Ecology, Conservation and Society Research and Enterprise Group

Research output

Research output per year 1998 2019 2020 2023

• 145 Article
• 5 Other contribution
• 4 Abstract
• 2 Chapter
• 4 More
  • 1 Conference contribution with ISSN or ISBN
  • 1 Paper
  • 1 Book Review
  • 1 Doctoral Thesis

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• Article

  Effect of a plant resistant protein on parasitism of the common bean bruchid Acanthoscelides obtectus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) by its natural enemy Dinarmis basalis (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

  Velten, G., Rott, A., Cardona, C. & Dorn, S., Oct 2007, In: Biological Control. 43, 1, p. 78-84 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Effects of short-term exposure of paracetamol in the gonads of blue mussels Mytilus edulis

  Koagouw, W. & Ciocan, C., 20 Nov 2019, In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mytilus edulis 100%
  • Messenger RNA 85%
  • histopathology 85%
  • dose-response relationship 75%
  • Paracetamol 74%

• Effects of temporary captivity on ranging behaviour in urban red foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

  Tolhurst, B., Grogan, A., Hughes, H. & Scott, D., 6 May 2016, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 181, p. 182-190 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Vulpes vulpes 100%
  • foxes 93%
  • home range 69%
  • alloparental behavior 21%
  • statistical models 19%

• Efficacy of tagging European catfish Silurus glanis (L., 1758) released into ponds

  Rees, E. M. A., Britton, J. R., Godard, M. J., Crooks, N., Miller, J. I., Wesley, K. J. & Copp, G. H., 28 Feb 2014, In: Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 30, 1, p. 127-129 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Elevational Distribution and Extinction Risk in Birds

  White, R. & Bennett, P., 7 Apr 2015, In: PLoS ONE. 10, 4, p. 1-17 e0121849.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • extinction 100%
  • birds 65%
  • niches 27%
  • phylogeny 17%
  • climate change 12%

• Extended distribution of a recently described dipsadine colubrid snake: Atractus gigas

  Tolhurst, B., Peck, M., Noe Morales, J., Cane, T. & Recchio, I., 9 Mar 2010, In: Herpetology Notes. 3, p. 73-75 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Colubridae 100%
  • tropical montane cloud forests 99%
  • holotypes 86%
  • Ecuador 82%
  • snakes 75%

• Factors affecting the prey preferences of jackals (Canidae)

  Hayward, M., Porter, L., Lanszki, J., Kamler, J. F., Beck, J. M., Kerley, G. I. H., Macdonald, D. W., Montgomery, R. A., Parker, D. M., Scott, D., O’Brien, J. & Yarnell, R., 24 Feb 2017, In: Mammalian Biology. 85, p. 70-82 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • jackals 100%
  • Canidae 83%
  • Canis mesomelas 54%
  • Canis aureus 51%
  • carnivores 35%

• Farm husbandry and the risks of disease transmission between wild and domestic mammals: a brief review focusing on bovine tuberculosis in badgers and cattle

  Ward, A. I., Tolhurst, B. & Delahay, R. J., 31 Dec 2006, In: Animal Science. 82, 6, p. 767-773 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • badgers 100%
  • bovine tuberculosis 97%
  • disease transmission 86%
  • wildlife 73%
  • farm management 60%

• Filamentous fungi producing l-asparaginase with low glutaminase activity isolated from Brazilian savanna soil

  Freitas, M., Souza, P., Cardoso, S., Cruvinel, K., Abrunhosa, L. S., Ferreira Filho, E. X., Inácio, J., Pinho, D. B., Pessoa, A. & Magalhães, P. O., 17 Aug 2021, In: Pharmaceutics. 13, 8, 1268.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Grassland 100%
  • Glutaminase 99%
  • Asparaginase 94%
  • Soil 74%
  • Fungi 62%

• Fine-scale population genetic structure and sex-biased dispersal in the smooth snake (Coronella austriaca) in southern England

  Pernetta, A., Allen, J. A., Beebee, T. J. C. & Reading, C. J., 23 Feb 2011, In: Heredity. 107, p. 231-238 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • heathlands 100%
  • England 79%
  • snakes 78%
  • population genetics 70%
  • coniferous forests 56%

• First report of Laternula elliptica in the Antarctic intertidal zone

  Waller, C. L., Overall, A., Fitzcharles, E. M. & Griffiths, H., 6 May 2016, In: Polar Biology. 40, 1, p. 227-230 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Laternula elliptica 100%
  • littoral zone 66%
  • sediments 33%
  • invertebrates 30%
  • genetic analysis 16%

• Food availability and population structure: How do clumped and abundant sources of carrion affect the genetic diversity of the black-backed jackal?

