Publications

A call for CARE in animal behaviour: an holistic ethical research framework
Badihi, G., Taylor-O’Connor, J., Bezerra de Melo Daly, G., Komeda, V., Daoudi-Simison, S., Rodrigues, E. D., Webster, M. M., Altschul, D. M., Hobaiter, C., Wiltshire, C., Klein, H., Freymann, E., Grund, C., Soldati, A., Henderson, M., Leroux, M. M. & Slania, N. E., Jan 2026, In: Animal Behaviour. 231, p. 1-10 10 p., 123428.
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Changes in age-related sexual selection in a humpback whale population recovering from exploitation
Eichenberger, F., Carroll, E. L., Garrigue, C., Jarmon, S., Steel, D. J., Robbins, J., Rendell, L. & Garland, E. C., 9 Mar 2026, In: Current Biology. 36, 5, p. 1115-1127.e4 17 p.
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Cultural Transmission of Foraging Behavior in Cetaceans
Rendell, L. & Wild, S., 15 Jan 2026, The Evolution of Cetacean Societies: Uncovering the Social Complexity of Whales and Dolphins. Croft, D., Foote, A. D., Garland, E. C. & King, S. L. (eds.). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, p. 281-307
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Degradation of fish food webs in the Anthropocene
Carvajal-Quintero, J. D., Dornelas, M., Comte, L., Herrera-Pérez, J., Tedesco, P. A., Giam, X., Brose, U. & Chase, J. M., Feb 2026, In: Science Advances. 12, 8, p. 1-10 10 p., eadu6540.
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Endemic fish promote ecological structure in a tropical biodiversity hotspot
Shukla, R., Fontrodona Eslava, A., Atkore, V., Bhat, A., Dahanukar, N., Johnson, J. A., Raghavan, R., Dornelas , M., Magurran, A. E. & Shanker, K., 21 Jan 2026, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 293, 2063, 20251127 .
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Evolutionary influences of sexual signalling on protective colouring
Wainwright, J. B., Ruxton, G. D. & Bailey, N. W., Feb 2026, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 41, 2, p. 130-138 9 p.
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Genomic analyses in Drosophila do not support the classic allopatric model of speciation
Yusuf, L. H., Laetsch, D. R., Lohse, K. & Ritchie, M. G., 15 Jan 2026, In: Evolution Letters. Advance Article, p. 1-9 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Introduction
Croft, D., Foote, A., Garland, E. & King, S., 12 Jan 2026, The Evolution of Cetacean Societies: Uncovering the Social Complexity of Whales and Dolphins. University of Chicago Press
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Male mating behaviour is shaped by previous experience of both conspecific and heterospecific females in the seed bug Lygaeus simulans
Balfour, V. L., Aumont, C., Corliss, M. K. & Shuker, D. M., Jan 2026, In: Ecology and Evolution. 16, 1, p. 1-13 13 p., e72883.
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Pink Cricket Club: dramatic color change in a neotropical leaf-masquerading katylid (Arota festae, Griffini, 1896)
Wainwright, J. B., Rowe, Z. W., Greenwell, M. P., Cannon, P. G., Bailey, N. W. & Ruxton, G. D., Mar 2026, In: Ecology. 107, 3, p. 1-5 5 p., e70333.
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The diffusion of cooperative and solo bubble net feeding in Canadian Pacific humpback whales
Wray, J., O'Mahony, É., Baer, G., Robinson, N., Dundas, A., Gaggiotti, O., Rendell, L. & Keen, E., Jan 2026, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 293, 2063, p. 1-12 12 p., 20252409.
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Tracking morphological development in stony corals
Fundakowski, G. J., Brambilla, V., Zawada, K. J. A., Chow, C. F. Y., Croasdale, E., Errington, A. J. F., Fontoura, L., Marais, W. J., Woods, R. M., Edelaar, P., Lala, K., Madin, J. S. & Dornelas , M., 28 Feb 2026, In: Coral Reefs.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Vocal Cultures in Cetaceans
Hersh, T., Filatova, O. & Garland, E., 12 Jan 2026, The Evolution of Cetacean Societies: Uncovering the Social Complexity of Whales and Dolphins. Chicago: University of Chicago Press
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

A Brazilian bioregionalization reappraisal based on Angiosperm distribution: a biogeographical and conservation overview
Lucresia, L., Meagher, T. R. & Sano, P. T., 18 Aug 2025, In: Acta Botanica Brasilica. 39, p. 1-20 20 p., e20240279.
