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Detection of West Nile virus via retrospective mosquito arbovirus surveillance, United Kingdom, 2025
Author: Bruce, R.C., Abbott, A.J., Jones, B.P., Gardner, B.L., Gonzalez, E., Ionescu, A.-M., Jagdev, M., Jenkins, A., Santos, M., Seilern-Macpherson, K., Hanmer, H.J., Robinson, R.A., Vaux, A.G.C., Johnson, N., Cunningham, A.A., Lawson, B., Medlock, J.M. & Folly, A.J.
Published: 2025
17.07.25
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Environmental and Geographic Conditions on the Breeding Grounds Drive Bergmannian Clines in Nightjars
Author: Skinner, A.A., Korpach, A.M., Åkesson, S., Bakermans, M.H., Bayne, E.M., Benson, T.J., Boano, G., Brigham, R.M., Christiansen, S.S., Conway, G.J., Davy, C.M., Evens, R., Fraser, K.C., Harrison, A.-L., Hedenström, A., Henderson, I.G., Honkala, J., Jacobsen, L.B., Lathouwers, M., Marra, P.P., Ng, J.W., Norevik, G., Scarpignato, A.L., Thorup, K., Tonra, C.M., Van Wilgenburg, S.L., Vitz, A.C., Ward, M. & Knight, E.
Published: 2025
Bergmann’s rule (or ‘law’) is one of the oldest in ecology and evolutionary biology, first presented in 1847. This rule states that animals inhabiting colder climates/latitudes are larger, with greater volume than individuals of the same species occupying warmer climates/latitudes.
12.07.25
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Tracking of Goosanders Mergus merganser in Scotland
Author: Wetherhill, A., Carss, D.N., Heward, C.J., Humphreys, E.M., Hunt, J., Wilson, M.J. & Calladine, J.
Published: 2025
This study assessed the use of glue-mounted GPS tags to track Goosanders in two Scottish river catchments with contrasting management regimes – the Tweed, where licensed shooting occurs, and the Forth, where it does not.
11.07.25
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Partial niche partitioning in three sympatric gull species through foraging areas and habitat selection
Author: O'Hanlon, N.J., Clewley, G.D., Johnston, D.T., Thaxter, C.B., Langlois Lopez, S., Quinn, L.R., Boersch-Supan, P.H., Masden, E.A., Daunt, F., Wilson, J., Burton, N.H.K. & Humphreys, E.M.
Published: 2025
GPS tracking of three large gull species from the Isle of May, Scotland, revealed overlap in foraging habitats used during the breeding season, but differences in the where the three species foraged, and the strength of their preference for particular habitats, especially landfills, urban and coastal habitats.
01.07.25
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Diet analysis of Kittiwake and Shag using DNA metabarcoding of faeces
Author: O’Hanlon, N.J., Jardine, D.C., Lennon, J., Svobodova, D., Swann, R.L., Ward, R.M., Humphreys, E.M. & Morrissey, B.J.
Published: 2025
This study used DNA metabarcoding on faeces collected opportunistically during the breeding season, to identify fish and marine invertebrate prey in the diet of Shag and Kittiwake in western Scotland.
17.06.25
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