  James, R. S., Scott, D., Yarnell, R. & Overall, A., 28 Oct 2016, In: Journal of Zoology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Canis mesomelas 100%
  • dead animals 74%
  • food availability 59%
  • population structure 51%
  • genetic variation 37%

• Garden Scraps: Agonistic Interactions between Hedgehogs and Sympatric Mammals in Urban Gardens

  Scott, D., Fowler, R., Sanglas, A. & Tolhurst, B., 8 Feb 2023, In: Animals. 13, 4, 14 p., 590.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Erinaceidae 100%
  • gardens 75%
  • badgers 62%
  • mammals 57%
  • foxes 53%

• Genetic diversity of pathogenic leptospires from wild, domestic and captive host species in Portugal

  Ferreira, A. S., Ahmed, A., Rocha, T., Vieira, M. L., Paiva-Cardoso, M. D. N., Mesquita, J. R., van der Linden, H., Goris, M., Thompson, G., Hartskeerl, R. A. & Inácio, J., 1 Nov 2019, In: Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 67, 2, p. 852-864 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Leptospira 100%
  • Portugal 89%
  • Genetic Variation 69%
  • multilocus sequence typing 52%
  • genetic variation 44%

• Genetic structure of regional water vole populations and footprints of reintroductions: a case study from Southeast England

  Baker, R., Scott, D., King, P. & Overall, A., 18 Mar 2020, In: Conservation Genetics. 21, 3, p. 531-546 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Arvicolinae 100%
  • Genetic Structures 95%
  • reintroduction 86%
  • genetic structure 84%
  • voles 79%

• Genotypes and population genetics of cryptococcus neoformans and cryptococcus gattii species complexes in Europe and the mediterranean area

  Cogliati, M., Desnos-Ollivier, M., McCormick-Smith, I., Rickerts, V., Ferreira-Paim, K., Meyer, W., Boekhout, T., Hagen, F., Theelen, B., Inácio, J., Alonso, B., Colom, M. F., Trilles, L., Montagna, M. T., De Donno, A., Susever, S., Ergin, C., Velegraki, A., Ellabib, M. S., Nardoni, S., & 17 othersMacci, C., Trovato, L., Dipineto, L., Akcaglar, S., Mlinaric-Missoni, E., Bertout, S., Vencá, A. C. F., Sampaio, A. C., Criseo, G., Ranque, S., Çerikçioğlu, N., Marchese, A., Vezzulli, L., Ilkit, M., Pasquale, V., Polacheck, I. & Lockhart, S. R., 3 Apr 2019, In: Fungal Genetics and Biology. 129, p. 16-29 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Cryptococcus gattii 100%
  • Cryptococcus neoformans 77%
  • Population Genetics 74%
  • Genotype 43%
  • Alleles 22%

• Glass reinforced plastic (GRP) a new emerging contaminant - First evidence of GRP impact on aquatic organisms

  Ciocan, C., Kristova, P., Annels, C., Derjean, M. & Hopkinson, L., 15 Aug 2020, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 160, 111559.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Aquatic organisms 100%
  • Reinforced plastics 74%
  • Reinforced Plastic 68%
  • aquatic organisms 64%
  • aquatic organism 59%

• Gongylomorphus bojerii bojerii (Bojer’s skink): arboreality

  Pernetta, A., 2004, In: Herpetological Bulletin. 91, p. 31-32 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Habitat use by an endemic and a non-native gecko: natural habitat provides a last refuge for the Barbados Leaf-Toed gecko

  Williams, R., Horrocks, J. & Pernetta, A., 17 Aug 2020, In: Neotropical Biodiversity . 6, 1, p. 127-137 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Barbados 100%
  • Gekkonidae 82%
  • habitat use 76%
  • refuge 70%
  • habitat 41%