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A conceptual framework for measuring ecological novelty
Staples, T. L., Blois, J., Cramer, K. L., Cunningham, E. T., Dornelas, M., Haberle, S. G., Heger, T., Kiessling, W., Magurran, A. E., O'Dea, A., Penny, A. M., Radeloff, V. C., Smith, J. A., Thuiller, W., Williams, J. W. & Pandolfi, J. M., Feb 2025, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 34, 2, p. 1-14 14 p., e70005.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

A developmentalist’s view of inheritance
Lala, K., Jun 2025, In: Acta Ethologica. 28, 2, p. 51-59
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

A formal theory of group-level adaptation for obligate eusociality
Twyman, K. Z. & Gardner, A., 17 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. Advance access, p. 1-9 9 p., voaf141.
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A high-quality reference genome and comparative genomics of the widely farmed banded cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus) identifies selective breeding targets
Zhang, S., Duffield, K. R., Foquet, B., Ramirez, J. L., Sadd, B. M., Sakaluk, S. K., Hunt, J. & Bailey, N. W., 16 Mar 2025, In: Ecology and Evolution. 15, 3, 12 p., e71134.
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A history of studies of reproductive isolation between Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis
Leigh, S. & Ritchie, M. G., 1 Jan 2025, In: Fly. 19, 1, 22 p., 2439111.
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A model of optimal digestive strategy in infrequently-feeding snakes
Wood, M. E. & Ruxton, G. D., 15 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Evolutionary Ecology. Online First, 20 p.
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An early-life survival and reproductive trade-off shapes selection on body size
Janeiro, M. J., Henshaw, J. M., Pemberton, J. M., Pilkington, J. G. & Morrissey, M. B., 13 Sept 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Evolution Letters. Advance Article, p. 14 14 p., qraf029.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

Animal culture: conservation in a changing world
Brakes, P., Aplin, L., Carroll, E. L., Greggor, A. L., Whiten, A. & Garland, E. C., 1 May 2025, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 308, 1925, p. 1-15 15 p., 20240127.
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Applying a unified framework to compare taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity in Holocene pollen records
Penny, A. M., Chao, A., Davies, A. L. & Magurran, A. E., 6 Aug 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Ecology. Early View, p. 1-18 18 p.
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Applying movement ecology models to comparative cognition experiments: a field test in hummingbirds
Pritchard, D. J., Hurly, T. A., Photopoulou, T. & Healy, S. D., Jul 2025, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences. 292, 2051, p. 1-12 12 p., 20250717.
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A reinvestigation of cognitive styles in sticklebacks: decision success varies with behavioral type
Jones, N. A. R., Gaffney, K., Gardella, G., Rowe, A., Spence-Jones, H. C., Munson, A., Houslay, T. M. & Webster, M. M., 1 Jan 2025, In: Behavioral Ecology. 36, 1, 11 p., arae097.
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Are studies of mating systems too inbred? A commentary on Clo et al. (2025)
Shuker, D. M. & Smith, E. B. W., 21 Jul 2025, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 38, 6, p. 712-715 4 p.
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Bayesian networks for network inference in biology
Hammond, J. & Smith, V. A., 7 May 2025, In: Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 22, 226, p. 1-10 10 p., 20240893.
