Search Results - "BREED, MARTIN F."

Transfer of environmental microbes to the skin and respiratory tract of humans after urban green space exposure by Selway, Caitlin A., Mills, Jacob G., Weinstein, Philip, Skelly, Chris, Yadav, Sudesh, Lowe, Andrew, Breed, Martin F., Weyrich, Laura S.

“…•Microbes from urban green spaces may help to shape the human microbiome.•After urban green space exposure, skin and nasal microbial diversity increased.•Skin…”
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The Lovebug Effect: Is the human biophilic drive influenced by interactions between the host, the environment, and the microbiome? by Robinson, Jake M., Breed, Martin F.

“…Psychological frameworks are often used to investigate the mechanisms involved with our affinity towards, and connection with nature––such as the Biophilia…”
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Constraints to and conservation implications for climate change adaptation in plants by Christmas, Matthew J, Breed, Martin F, Lowe, Andrew J

“…Contemporary climate change is having widespread impacts on plant populations. Understanding how plants respond to this change is essential to our efforts to…”
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Naturally-diverse airborne environmental microbial exposures modulate the gut microbiome and may provide anxiolytic benefits in mice by Liddicoat, Craig, Sydnor, Harrison, Cando-Dumancela, Christian, Dresken, Romy, Liu, Jiajun, Gellie, Nicholas J.C., Mills, Jacob G., Young, Jennifer M., Weyrich, Laura S., Hutchinson, Mark R., Weinstein, Philip, Breed, Martin F.

“…[Display omitted] •The effect of biodiverse aerobiomes on gut microbiota was previously untested.•We demonstrate that exposure to biodiverse soil dust…”
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Vertical Stratification in Urban Green Space Aerobiomes by Robinson, Jake M, Cando-Dumancela, Christian, Liddicoat, Craig, Weinstein, Philip, Cameron, Ross, Breed, Martin F

“…Exposure to a diverse environmental microbiome is thought to play an important role in "educating" the immune system and facilitating competitive exclusion of…”
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Urban habitat restoration provides a human health benefit through microbiome rewilding: the Microbiome Rewilding Hypothesis by Mills, Jacob G., Weinstein, Philip, Gellie, Nicholas J. C., Weyrich, Laura S., Lowe, Andrew J., Breed, Martin F.

“…Restoration aims to return ecosystem services, including the human health benefits of exposure to green space. The loss of such exposure with urbanization and…”
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Opportunities and challenges of macrogenetic studies by Leigh, Deborah M., van Rees, Charles B., Millette, Katie L., Breed, Martin F., Schmidt, Chloé, Bertola, Laura D., Hand, Brian K., Hunter, Margaret E., Jensen, Evelyn L., Kershaw, Francine, Liggins, Libby, Luikart, Gordon, Manel, Stéphanie, Mergeay, Joachim, Miller, Joshua M., Segelbacher, Gernot, Hoban, Sean, Paz-Vinas, Ivan

“…The rapidly emerging field of macrogenetics focuses on analysing publicly accessible genetic datasets from thousands of species to explore large-scale patterns…”
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Can bacterial indicators of a grassy woodland restoration inform ecosystem assessment and microbiota-mediated human health? by Liddicoat, Craig, Weinstein, Philip, Bissett, Andrew, Gellie, Nicholas J.C., Mills, Jacob G., Waycott, Michelle, Breed, Martin F.

“…Understanding how microbial communities change with environmental degradation and restoration may offer new insights into the understudied ecology that…”
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Exposure to airborne bacteria depends upon vertical stratification and vegetation complexity by Robinson, Jake M., Cando-Dumancela, Christian, Antwis, Rachael E., Cameron, Ross, Liddicoat, Craig, Poudel, Ravin, Weinstein, Philip, Breed, Martin F.

“…Exposure to biodiverse aerobiomes supports human health, but it is unclear which ecological factors influence exposure. Few studies have investigated…”
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Which provenance and where? Seed sourcing strategies for revegetation in a changing environment by Breed, Martin F., Stead, Michael G., Ottewell, Kym M., Gardner, Michael G., Lowe, Andrew J.

