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Centre for Ecology and Conservation

Annual Report 2017 animal silhouettes border out of green? double page spread? montage?

StillWelcome growing in size and reputation The CEC continues to be an exemplar in sharing One of the books, The Tale of the Turtle and the science with our community (see Science in Plastic Jellyfish has already been translated into the Community). Our school’s programme French and Greek, with other languages pending. continued apace reaching 4,000 students across As the year ends, it sees 20 schools. We were again represented at the This year was yet again one of great success for the Centre for me passing the baton of Cornwall Show and Penryn Day. In Falmouth Ecology and Conservation. In the Student Guild Awards we were leadership of the Centre for Week our flagship event, Science in the Square crowned Department of the Year for the Cornwall Campuses. Ecology and Conservation saw 3,000 visitors treated to a veritable This not only evidences the excellence of our staff but the and CLES Cornwall to cornucopia of accessible science and then to end strength of the relationship with our students, particularly our Professor Dave Hodgson the year, the fourth annual Science of Christmas student representatives, who engage so strongly in our agenda of (pictured right). It has been my honour to serve event was hosted by Falmouth Polytechnic. 2017 codevelopment and improvement of educational content and process. as Director and work for such an amazing group saw the fruition of the Professor Penny Stories of students and staff. I have every confidence that which are a series of children’s books written by We have grown into a very strong department wonderful student societies and organisations Dave will help take the Centre forward to even our staff and students. Each with a unique style with nearly 1,000 undergraduates, nearly 100 (see Student Societies). New for 2018 will see better things. I will now lead the #ExeterMarine and appropriate for a range of ages, these stories MSc students and over 150 graduate research an expedition containing a number of our students, strategy across the University, an endeavour of bring scientific research and natural history to students. As the news of our growth and success Sail Against Plastic: A Message from the Arctic which which the students and staff in the CEC will form life – from microbiology to animal behaviour spreads around the world, so more students seeks to identify levels of non-visible pollution in an important part. from other countries join us. We are now proud the Barents sea and create awareness through art, and conservation. They are freely available to download on the university website where they Professor Brendan Godley to host students from all over the world as well media and film. Our students really do a great deal Director, Centre for Ecology and Conservation as very many fellow Europeans. We seek to ever to make the CEC the marvellous department it have been read thousands of times. Head of Discipline, CLES Cornwall increase the diversity of our student body as we has become. go forward. We are building strategic relationships We are a research-intensive unit and this year with an ever-growing group of elite international saw over £8 million in research funds awarded institutions including University of Queensland and from research councils, government departments Chinese University of Hong Kong. and charities as well as some significant prizes The degrees of our large student body are all and fellowships (see Funding Awards). We also focussed on aspects of whole organism biology – appointed a large group of research intensive matching well our research strengths in ecology, faculty members and were particularly proud to conservation, behaviour and evolution. Many staff receive a record number of successful EU Horizon undertake marine research across these themes. 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowships (seven This leads to a tremendous critical mass of interest in total). It’s a good job our new buildings are well The Tale of the Turtle and the Plastic Jellyfish, by Sarah Nelms Brendan as a turtle. Photo Andy Young in shared extracurricular activities through our underway, they will be filled the day they open. Amazon River. Ucayali holds both species of dolphins, in a region of their How camouflaged birds decide distribution previously unstudied. This study led to MSc student Elizabeth where to blend in Campbell´s dissertation work, recently published in Latin American Journal Many animals, and even some plants, rely on of Aquatic Research LAJAR. Recently both researchers worked closely with Research Highlights the Peruvian government agency PRODUCE (Ministry of Fisheries), to draft to avoid detection and recognition. This often involves looking like the general colour and the Action Plan for the Conservation of River Dolphins and the Amazonian pattern of the background environment. It’s been Manatee. The Action Plan has been prepublished and priorities identified in known for a long time that some species and morphs the document are under implementation, with participation of government, Marine turtles dying after becoming Diversity and immigration increase of moth can select resting sites and orientations and local agencies, as well as academia and NGOs. Published by Smooth-coated otters Dr Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto and Dr Jeffrey Mangel. entangled in plastic rubbish productivity in microbial communities (photo credit: Nicole to optimise their concealment, but little is known Entanglement in anthropogenic debris From a first kiss to a pipe discharging sewage into Duplaix) regarding whether individual animals have behaviours is recognised as a cause of mortality the sea, community coalescence (blending of that enable them to do this based on their own specific appearance. in marine turtles however quantitative multiple microbial communities into one) is common Work by Professor Martin Stevens, Dr Jolyon Troscianko, Jared Global warming kills gut bacteria knowledge gaps remain. A global and therefore – possibly an important process. Wilson-Aggarwal and Professor Claire N. Spottiswoode shows that wild in lizards summary, using expert opinion, Using methane producing communities (MPCs) of ground-nesting birds like plover and nightjars choose locations to nest that Recent climate change is a threat to biodiversity, and reported entanglement across all microorganisms, we tested what happens when improve the camouflage of their own eggs and plumage. They can do this while many studies focus on climate-driven extinction species, life stages and ocean basins, two (or more) ecosystems become one. Using MPCs allowed us to over a wide range of spatial scales, showing that behavioural modification risk of charismatic vertebrates such as birds, none with particular vulnerability in pelagic estimate, which communities (and their mixes) performed well: the more of camouflage can be highly refined. Published in Nature Ecology and to our knowledge has studied the consequences of juveniles. Numbers of stranded turtles methane they produced, the healthier they were. Results show that the Evolution by Professor Martin Stevens, Dr Jolyon Troscianko and Jared climate change on gut microbial communities. Dr encountered were in the thousands per year, the majority dead with more communities we put in the mix, the better it functions. It produces Wilson-Aggarwal and Professor Claire N. Spottiswoode. Elvire Bestion et al experimentally studied how future many experts considering this could be causing population level effects. as much methane as its best component community and also has a similar climate change affects the diversity of gut microbiota in a small vertebrate Ghost gear contributed to most of reported entanglements. Collaboration composition. If this is true for other systems, it can be used to optimise any ectotherm, the common . They found that warmer