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A rare type D killer whale was named as its own species in the Southern Ocean

A killer whale that scientists first noticed in grainy photographs from a 1955 mass stranding in New Zealand has now been ...
gut.bmj

IBD prevalence in Lothian, Scotland, derived by capture–recapture methodology

Objective IBD prevalence is estimated to be rising, but no detailed, recent UK data are available. The last reported prevalence estimate in the UK was 0.40% in 2003. We aimed to establish the current, ...
SciELO

Trap efficiency evaluation for small mammals in the southern Amazon

Most ecological studies on small mammals involve trapping of individuals for distinct purposes, such as population surveys, assessment of community structure, behavioural studies and population ...
eLife

Inferring variant-specific effective reproduction numbers from combined case and sequencing data

Integrating case counts with genomic sequences quantifies real-time transmission advantages of viral variants.
PNAS

Fitness maps to a large-effect locus in introduced stickleback populations

This contribution is part of the special series of Inaugural Articles by members of the National Academy of Sciences elected in 2017 and 2011. A major limitation of the evidence for large-effect ...
Frontiers

Before-After Control-Impact (BACI) Studies in the Ocean

Human impacts are increasing in the ocean worldwide and human activities in specific locations can be particularly disruptive to marine organisms in these locations. Before-After Control-Impact (BACI) ...
PNAS

Constructing a lower-bound estimate of the global number of insect species on a hyperdiverse empirical foundation

For more than 40 y, entomologists have attempted to estimate the number of insect species on Earth, with the current consensus—the figure most experts accept—at about six million. Using genetic ...