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BioTIME 2.0: expanding and improving a database of biodiversity time series
Dornelas, M., Antão, L. H., Bates, A. E., Brambilla, V., Chase, J. M., Chow, C. F. Y., Fontrodona-Eslava, A., Magurran, A. E., Martins, I. S., Moyes, F., Sagouis, A., Adu-Acheampong, S., Acquah-Lamptey, D., Adam, D., Ajani, P. A., Albaina, A., Almaraz, P., An, J., Anderson, R. S. & Anderson, M. J. R. & 465 others, Antunes, A. Z., Arismendi, I., Armbrecht, L., Aros-Mardones, P., Ashtamoorthy, S. K., Ayyappan, N., Badihi, G., Bailey, J. J., Baird, A. H., Baird, M. E., Balakrishnan, S. V., Barão-Nóbrega, J. A. L., Barash, A., Barbosa, M., Barlow, J., Bässler, C., Beaumont, M., Beenaerts, N., Begot, T. O., Beiroz, W., Beldade, R., Bell, D. M., Bellgrove, A., Belmaker, J., Benedetti-Cecchi, L., Benkwitt, C. E., Berkum, P.M.-V., Bestelmeyer, B. T., Betts, M. G., Billah, M. K., Bjorkman, A. D., Błażewicz, M., Bloch, C. P., Blowes, S. A., Bode, A., Bogoni, J. A., Bolger, T., Bonebrake, T. C., Bonsdorff, E., Bottarin, R., Brokensha, L. N., Brooker, R. W., Brooks, A. J., Bruelheide, H., Bueno, T. A., Laguionie, C., Campagnoli, M. L., Cant, J., Caramaschi, E. P., Caron, A., Carroll, T., Caruso, T., Carvajal-Quintero, J., Castaldelli, G., Castañeda-Moya, E., Castilho, P. V., Cechin, S. Z., Chaikin, S., Chandrashekara, U. M., Chase, T. J., Chen, C. A., Cherem, J. J., Choi, S.-W., Christensen, E. M., Christianini, A. V., Chu, J. W. F., Coad, P., Van Colen, C., Comte, L., Cooper, E. J., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Cosson, E., Cotano, U., Crevecoeur, L., Crow, S. K., Cumming, G. S., Daga, V. S., Damasceno, G., Daskalova, G. N., Davies, C. H., Davis, R. A., Day, F. P., De-La-Zerda, S., Deacon, A. E., de Castro-Arrazola, I., Degraer, S., Deonarinesingh, K., Diaz-Ricaurte, J. C., Dickman, C. R., Dirilgen, T., Dolan, C. J., Duffy, J. E., Dunn, T. E., Durigan, G., Dwyer, C., Earl, S., Edelist, D., Edgar, G. J., Edmondson, S., Elgin, A. K., Ellingsen, K. E., Elmendorf, S. C., Eriksen, R. S., Ernest, S. K. M., Escribano, R., Eterovick, P. C., Evans, B. S., Everett, J. D., Evtimova, V., Exton, D. A., Fairbairn, A. J., Fantacini, F. M., Farah, F. T., Farneda, F. Z., Favila, M. E., Fernandez-Fournier, P., Fernández-Zapata, B., Ferreira, D. F., Ferronato, C., du Feu, C. R., Fidelis, A., Fifield, D. A., Filho, V. P., Filho, W. M., Fitt, R. N. L., Flechtmann, C. A. H., Fraser, W. R., Fraser, D. L., Freixas, L., Fryxell, J., Fundakowski, G. J., Gabara, S. S., Gallois, E., Criado, M. G., García-Berthou, E., Garrabou, J., Gates, A. R., Gatti, R. C., Gavioli, A., Gavriel, T., Gendreau-Berthiaume, B., Giam, X., Gjerdrum, C., Glemnitz, M., Godbold, J. A., Gómez-Gras, D., Gonçalves, R. B., Goold, A., Gordon, R. R., Goren, M., Goulart, F. V. B., Gould, W. A., Grabowski, M. M., Graham, N. A. J., Graipel, M. E., Grange, L. J., Greenville, A. C., Grossman, G. D., Guinder, V. A., Haase, P., Haskins, G. N., Havstad, K., Hermanutz, L., Hickford, M. J. H., Hidalgo, P., Higuchi, P., Hoey, A. S., Van Hoey, G., Hofgaard, A., Holeck, K. T., Hollister, R. D., Holmes, R. T., Hoogenboom, M. O., Hortal, J., Horton, T., Hsieh, C.-H., Huffard, C. L., Huikkonen, I.-M., Hurlbert, A. H., Hynes, J., Irz, P., Macedo Ivanauskas, N., Iwayama, A., James, D. K., Jandt, U., Jażdżewska, A. M., Jocque, M., Johnston, S. T., Jones, S. E. I., Jones, F. A. M., Jones, J. A., Jucevica, E., Kagainis, U., Kagami, M., Kang, J., Ke, X., Keeley, E. C., Kinnear, R., Klanderud, K., Klinck, U., van Klink, R., Klotz, S., Knockaert, C., Knutsen, H., Koivula, M., Kortz, A., Kriegel, P., Kuo, C.