temperatures led among stakeholder groups as well as addressing research needs will process relying on microbial communities. Published in Current Biology by Drowsy dormice doze into decline to a large loss in bacterial diversity, with potential further consequences on facilitate the development of mitigating actions to begin to resolve and Dr Pawel Sierocinski, Florian Bayer and Professor Angus Buckling. Even when a threatened species hosts’ survival to climate change. By focusing on charismatic animals and further understand the issue. Published in Endangered Species Research is protected, a major challenge for forgetting microbial diversity within their guts, we might be underestimating by Emily Duncan, Zara Botterell and Professor Brendan Godley. conservation is understanding how climate-driven biodiversity loss. Published in Nature Ecology and Evolution Fish have complex populations vary and whether conservation by Dr Elvire Bestion. measures are doing any good. PhD Forecasts help predict personalities, researcher Cecily Goodwin has been research shows working on a project supported by future of UK birds Individuals of the same species, and the Forestry Commission and Natural Forecasts that predict how climate change will affect Climate change risk for animals of the same population, can differ Environment Research Council to wildlife are improving, as demonstrated by research consistently in the way they behave – understand the conservation requirements of hazel dormice in British living in prime conditions into UK birds. The accuracy of these models had As climate changes, many species will have to either move to a phenomenon known as ‘animal personality’. While personality has been woodlands. Cecily has worked alongside the National Dormouse never been tested before. The research tested new locations, or evolve to adapt to changing conditions at their demonstrated in many species, researchers are only beginning to appreciate Monitoring Programme to analyse the records provided by dedicated how accurately different types of ecological models predicted range current locations. This study examined whether 12 European its complexity. Observing individual Trinidadian guppies repeatedly under dormouse monitors who have been counting the rodents in 26,000 contraction and expansion of 20 UK bird species over the last 40 years. bird species might be able to evolve to adapt to climate change conditions of varying stress (exposure to an unfamiliar environment, and nest boxes in 400 woodlands for more than 20 years. She identified a The latest generation of models, which directly account for important within different parts of their geographic ranges. The populations to model predators), we found remarkable variation in their behaviour, 72% decline from 1993 to 2014, despite their protection. This rate of ecological responses to climate change, do much better at forecasting that had the least evolutionary potential were those that currently including multiple strategies for coping with stressful situations. The predator decline may mean that dormice should be classified as Endangered in the recent range shifts. For example, the Sparrowhawk has colonised the live in the most favourable conditions, usually at the centre of models caused all fish to become more cautious, but individuals still retained UK. Dormice are likely to face a range of problems: Climate change and eastern UK since 1970, and this was captured by sophisticated models the species’ range, and those that live in the toughest conditions their distinct personalities. Behaviour is flexible, enabling populations – and habitat loss are important but woodland management could also be key. that included population growth rates and how far birds travel from were found at the very edges of the range. The populations individuals – to respond rapidly to environmental changes, yet we also One possibility, that Cecily is currently researching, is that more active where they are born. This means we now have tools that not only better that displayed the greatest potential to evolve with changing found that personality can be strongly conserved across such contexts. woodland management may be needed, not less. Our further research forecast climate-driven range movements, but can be used to target conditions were found living between the two extremes. Published in Functional Ecology by Dr Thomas Houslay, is working with foresters to better understand the needs of dormice conservation more effectively. Published in Global Change Biology Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B by Dr Regan Maddalena Vierbuchen, Andrew Grimmer, Dr Andrew Young and how these can be integrated with active woodland management. by Dr Regan Early. Early and Dr Jesus Martinez-Padilla and Professor Alastair Wilson. Published in Review by Cecily Goodwin, Professor David Hodgson and Professor Robbie McDonald.

Otters learn by copying each other Many animals copy others to tackle life’s challenges, but they are Exeter researchers help to protect selective in whom to copy and when. Social learning research has Peru’s river dolphins focused on fish, birds and primates, while the dexterous, socially The boto Inia geoffrensis and the tucuxi diverse and threatened otter species have remained neglected Sotalia fluviatilis are two species of river until now. Zosia Ladds, William Hoppitt and Dr Neeltje Boogert dolphin endemic to the Amazon. They showed for the first time that otters can learn by copying each are threatened by climate change, habitat other: in smooth-coated otters, youngsters were 6x faster than degradation from dams, pollution and their parents to solve novel food puzzles, and they were more boat traffic and, more significantly, harmful likely to learn socially, suggesting a ‘copy when young’ social learning interactions with fisheries. Since 2013, strategy. Reintroduction efforts might benefit from facilitating the © Sebastián Castañeda / WWF - Perú ProDelphinus, a Peruvian NGO led by social learning of survival skills in these vulnerable species. Published Dr. Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto, who completed her PhD at Exeter, under in Royal Society Open Science by Dr Neeltje Boogert. supervision of Dr. Brendan Godley based in Cornwall Campus, began a project investigating these species in southern Ucayali, a major branch of the CASE STUDY Year of the Mongoose Research Highlights For the last 22 years, a group of researchers from the Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Penryn Campus and a team of Ugandan researchers have been following 10 families of wild banded mongooses living on the Mweya Peninsula in Queen Insecticide-resistant flies ‘rubbish’ Elizabeth National Park, western Uganda (Figure 1). This long-term study has been investigating the evolution of animal at courting females Climate change and fishing societies and is revealing the tensions that arise in even the most Insecticide resistance sounds like a superpower cooperative of family groups. Banded mongooses are unusual for the average male fruit fly – but there’s a catch. create ‘trap’ for penguins When environments are degraded by human actions, among because multiple females in each group give Recent research by Professor Nina Wedell and animals may mistakenly select habitats that lower survival or birth together, usually on the same day. Professor David Hosken have shown that the reproduction. These “ecological traps” can have profound Figure 2 single genetic change which protects the flies from consequences, but it had been unclear whether they operate in The communal litter is raised by adult helpers called ‘escorts’, who the pesticide DDT also makes males smaller, less the oceans. Dr Richard Sherley and Dr Stephen Votier showed form one-to-one caring relationships with particular pups (Figure 2). mongooses fiercely defend their territory from rivals, and will kill aggressive and “rubbish” at courting females. Resistant males are also how juvenile penguins disperse across a large marine