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Potential for academic institutions to support international biodiversity commitments Open

Élie Pédarros, E.J. Milner‐Gulland, Colin Beale, R. M. Brown, Ana Cláudia Dias , et al. · 2025

The implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) emphasises a “whole of government and whole of society” approach to achieving ambitious biodiversity conservat…

Effect of Local and Landscape Variables on Bird Communities in Forest‐Agricultural Mosaics in Northeast Luzon, Philippines Open

Jelaine L. Gan, Marion Pfeifer, Terence Craig Soroño, Vince Angelo Gicaraya, Erwin Torio , et al. · 2025

Agriculture is one of the major drivers of forest loss and fragmentation in tropical regions. Although typically associated with biodiversity loss, agricultural‐forest mosaics are increasingly recognized as important targets for conservati…

Effectiveness of perches in promoting bird-mediated seed dispersal for natural forest regeneration: a systematic review Open

Jelaine L. Gan, Matthew Grainger, Mark Shirley, S. D. Davis, Molly Watson , et al. · 2025

Background Assisted Natural Regeneration (ANR) is an increasingly popular cost-effective approach to restore forests for climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation. One ANR strategy is the use of perches to attract avian seed …

Effect of Local and Landscape Variables on Bird Communities in Forest-Agricultural Mosaics in Northeast Luzon, Philippines Open

Jelaine L. Gan, Marion Pfeifer, Terence Craig Soroño, Vince Angelo Gicaraya, Erwin Torio , et al. · 2024

Foraging fidelity and individual specialisation in a temperate bat Myotis nattereri Open

Simone Mordue, Aileen C. Mill, Mark Shirley, James Aegerter · 2023

This study explores whether Natterer’s bats exhibit fidelity to their foraging sites and individual specialisation in their use of habitat types. The research tracked 34 individual bats in two different landscapes, with some bats tracked t…

How effective are perches in promoting bird-mediated seed dispersal for natural forest regeneration? A systematic review protocol Open

Jelaine L. Gan, Matthew Grainger, Mark Shirley, Marion Pfeifer · 2023

Background Forest landscape restoration (FLR), often through tree planting, is one of the priorities in many global and national initiatives for carbon offsetting as part of climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation. However,…

Foraging fidelity and individual specialization in a temperate bat Myotis Nattereri Open

Simone Mordue, Aileen C. Mill, Mark Shirley, James Aegerter · 2023

This study explores whether Natterer's bats exhibit fidelity to their foraging sites and individual specialization in their use of habitat types. The research tracked 34 individual bats in two different landscapes, with some bats tracked t…

Identifying the climatic drivers of honey bee disease in England and Wales Open

Ben W. Rowland, Stephen P. Rushton, Mark Shirley, Mike Brown, Giles E. Budge · 2021

Honey bee colony health has received considerable attention in recent years, with many studies highlighting multifactorial issues contributing to colony losses. Disease and weather are consistently highlighted as primary drivers of colony …

Lactoferrin impact on gut microbiota in preterm infants with late-onset sepsis or necrotising enterocolitis: the MAGPIE mechanisms of action study Open

Nicholas D. Embleton, Janet Berrington, Stephen Cummings, Jon Dorling, Andrew K Ewer , et al. · 2021

Background Preterm infants have high rates of morbidity, especially from late-onset sepsis and necrotising enterocolitis. Lactoferrin is an anti-infective milk protein that may act through effects on gut bacteria, metabolites and epithelia…

Recolonization by Slugs: Vertical and Horizontal Dispersal by the Field Slug, Deroceras reticulatum Open

Gordon Port, A. Layman Craig, Mark Shirley · 2021

Following treatment with molluscicides or other controls, slugs can recolonize a site very quickly, but the proportion of the colonizing slugs moving from adjacent areas (horizontal dispersal) and the proportion from within the soil (verti…

Geo-epidemiology and environmental co-variate mapping of primary biliary cholangitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis Open

Jessica Dyson, Alasdair Blain, Mark Shirley, Mark Hudson, Steven Rushton , et al. · 2020

