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Statistical solutions for error and bias in global citizen science datasets by Bird, Tomas J., Bates, Amanda E., Lefcheck, Jonathan S., Hill, Nicole A., Thomson, Russell J., Edgar, Graham J., Stuart-Smith, Rick D., Wotherspoon, Simon, Krkosek, Martin, Stuart-Smith, Jemina F., Pecl, Gretta T., Barrett, Neville, Frusher, Stewart

“…•Citizen-scientist (CS) datasets offer unique opportunities and challenges to the study of global conservation priorities.•Fortunately, issues of error and…”
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Increased population size of fish in a lowland river following restoration of structural habitat by Lyon, Jarod P., Bird, Tomas J., Kearns, Joanne, Nicol, Simon, Tonkin, Zeb, Todd, Charles R., O’Mahony, Justin, Hackett, Graeme, Raymond, Scott, Lieschke, Jason, Kitchingman, Adrian, Bradshaw, Corey J. A.

“…Most assessments of the effectiveness of river restoration are done at small spatial scales (10 km) over short time frames (less than three years), potentially…”
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Geographical range, heat tolerance and invasion success in aquatic species by Bates, Amanda E., McKelvie, Catherine M., Sorte, Cascade J. B., Morley, Simon A., Jones, Nicholas A. R., Mondon, Julie A., Bird, Tomas J., Quinn, Gerry

“…Species with broader geographical ranges are expected to be ecological generalists, while species with higher heat tolerances may be relatively competitive at…”
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Is my model fit for purpose? Validating a population model for predicting freshwater fish responses to flow management by Hale, Robin, Yen, Jian D. L., Todd, Charles R., Stuart, Ivor G., Wootton, Henry F., Thiem, Jason D., Koehn, John D., Tonkin, Zeb, Lyon, Jarod P., McCarthy, Michael A., Bird, Tomas J., Fanson, Ben G.

“…Abstract Models based on ecological processes (process‐explicit models) are often used to predict ecosystem responses to environmental changes or management…”
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The shape of abundance distributions across temperature gradients in reef fishes by Waldock, Conor, Stuart‐Smith, Rick D., Edgar, Graham J., Bird, Tomas J., Bates, Amanda E., Mouillot, David

“…Improving predictions of ecological responses to climate change requires understanding how local abundance relates to temperature gradients, yet many factors…”
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Census-independent population mapping in northern Nigeria by Weber, Eric M., Seaman, Vincent Y., Stewart, Robert N., Bird, Tomas J., Tatem, Andrew J., McKee, Jacob J., Bhaduri, Budhendra L., Moehl, Jessica J., Reith, Andrew E.

“…Although remote sensing has long been used to aid in the estimation of population, it has usually been in the context of spatial disaggregation of national…”
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Mapping poverty using mobile phone and satellite data by Steele, Jessica E., Sundsøy, Pål Roe, Pezzulo, Carla, Alegana, Victor A., Bird, Tomas J., Blumenstock, Joshua, Bjelland, Johannes, Engø-Monsen, Kenth, de Montjoye, Yves-Alexandre, Iqbal, Asif M., Hadiuzzaman, Khandakar N., Lu, Xin, Wetter, Erik, Tatem, Andrew J., Bengtsson, Linus

“…Poverty is one of the most important determinants of adverse health outcomes globally, a major cause of societal instability and one of the largest causes of…”
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Identifying residential neighbourhood types from settlement points in a machine learning approach by Jochem, Warren C., Bird, Tomas J., Tatem, Andrew J.

“…Remote sensing techniques are now commonly applied to map and monitor urban land uses to measure growth and to assist with development and planning. Recent…”
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Incursions of sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, and striped bass, Morone saxatilis, in Labrador waters: Episodic events or evidence of a northward range expansion? by Van Leeuwen, Travis E., Cote, David, Pretty, Christina, Townley, Joseph, Poole, Rebecca, Dempson, Brian, Bird, Tomas J., Kippenhuck, Charlene, Morris, Corey

“…We describe observations of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) and striped bass (Morone saxatilis) incursions into Labrador, Canada. While P. marinus have been…”
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New Approaches to Marine Conservation Through the Scaling Up of Ecological Data by Edgar, Graham J, Bates, Amanda E, Bird, Tomas J, Jones, Alun H, Kininmonth, Stuart, Stuart-Smith, Rick D, Webb, Thomas J

“…In an era of rapid global change, conservation managers urgently need improved tools to track and counter declining ecosystem conditions. This need is…”
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Considerations for Water Temperature-Related Fishery Closures in Recreational Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Catch and Release Fisheries: A Case Study from Eastern Canada by Van Leeuwen, Travis E, Lehnert, Sarah J, Breau, Cindy, Fitzsimmons, Michelle, Kelly, Nicholas I, Dempson, J Brian, Neville, Victoria M, Young, Mark, Keefe, Donald, Bird, Tomas J, Cote, David

“…Accumulating evidence has demonstrated a decrease in post-release survival of angled Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) during periods of warm water temperatures…”
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Quantifying factors influencing American lobster (Homarus americanus) predation on the invasive green crab (Carcinus maenas) in Newfoundland, Canada by Rayner, Gemma, Bird, Tomas J., McGaw, Iain J.

“…The European green crab (Carcinus maenas) is a newly invasive species in Newfoundland, where it has likely been present for ≤15 years. The green crab has been…”
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Sub-national mapping of population pyramids and dependency ratios in Africa and Asia by Pezzulo, Carla, Hornby, Graeme M., Sorichetta, Alessandro, Gaughan, Andrea E., Linard, Catherine, Bird, Tomas J., Kerr, David, Lloyd, Christopher T., Tatem, Andrew J.

