Search Results - "Pike, David"

Students’ perspectives of a study support (Studiosity) service at a University by Pike, David

“…Supporting students’ success and achievement is a key mission of WP (Widening Participation) institutions such as the University of Bedfordshire. An essential…”
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Forecasting the viability of sea turtle eggs in a warming world by Pike, David A.

“…Animals living in tropical regions may be at increased risk from climate change because current temperatures at these locations already approach critical…”
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Climate influences the global distribution of sea turtle nesting by Pike, David A.

“…Aim: To understand whether climate limits current sea turtle nesting distributions and shapes the ecological niche of the terrestrial life-history stage of…”
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Variation in thermal performance of a widespread pathogen, the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis by Stevenson, Lisa A, Alford, Ross A, Bell, Sara C, Roznik, Elizabeth A, Berger, Lee, Pike, David A

“…Rates of growth and reproduction of the pathogens that cause emerging infectious diseases can be affected by local environmental conditions; these conditions…”
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Forecasting range expansion into ecological traps: climate-mediated shifts in sea turtle nesting beaches and human development by Pike, David A.

“…Some species are adapting to changing environments by expanding their geographic ranges. Understanding whether range shifts will be accompanied by increased…”
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Climate change and nesting behaviour in vertebrates: a review of the ecological threats and potential for adaptive responses by Mainwaring, Mark C., Barber, Iain, Deeming, Denis C., Pike, David A., Roznik, Elizabeth A., Hartley, Ian R.

“…ABSTRACT Nest building is a taxonomically widespread and diverse trait that allows animals to alter local environments to create optimal conditions for…”
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Tropical flatback turtle (Natator depressus) embryos are resilient to the heat of climate change by Howard, Robert, Bell, Ian, Pike, David A

“…Climate change is threatening reproduction of many ectotherms by increasing nest temperatures, potentially making it more difficult for females to locate nest…”
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Australian house geckos are more aggressive than a globally successful invasive Asian house gecko by Cisterne, Adam, Schwarzkopf, Lin, Pike, David A

“…Aggressive invaders can compete strongly in direct conflicts with each other and with ecologically similar native species. Non-aggressive invasive species that…”
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Infection increases vulnerability to climate change via effects on host thermal tolerance by Greenspan, Sasha E., Bower, Deborah S., Roznik, Elizabeth A., Pike, David A., Marantelli, Gerry, Alford, Ross A., Schwarzkopf, Lin, Scheffers, Brett R.

“…Unprecedented global climate change and increasing rates of infectious disease emergence are occurring simultaneously. Infection with emerging pathogens may…”
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The functional significance of aposematic signals: geographic variation in the responses of widespread lizard predators to colourful invertebrate prey by Tseng, Hui-Yun, Lin, Chung-Ping, Hsu, Jung-Ya, Pike, David A, Huang, Wen-San

“…Conspicuous colouration can evolve as a primary defence mechanism that advertises unprofitability and discourages predatory attacks. Geographic overlap is a…”
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Existential Closure in Line Graphs by Burgess, Andrea C., Luther, Robert D., Pike, David A.

“…A graph is n - existentially closed if, for all disjoint sets of vertices A and B with | A ∪ B | = n , there is a vertex z not in A ∪ B adjacent to each vertex…”
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The edge‐connectivity of vertex‐transitive hypergraphs by Burgess, Andrea C., Luther, Robert D., Pike, David A.

“…A graph or hypergraph is said to be vertex‐transitive if its automorphism group acts transitively upon its vertices. A classic theorem of Mader asserts that…”
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Colourings of star systems by Darijani, Iren, Pike, David A.

“…An e‐star is a complete bipartite graph K1,e. An e‐star system of order n>1,Se(n), is a partition of the edges of the complete graph Kn into e‐stars. An e‐star…”
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China Miéville's Fantastic Slums and the Urban Abcanny by Pike, David L

“…With few exceptions, China Miéville's oeuvre is built out of urban imaginaries. Miéville's cities are dynamic and dialectically conceived spaces; their key…”
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China Miéville's Fantastic Slums and the Urban Abcanny by Pike, David L.

“…With few exceptions, China Miéville's oeuvre is built out of urban imaginaries. Miéville's cities are dynamic and dialectically conceived spaces; their key…”
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Removing forest canopy cover restores a reptile assemblage by Pike, David A., Webb, Jonathan K., Shine, Richard

“…Humans are rapidly altering natural systems, leading to changes in the distribution and abundance of species. However, so many changes are occurring…”
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Communal nesting under climate change: fitness consequences of higher incubation temperatures for a nocturnal lizard by Dayananda, Buddhi, Gray, Sarah, Pike, David, Webb, Jonathan K.

“…Communal nesting lizards may be vulnerable to climate warming, particularly if air temperatures regulate nest temperatures. In southeastern Australia, velvet…”
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Social context alters retreat- and nest-site selection in a globally invasive gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus by Muller, Benjamin J, Andrews, Robin M, Schwarzkopf, Lin, Pike, David A

“…Abstract Microhabitat orientation and structure and the presence of conspecifics may strongly influence the choice of habitat. We studied how these variables…”
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Condition-dependent reproductive effort in frogs infected by a widespread pathogen by Roznik, Elizabeth A., Sapsford, Sarah J., Pike, David A., Schwarzkopf, Lin, Alford, Ross A.

“…To minimize the negative effects of an infection on fitness, hosts can respond adaptively by altering their reproductive effort or by adjusting their timing of…”
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Nest inundation from sea-level rise threatens sea turtle population viability by Pike, David A., Roznik, Elizabeth A., Bell, Ian

“…Contemporary sea-level rise will inundate coastal habitats with seawater more frequently, disrupting the life cycles of terrestrial fauna well before permanent…”
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