Environmental pollutants can exert sublethal deleterious effects on animals. These include
disruption of cognitive functions underlying crucial behaviours. While agrochemicals have …

The prediction that higher biodiversity leads to denser niche packing and thus higher
community resistance to invasion has long been studied, with species richness as the …

ABSTRACT CLN3 disease is a lysosomal storage disorder associated with fatal
neurodegeneration that is caused by mutations in CLN3, with most affected individuals …

Pinniped predation on commercially and ecologically important prey has been a source of
conflict for centuries. In the Salish Sea, harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) are suspected of …

Acoustic deterrents have shown potential as a viable mitigation measure to reduce human
impacts on bats; however, the mechanisms underpinning acoustic deterrence of bats have …

Barometric pressure is an environmental factor involved in the modulation of a variety of
activities in insects. Generally, a drop in barometric pressure precedes the arrival of weather …

For animals that synthesise their chemical compounds de novo, resources, particularly
proteins, can influence investment in chemical defences and nitrogen-based wing …

Mating between closely related individuals can result in a reduction in offspring fitness,
known as inbreeding depression. Here, we investigate whether breeding with close relatives …

Introduction As health care complexity increases, skilled care coordination is becoming
increasingly necessary. This is especially true in homecare settings, where services tend to …

Many animals maintain long-term monogamous partnerships, but the extent to which
partners associate varies substantially and has implications for the scope of cooperation …