“…Revegetation is one practical application of science that should ideally aim to combine ecology with evolution to maximise biodiversity and ecosystem outcomes…”
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Priority Actions to Improve Provenance Decision-Making by BREED, MARTIN F., HARRISON, PETER A., BISCHOFF, ARMIN, DURRUTY, PAULA, GELLIE, NICK J. C., GONZALES, EMILY K., HAVENS, KAYRI, KARMANN, MARION, KILKENNY, FRANCIS F., KRAUSS, SIEGFRIED L., LOWE, ANDREW J., MARQUES, PEDRO, NEVILL, PAUL G., VITT, PATI L., BUCHAROVA, ANNA

“…Selecting the geographic origin—the provenance—of seed is a key decision in restoration. The last decade has seen a vigorous debate on whether to use local or…”
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How well do revegetation plantings capture genetic diversity? by Jordan, Rebecca, Breed, Martin F, Prober, Suzanne M, Miller, Adam D, Hoffmann, Ary A

“…Revegetation plantings are a key management tool for ecological restoration. Revegetation success is usually measured using ecological traits, however, genetic…”
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Assessing the benefits and risks of translocations in changing environments: a genetic perspective by Weeks, Andrew R., Sgro, Carla M., Young, Andrew G., Frankham, Richard, Mitchell, Nicki J., Miller, Kim A., Byrne, Margaret, Coates, David J., Eldridge, Mark D. B., Sunnucks, Paul, Breed, Martin F., James, Elizabeth A., Hoffmann, Ary A.

“…Translocations are being increasingly proposed as a way of conserving biodiversity, particularly in the management of threatened and keystone species, with the…”
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Relating Urban Biodiversity to Human Health With the 'Holobiont' Concept by Mills, Jacob G, Brookes, Justin D, Gellie, Nicholas J C, Liddicoat, Craig, Lowe, Andrew J, Sydnor, Harrison R, Thomas, Torsten, Weinstein, Philip, Weyrich, Laura S, Breed, Martin F

“…A relatively unaccounted ecosystem service from biodiversity is the benefit to human health via symbiotic microbiota from our environment. This benefit occurs…”
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Ecological phage therapy: Can bacteriophages help rapidly restore the soil microbiome? by Davies, Tarryn, Cando‐Dumancela, Christian, Liddicoat, Craig, Dresken, Romy, Damen, Rudolf H., Edwards, Robert A., Ramesh, Sunita A., Breed, Martin F.

“…Soil microbiota underpin ecosystem functionality yet are rarely targeted during ecosystem restoration. Soil microbiota recovery following native plant…”
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Urban sports fields support higher levels of soil butyrate and butyrate‐producing bacteria than urban nature parks by Brame, Joel E., Liddicoat, Craig, Abbott, Catherine A., Cando‐Dumancela, Christian, Fickling, Nicole W., Robinson, Jake M., Breed, Martin F.

“…Butyrate‐producing bacteria colonise the gut of humans and non‐human animals, where they produce butyrate, a short‐chain fatty acid with known health benefits…”
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Comparative gene co-expression networks show enrichment of brassinosteroid and vitamin B processes in a seagrass under simulated ocean warming and extreme climatic events by Booth, Mitchell W, Sinclair, Elizabeth A, Jung, Elisabeth Maria U, Austin, Rachel, Bayer, Philipp E, Krauss, Siegfried L, Breed, Martin F, Kendrick, Gary A

“…Ocean warming combined with extreme climatic events, such as marine heatwaves and flash flooding events, threaten seagrasses globally. How seagrasses cope with…”
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The macroecology of butyrate‐producing bacteria via metagenomic assessment of butyrate production capacity by Brame, Joel E., Liddicoat, Craig, Abbott, Catherine A., Edwards, Robert A., Robinson, Jake M., Gauthier, Nicolas E., Breed, Martin F.

“…Butyrate‐producing bacteria are found in many outdoor ecosystems and host organisms, including humans, and are vital to ecosystem functionality and human…”
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Light–dark cycles may influence in situ soil bacterial networks and diurnally‐sensitive taxa by Fickling, Nicole W., Abbott, Catherine A., Brame, Joel E., Cando‐Dumancela, Christian, Liddicoat, Craig, Robinson, Jake M., Breed, Martin F.

“…Soil bacterial taxa have important functional roles in ecosystems (e.g. nutrient cycling, soil formation, plant health). Many factors influence their assembly…”
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Harnessing soil biodiversity to promote human health in cities by Sun, Xin, Liddicoat, Craig, Tiunov, Alexei, Wang, Bin, Zhang, Yiyue, Lu, Changyi, Li, Zhipeng, Scheu, Stefan, Breed, Martin F., Geisen, Stefan, Zhu, Yong-Guan

“…Biodiversity is widely linked to human health, however, connections between human health and soil biodiversity in urban environments remain poorly understood…”
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