• Health service needs and perspectives of a rainforest conserving community in Papua New Guinea's Ramu lowlands: a combined clinical and rapid anthropological assessment with parallel treatment of urgent cases

  Middleton, J., Colthart, G., Dem, F., Elkins, A., Fairhead, J., Hazell, R. J., Head, M. G., Inacio, J., Jimbudo, M., Jones, C. I., Laman, M., MacGregor, H., Novotny, V., Peck, M., Philip, J., Paliau, J., Pomat, W., Stockdale, J. A., Sui, S., Stewart, A. J., & 3 othersUmari, R., Walker, S. L. & Cassell, J. A., 6 Oct 2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 10, e075946.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Rainforest 100%
  • Papua New Guinea 87%
  • Anthropology 81%
  • Health Services Needs and Demand 70%
  • Focus Groups 60%

• Health service needs and perspectives of remote forest communities in Papua New Guinea: Study protocol for combined clinical and rapid anthropological assessments with parallel treatment of urgent cases

  Middleton, J., Abdad, M. Y., Beauchamp, E., Colthart, G., Cooper, M. J. F., Dem, F., Fairhead, J., Grundy, C. L., Head, M. G., Inacio, J., Jimbudo, M., Jones, C. I., Konecna, M., Laman, M., MacGregor, H., Novotny, V., Peck, M., Paliau, J., Philip, J., Pomat, W., & 5 othersRoberts, C. H., Sui, S., Stewart, A. J., Walker, S. L. & Cassell, J. A., 31 Oct 2020, In: BMJ Open. 10, e041784.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Papua New Guinea 100%
  • Anthropology 93%
  • Forests 85%
  • Health Services Needs and Demand 79%
  • Clinical Protocols 71%

• Heterozygote deficits in cyst plant-parasitic nematodes: possible causes and consequences

  Montarry, J., Pierre-Loup, J., Gracianne, C., Overall, A., Bardou-Valette, S., Olivier, E., Fournet, S., Grenier, E. & Petit, E. J., 4 Mar 2015, In: Molecular Ecology. 24, 8, p. 1654-1677 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • plant parasitic nematodes 100%
  • null alleles 81%
  • heterozygosity 75%
  • virulence 35%
  • Nematoda 34%

• How Can We All Help Conserve Nature?

  Muñoz, M., Valle, M., White, R. & Jaffé, R., 21 Jun 2019, In: Frontiers for Young Minds. 7, 84

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • environmental issue 100%
  • resource 56%

• How transgenic and classically bred apple genotypes affect non-target organisms on higher trophic levels

  Vogler, U., Rott, A., Gessler, C. & Dorn, S., 2009, In: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 134, 2, p. 114-121 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Phyllonorycter ringoniella 100%
  • nontarget organisms 80%
  • trophic levels 77%
  • apples 56%
  • genetically modified organisms 52%

• How two different host species influence the performance of a gregarious parasitoid: host size is not equal to host quality

  Rott, A., Dorn, S. & Häckermann, J., Mar 2007, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 76, 2, p. 376-383 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Immediate and lag effects of hydrological change on floodplain grassland plants

  Brotherton, S. J., Joyce, C., Berg, M. & Awcock, G., 20 Feb 2019, In: Plant Ecology. 220, 3, p. 345-359 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • hydrological change 100%
  • floodplain 71%
  • grassland 64%
  • transplantation 40%
  • hydrology 26%

• Impact of Metformin and Increased Temperature on Blue Mussels Mytilus edulis - Evidence for Synergism

  Koagouw, W. & Ciocan, C., 1 Aug 2018, In: Journal of Shellfish Research. 37, 3, p. 467-474 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • chemical in the environment 100%
  • heat stress 88%
  • synergism 87%
  • pathology 76%
  • aquatic environment 66%

• Improved bruchid management through favorable host plant traits and natural enemies

  Velten, G., Rott, A., Petit, B. J. C., Cardona, C. & Dorn, S., Nov 2008, In: Biological Control. 47, 2, p. 133-140 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Improving Real-World Impact From Research-Focussed Experiential Learning In Higher Education: A Call-To-Arms Centring On Field Ecological Monitoring