ecosystem, We’ve long wondered whether escorts direct care towards their the pups of neighbouring groups if they get the chance. Intergroup more prone to “decamping” – the technical term for giving up midway targeting cues that should indicate high prey abundance. Doing close kin, but we showed this year that neither parents nor other conflict is more severe in banded mongooses than in meerkats, through a mating attempt. As a consequence resistant males have lower so compromised their survival because fishing and climate escorts preferentially escort their own offspring, or discriminate chimpanzees, or (to our knowledge) any other non-human mammal. mating success than susceptible males. It is remarkable that such a trivial change have degraded fish stocks in the region. The study is the between pups on the basis of genetic relatedness. Rather, this is a Only human societies rival banded mongooses in terms of the genetic change to a single allele can have such a dramatic impact on the first to reveal the extent and effect of a marine ecological trap, situation where pups gain from concealing their identity to avoid lethality and violence of their intergroup conflicts. This year we morphology and behaviour of male flies. If carrying resistance genes is and highlights the importance of matching conservation action to being attacked by infanticidal females. The importance of remaining showed that intergroup fights are driven by competition over food generally costly for males, then this will have an impact on the spread the scale of ecological processes. Published in Current Biology anonymous can also explain why breeding females exhibit such and territory, and conflict over matings. Fights are more frequent and persistence of resistance alleles in nature. If we can figure out by Dr Richard Sherley and Dr Stephen Votier. extreme birth synchrony in this species - giving birth on the same when food availability is low and population density is high, and when why resistant males have become reproductively less competitive, we morning mixes up the cues that mothers usually use to distinguish females are in oestrus3. We think that oestrus females are often the could use this knowledge to develop methods to suppress insect pest 1 their own offspring from others . initiators of intergroup fights because they lead their group into rival populations. Published in Behavior Genetics by Professor David Hosken territory in search of matings with neighbouring males. Inbreeding is and Professor Nina Wedell. Since extreme birth synchrony masks the maternity of offspring, a real problem for banded mongoose females because dispersal is so dominant female banded mongooses cannot use infanticide to rare – over 70% of adults never leave their natal group. By mating suppress reproduction in their subordinates, as occurs in meerkats, with neighbouring males, females are able to produce more outbred African wild dogs, and many other mammalian cooperative breeders. pups, which grow faster and survive better4. The downside for Computer game helps scientists Instead, dominant females use another strategy to limit the amount males is that they suffer the costs of fighting. Males account for nearly of competition faced by their offspring: they violently evict multiple all of the fatalities that occur during intergroup fights. Intergroup understand animal camouflage young females from the group. These evictions are sudden, Could there be an advantage to being colour-blind? Colour conflict is a major force shaping individual behaviour, survival, and chaotic and highly aggressive affairs. Females that are targeted vision varies markedly between species, and often within-species, collective decision making in banded mongooses. We are currently for eviction are repeatedly attacked, driven out of the group and and searching for camouflaged prey is thought to be a task using specially designed GPS collars and drones to explore these often wounded in the process. We showed this year that, to our where limited colour vision could actually help a predator. We effects, and to test current theory about how intergroup fighting may great surprise, dominant individuals target their closest female kin used online “citizen science” games to pit people with ‘normal’ promote the evolution of cooperation and teamwork, even among for violent eviction, while allowing unrelated females to remain in colour vision against simulated red-green colour blind people non-relatives. when searching for camouflaged nightjars or eggs. Contrary the group. Using a game theoretical model, we showed that this Dr Faye Thompson and Professor Mike Cant to our expectations, colour-blind participants were slower at type of ‘negative kin discrimination’ can evolve in cases where the recipients of aggression can put up a fight. In these circumstances, catching the camouflaged prey than people viewing normal 1. Vitikainen EIK, Marshall HH, Thompson FJ, Sanderson JL, Bell MBV, Gilchrist JS, colours. However, over time the colour-blind participants learnt dominant individuals may do best to target closer kin for aggression Hodge SJ, Nichols HJ, Cant MA (2017). Biased escorts: offspring sex, not relatedness to overcome this disadvantage, even performing on a par with because these individuals are less likely to fight back. Our theoretical explains alloparental care patterns in a cooperative breeder. Proceedings of the Royal Climate change has mixed effects Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(20162384) normal-vision participants. You can play the games at: on migratory geese and empirical results add to a growing recognition that patterns of 2. Thompson FJ, Cant MA, Marshall HH, Vitikainen EIK, Sanderson JL, Nichols HJ, www.sensoryecology.com/games. Published in Behavioural Migratory species are thought to be aggression and cooperation in nature depend on the extent to which Gilchrist JS, Bell MBV, Young AJ, Hodge SJ, Johnstone RA (2017). Explaining negative animals can anticipate each other’s actions, and adjust their own kin discrimination in a cooperative mammal society. Proceedings of the National Ecology by Dr Jolyon Troscianko, Jared Wilson-Aggarwal particularly vulnerable to climate change, Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(20), 5207-5212 2 and Professor Martin Stevens. with those living at high latitudes under most behaviour accordingly . 3. Thompson FJ, Marshall HH, Vitikainen EIK, Cant MA (2017). Causes and consequences of intergroup conflict in cooperative banded mongooses.Animal threat. Our long-term study of light-bellied Finally, this year we turned our attention to another very conspicuous Behaviour, 126, 31-40 Brent geese shows that environmental 4. Nichols HJ, Cant MA, Sanderson JL (2015). Adjustment of costly extra-group feature of mongoose life – the violent battles that occur between paternity according to inbreeding risk in a cooperative mammal. Behavioral Ecology, conditions during a critical period in early neighbouring groups on the peninsula (Figure 3). Groups of banded 26(6), 1486-1494 summer play a central role in driving the demography of this migratory population. Figure 1: The Mweya Peninsula in Queen Elizabeth National Park, While warmer conditions are better for Nightjar shown in ‘normal’ colour on western Uganda. Image courtesy of Feargus Cooney. breeding success because of better rearing the left and red-green colour-blind simulation on the right Figure 2: Adult ‘escorts’ form one-to-one caring relationships with conditions, they are bad for female survival, pups, but they do not preferentially direct care towards their own because the ground nesting females carry out all incubation and are more offspring. Image courtesy of Feargus Cooney. vulnerable to . With warmer years on the increase it seems Figure 3: Fights between neighbouring groups are violent and often likely that at some point in the future the increases in breeding success will result in injury and death. Intergroup conflict occurs over food, territory, and matings, and females