The establishment of plants following long-distance dispersal

ZY Wu, RI Milne, J Liu, R Nathan, RT Corlett… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Long-distance dispersal (LDD) beyond the range of a species is an important driver of
ecological and evolutionary patterns, but insufficient attention has been given to …

Forecasting the future of life in Antarctica

G Koerich, CI Fraser, CK Lee, FJ Morgan… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Antarctic ecosystems are under increasing anthropogenic pressure, but efforts to predict the
responses of Antarctic biodiversity to environmental change are hindered by considerable …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns and drivers of macroalgal 'blue carbon'transport and deposition in near-shore coastal environments

A Bellgrove, PI Macreadie, MA Young… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The role of macroalgae (seaweed) as a global contributor to carbon drawdown within
marine sediments–termed 'blue carbon'–remains uncertain and controversial. While studies …

Genotyping‐by‐sequencing for biogeography

F Vaux, L Dutoit, CI Fraser… - Journal of Biogeography, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Genotyping‐by‐sequencing (GBS) and similar reduced‐representation sequencing
methods, such as restriction site‐associated DNA sequencing (RADseq), have been …

Genomic tools in biological invasions: Current state and future Frontiers

A McGaughran, MK Dhami, E Parvizi… - Genome biology and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Human activities are accelerating rates of biological invasions and climate-driven range
expansions globally, yet we understand little of how genomic processes facilitate the …

Integrating kelp genomic analyses and geological data to reveal ancient earthquake impacts

F Vaux, CI Fraser, D Craw… - Journal of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Detached buoyant kelp can disperse thousands of kilometres at sea and can colonize newly
available shores in the wake of disturbances that wipe out competitors. Localized …

Macroalgal microbiome biogeography is shaped by environmental drivers rather than geographical distance

WS Pearman, GA Duffy, XP Liu, NJ Gemmell… - Annals of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Contrasting patterns of host and microbiome biogeography
can provide insight into the drivers of microbial community assembly. Distance–decay …

Reassessing a cryptic history of early trilobite evolution

JD Holmes, GE Budd - Communications Biology, 2022 - nature.com
Trilobites are an iconic Paleozoic group of biomineralizing marine euarthropods that appear
abruptly in the fossil record (c. 521 million years ago) during the Cambrian 'explosion'. This …

[HTML][HTML] Kelp holdfast microclimates buffer invertebrate inhabitants from extreme temperatures

F Perry, GA Duffy, MD Lamare, CI Fraser - Marine environmental research, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change is altering environmental conditions, with microclimates providing small-
scale refuges within otherwise challenging environments. Durvillaea (southern bull kelp; …

Range wide genetic differentiation in the bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana with a seascape genetic focus on the Salish Sea

L Gierke, NC Coelho, T Khangaonkar… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction In temperate regions, one of the most critical determinants of present range-
wide genetic diversity was the Pleistocene climate oscillations, the most recent one created …