  Tolhurst, B., White, R., Friscia, A., Berg, M., Pernetta, A. & Crooks, N., 5 Jul 2023, In: Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice. 11, 2, p. 170-179 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • higher education 100%
  • learning 62%
  • monitoring 50%
  • student 23%
  • education 21%

• Increased Flight Initiation Distance (FID) in Golden Marmots (Marmota caudata aurea) Responding to Domestic Dogs in A Landscape of Human Disturbance

  Zaman, M., Tolhurst, B., Zhu, M. & Jiang, G., 26 Aug 2019, In: Animals. 9, 9, 11 p., 605.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Marmota caudata 100%
  • Marmota 77%
  • Urodela 73%
  • flight 42%
  • dogs 38%

• Increased mortality, delayed hatching, development aberrations and reduced activity in brown trout (Salmo trutta) exposed to phenethyl isothiocyanate

  White, A., Pernetta, A., Joyce, C. & Crooks, N., 16 Oct 2019, In: Water, Air and Soil Pollution. 230, 11, p. 1-17 231.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Phenethyl Isothiocyanate 100%
  • phenethyl isothiocyanate 89%
  • Trout 72%
  • Aberrations 71%
  • hatching 64%

• Influence of live and dry diets on growth and survival of chub (Leuciscus cephalus) larvae

  Crooks, N., Rees, W., Black, A., Hide, D., Britton, J. R. & Henshaw, A., 16 Feb 2013, In: Fisheries and Aquaculture Journal. 2013

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Squalius cephalus 100%
  • Artemia 49%
  • larvae 39%
  • diet 34%

• Just give them fellowships

  Pernetta, A., 26 Sept 2008, In: Science. 321, p. 1776-1777 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Kites (Milvus spp.) wintering on Crete

  Panter, C. T., Xirouchakis, S., Danko, Matušík, H., Podzemný, P., Ovčiariková, S. & Literák, I., 6 Oct 2020, In: European Zoological Journal. 87, 1, p. 591-596 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Milvus 100%
  • Milvus migrans 85%
  • Crete 73%
  • Milvus milvus 67%
  • Mediterranean Islands 19%

• Larval fitness, microsatellite diversity and MHC class II diversity in common frog (Rana temporaria) populations

  Zeisset, I. & Beebee, T. J. C., 31 May 2010, In: Heredity. 104, 5

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Larval fitness and immunogenetic diversity in chytrid-infected and uninfected natterjack toad (Bufo calamita) populations

  May, S., Zeisset, I. & Beebee, T. J. C., 30 Jun 2011, In: Conservation Genetics. 12, 3

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• L-Asparaginase from Penicillium sizovae Produced by a Recombinant Komagataella phaffii Strain

  Freitas, M., Souza, P., Homen de Mello, M., Fonseca-Bazzo, Y. M., Silveira, D., Ferreira Filho, E. X., Pessoa Junior, A., Sarker, D., Timson, D., Inacio Silva, J. & Magalhaes, P. O., 14 Jun 2022, In: Pharmaceuticals. 15, 6, 17 p., 746.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • L-Asparagine 100%
  • Asparaginase 90%
  • Penicillium 89%
  • Soil 55%
  • Enzyme Activity 54%

• Leiolopisma telfairii (Telfair’s skink): Caudal Luring

  Pernetta, A., Ross, T. N. & Jones, C. G., 2005, In: Herpetological Review. 36, 3, p. 320-321 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Lizard diversity in response to human-induced disturbance in Andean Ecuador

  Tolhurst, B., Aguirre Penafiel, V., Mafla-Endara, P., Berg, M., Peck, M. & Maddock, S. T., 1 Jan 2016, In: Herpetological Journal. 26, p. 33-39 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • primary forests 100%
  • secondary forests 93%
  • agroforestry 86%
  • Ecuador 83%
  • lizards 72%

• Long-term exposure of marine mussels to paracetamol: is time a healer or a killer?