are regularly observed mating not be enough to offset the loss of adult females. Published in the Journal with rival males during these aggressive encounters. Image courtesy of Dave Seager. Nightjar shown in ‘normal’ colour on the left and red-green colour-blind simulation of Animal Ecology by Dr Ian Cleasby, Dr Thomas Bodey, Dr Freydis Figure 1 Figure 3 on the right Vigfusdottir, Dr Jenni McDonald and Professor Stuart Bearhop. Athena SWAN Penryn Campus This year has seen many changes in how we view gender equality, with a review of Working Parent policies, Student Societies Gender Pay Gap Report and a university-wide move towards inclusivity and gender equality within the department. Since November 2017, CLES Cornwall have been working hard to reapply for the Silver awareness about some of the most important producer Chadden Hunter, who delivered a EcoSoc environmental issues we are facing today. At Award, following on from previous successes. This year, EcoSoc has been running even thought-provoking talk on conservation in the the moment, we are raising awareness about This has seen the Athena Swan Working more events for our members and working media and provided great insight into filming plastic waste and suggesting how people can Group broadening the focus beyond just with many external organisations on important Planet Earth II. To finish off the year we all got make simple switches to reduce their use academic staff to ensure that all who work conservation work! We are continuing our into the Christmas spirit at Polar Ball, hosted of single-use plastic. We are currently in the long-term monitoring project on the small within the CEC department are represented process of taking this further by working with at Gylly Beach Café. We are looking forward mammals, bird ringing and moth trapping on and supported. 2017 witnessed the launch staff and campus services to reduce plastic to kicking off 2018 with a visit from Miranda campus. This information is more important of the new Cornwall Inclusivity Group, who waste from outlets on campus. EcoSoc has Krestovnikoff! than ever with the current developments work closely with the team to bring about had an extremely productive year and we on campus. EcoSoc are collaborating with positive impact for our staff and students; have a lot more planned for the coming year Cornwall Bat Group on hibernation and bat Bioscience Student so hope to continue our success! making the university a more inclusive place box surveys, Butterfly Conservation and the Employability Committee to work and study. National Trust doing habitat management, Throughout 2017 we have continued and Cornwall Wildlife Trust carrying out Wildlife Documentary to provide a variety of employability and biodiversity surveys. EcoSoc has been lucky Society networking opportunities for students. This to be involved with the Cornwall Beaver Wild Doc Soc have had another busy year! Reintroduction Project at Woodland Valley We started running regular film nights in year we have had the pleasure of hosting Farm too! collaboration with other awesome societies, a diverse mix of exciting speakers in our screening great films such as The Ivory seminar series, from the local area and further We are carrying out various surveys at the Game, Before the Flood, Chasing Ice and afield including Dartmoor National Park reintroduction site to assess how the ecology The Silent World. We have also held live Authority, Marine Conservation Society and Funding Awards of area is changing due to the beavers. We screenings of Blue Planet II every Sunday aim for all our events to improve the skills Cloudbridge Nature Reserve in Costa Rica! night – a real highlight! One of our biggest and employability of our members. Through Our annual careers fair was a huge success; CEC enjoyed many research funding Dr Lena Bayer Wilfert, Professor the conservation of marine turtles in the ventures in autumn term has been setting these experiences members can complement it was the biggest and most varied fair to date successes during 2017, securing awards Dave Hodgson, Dr Neeltje Boogert, Mediterranean region and an international up filming workshops to allow members to their academic studies with necessary field get hands-on experience with making their with a wide range of organisations visiting to totalling over £8million. Funders include Dr Shakti Lamba, Dr Karl Wotton and collaboration between Dr Alex Thornton experience. own documentaries – we look forward to chat to students about careers and all things the EU, Natural Environment Research Dr Regan Early. and partners in the US and Canada, employability related. We can’t wait to see This year EcoSoc have been promoting seeing their films in a few months’ time. We Council (NERC), Biotechnology and funded by the Human Frontiers in Science the ‘Species Awareness Stall’, to raise were lucky to welcome BBC Planet Earth II what 2018 brings! Biological Sciences Research Council A few highlights include: a European Programme, to investigate collective (BBSRC), Royal Society, British Research Council project spearheaded by behaviour and information transmission in Academy, Human Frontiers in Science Dr Edze Westra exploring the evolutionary heterogeneous societies. Programme, Darwin Initiative, Ascension ecology of bacterial immune mechanisms; We again celebrate the successes of our Island Government, Department for a NERC award to Professor Tom Tregenza growing number of prestigious early Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to investigate how sexual selection affects career fellowship holders including Drs (DEFRA), Met Office, Science and how populations evolve in response to Laura Kelley and Neeltje Boogert (Royal Technology Facilities Council (STFC), change; a NERC award to Professor Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowships), Forestry Commission, Natural Resources Kevin Gaston whose team will be using Dr Stineke Van Houte (BBSRC), Dr Wales, MAVA Foundation, Carter Centre, images taken by astronauts aboard the Camille Coye (British Academy) and Dr Wellcome Trust, Animal and Plant Health International Space Station to gain insights Jolyon Troscianko (NERC Independent Agency (APHA), Marine Conservation into the severity of ecological impacts Research Fellowship). We also saw huge Society, Sealife Trust, British Horse of artificial lighting on the nighttime successes with the EU Horizon 2020 Racing Authority, Racing Foundation, environment; a study by Professor Robbie Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship Rentokil, Wildlife Conservation Society, McDonald supported by the Carter Centre scheme, with 7 awards made to fellows at Songbird Survival, Centre for Agriculture investigating infection and transmission CEC and their supervisors: Dr Thomas of Guinea worms in domestic dogs in and Bioscience International CABI), Bodey (supervisor Professor Robbie Vincent Wildlife Trust and the British Chad; another to Professor McDonald McDonald), Dr Maxime Derex (supervisor Ecological Society. Awards were made to from the Songbird Survival Trust to Dr Alex Mesoudi), Dr Mathieu Giraudeau Dr Edze Westra, Professor Tom Tregenza, explore the role of predation by cats (supervisor Dr Camille Bonneaud), Dr Professor Kevin Gaston, Professor Robbie on songbird population dynamics; an Maximiliano Tourmente (supervisor McDonald, Professor Martin Stevens, industry collaboration between Professor Professor Dave Hosken), Dr Keiko Dr Jason Chapman, Professor Annette Martin Stevens and Qinetiq funded by Oku (supervisor Professor Nina Wedell), Broderick, Professor Brendan Godley, the BBSRC on optimising camouflage; Dr Uli Klumper (supervisor Professor Professor Mike Boots, Dr Alex Thornton, an award to Professor Annette Broderick Angus Buckling) and Dr Cecilia Nilsson Professor Juliet Osborne, Dr Ilya Maclean, from the MAVA foundation to look at (supervisor Dr Jason Chapman). Field Course Fortnight 285 students. 35 academics. 8 field courses. 6 countries. 4 continents. 1 challenging fortnight.

