Search Results - "Duncan, Richard P."

Does Size Matter? An Experimental Evaluation of the Relative Abundance and Decay Rates of Aquatic Environmental DNA by Bylemans, Jonas, Furlan, Elise M, Gleeson, Dianne M, Hardy, Christopher M, Duncan, Richard P

“…Environmental DNA (eDNA) is increasingly used to monitor aquatic macrofauna. Typically, short mitochondrial DNA fragments are targeted because these should be…”
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Are treelines advancing? A global meta-analysis of treeline response to climate warming by Harsch, Melanie A, Hulme, Philip E, McGlone, Matt S, Duncan, Richard P

“…Treelines are temperature sensitive transition zones that are expected to respond to climate warming by advancing beyond their current position. Response to…”
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framework for estimating the sensitivity of eDNA surveys by Furlan, Elise M., Gleeson, Dianne, Hardy, Christopher M., Duncan, Richard P.

“…Imperfect sensitivity, or imperfect detection, is a feature of all survey methods that needs to be accounted for when interpreting survey results. Detection of…”
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A proposed unified framework for biological invasions by Blackburn, Tim M., Pyšek, Petr, Bacher, Sven, Carlton, James T., Duncan, Richard P., Jarošík, Vojtěch, Wilson, John R.U., Richardson, David M.

“…There has been a dramatic growth in research on biological invasions over the past 20 years, but a mature understanding of the field has been hampered because…”
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Magnitude and variation of prehistoric bird extinctions in the Pacific by Duncan, Richard P., Boyer, Alison G., Blackburn, Tim M.

“…The largest extinction event in the Holocene occurred on Pacific islands, where Late Quaternary fossils reveal the loss of thousands of bird populations…”
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Evidence for a metal disease refuge: The amphibian-killing fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) is inhibited by environmentally-relevant concentrations of metals tolerated by amphibians by Esmaeilbeigi, Milad, P. Duncan, Richard, J. Kefford, Ben, Ezaz, Tariq, Clulow, Simon

“…The amphibian-killing fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has caused substantial declines in Bd-susceptible amphibian species worldwide. However, some…”
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Identifying error and accurately interpreting environmental DNA metabarcoding results: A case study to detect vertebrates at arid zone waterholes by Furlan, Elise M., Davis, Jenny, Duncan, Richard P.

“…Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding surveys enable rapid, noninvasive identification of taxa from trace samples with wide‐ranging applications from…”
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eDNA surveys to detect species at very low densities: A case study of European carp eradication in Tasmania, Australia by Furlan, Elise M., Gleeson, Dianne, Wisniewski, Chris, Yick, Jonah, Duncan, Richard P., Strecker, Angela

“…Eradications of invasive species are usually expensive and difficult to conduct. Knowing when to declare an eradication successful requires distinguishing…”
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Climate warming drives a temperate-zone lizard to its upper thermal limits, restricting activity, and increasing energetic costs by Doucette, Lisa I., Duncan, Richard P., Osborne, William S., Evans, Murray, Georges, Arthur, Gruber, Bernd, Sarre, Stephen D.

“…Lizards are considered vulnerable to climate change because many operate near their thermal maxima. Exposure to higher temperatures could reduce activity of…”
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Import volumes and biosecurity interventions shape the arrival rate of fungal pathogens by Sikes, Benjamin A, Bufford, Jennifer L, Hulme, Philip E, Cooper, Jerry A, Johnston, Peter R, Duncan, Richard P

“…Global trade and the movement of people accelerate biological invasions by spreading species worldwide. Biosecurity measures seek to allow trade and passenger…”
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novel framework for disentangling the scale‐dependent influences of abiotic factors on alpine treeline position by Case, Bradley S, Duncan, Richard P

“…Low‐temperature growth limitation largely determines alpine treeline position globally, but treeline elevation also varies locally at a range of scales in…”
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Island extinctions: processes, patterns, and potential for ecosystem restoration by WOOD, JAMIE R., ALCOVER, JOSEP A., BLACKBURN, TIM M., BOVER, PERE, DUNCAN, RICHARD P., HUME, JULIAN P., LOUYS, JULIEN, MEIJER, HANNEKE J.M., RANDO, JUAN C., WILMSHURST, JANET M.

“…Extinctions have altered island ecosystems throughout the late Quaternary. Here, we review the main historic drivers of extinctions on islands, patterns in…”
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The contemporary distribution of grasses in Australia: A process of immigration, dispersal and shifting dominance by Bryceson, Susanna R., Hemming, Kyle T. M., Duncan, Richard P., Morgan, John W.

“…Aim Little is known about the distribution of grasses throughout Australia. Using endemism as a basis for understanding biogeographical distributions, we…”
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Application of DArT seq derived SNP tags for comparative genome analysis in fishes; An alternative pipeline using sequence data from a non-traditional model species, Macquaria ambigua by Shams, Foyez, Dyer, Fiona, Thompson, Ross, Duncan, Richard P, Thiem, Jason D, Kilian, Andrzej, Ezaz, Tariq

“…Bi-allelic Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) markers are widely used in population genetic studies. In most studies, sequences either side of the SNPs…”
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Darwin's naturalization conundrum: dissecting taxonomic patterns of species invasions by Diez, Jeffrey M, Sullivan, Jon J, Hulme, Philip E, Edwards, Grant, Duncan, Richard P

“…Darwin acknowledged contrasting, plausible arguments for how species invasions are influenced by phylogenetic relatedness to the native community. These…”
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Functional equivalence, competitive hierarchy and facilitation determine species coexistence in highly invaded grasslands by Gross, Nicolas, Liancourt, Pierre, Butters, Robyn, Duncan, Richard P, Hulme, Philip E

“…Alien and native plant species often differ in functional traits. Trait differences could lead to niche differences that minimize competitive interactions and…”
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Big Brains, Enhanced Cognition, and Response of Birds to Novel Environments by Sol, Daniel, Duncan, Richard P., Blackburn, Tim M., Cassey, Phillip, Lefebvre, Louis, Orians, Gordon H.

“…The widely held hypothesis that enlarged brains have evolved as an adaptation to cope with novel or altered environmental conditions lacks firm empirical…”
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Avian Extinction and Mammalian Introductions on Oceanic Islands by Blackburn, Tim M., Cassey, Phillip, Duncan, Richard P., Evans, Karl L., Gaston, Kevin J.

“…The arrival of humans on oceanic islands has precipitated a wave of extinctions among the islands' native birds. Nevertheless, the magnitude of this extinction…”
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Novel interactions between alien pathogens and native plants increase plant–pathogen network connectance and decrease specialization by Bufford, Jennifer L., Hulme, Philip E., Sikes, Benjamin A., Cooper, Jerry A., Johnston, Peter R., Duncan, Richard P., Allan, Eric

“…Alien plant pathogens are a threat to native plants and are increasingly integrating into native plant–pathogen networks, but how these novel plant–pathogen…”
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Do climate envelope models transfer? A manipulative test using dung beetle introductions by Duncan, Richard P, Cassey, Phillip, Blackburn, Tim M

“…Climate envelope models (CEMs) are widely used to forecast future shifts in species ranges under climate change, but these models are rarely validated against…”
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