Water maser follow-up of the methanol multibeam survey
Water maser follow-up of the methanol multibeam survey Open
The Australia Telescope Compact Array has been used to search for 22-GHz water masers towards the 323 6.7-GHz methanol masers detected in the Methanol Multibeam survey between Galactic longitudes 341‚Äöv=¬¿ to 20‚Äöv=¬¿, through the Galact…
View article: Reduced intra‐subject variability of an automated skin prick test device compared to a manual test
Reduced intra‐subject variability of an automated skin prick test device compared to a manual test Open
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View article: A global meta‐analysis reveals higher variation in breeding phenology in urban birds than in their non‐urban neighbours
A global meta‐analysis reveals higher variation in breeding phenology in urban birds than in their non‐urban neighbours Open
Cities pose a major ecological challenge for wildlife worldwide. Phenotypic variation, which can result from underlying genetic variation or plasticity, is an important metric to understand eco‐evolutionary responses to environmental chang…
View article: A global meta-analysis reveals higher variation in breeding phenology in urban birds than in their non-urban neighbours
A global meta-analysis reveals higher variation in breeding phenology in urban birds than in their non-urban neighbours Open
Cities pose a major ecological challenge for wildlife worldwide. Phenotypic variation, which can result from underlying genetic variation or plasticity, is an important metric to understand eco-evolutionary responses to environmental chang…
View article: Voltage-controlled superparamagnetic ensembles for low-power reservoir computing
Voltage-controlled superparamagnetic ensembles for low-power reservoir computing Open
We propose thermally driven, voltage-controlled superparamagnetic ensembles as low-energy platforms for hardware-based reservoir computing. In the proposed devices, thermal noise is used to drive the ensembles' magnetization dynamics, whil…
View article: Chemical Tools for Study of Phosphohistidine: Generation of Selective τ-Phosphohistidine and π-Phosphohistidine Antibodies
Chemical Tools for Study of Phosphohistidine: Generation of Selective τ-Phosphohistidine and π-Phosphohistidine Antibodies Open
Non-hydrolysable stable analogues of τ-pHis and π-pHis have been designed using electrostatic surface potential calculations, and subsequently synthesized. The τ-pHis and π-pHis analogues (phosphopyrazole 8 and pyridyl amino amide 13 , res…
View article: Characterising the flight song: repeatable individual variation of Ovenbird song features
Characterising the flight song: repeatable individual variation of Ovenbird song features Open
The songs of most passerines have been well described; however, songs from some species are more difficult to record and have yet to be characterised. The Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) flight song occurs rarely, is complex in its syllable…
View article: Thompson et al. 2020. Ethology Data
Thompson et al. 2020. Ethology Data Open
Datasets to reproduce results from: Thompson, MJ. Pearse, KA. Foote, JR. 2020. Ethology. Seasonal and diel plasticity of song type use in individual ovenbirds (Seiurus aurocapilla).
View article: Paul et al. 2020. Bioacoustics Data
Paul et al. 2020. Bioacoustics Data Open
Datasets to reproduce results from: Paul, N. Thompson, MJ. Foote, JR. 2020. Bioacoustics. Characterizing the flight song: repeatable individual variation of Ovenbird song features.DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2020.1718552
View article: Characterizing innovators: Ecological and individual predictors of problem-solving performance
Characterizing innovators: Ecological and individual predictors of problem-solving performance Open
Behavioural innovation, the use of new behaviours or existing ones in novel contexts, can have important ecological and evolutionary consequences for animals. An understanding of these consequences would be incomplete without considering t…
View article: D8.2 Documentation Of The Tools For The Data Manipulation And Standard Conversions In The Rare-Disease Field
D8.2 Documentation Of The Tools For The Data Manipulation And Standard Conversions In The Rare-Disease Field Open
This document describes tools for the data manipulation and standard conversions in the rare-disease field. It describes a standard process to make rare disease data more FAIR compliant, services that support FAIRification, and a standardi…
View article: Do city cachers store less? The effect of urbanization and exploration on spatial memory in individual scatter hoarders
Do city cachers store less? The effect of urbanization and exploration on spatial memory in individual scatter hoarders Open
Urbanization has been shown to affect a variety of traits in animals, including their physiology, morphology, and behaviour, but it is less clear how cognitive traits are modified. Urban habitats contain artificially elevated food sources,…
View article: Urbanization and individual differences in exploration and plasticity
Urbanization and individual differences in exploration and plasticity Open
Urban environments impose novel challenges on animals and, as a result, the behaviors of urban wildlife are changing. In particular, high exploratory tendencies and an ability to gather more information from the environment may facilitate …
View article: Experimental Quantum Hamiltonian Learning
Experimental Quantum Hamiltonian Learning Open
Efficiently characterising quantum systems, verifying operations of quantum devices and validating underpinning physical models, are central challenges for the development of quantum technologies and for our continued understanding of foun…
View article: Examining the Effect of Urbanization on Personality, Plasticity, and Spatial Cognition in Scatter Hoarders
Examining the Effect of Urbanization on Personality, Plasticity, and Spatial Cognition in Scatter Hoarders Open
Anthropogenic environmental changes are occurring globally and are having dramatic effects on wildlife. Successful urban animals can alter behaviours to adjust to these conditions, but it is not well understood how these modifications aris…
View article: Signal Apparition A seismic shift for imaging the Earth's interior
Signal Apparition A seismic shift for imaging the Earth's interior Open
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