-Y., Kushner, D. J., Kyerematen, R., Lagarde, R., Lancaster, L. T., Landau, O. F., Van Landuyt, W., Larson, E. R., Lazarus, M., Lee, C. M., Lefcheck, J. S., Lembrechts, J. J., Ferreira de Lima, R. A., Lima, R. G., Lima, N. G. S., Linares, C., Lindstrom, S. C., Lloret, F., Lloyd, J. D., Lobato, C. M. C., Lodge, D. M., Long, P. R., López-Abbate, C., López-Baucells, A., Louzada, J., Louzao, M., Lugliè, A., Luiz, M. R., Macdonald, S. E., Madin, J. S., Magalhães, A. L. B., Mahabir, R., Maphisa, D., Martin, T. E., Martins, M., Martone, P. T., Matesanz, S., Matsuzaki, S.-I. S., Matthews, T. J., Matthews, I. M., Maxwell, C. J., McFarland, K. P., McGill, B. J., McKnight, D. M., McWilliam, M. J., Meador, J., Meesenburg, H., Meier, K., Melecis, V., Meserve, P. L., Meyer, C. F. J., Michelsen, A., Miiller, N. O. R., Milardi, M., Milchakova, N., Miller, R. J., Millett, J., Moens, T., Montag, L. F. A., Moore, J., Müller, J., Murali, A., Murray, S. A., Myers-Smith, I. H., Myster, R. W., Nakamura, M., Nayar, S., Neat, F., Nelson, J. A., Nelson, M. P., Nikolov, B. P., Nouioua, R., Nsor, C. A., O'Connor, M., Obodai, E. A., Offland, A. M., Ogaya, R., Ogura, H., Okey, T. A., Olden, J. D., Oliveira-Santos, L. G. R., Oliver, J. C., Olsen, E. M., Onipchenko, V. G., Oro, D., Ozolins, D., Pabis, K., Padedda, B. M., Palacio, F. X., Paquette, A., Pardede, S. T., Paterson, D. M., Pausina, S., Pélissier, R., Pennings, S. C., Penuelas, J., Pereira, F. W., Peroni, N., Picó, S., Pilotto, F., Pinheiro, H. T., Pizarro, O., Pizzolotto, R., Pomati, F., Pompeu, P. S., Ponton, D., Post, E., Poulet, N., Pöyry, J., Presley, S. J., Prins, H. H. T., Provoost, P., Prudic, K. L., Punjayil, V., Pyšek, P., Querner, P., Quimbayo, J. P., Ramnarine, I. W., Reed, D. C., Reich, P. B., Remillard, S. M., Richards, C., Richardson, A. J., van Rijn, I., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Rixen, C., Robinson, K. P., Rocha, R., Rodrigues, R. R., Rodrigues, C., de Roos, B., de Rossa-Feres, D. D. C., Rosselli, L., Rothlisberg, P. C., Rubio, A., Rudstam, L. G., Ruz, C. S., Rybicki, N. B., Van Ryckegem, G., Rypel, A. L., Sadler, J. P., Saito, V. S., Sal, S., Salomão, R. P., Sanders, N. J., Santos, F. A. M., dos Santos, T. G., Sarker, S. K., Scanga, S. E., Schaub, M., Schmidt, J., Schmidt, I. K., Schooley, R. L., Schultz, A., Scotti, A., Serpell-Stevens, A., Serrano, F. C., Shadwick, E. H., Shaft, M., Sherry, T. W., Shimabukuro, E. M., Siciński, J., Sievers, C., da Silva, F. R., da Silva, A. C., Silveira, J. M., Siqueira, T., Sivadasan, A. K., Sivan, P. T. P., Skuja, A., Slaughter, A. L., Slingsby, J. A., Smith, J. R., Soares, B. E., Solan, M., Souza, F. M., Souza, G. B. G., Sprague, J. L., Stachow, U., Stadt, J. J., Stallings, C. D., Stanchev, R. H., Stanley, E. H., Starzomski, B. M., Sterza, J. M., Stevens, M., Stiles, F. G., Stoll, S., Stuart-Smith, R. D., Súarez, Y. R., Super, L., Supp, S. R., Sutela, T., Suthers, I. M., Suuronen, A., Swadling, K. M., Szydlowski, D. K., Taki, H., Taylor, S. J. S., Tedesco, P. A., Teichert, N., Terui, A., Thiede, G. P., Thimonier, A., Thomas, O., Thompson, P. A., Thorn, S., Tiemann, J. S., Toledo, L. F., Tolvanen, A., Toniato, M. T. Z., Torre, I., Tortato, M. A., Totsu, K., Trant, A., Twilley, R. R., Urabe, H., Valade, P., Valdivia, N., Vallejo, M. I., Valone, T. J., Vanaverbeke, J., Vasconcelos, T. S., Vehanen, T., Venturoli, F., Verheye, H. M., Vermeulen, H. J. W., Verstraeten, A., Vianna, M., Vieira, R., Vieira-Alencar, J. P. S., Vilella, M., Vitule, J. R. S., Van Vu, L., Waide, R. B., Warren, P. S., Wayman, J. P., Webb, S. L., Weigel, B., Welti, E. A. R., West, F., Westermann, F., Whalen, M. A., White, E. P., Widdicombe, C. E., Williams, R., Williamson, M., Willig, M. R., Wipf, S., Woehler, E. J., Woldering, A., Woods, K. D., Xu, W.-B., Yahel, R., Yang, Z., Zawada, K. J. A., Zornosa-Torres, C. & Zvuloni, A., May 2025, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 34, 5, p. 1-18 18 p., e70003.