One of our core principles is that shared deliver international experiences; to deliver travelling to the Bahamas, Borneo, Costa Rica, Science with the Community learning about natural systems should be first-class education and technology; and to South Africa, Tenerife, and Kenya. The wider animal skulls. In ‘Earth Zone’ we joined forces immersive and extraordinary. Hence, we take provide multidisciplinary learning for global impact of these field courses is delivered by a Schools Outreach with the renewable energy team, with their Wild Film Fest During 2017, CEC researchers, staff and all of our BSc finalists and all MSc students every challenges. social media campaign. During this fortnight, mesmerising interactive sandbox capturing how In March 2017 the third annual Wild Film Fest year on international field trips to biodiversity students and staff document their experiences student ambassadors were involved with landscapes are formed. Vice-Chancellor Sir returned to showcase top student wildlife hotspots and regions where intense numerous outreach events across Cornwall film-making and photography! The event through various social media outputs, using the Steve Smith attended and thoroughly enjoyed interactions between humans and wildlife occur. and beyond. We reached over 4,000 students included an afternoon seminar series with hashtag #fieldcoursefortnight to spread the the afternoon. Thank you to all staff and students These trips serve a crucial purpose; to immerse A once in a lifetime experience, through partnerships with over 20 schools and who worked hard to ensure the event was once renowned professionals in wildlife documentary word across the globe. students in real-world issues of biodiversity and full of incredible people, experiences colleges in Cornwall. We have also conducted again a remarkable success! and conservation featuring Gillian Burke (BBC conservation. and wildlife. The final awards evening ceremony celebrated mini research talks at some of our local schools Presenter) and Dr Heather Koldewey (ZSL). delivered by CEC PhD students, which have Elizabeth White (BBC Natural History Unit The trips meet all of the university’s education the social media campaign that took place Laura Tuke, current student been a great success and we hope to continue Science of Christmas Producer) joined us to present the overall priorities: to train talented, active, engaged during field course fortnight, where posts This was our fourth year of Science of Christmas with more in 2018. We were also delighted competition winner and to introduce the students; to provide excellent employment during the field courses were given prizes for which is a family friendly event and aims to to have presence at large events such as the evening awards ceremony, which was hosted by experiences and capabilities; to deliver Many of our field courses take place in January, certain awards such as the best wildlife shot and discover the science of Christmas! It was, once Cornwall Careers Show and the Royal Cornwall University of Exeter alumna Lizzie Daly. There research-inspired, inquiry-led learning; to in a concentrated fortnight; with students best blog. again, a festive success and the whole audience Show, where the University had a stand for was not a spare seat in house on the night! It were engaged throughout. Prof Brendan Godley the third year, talking about our research, and was a fantastic event enjoyed by all, celebrating acted as the compere and kept everyone in running hands-on science activities with live amazing student talent in the field of science the Christmas spirit with some great singalongs! invertebrates on the scene. For the third communication. One of our PhD students, David Sünderhauf, After completing my Fieldcourse time we ran a Bioscience strand of the Exeter delivered a talk on ‘How to separate the Fortnight at the Cape Eleuthera Progression Scheme, a programme designed for naughty from the nice?’; Dr Kimberley Hockings Institute during the Bahamas Year 12 students to develop their knowledge and Generation Wild gave a very amusing talk on why we give gifts Generation Wild is a student-led volunteering fieldcourse I was luckily offered a passion for a subject. 40 students from Devon at Christmas; Dr Jason Chapman asked the project that delivers weekly environmental and Cornwall took part in seven practical lab and masters position which changed question who is faster in the Christmas dash, outreach sessions for local primary schools field sessions, all led by academics and students so much in terms of my career. which ended with a sonic boom; Dr Helen and children’s groups. From rockpool rambles from the Centre of Ecology and Conservation, Smith explained how we can use the power of and evening bug hunts to designing sustainable Rebekah Trehern, including a trip to Gyllyngvase beach where they the sea to power our Christmas lights, complete homes and restoring a hedgerow, 2017 was an Biosciences graduate conducted their own research project. We have with great penguin demonstrations from our incredible year for us! In the autumn term alone Umoja woman’s camp, Kenya Galapagos-Abi Gwynn already met with our 40 students for 2018 at the volunteers!; Dr Neeltje Boogert explained that we worked with over 500 children through 16 Progression Conference in Exeter, and have lots Jack Barton and an not only humans sing carols, and lastly Angela outreach sessions and a large external event. immense Io Moth, of exciting plans! We also have plans for another Ben Porter Bartlett from the ESI showed us how Santa can We also coordinated multiple training courses Maritime Museum outreach event early in 2018 Choose a huge life lesson. track and find you using cool GIS remote sensing for students throughout the year, including a trip which we hope to be even bigger and better Choose incredible people both as technology! We had a fantastic turnout and thank to Camp Kernow to learn about sustainability than last year’s event. education, and in May we were honoured to companions and who you meet on you to all our amazing speakers and for inspiring all generations about science. be shortlisted at the NUS National Societies the way. Choose #FieldKenya Awards for Best Local Community Contribution. Science in the Square We’ve had so much positive feedback from ‘Why on Earth?’ was the theme for our 6th Peter Cooper, group leaders and parents this year, and it’s been annual Science in the Square, during which over Students as Zoology graduate so heartwarming to see the positive impacts of 3000 visitors attended the free family event held Change Agents environmental education on the local community. Costa Rica, Chloe Cargill in August as part of Falmouth Week! Through Students As Change Agents is a scheme With exciting developments in the pipeline, a series of engaging talks, visitors of all ages that allows students to play an active part in including a partnership with Cornwall Wildlife explored topics including why on earth animals improving their student experience. Penryn Trust, 2018 is set to be another fantastic year! have friends and why on earth sea turtles cross Campus was particularly engaged with the oceans. ‘Brenda’ the turtle was a very popular scheme, with projects applying for the scheme More information about our outreach character! Seven interactive zones offered including: Sci-Fest, a science communication activities can be found at: chances for close encounters with rockpool festival, a photography course, and a seminar/ lifesciences.exeter.ac.uk/outreach/ creatures, microscopic organisms and exotic discussion group. cornwall

Kenya, Richard Turner Kenya, Rosie Walker Africa, Beth Mathias Awards and Prizes Selected Highlights

Top Project Mark: Claire Cumner Prize Winners PrizesGraduation were awarded Awardsto the See also Selected Highlights for accolades to Prof following students: Oxford University Press – Tim Caro and Monique Curtis Creighton Curtis Creighton, Prof Tim Caro, Prof Monique Undergraduate Most Improved Student Award: We were pleased to host Professor Curtis Burgerhoff-Molder, Prof Alastair Wilson, Prof Holly Frances Cole Stage 1 Dean’s Commendations: Burgerhoff-Molder Creighton from Purdue University, Indiana, Andy Russell and Prof Martin Stevens. Charlotte Cross Royal Society of Biology Award The CEC was thrilled to USA for a four month sabbatical from August British Ecological Society’s photography competition Grace Hunt for Top Overall Marks: host world-leading researchers to December in 2017. Prof. Creighton works Jack Taylor Orford “Capturing Ecology” – Christopher Beirne Max Shepherd Monique Borgerhoff-Mulder Stephanie Trapp on life-history evolution, parental care and Highest Overall AWCM: BBSRC Innovator of the Year award for Social Impact Joseph Phillips and Tim Caro from the conservation of burying beetles. He was Jack Taylor Orford Professor Juliet Osborne and the BEEHAVE team Camille Burton University of California hosted by Dr Nick Royle, who also works Ella McCulla Davis on a three-month British Ecological Society research competition – Catherine Postgraduate on burying beetles. Curtis was an active James Williams sabbatical from September McNicol, Sarah Nelms and Sara Mynott Centre for Ecology and participant in CEC daily life and during his James Harris to December 2017. Jaimie Barnes Conservation Commendations: stay gave a departmental research seminar Cai Bishop-Guest MSc Applied Ecology 2016/17: about his recent work and collaborated with The FXU and Students’ Guild Teaching Awards Monique, Professor of Anthropology at UC Davis, Cameron Goodhead Shari Mang – Best Overall Nick on some research experiments. They Mark is a pioneer in the application of behavioural ecology Best Subject Cornwall – Biosciences (Penryn) Eleanor Hackett are planning to apply for research funding in Shari Mang – Best Research to humans. In December she gave the annual CEC Rahul Jaitly 2018 to develop their collaboration further. Most Outstanding Student Led Volunteering Project Laura Overton Project Mark Christmas Conservation Lecture on her efforts to Committee Members – Ellen Whitby Jessica Stokes MSc Conservation and Biodiversity apply evolutionary theories of cooperation to wildlife Most Outstanding Society Event or Project – Wild Film Fest Samuel Thompson 2016/17: and forest conservation in Africa. She also lectured Alexandra Dell (collaboration between Eco Soc and Wild Doc Soc) Susannah Gold – Best Overall on the 3rd year undergraduate module Human Ellen Knight Mark Behavioural Ecology, a fieldwork training session Katie Smith Susannah Gold – Best Research Inaugural Professorial Lectures Rebecca Brett to our human-focused graduate students, and led Graduation Awards Project Mark We were lucky enough to have Leonard D’Aranjo sessions in the HuBCEG seminar series. three professorial lectures this Congratulations to the following CEC students who were Matthew Doyle MSc Evolutionary and Behavioural awarded PhDs in 2017: Robyn Hickman Ecology 2016/17: Tim, a Professor of Wildlife Biology at UC Davis, has year. In October Andy Russell Maisy Inston Karen Keegan – Best Overall and Alastair Wilson gave a Maria Eugenia Correa Cano – Macroecological Patterns of conducted innovative research into , Alex Newland Pow Mark combined talk on “Plastic Plant Species and Anthropogenic Activities in particular the adaptiveness of coat colour in animals Andriana Michaeloudis Julia Slezacek – Best Research perspectives on : Project Mark ranging from to anteaters. In October Tim Philip David Doherty – Basking Shark Movement Ecology in Stage 2 Dean’s Commendations: gave our annual Darwin Landing Day seminar where from behaviour to genes”. Andy the North-east Atlantic Henry Slesser School’s Commendation is a behavioural ecologist whose work focuses on the role of mothers for Exceptional Academic we were treated to a fascinating journey through his Sophie Corrigan whilst Alastair is an evolutionary biologist studying how genetic and Sarah Catherine Paul – The Price of Defence: Maternal Achievement: quest to discover how the got its stripes. He Effects in an Aposematic Ladybird Stage 3 Dean’s Commendations: Shari Mang also contributed to Martin Stevens’ Sensory Ecology environmental processes interact with each other. At the drinks reception Luke Lear Emma Korein afterwards guests enjoyed a display of photographs featuring Andy and James Ian Leonard Rapkin – The Importance of Nutrition in module and participated