Browsing Research Publications and Outputs by subject "06 Biological Sciences"
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cological consequences of Australia's “Black Summer” bushfires: Managing for recovery
Published 2021Fire has long been a part of the Australian environment and remains a potent force in shaping the adaptations of species, the dynamics of populations, and the structure of ecological communities. However, the fire regime ...Article -
Data and R script for Manuscript by Parker et al. (2022). Manuscript title: Weaponising wildlife: training free-living native predators towards more effective predation of novel alien prey
Published 2022-04-06Excel document and R script containing all data and code relevant to manuscript by Parker et al. (2022). Manuscript title: Weaponising wildlife: training free-living native predators towards more effective predation of ...Open AccessOther -
Dataset for: Echidnas of the sea: the defensive behavior of juvenile and adult crown-of-thorns sea stars
Published 2021-07-30Crown-of-thorns sea stars (COTS) are one of the most ecologically important tropical marine invertebrates with boom-bust population dynamics that influence the community structure of coral reefs. Although predation is ...Open AccessDataset -
Dataset: An invasive commensal and a native marsupial maintain disease vector populations at the urban fringe
Published 2021-12-13The dataset contains numbers of larval, nymphal, and adult ticks collected from small mammals in Sydney's Northern Beaches as part of the project focused on identifying the important hosts of urban ticks. The dataset ...Open AccessDataset -
A distinct ssDNA/RNA binding interface in the Nsp9 protein from SARS_CoV_2
Published 2021Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel, highly infectious RNA virus that belongs to the coronavirus family. Replication of the viral genome is a fundamental step in the virus life cycle and ...Article -
From reference genomes to population genomics: comparing three reference aligned reduced-representation sequencing pipelines in two wildlife species
Published 2019-01-01Background: Recent advances in genomics have greatly increased research opportunities for non-model species. For wildlife, a growing availability of reference genomes means that population genetics is no longer restricted ...Open AccessArticle -
Pedigree analysis reveals a generational decline in reproductive success of captive Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii): implications for captive management of threatened species
Published 2017-01-01Captive breeding programs are an increasingly popular tool to augment the conservation of threatened wild populations. Many programs keep detailed pedigrees, which are used to prescribe breeding targets to meet demographic ...Open AccessArticle -
Total Infectomes Characterization of Respiratory Infections in pre-COVID-19 Wuhan, China
Published 2021At the end of 2019 Wuhan witnessed an outbreak of “atypical pneumonia” that later developed into a global pandemic. Metagenomic sequencing rapidly revealed the causative agent of this outbreak to be a novel coronavirus - ...Preprint -
The Waiting Stage, Prolonged Residency in Nursery Habitats by Juveniles of the Predatory Sea Star Marthasterias glacialis
Published 2021-10-15Growth and recruitment of the sea star Martha- sterias glacialis was followed over six years in Lough Hyne, southwest Ireland. Juveniles from a 2-mm radius were found on algae at <1–2-m depth following what appeared to be ...Open AccessDataset