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Choosy dispersal promotes the evolution of altruism
Gardner, A. & Barteškaitė, E., 17 Dec 2025, In: Biology Letters. 21, 12, p. 1-5 5 p., 20250589 .
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Comparing migration of Whinchats Saxicola rubetra from the non-breeding grounds in Liberia and Nigeria: differences due to geography but otherwise very similar
Cresswell, W., Patchett, R., Blackburn, E. & Burgess, M., 2 Jun 2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, p. 1-25 25 p., e0324086.
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Concerted conservation actions to support chimpanzee cultures
Wessling, E. G., Whiten, A., Soiret, S., Schofield, K., Samuni, L., Rutz, C., Redmond, I., Pintea, L., Lanjouw, A., Koops, K., Kamgang, S., Kalan, A., Ikemeh, R., Humle, T., Hobaiter, C., Frisch-Nwakanma, H., Freymann, E., Doumbe, O., Brakes, P. & Abwe, E. & 1 others, Sanz, C., 1 May 2025, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 380, 1925, 20240143.
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Confirmed vocal activity of Mediterranean monk seals in the Inner Ionian Sea Archipelago, Greece
Amlin, A., Rendell, L. E., Pierantonio, N., Carmen Andrés-Hervías , C., Notarbartolo di Sciara, G., Hastie, G. D. & Gonzalvo, J., Apr 2025, In: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 157, 4, p. 3204–3213 10 p.
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Continent-wide differentiation of fitness traits and patterns of climate adaptation among European populations of Drosophila melanogaster
Durmaz Mitchell, E., Kerdaffrec, E., Harney, E., Paulo, T. F., Veselinovic, M. S., Tanaskovic, M., de Arcaya, T. A. F., Aksoy, C., Argyridou, E., Bailly, T. P. M., Can, D., Cobanoglu, E., Cook, N., Coskun, S., Davidovic, S., Demir, E., Dias, T., Rasouli-Dogaheh, S., Duque, P. & Eric, K. & 74 others, Eric, P., Erickson, P., Filipovski, F., Fishman, B., Glaser-Schmitt, A., Goldfischer, A., Green, L., Janillon, S., Jelic, M., Kostic, H., Kreiman, L. E., Kremer, N., Lyrakis, M., Maistrenko, O. M., Marti, S.-L., McGunnigle, M., Merenciano, M., Mira, M. S., Montbel, V., Mouton, L., Mukha , D. V., Murali, S., Patenkovic, A., Protsenko, O., Putero, F. A., Reis, M., Roshina, N. V., Rybina, O. Y., Schou, M. F., Schowing, T., Senkal, S. S., Serga, S., Trieu, V., Symonenko, A. V., Trostnikov , M. V., Tsybul'ko, E. A., van den Heuvel, J., van Waarde, D., Veselkina, E. R., Vieira, C. P., Wang, X., Zandveld, J., Abbott, J., Billeter, J.-C., Colinet, H., Ebrahimi, M., Gibert, P., Hrcek, J., Kankare, M., Kozeretska, I., Loeschcke, V., Mensch, J., Onder, B. S., Parsch, J., Pasyukova, E. G., Stamenkovic-Radak, M., Tauber, E., Vieira, C., Wegener, C., Hoedjes, K. M., Zwaan, B. J., Betancourt, A. J., Fricke, C., Grath, S., Posnien, N., Vieira, J., Kapun, M., Schloetterer, C., Schmidt, P., Sucena, E., Gonzalez, J., Bergland, A., Ritchie, M. G. & Flatt, T., Aug 2025, In: Evolution Letters. 9, 4, p. 473–490 18 p., qraf014.
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Contributions of epigenomic and epitranscriptomic methylation to animal colouration
Strowbridge, N., Vieites, D. R., Ritchie, M. G. & Elmer, K. R., Nov 2025, In: Trends in Genetics. 41, 11, p. 1005-1016 12 p.
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Coral ecological niche construction: coral settlement increases along a coral-built structural complexity gradient
Brambilla, V., Baird, A. H., Barbosa, M., Dehnert, I., Madin, J. S., Peddie, C. & Dornelas, M., 23 Nov 2025, In: Coral Reefs. p. 1-10 10 p.
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