in Martin’s lab meetings. Isabel May Driscoll Ben Murphy Alastair in their early years as young researchers. Sexual Selection Isabella Endacott Emily Strong Both Monique and Tim proved hugely stimulating to Zoe Hughes Elizabeth Sophie MacLeod Robinson – The Spread and Tess Handby our human behaviour and sensory ecology groups, and In December Martin Stevens gave Emily Elizabeth Carter a talk on “Animal vision and the art Impacts of Invasive Non-Native Plants in a Human- Emma Elizabeth Rogan School’s commendation for their presence is testament to CEC’s leading research Dominated Landscape: The Case of Japanese Knotweed Excellent Academic Achievement strengths in these areas. We hope this is not their last of concealment”. Martin studies Centre for Ecology and and Outstanding Contribution to sensory ecology and evolution with Jack Charles Oliver Rumkee – Modelling the Impact of Conservation Commendations: visit to CEC! the Student Experience despite an emphasis on vision and adaptive Stressors on the Honeybee Colony Emily Fergusson Adversity: coloration. Martin was ably assisted Oscar Furness Katya-Rose Zaki Lucy Charlotte Steward – Badger social networks and their Charlotte Bain during the lecture by his son who implications for disease transmission Russell Barnett School’s commendation for took charge of the slide show. Outstanding Contribution to Faye Jacqueline Thompson – Conflict Within and Between Harriet Lavender Congratulations! Sophia Fraser Student Experience: These events are always hugely Groups of Cooperative Banded Mongooses Hannah Pollock Peter Cooper This past year saw a number of key promotions: enjoyable and a highlight of our Richard David Woods – Collective Responses to Acoustic Jamie Unwin Karen Keegan Annette Broderick, Andy Russell, Alistair Alex Szczurek year. They represent an opportunity Threat Information in Jackdaws Sophie Gould Wilson, and Martin Stevens to Professors; Megan Addicott Ellen Whitby for us to come together and Sasha Dall, Stephen Votier and Edze Westra Mollie Kemsley celebrate individual success whilst Lowenna Jones to Assistant Professors; Kelly Moyes a Senior acknowledging the importance Flora Rendell-Bhatti Lecturer and Ben Longdon a Senior Research of collaboration in the scientific Laura Tuke Fellow. community. Thomas Kent Galápagos Islands, Madeleine Goumas Selected CEC

Publications from 2017 Yukon, Jalal Khan South Africa, Megan Bruce

Bauer S, Chapman JW, Reynolds, D. R.; Alves, J A; Dokter, Knapp, J. L.; Bartlett, L. J. and Osborne, J. L. (2017), ‘Re- largest leatherback sea turtle nesting region’, DIVERSITY AND A M.; Menz, M M H; Sapir, N; Ciach, M; Pettersson, L B; evaluating strategies for pollinator-dependent crops: How DISTRIBUTIONS 23(6), 604-614. Kelly, J F; Leijnse, H and Shamoun-Baranes, J (2017), ‘From useful is parthenocarpy?’, JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY Sherley, R. B.; Ludynia, K.; Dyer, B. M.; Lamont, T.; Makhado, Agricultural Benefits to Aviation Safety: Realizing the Potential 54(4), 1171-1179. A. B.; Roux, J.-P.; Scales, K. L.; Underhill, L. G. and Votier, S. of Continent-Wide Radar Networks’, BIOSCIENCE 67(10), Maclean, I. M. D.; Suggitt, A. J.; Wilson, R. J.; Duffy, J. P. and C. (2017), ‘Metapopulation Tracking Juvenile Penguins Reveals 912-918. Bennie, J. J. (2017), ‘Fine-scale climate change: modelling an Ecosystem-wide Ecological Trap’, CURRENT BIOLOGY Baxter, S W; Hoffman, J I; Tregenza, T; Wedell, N and spatial variation in biologically meaningful rates of warming’, 27(4), 563-568. Hosken, D J (2017), ‘EB Ford revisited: assessing the long- GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 23(1), 256-268. Sierocinski, P.; Milferstedt, K.; Bayer, F.; Grosskopf, T.; Alston, term stability of wing-spot patterns and population genetic Meaden, S. and Koskella, B. (2017), ‘Adaptation of the M.; Bastkowski, S.; Swarbreck, D.; Hobbs, P. J.; Soyer, O. S.; structure of the meadow brown butterfly on the Isles of Scilly’, pathogen, Pseudomonas syringae, during experimental Hamelin, J. and Buckling, A. (2017), ‘A Single Community HEREDITY 118(4), 322-329 evolution on a native vs. alternative host plant’, MOLECULAR Dominates Structure and Function of a Mixture of Multiple Beaume, M; Kohler, T; Greub, G; Manuel, O; Aubert, J-D; ECOLOGY 26(7, SI), 1790-1801. Methanogenic Communities’, CURRENT BIOLOGY 27(21), Baerlocher, L; Farinelli, L.; Buckling, A.; van Delden, C and Mesoudi, A. (2017), ‘Pursuing Darwin’s curious parallel: 3390+. Study, S. T. C. (2017), ‘Rapid adaptation drives invasion Prospects for a science of cultural evolution’, PROCEEDINGS Silk, M. J.; Croft, D. P.; Delahay, R. J.; Hodgson, D. J.; Boots, of airway donor microbiota by Pseudomonas after lung OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED M.; Weber, N. and McDonald, R. A. (2017), ‘Using Social transplantation’, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 7. STATES OF AMERICA 114(30), 7853-7860. Network Measures in Wildlife Disease Ecology, Epidemiology, Best, A.; Ashby, B.; White, A.; Bowers, R.; Buckling, A.; Metcalfe, K.; Collins, T.; Abernethy, K. E.; Boumba, R.; and Management’, BIOSCIENCE 67(3), 245-257. Koskella, B. and Boots, M. (2017), ‘Host-parasite fluctuating Dengui, J.-C.; Miyalou, R.; Parnell, R. J.; Plummer, K. Thompson, F. J.; Cant, M. A.; Marshall, H. H.; Vitikainen, selection in the absence of specificity’,PROCEEDINGS OF THE E.; Russell, D. J. F.; Safou, G. K.; Tilley, D.; Turner, R. A.; E. I. K.; Sanderson, J. L.; Nichols, H. J.; Gilchrist, J. S.; Bell, M. ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 284(1866). VanLeeuwe, H.; Witt, M. J. and Godley, B. J. (2017), B. V.; Young, A. J.; Hodge, S. J. and Johnstone, R. A. (2017), Bonnet, T.; Wandeler, P.; Camenisch, G. and Postma, E. ‘Addressing Uncertainty in Marine Resource Management; ‘Explaining negative kin discrimination in a cooperative mammal (2017), ‘Bigger Is Fitter? Quantitative Genetic Decomposition Combining Community Engagement and Tracking Technology society’, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF of Selection Reveals an Adaptive Evolutionary Decline of Body to Characterize Human Behavior’, CONSERVATION LETTERS SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 114(20), Mass in a Wild Rodent Population’, PLOS BIOLOGY 15(1). 