“…The age group composition of populations varies substantially across continents and within countries, and is linked to levels of development, health status and…”
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Distinguishing geographical range shifts from artefacts of detectability and sampling effort by Bates, Amanda E., Bird, Tomas J., Stuart-Smith, Rick D., Wernberg, Thomas, Sunday, Jennifer M., Barrett, Neville S., Edgar, Graham J., Frusher, Stewart, Hobday, Alistair J., Pecl, Gretta T., Smale, Dan A., McCarthy, Michael

“…Aim The redistribution of species with climate change is well documented. Even so, the relative contribution of species detectability to the variation in…”
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A global synthesis of survival estimates for microbats by Lentini, Pia E., Bird, Tomas J., Griffiths, Stephen R., Godinho, Lisa N., Wintle, Brendan A.

“…Accurate survival estimates are needed to construct robust population models, which are a powerful tool for understanding and predicting the fates of species…”
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Dynamic denominators: the impact of seasonally varying population numbers on disease incidence estimates by Zu Erbach-Schoenberg, Elisabeth, Alegana, Victor A, Sorichetta, Alessandro, Linard, Catherine, Lourenço, Christoper, Ruktanonchai, Nick W, Graupe, Bonita, Bird, Tomas J, Pezzulo, Carla, Wesolowski, Amy, Tatem, Andrew J

“…Reliable health metrics are crucial for accurately assessing disease burden and planning interventions. Many health indicators are measured through passive…”
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Activity and positioning of eurythermal hydrothermal vent sulphide worms in a variable thermal environment by Bates, Amanda E., Bird, Tomas J., Robert, Katleen, Onthank, Kirt L., Quinn, Gerry P., Juniper, S. Kim, Lee, Raymond W.

“…Here we investigate behavioral responses to fine-scale spatial and temporal temperature gradients in a heat tolerant hydrothermal vent worm (Paralvinella…”
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Climate resilience in marine protected areas and the ‘Protection Paradox’ by Bates, Amanda E., Cooke, Robert S.C., Duncan, Murray I., Edgar, Graham J., Bruno, John F., Benedetti-Cecchi, Lisandro, Côté, Isabelle M., Lefcheck, Jonathan S., Costello, Mark John, Barrett, Neville, Bird, Tomas J., Fenberg, Phillip B., Stuart-Smith, Rick D.

“…Restricting human activities through Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is assumed to create more resilient biological communities with a greater capacity to resist…”
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Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment by Primack, Richard B., Clinton, Mary E., Shellard, Marc, Geraldi, Nathan R., Colón-Piñeiro, Zuania, Ocampo-Peñuela, Natalia, Kalisa, Egide, Anderwald, Pia, Badihi, Gal, Henderson, Matthew G., Baerenfaller, Katja, Benedetti-Cecchi, Lisandro, Bulleri, Fabio, Maggi, Elena, Boerder, Kristina, Mathias, Delphine, Chauvaud, Laurent, Brownscombe, Jacob W., Midwood, Jonathan D., Boston, Christine M., Cooke, Steven J., Belmaker, Jonathan, Jayathilake, Dinusha R.M., Crimmins, Theresa M., Schaffer, Sara N., Switzer, Jeff R., Wong, Kevin, Hofmeyr, Sally, Franklin, Craig E., Berger-Tal, Oded, Gallagher, Austin J., Gilby, Ben L., Ballantyne, Jasmine, Schlacher, Thomas A., Woods, Mackenzie B., Rider, Mitchell J., Orth, Robert J., Hentati-Sundberg, Jonas, Olsson, Olof, Higgs, Nicholas D., McMahon, Clive R., Guinet, Christophe, Hirsch, Sarah E., Perrault, Justin R., Hobaiter, Catherine, Huveneers, Charlie, Lamb, Clayton T., Parmelee, Jeffrey R., Frederick, Cheryl A., Park, Hyomin, Choi, Jaein, D'Silva, Dallas, Estela, Felipe A., Sánchez-Sarria, Camilo E., Salingré, Shira, Lazarus, Mai, Ari, Yigael Ben, Dolev, Amit, Ficetola, Gentile Francesco, Barclay, David R., Thomson, Dugald J.M., Miller, Aroha, Dearden, Amber, Chapman, Jennifer, Dares, Lauren, Borden, Laura, Gibbs, Donna, Weltman, Amanda, Bar-Massada, Avi, Chen, Ron, Bakari, Samuel, Saravia-Mullin, Victoria, Kret, Elzbieta, Pourchier, Cloé, Ruffo, Alazar, Wondafrash, Mengistu, Nikolov, Stoyan C., Palmer, Charles, Rex, Patrick T., Radford, Craig A., McWhinnie, Lauren, Hutchinson, Rebecca A., Furtado, Miguel A., Southall, Emily, Diaz-Orozco, Jessica P., Rodgers, Ku'ulei S., Stefanak, Matthew P., Weideman, Eleanor A., Shimada, Takahiro, Meekan, Mark G., Curtis, Joseph S., Faletti, Meaghan E., Wall, Kara R., Requena-Mesa, Christian, Foley, Catherine M., Milchakova, Nataliya A., Martin, Stephanie M., Piou, Cyril, Cagnacci, Francesca, Loretto, Matthias-Claudio

“…The global lockdown to mitigate COVID-19 pandemic health risks has altered human interactions with nature. Here, we report immediate impacts of changes in…”
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Exploring the high-resolution mapping of gender-disaggregated development indicators by Bosco, C., Alegana, V., Bird, T., Pezzulo, C., Bengtsson, L., Sorichetta, A., Steele, J., Hornby, G., Ruktanonchai, C., Ruktanonchai, N., Wetter, E., Tatem, A. J.

“…Improved understanding of geographical variation and inequity in health status, wealth and access to resources within countries is increasingly being…”
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