  Koagouw, W., Stewart, N. & Ciocan, C., 30 Apr 2021, In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28, 35, p. 48823-48836 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Bivalvia 100%
  • Mytilus edulis 92%
  • Paracetamol 91%
  • Acetaminophen 79%
  • Genes 72%

• Lovebirds in the air: trade patterns, establishment success and niche shifts of Agapornis parrots within their non-native range

  Mori, E., Cardador, L., Reino, L., White, R., Hernández-Brito, D., Le Louarn, M., Mentil, L., Edelaar, P., Pârâu, L., Nikolov, B. & Menchetti, M., 3 Oct 2019, In: Biological Invasions. 22, p. 421-435 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Agapornis 100%
  • parrots 71%
  • niche 55%
  • niches 50%
  • climate 46%

• Macro- and microhabitat use of Telfair’s skinks (Leiolopisma telfairii) on Round Island, Mauritius: implications for their translocation

  Pernetta, A., Bell, D. J. & Jones, C. G., 2005, In: Acta Oecologica. 28, 3, p. 313-323 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mauritius 100%
  • Scincidae 92%
  • microhabitats 75%
  • habitats 42%
  • Blattodea 40%

• Mentors could support a student reviewer database

  Pernetta, A., 2007, In: Nature. 448, p. 129

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Microsatellite markers for the large blue butterflies Maculinea nausithous and Maculinea alcon (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae) and their amplification in other Maculinea species

  Zeisset, I., Damm Als, T., Settele, J. & Boomsma, J., 23 Dec 2004, In: Molecular Ecology Notes. 5, 1, p. 165-168

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Lycaenidae 100%
  • butterflies 74%
  • Lepidoptera 58%
  • microsatellite repeats 54%
  • endangered species 36%

• Molecular characterization of major histocompatibility complex class II alleles in the common frog, Rana temporaria

  Zeisset, I. & Beebee, T. J. C., 31 May 2009, In: Molecular Ecology Resources. 9, 3, p. 738-745 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Monitoring the trade: using the CITES trade database to examine the dynamics of the trade in live monitor lizards (Varanus spp.)

  Pernetta, A., 2009, In: Biawak: Quarterly Journal of Varanid Biology and Husbandry. 3, 2, p. 37-45 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Varanus 100%
  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species 95%
  • lizards 63%
  • monitoring 42%
  • international trade 19%

• Multi-locus sequence typing and phylogenetics of Cryptococcus neoformans AD hybrids

  Cogliati, M., Chidebelu, P. E., Hitchcock, M., Chen, M., Rickerts, V., Ackermann, S., Desnos Ollivier, M., Inácio, J., Nawrot, U., Florek, M., Kwon-Chung, K. J., Yang, D. H., Firacative, C., Puime, C. A., Escandon, P., Bertout, S., Roger, F. & Xu, J., 19 Dec 2023, In: Fungal Genetics and Biology. 170, 103861.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Cryptococcus neoformans 100%
  • Haploidy 55%
  • Serogroup 32%
  • Genetic Variation 16%
  • Cryptococcus 12%

• Natural history, distribution, and conservation status of the Barbados leaf-toed gecko, Phyllodactylus pulcher Gray, 1828 (Squamata, Gekkonidae)

  Williams, R., Horrocks, J. & Pernetta, A., 19 Apr 2015, In: Herpetology Notes. 8, p. 197-204 8 p.

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  • Barbados 100%
  • Gekkonidae 82%
  • Squamata 75%
  • natural history 72%
  • conservation status 72%

• Neglected native or undesirable alien? Resolution of a conservation dilemma concerning the pool frog Rana lessonae

  Beebee, T., Buckley, J., Evans, I., Foster, J. P., Gent, A., Gleed-Owen, C., Kelly, G., Rowe, G., Snell, C., Wycherley, J. & Zeisset, I., 2005, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 14, 7, p. 1607–1626

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Rana 100%
  • frogs 73%
  • bioacoustics 49%
  • genetic lines 22%
  • Southern European region 20%

• Negligible hormonal response following dehorning in free-ranging white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)

  Penny, S., White, R., MacTavish, L. M., Scott, D. & Pernetta, A., 29 Dec 2020, In: Conservation Physiology. 8, 1, p. 1-12 12 p., coaa117.

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  • dehorning 100%
  • Ceratotherium simum 97%
  • Rhinoceros 29%
  • steroids 17%
  • Rhinocerotidae 16%