Reviewing a rare reptile

A survey of the population demographics of the endangered Blue Mountains Water Skink in Australia pinpoints that low adult survival rates and specialisation on a threatened habitat may be contributing to the continued decline of this rare species.

Parasitoid diversity in the sub-Arctic

DNA barcoding of hymenopteran diversity in a sub-Arctic region reveals a far greater richness of parasitoid species than previously expected, highlighting the need for future research efforts to investigate the high diversity of potential host species. 

Ultrasonic kin recognition in mouse lemurs

Analysis of the ultrasonic advertisement calls of grey mouse lemurs reveals distinct signatures among paternally related individuals, which may have evolved as a method of inbreeding avoidance by allowing females to recognize the calls of their fathers.

Digital repository for algal biodiversity

The Hawaiian Freshwater Algal Database is a comprehensive and searchable publicly-available database containing photographs and micrographs of samples and collection sites, geo-referenced collecting information, taxonomic data and standardized DNA sequence data for Hawaiian non-marine algal data.

Community phylogenetics of fire-prone shrubs

Fire-killed and fire-resistant Banksia species show different community phylogenetic patterns, suggesting that analyses based on pairwise species co-occurrence may be more informative than those based on whole community structure metrics.