Quantum pathogen evolution by integron-mediated effector capture (2017)
Thesis

Plant pathogenic Pseudomonads are responsible for the loss of millions of pounds in crop revenue each year. They export effector molecules via the type three secretion system into the plants’ cells in order to elicit disease. If the plant has the cor... Read More about Quantum pathogen evolution by integron-mediated effector capture.

Physical conditions regulate the fungal to bacterial ratios of a tropical suspended soil (2017)
Journal Article

As a source of ‘suspended soils’, epiphytes contribute large amounts of organic matter to the canopy of tropical rain forests. Microbes associated with epiphytes are responsible for much of the nutrient cycling taking place in rain forest canopies. H... Read More about Physical conditions regulate the fungal to bacterial ratios of a tropical suspended soil.

Temporal effects of disturbance on community composition in simulated stage-structured plant communities (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. In an era of global environmental change, understanding how disturbance affects the dynamics of ecological communities is crucial. However, few studies have theoretically... Read More about Temporal effects of disturbance on community composition in simulated stage-structured plant communities.

Colonisation of epiphytic ferns by skinks and geckos in the high canopy of a Bornean rainforest (2017)
Journal Article

Nest site availability limits the fitness and survival of skinks and geckos, particularly in the canopy of tall tropical rainforests. We document the systematic colonisation and nest use of epiphytic bird’s nest ferns (Asplenium spp) by the gecko Hem... Read More about Colonisation of epiphytic ferns by skinks and geckos in the high canopy of a Bornean rainforest.

The relative importance of invertebrate and microbial decomposition in a rainforest restoration project (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Society for Ecological Restoration Tropical rainforests are increasingly disturbed by human activities. While restoration projects often succeed in replacing tree cover, they rarely manage to restore soil function. Consequently, there is an ur... Read More about The relative importance of invertebrate and microbial decomposition in a rainforest restoration project.

Taxonomy and identification of bacteria associated with acute oak decline (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, The Author(s). Acute oak decline (AOD) is a relatively newly described disorder affecting native oak species in Britain. Symptomatic trees are characterised by stem bleeds from vertical fissures, necrotic lesions in the live tissue beneath an... Read More about Taxonomy and identification of bacteria associated with acute oak decline.

Hydrogen sulfide causes excision of a genomic island in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, The Author(s). Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is known to be an important signalling molecule in both animals and plants, despite its toxic nature. In plants it has been seen to control stomatal apertures, so altering the ability of bacteria to invad... Read More about Hydrogen sulfide causes excision of a genomic island in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola.

Confocal microscopy reveals in planta dynamic interactions between pathogenic, avirulent and non-pathogenic Pseudomonas syringae strains (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 BSPP AND JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD Recent advances in genomics and single-cell analysis have demonstrated the extraordinary complexity reached by microbial populations within their hosts. Communities range from complex multispecies groups to hom... Read More about Confocal microscopy reveals in planta dynamic interactions between pathogenic, avirulent and non-pathogenic Pseudomonas syringae strains.

Press accept to update now: Individual differences in susceptibility to malevolent interruptions (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Authors Increasingly, connected communication technologies have resulted in people being exposed to fraudulent communications by scammers and hackers attempting to gain access to computer systems for malicious purposes. Common influence te... Read More about Press accept to update now: Individual differences in susceptibility to malevolent interruptions.

Species abundance distributions as a proxy for the niche-neutrality continuum (2017)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2017. Aims Species abundance distributions (SADs) are often used to verify mechanistic theories underlying community assembly. However, it is now accepted that SADs alone are not sufficient to reveal biological mechanisms. Recent atte... Read More about Species abundance distributions as a proxy for the niche-neutrality continuum.

How tropical epiphytes at the Eden Project contribute to rainforest canopy science (2017)
Journal Article

Understanding the ecological patterns and ecosystem processes of tropical rainforest canopies is becoming increasingly urgent in the face of widespread deforestation. However, accessing rainforest canopies is far from simple, and performing manipulat... Read More about How tropical epiphytes at the Eden Project contribute to rainforest canopy science.

Mapping post-glacial expansions: The peopling of Southwest Asia (2017)
Journal Article

Archaeological, palaeontological and geological evidence shows that post-glacial warming released human populations from their various climate-bound refugia. Yet specific connections between these refugia and the timing and routes of post-glacial mig... Read More about Mapping post-glacial expansions: The peopling of Southwest Asia.

Changes in new recruits’ motivation and intentions to use a learning portfolio: A longitudinal investigation (2017)
Journal Article

The purpose of the study was to examine motivation and intentions to complete a learning portfolio. Seventy newly recruited Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) at a UK police constabulary completed questionnaires at four different time points d... Read More about Changes in new recruits’ motivation and intentions to use a learning portfolio: A longitudinal investigation.

Manual takeover and handover of a simulated fully autonomous vehicle within urban and extra urban settings (2017)
Book Chapter

Relatively little is known about human behavior and performance when retaking control of highly autonomous vehicles (AVs) at different speeds and under varied driving conditions. Past research has tended to focus on long periods of high-speed extra-u... Read More about Manual takeover and handover of a simulated fully autonomous vehicle within urban and extra urban settings.