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Joint palaeoclimate reconstruction from pollen data via forward models and climate histories (2016)
Journal Article
Parnell, A., Haslett, J., Sweeney, J., Doan, T., Allen, J., & Huntley, B. (2016). Joint palaeoclimate reconstruction from pollen data via forward models and climate histories. Quaternary Science Reviews, 151, 111-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.09.007

We present a method and software for reconstructing palaeoclimate from pollen data with a focus on accounting for and reducing uncertainty. The tools we use include: forward models, which enable us to account for the data generating process and hence... Read More about Joint palaeoclimate reconstruction from pollen data via forward models and climate histories.

Slope climbing challenges, fear of heights, anxiety and time of the day (2016)
Journal Article
Ennaceur, A., Hussain, M., Abuhamdah, R., Mostafa, R., & Chazot, P. (2017). Slope climbing challenges, fear of heights, anxiety and time of the day. Behavioural Brain Research, 316, 169-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2016.09.010

When exposed to an unfamiliar open space, animals experience fear and attempt to find an escape route. Anxiety emerges when animals are confronted with a challenging obstacle to this fear motivated escape. High anxiety animals do not take risks; they... Read More about Slope climbing challenges, fear of heights, anxiety and time of the day.

Systemic RNAi in the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida Murray, Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), a serious pest of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) (2016)
Journal Article
Powell, M., Bradish, H., Gatehouse, J., & Fitches, E. (2017). Systemic RNAi in the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida Murray, Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), a serious pest of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera). Pest Management Science, 73(1), 53-63. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.4365

BACKGROUND: Aethina tumida is a serious pest of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) in North America and Australia. Here we investigate whether Laccase 2, phenoloxidase gene essential for cuticle sclerotization and pigmentation in many insects, a... Read More about Systemic RNAi in the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida Murray, Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), a serious pest of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera).

Does greater specific leaf area plasticity help plants to maintain a high performance when shaded? (2016)
Journal Article
Liu, Y., Dawson, W., Prati, D., Haeuser, E., Feng, Y., & van Kleunen, M. (2016). Does greater specific leaf area plasticity help plants to maintain a high performance when shaded?. Annals of Botany, 118(7), 1329-1336. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw180

Background and Aims It is frequently assumed that phenotypic plasticity can be very advantageous for plants, because it may increase environmental tolerance (fitness homeostasis). This should, however, only hold for plastic responses that are adaptiv... Read More about Does greater specific leaf area plasticity help plants to maintain a high performance when shaded?.

Generation of biomass (2016)
Patent
Turner, S., Mishra, L., Kumar, M., & Etchells, J. (2016). Generation of biomass

Ligand autoradiographical quantification of histamine H3 receptor in human dementia with Lewy bodies (2016)
Journal Article
Lethbridge, N., & Chazot, P. (2016). Ligand autoradiographical quantification of histamine H3 receptor in human dementia with Lewy bodies. Pharmacological Research, 113(Part A), 245-256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2016.08.034

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a serious age-dependent human neurodegenerative disease, with multiple debilitating symptoms, including dementia, psychosis and significant motor deficits, but with little or no effective treatments. This comparativ... Read More about Ligand autoradiographical quantification of histamine H3 receptor in human dementia with Lewy bodies.

Climate change will increase naturalization risk from garden plants in Europe (2016)
Journal Article
Dullinger, I., Wessely, J., Bossdorf, O., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Gattringer, A., …Dullinger, S. (2017). Climate change will increase naturalization risk from garden plants in Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 26(1), 43-53. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12512

Aim: Plant invasions often follow initial introduction with a considerable delay. The current non-native flora of a region may hence contain species that are not yet naturalized but may become so in the future, especially if climate change lifts limi... Read More about Climate change will increase naturalization risk from garden plants in Europe.

Olfactory Behaviors Assayed by Computer Tracking Of Drosophila in a Four-quadrant Olfactometer (2016)
Journal Article
Lin, C.-C., Riabinina, O., & Potter, C. (2016). Olfactory Behaviors Assayed by Computer Tracking Of Drosophila in a Four-quadrant Olfactometer. Journal of Visualized Experiments, Article e54346. https://doi.org/10.3791/54346

A key challenge in neurobiology is to understand how neural circuits function to guide appropriate animal behaviors. Drosophila melanogaster is an excellent model system for such investigations due to its complex behaviors, powerful genetic technique... Read More about Olfactory Behaviors Assayed by Computer Tracking Of Drosophila in a Four-quadrant Olfactometer.

Identifying the role of soil microbes in plant invasions (2016)
Journal Article
Dawson, W., & Schrama, M. (2016). Identifying the role of soil microbes in plant invasions. Journal of Ecology, 104(5), 1211-1218. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12619

Understanding how invasions by exotic plant species occur has been and still is a fundamental goal in the field of invasion ecology. Recently, research focus has shifted to below-ground mechanisms of invasion, which has provided valuable insights int... Read More about Identifying the role of soil microbes in plant invasions.

Alien and native plant establishment in grassland communities is more strongly affected by disturbance than above- and below-ground enemies (2016)
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Müller, G., Horstmeyer, L., Rönneburg, T., van Kleunen, M., & Dawson, W. (2016). Alien and native plant establishment in grassland communities is more strongly affected by disturbance than above- and below-ground enemies. Journal of Ecology, 104(5), 1233-1242. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12601

Summary Understanding the factors that drive commonness and rarity of plant species and whether these factors differ for alien and native species are key questions in ecology. If a species is to become common in a community, incoming propagules must... Read More about Alien and native plant establishment in grassland communities is more strongly affected by disturbance than above- and below-ground enemies.