Search Results - "Khoo, Max"
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Why do understorey Licuala palm fruits turn from red to white and then black when ripe?
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-09-2024)“…Licuala ferruginea Becc., a tropical forest understorey palm, is observed to have fruits that appear red in colour when unripe, turning pink, then white,…”
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Detection of a novel Babesia sp. in Amblyomma javanense, an ectoparasite of Sunda pangolins
Published in Parasites & vectors (22-11-2023)“…Abstract Background Babesia is a protozoal, tick-borne parasite that can cause life-threatening disease in humans, wildlife and domestic animals worldwide…”
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Uncovering the magnitude of African pangolin poaching with extensive nanopore DNA genotyping of seized scales
Published in Conservation biology (01-04-2024)“…Trade in pangolins is illegal, and yet tons of their scales and products are seized at various ports. These large seizures are challenging to process and…”
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Urban bird commensals maintain coexistence under extreme food shortages
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-11-2024)“…In developed cities, bird communities are typically comprised of a few dominant invasive species that can cause considerable social and economic costs. While…”
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Rewilding in Southeast Asia: Singapore as a case study
Published in Conservation science and practice (01-03-2023)“…Re‐establishing extirpated wildlife—or “rewilding”—is touted as a way to restore biodiversity and ecosystem processes, but we lack real‐world examples of this…”
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Dusky Langurs Trachypithecus obscurus (Reid, 1837) (Primates: Cercopithecidae) in Singapore: potential origin and conflicts with native primate species
Published in Journal of threatened taxa (26-06-2020)“…The introduction of exotic species can have detrimental effects on local populations via factors such as resource competition and new threats from disease…”
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Persistence of a locally endangered mouse-deer amidst the re-emergence of two larger ungulates in small urban rainforest fragments
Published in Global ecology and conservation (01-10-2021)“…Urbanisation has threatened native forests globally with remaining forests often existing as small isolated patches in a harsh landscape matrix. Devoid of…”
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Isopod mouthpart traits respond to a tropical forest recovery gradient
Published in Oecologia (2024)“…Functional trait ecology has the potential to provide generalizable and mechanistic predictions of ecosystem function from data of species distributions and…”
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