Not All Slugs Are the Same: Variation in Growth and Development of the Slug Deroceras reticulatum Open

Mark Shirley, Sally Howlett, Gordon Port · 2020

Models to forecast slug populations make assumptions about growth and mortality in response to environmental factors. To refine these models, the growth trajectories and survival of Deroceras reticulatum, a worldwide pest, hatching in spri…

The inter-relationship between primary sclerosing cholangitis and socioeconomic status Open

Jessica Dyson, Alasdair Blain, Mark Shirley, Mark Hudson, Steven Rushton , et al. · 2020

A proposed unified framework to describe the management of biological invasions Open

Peter Robertson, Aileen C. Mill, Ana Novoa, Jonathan M. Jeschke, Franz Essl , et al. · 2020

Managing the impacts of invasive alien species (IAS) is a great societal challenge. A wide variety of terms have been used to describe the management of invasive alien species and the sequence in which they might be applied. This variety a…

Chronic bee paralysis as a serious emerging threat to honey bees Open

Giles E. Budge, Nicola K. Simcock, Philippa J. Holder, Mark Shirley, Mike Brown , et al. · 2020

Foraging fidelity and individual specialisation in a temperate bat Myotis Nattereri Open

Simone Mordue, Aileen C. Mill, Mark Shirley, James Aegerter · 2019

Bat populations have declined globally over the last century largely due to anthropogenic change. Many temperate forest species of bat appear loyal to their foraging sites however, conservation of these sites rather than just habitat types…

Transmission routes of rare seasonal diseases: the case of norovirus infections Open

Stephen P. Rushton, Roy Sanderson, WILLIAM D. REID, Mark Shirley, John Harris , et al. · 2019

Norovirus (NoV) is the most commonly recognized cause of acute gastroenteritis, with over a million cases globally per year. While usually self-limiting, NoV poses a substantial economic burden because it is highly contagious and there are…

Staphylococcal resistance profiles in deep infection following primary hip and knee arthroplasty: a study using the NJR dataset Open

Richard Holleyman, David J. Deehan, Lucy Walker, André Charlett, Julie Samuël , et al. · 2019

Climate, human behaviour or environment: individual-based modelling of Campylobacter seasonality and strategies to reduce disease burden Open

Stephen P. Rushton, Roy Sanderson, Peter J. Diggle, Mark Shirley, Alasdair Blain , et al. · 2019

This is the first interdisciplinary study to integrate environment, risk behaviour, socio-demographics and immunology to model Campylobacter infection, including pathways to mitigation. We conclude that vaccination is likely to be the best…

Oropharyngeal Microbiota in Frail Older Patients Unaffected by Time in Hospital Open

Victoria Ewan, WILLIAM D. REID, Mark Shirley, A. John Simpson, Steven Rushton , et al. · 2018

Respiratory tract infections are the commonest nosocomial infections, and occur predominantly in frailer, older patients with multiple comorbidities. The oropharyngeal microbiota is the major reservoir of infection. This study explored the…

Mechanisms Affecting the Gut of Preterm Infants in Enteral Feeding Trials Open

Nicholas D. Embleton, Janet Berrington, Jon Dorling, Andrew K Ewer, Edmund Juszczak , et al. · 2017

Large randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in preterm infants offer unique opportunities for mechanistic evaluation of the risk factors leading to serious diseases, as well as the actions of interventions designed to prevent them. Necrotizi…

Ablative therapy for people with localised prostate cancer: a systematic review and economic evaluation Open

Craig Ramsay, Temitope E Adewuyi, Joanne Gray, Jenni Hislop, Mark Shirley , et al. · 2015

Background For people with localised prostate cancer, active treatments are effective but have significant side effects. Minimally invasive treatments that destroy (or ablate) either the entire gland or the part of the prostate with cancer…

Exposure misclassification due to residential mobility during pregnancy Open

Susan Hodgson, Peter W. W. Lurz, Mark Shirley, Mary Bythell, Judith Rankin · 2015

To meaningfully explore the subtle associations between environmental exposures and health, consideration must be given to error introduced by residential mobility.

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