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Systematics of the macrourid fishes
(Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, 1996-12-10)The systematics of rattail fishes (Teleostei: Gadiformes, Macrouridae) is reexamined focussing on the $\textit{Coryphaenoides}$ group of genera, including $\textit{Albatrossia, Lionurus, Chalinura and Nematonurus}$. The ... -
Optimising the trade-offs between food production, biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Neotropics
(Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, 2016-10-04)Agriculture is the greatest threat to biodiversity across the world and a major contributor to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Both pressures will increase over coming decades as populations and per capita consumption ... -
Macroscopic insights from mechanistic ecological network models in a data void
(2015-11-10)Complexity science has come into the limelight in recent years as the scientific community begins to grapple with higher-order natural phenomena that cannot be fully explained via the behaviour of components at lower levels ... -
Macroevolution and phylogenomics in the adaptive radiation of Heliconiini butterflies
(2016-01-05)The recognition of ecological speciation and hybridisation as key components of speciation has led to a major shift in evolutionary biology over the last decade. The mimetic Heliconius butterflies of the Neotropics have ...