10(4), 460-469. 5207-5212. Bush, E. R.; Short, R. E.; Milner-Gulland, E. J.; Lennox, K.; Morley, D.; Broniewski, J. M.; Westra, E. R.; Buckling, A. Troscianko, J.; Skelhorn, J. and Stevens, M. (2017), Samoilys, M. and Hill, N. (2017), ‘Mosquito Net Use in an and van Houte, S. (2017), ‘Host diversity limits the evolution ‘Quantifying camouflage: how to predict detectability from Artisanal East African Fishery’, CONSERVATION LETTERS 10(4), of parasite local adaptation’, MOLECULAR ECOLOGY 26(7, SI), appearance’, BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 17. 451-459. 1756-1763. Vitikainen, E. I. K.; Marshall, H. H.; Thompson, F. J.; Caves, E. M.; Stevens, M. and Spottiswoode, C. N. (2017), Nelms, S. E.; Coombes, C.; Foster, L. C.; Galloway, T. S.; Sanderson, J. L.; Bell, M. B. V.; Gilchrist, J. S.; Hodge, S. ‘Does coevolution with a shared parasite drive hosts to Godley, B. J.; Lindeque, P. K. and Witt, M. J. (2017), ‘Marine J.; Nichols, H. J. and Cant, M. A. (2017), ‘Biased escorts: partition their defences among species?’, PROCEEDINGS OF anthropogenic litter on British beaches: A 10-year nationwide offspring sex, not relatedness explains alloparental care patterns THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 284(1854). assessment using citizen science data’, SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL in a cooperative breeder’, PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL Cleasby, I. R.; Bodey, T. W.; Vigfusdottir, F.; McDonald, J. ENVIRONMENT 579, 1399-1409. SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 284(1854). L.; McElwaine, G.; Mackie, K.; Colhoun, K. and Bearhop, S. Nietlisbach, P.; Keller, L. F.; Camenisch, G.; Guillaume, F.; Votier, S. C.; Fayet, A. L.; Bearhop, S.; Bodey, T. W.; Clark, (2017), ‘Climatic conditions produce contrasting influences on Arcese, P.; Reid, J. M. and Postma, E. (2017), ‘Pedigree-based B. L.; Grecian, J.; Guilford, T.; Hamer, K. C.; Jeglinski, J. W. 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G. and Cartwright, S. J. 298-304. Pseudomonas aeruginosa’, PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL (2017), ‘Ranging behaviour of badgers Meles meles vaccinated Crowley, S. L.; Hinchliffe, S.; Redpath, S. M. and McDonald, SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 284(1859). with Bacillus Calmette Guerin’, JOURNAL OF APPLIED R. A. (2017), ‘Disagreement About Invasive Species Does Not Padfield, D.; Lowe, C.; Buckling, A.; Ffrench-Constant, R.; ECOLOGY 54(3), 718-725. Equate to Denialism: A Response to Russell and Blackburn’, Jennings, S.; Shelley, F.; Olafsson, J. S.; Yvon-Durocher, G. Yvon-Durocher, G.; Hulatt, C. J.; Woodward, G. and TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION 32(4), 228-229. and Team, S. R. (2017), ‘Metabolic compensation constrains Trimmer, M. (2017), ‘Long-term warming amplifies shifts in Cuthill, I. C.; Allen, W. L.; Arbuckle, K.; Caspers, B.; Chaplin, the temperature dependence of gross primary production’, the carbon cycle of experimental ponds’, NATURE CLIMATE G.; Hauber, M. E.; Hill, G. E.; Jablonski, N. G.; Jiggins, C. ECOLOGY LETTERS 20(10), 1250-1260. CHANGE 7(3), 209+. D.; Kelber, A.; Mappes, J.; Marshall, J.; Merrill, R.; Osorio, Pascoal, S.; Mendrok, M.; Wilson, A. J.; Hunt, J. and Bailey, Zhong, Z.; Li, X.; Pearson, D.; Wang, D.; Sanders, D.; Zhu, D.; Prum, R.; Roberts, N. W.; Roulin, A.; Rowland, H. M.; N. W. (2017), ‘Sexual selection and population divergence Y. and Wang, L. (2017), ‘Ecosystem engineering strengthens Sherratt, T. N.; Skelhorn, J.; Speed, M. P.; Stevens, M.; II. Divergence in different sexual traits and signal modalities in bottom-up and weakens top-down effects via trait-mediated Stoddard, M. C.; Stuart-Fox, D.; Talas, L.; Tibbetts, E. and field crickets (Teleogryllus oceanicus)’, EVOLUTION 71(6), indirect interactions’, PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY Caro, T. (2017), ‘The biology of color’, SCIENCE 357(6350), 1614-1626. B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 284(1863). 470+. Pincheira-Donoso, D.; Jara, M.; Reaney, A.; Garcia-Roa, Zimmer, C.; Larriva, M.; Boogert, N. J. and Spencer, K. A. Davies, T. W.; Bennie, J.; Cruse, D.; Blumgart, D.; Inger, R. R.; Saldarriaga-Cordoba, M. and Hodgson, D. J. (2017), (2017), ‘Transgenerational transmission of a stress-coping and Gaston, K. J. (2017), ‘Multiple night-time light-emitting ‘Hypoxia and hypothermia as rival agents of selection driving phenotype programmed by early-life stress in the Japanese diode lighting strategies impact grassland invertebrate the evolution of viviparity in lizards’, GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND quail’, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 7. assemblages’, GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 23(7), 2641-2648. BIOGEOGRAPHY 26(11), 1238-1246. Longdon B, Day JP, Schulz N, Leftwich PT, de Jong MA, Doherty, P. D.; Baxter, J. M.; Gell, F. R.; Godley, B. J.; Graham, Rapkin, J.; Archer, C. R.; Grant, C. E.; Jensen, K.; House, Breuker CJ, Gibbs M, Obbard DJ, Wilfert L, Smith SCL , R. T.; Hall, G.; Hall, J.; Hawkes, L. A.; Henderson, S. M.; C. M.; Wilson, A. J. and Hunt, J. (2017), ‘Little evidence for McGonigle JE, Houslay TM, Wright LI, Livraghi L, Evans LC, Johnson, L.; Speedie, C. and Witt, M. J. (2017), ‘Long-term intralocus sexual conflict over the optimal intake of nutrients for Friend LA, Chapman T, Vontas J, Kambouraki N, Jiggins FM satellite tracking reveals variable seasonal migration strategies of life span and reproduction in the black field cricket Teleogryllus (2017). Vertically transmitted rhabdoviruses are found across basking sharks in the north-east Atlantic’, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS commodus’, EVOLUTION 71(9), 2159-2177. three insect families and have dynamic interactions with their 7. Robinson, B. S.; Inger, R.; Crowley, S. L. and Gaston, K. J. hosts. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 284: 20162381 Fisher, D. N.; Ilany, A.; Silk, M. J. and Tregenza, T. (2017), (2017), ‘Weeds on the web: conflicting management advice Wedell N and Hosken DJ. 2017. 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