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Behavioural and neural studies of male singing and female phonotaxis behaviour in crickets
Acoustic communication in crickets is achieved by the production of calling, courtship, and rivalry songs in male crickets and the recognition of the songs by conspecifics. Male crickets sing by rhythmically opening and ... -
Biological invasions in brackish waters
Invasive non-native species (NNS) cause deleterious ecological, economic, social impacts worldwide. Brackish waters are transitional areas subject to invasion by taxa that may subsequently spread into adjacent freshwater ... -
Invasive non-native species and the management and exploitation of freshwater ecosystems
The effects of climate warming, hydrological intensification, and eutrophication are driving unfavourable shifts in phytoplankton communities. In particular, harmful algal blooms (HABs), dominated by toxic cyanobacteria, ... -
Determining the biases and consistencies in the evidence for conservation
Earth’s biodiversity is facing an anthropogenic extinction crisis and yet conservation efforts are chronically underfunded. There is a tremendous need to act as efficiently as possible to conserve biodiversity – evidence-based ...
