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The School of Biological Sciences has research strengths in Ecology and Ecosystems; Evolution; Form and Function of Life; Genetic, Genomics and Health
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How can we support Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs)? Carly Cook and colleagues identified a clear need to resolve what is required for sites to demonstrate they meet the definition of an OECM
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.70148
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How does herbivory, with and without nutrient enrichment, influenced litter decomposition of a standard leaf litter substrate? Adrienne Keller et al found no interactive effect of nutrient supply and herbivory on aboveground litter decomposition rates
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Effects of elevated nutrient supply on litter decomposition are robust to impacts of mammalian herbivores across diverse grasslands
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Can we predict how Dengue fever will spread as repeated heatwaves become the norm? Suk Lan Sur and colleagues test the response of mosquitoes, dengue virus and the biological control agent Wolbachia to repeated heat exposures.
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It has been such a joy hosting @odedberger-tal.bsky.social for the past year in our lab here at @monashbiol.bsky.social. Will miss the science discussions, chats about global politics and, of course, eating together.🙏
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Peeps! Remember that our #dartR team was a finalist for the Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Research Software 2025? 💻 We WON!!! 🥳 @eurekaprizes.bsky.social Wonderful evening with cool science, pretty dresses/tuxes, and yummy food

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Hi Dani
I post journal article summaries and links to the articles for the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University in Melbourne. Are you able to add me to the feed?

Many thanks
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Can we reduce inconsistencies in assessing and identifying threats to conservation status? Martin Iglesias, Carla Sgro and
David Chapple developed a systematic protocol for quantifying threats, using Australian squamates as a case study doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
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How hot is too hot? And can crevices act as thermal refuges for the Kaputar rock skink? DT Roberts and co find that crevices provide thermal buffering, but future climate may elevate evaporative water loss presenting an additional physiological challenge. doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
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Is growth restricted by physical limitation of gills as GOLT theory predicts? CB Scholfield and Criag White test this by rearing cane toad tadpoles at different oxygen concentrations.
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
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What are the most pressing conservation challenges for the Antarctic? Zachary Carter and co-authors present the results from a 'horizon scan' where the 131 experts agreed on 10 emerging conservation challenges.
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Ruairidh Duncan and co-authors describe a new species of Janjucetus from the Jan Juc Marl. This is a Mammalodontid- a clade of toothed mysticetes known only from the Chattian of south-eastern Australia and New Zealand. academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
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Can we extend passive acoustic monitoring of wildlife to individual monitoring? Lifi Huang and co-authors show that features learned by models pretrained on bird species data can be transferred to individual classification tasks with minimal effort. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Rohan Brooker and co-authors find the ability of cleanerfish to adjust their activity in response to competition underscores the role of behaviour in maintaining cleaning networks on coral reefs. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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New results from Y Choy et al suggest that adaptation to combined stress allows basal cold tolerance and its plasticity to co-evolve, but not heat tolerance, highlighting the vulnerability of ectotherms to long-term climate change. researchgate.net/publication/...