Publications
- Food web complexity underlies biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning
Nature, Springer Nature, 1-7.
01-07-2026 - Cyanobacterial flocculation as a defence against bacterial predation
The Isme Journal: Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology
27-06-2026 - AI11 Explainable multiclass artificial intelligence for safe identification and subtyping of benign skin lesions in suspected cancer pathways
British Journal of Dermatology, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 195 (Supplement_1)
26-06-2026 - Natural microcosms in ecology: fulfilling the promise of model systems?
Srivastava DS Trzcinski MK Petermann JS Céréghino R Farjalla VF Pires APF Gonzalez AL Kratina P et al.
Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences, The Royal Society vol. 381 (1953)
25-06-2026 - The evolution and functional significance of neuropeptide cocktails: insights from SALMFamides in asteroid echinoderms
Castelán NE Elphick MR
Open Biology, The Royal Society vol. 16 (6)
24-06-2026 - Evolutionary conservation and adaptability of cholecystokinin neuropeptide signaling in the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus
Liu H Yang H Tian X Elphick MR Chen M
Bmc Biology, Springer Nature
18-06-2026 - White Dwarf Stars are Photodamaging Environments for Earth-like Photosynthesis
Chitnavis S Gray C Haworth TJ Gillen E Ringham AR Mullineaux CW Duffy CDP
Research Notes of The Aas, American Astronomical Society vol. 10 (6)
17-06-2026 - Negative frequency-dependent selection: a positive outlook with deep learning
Santander CG dos Santos ALC Arnab SP Fumagalli M DeGiorgio M
Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences, The Royal Society vol. 381 (1952)
11-06-2026 - Far-red chlorophyll d clusters extend photosystem I absorption toward the red limit
Oliver TJ Elias E Consoli G Leong HF Cordón-Preciado V Fantuzzi A Cardona T Rutherford AW et al.
Science Advances, American Association For The Advancement of Science (Aaas) vol. 12 (24)
10-06-2026 - Sub-wavelength terahertz imaging using asynchronous optical sampling of on-chip near-field sensors
Mosley CDW Nixon JPR Metcalf AG Gill TB Park S Li LH Wood C Jones D et al.
Journal of Physics Photonics, Iop Publishing
08-06-2026 - Temperature constrains diet-induced plasticity in the life-history of an aquatic vertebrate
Bento S Deeks E Martelo J Magalhães MF Segurado P Nascimento S Sousa PP Caramelo J et al.
Scientific Reports, Springer Nature
08-06-2026 - Combined phylogenetic and geographic data can predict plant–pest interactions with high accuracy
Hernández‐Gutiérrez E Nichols RA Kelly LJ
New Phytologist, Wiley
07-06-2026 - Recurrent evolution of ultraviolet vision in frogs and toads is linked to transitions in locomotor mode
Zhang B Wei P Cui Y Zhang Y Chen H Li X Zhou K Jiang T et al.
Proceedings of The Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 293 (2072)
03-06-2026 - Metabolomics-constrained modelling reveals dominant oxidative metabolism in the Egyptian fruit bat myocardium
Karlstaedt A Cullen F Drinkwater R Ramchunder Z Kim K Young M Rossiter SJ Aksentijevic D
Plos One, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 21 (6)
02-06-2026 - A fixed methane filter maximizes freshwater emissions under warming
Harpenslager SF Randall K Zhu Y Jackson MC Sanders I Gallo B Harris D Prentice H et al.
Nature Climate Change, Springer Nature vol. 16 (6), 704-711.
01-06-2026 - A New Species of Leptobacillium and Additional Records of Simplicillium and Leptobacillium from Sabah, Malaysia
Shahbaz M De Wint FC Rong JSY Wei YJ Koid Q Fayle T Tan YS Abdullah S et al.
New Zealand Journal of Botany, Wiley vol. 64 (2)
01-06-2026 - Emerging role of an electrode-dependent extracellular respiratory system in Escherichia coli
Green Carbon, Elsevier
01-06-2026 - MetaBeeAI: An AI pipeline for structured evidence extraction from biological literature
Parkinson RH Cerbone H Mieskolainen M Cao S Wilson AD Albacete S Armstrong EB Bass C et al.
Ecological Informatics, Elsevier vol. 96
01-06-2026 - Prenatal acoustic communication triggers adaptive vascular programming in the developing avian brain.
Subba P Mariette MM Palios KA Emmerson MG Versace E Buchanan KL Clayton DF George JM
Journal of Experimental Biology, The Company of Biologists vol. 229 (11)
01-06-2026 - Sex, not familiarity, shapes social interactions in adult captive tortoises (Testudo hermanni)
Damini S Versace E Stancher G
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Springer Nature vol. 80 (6)
28-05-2026 - In situ aerial bioacoustic monitoring from extremely noisy drone recordings
Wang L Clayton M Rossberg AG
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Wiley
19-05-2026 - Toward Solar-Powered Growth of Autotrophic Escherichia coli Using Photoelectrochemistry
Su L Yeung CWS Milshtein E Low BQL Liu Y Milo R Reisner E
Journal of The American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 148 (21), 21198-21203.
19-05-2026 - Aversive memory and extinction learning for noxious stimuli and aversive tastants in bumblebees.
Sarlak S Ashouri A Goldansaz SH MaBouDi H Kleineidam C Chittka L
Journal of Experimental Biology, The Company of Biologists vol. 229 (10)
15-05-2026 - Male bumblebees sustain mate-seeking by adjusting foraging to environmental conditions
Rossi N Doussot C Woodgate JL Lihoreau M Chittka L
Behavioral Ecology, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 37 (4)
15-05-2026 - Premature transcription termination modulates stochastic gene expression in bacteria
Moradian S Ali N Jagadeesan R Behrends V Ribeiro AS Engl C
Science Advances, American Association For The Advancement of Science (Aaas) vol. 12 (20)
15-05-2026 - On the use of generative models for demographic inference in malaria vectors from genomic data
Eneli AA Siu PC Perez MF Burt A Fumagalli M Mathieson S
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, Oxford University Press (OUP), jkag114-jkag114.
14-05-2026 - Accurate imputation of African cattle genomes using a diverse reference panel
Ng’ang’a SI Ward JA Rossiter SJ Faulkes CG Bougiouri K McHugo GP Cotterill FPD Nyachieo A et al.
Bmc Genomics, Springer Nature vol. 27 (1)
06-05-2026 - Synaptic high-frequency jumping synchronises vision to high-speed behaviour
Mansour N Takalo J Kemppainen J Bridges AD MaBouDi H Asgar Bohra A Anielska K Vasas V et al.
Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 17 (1)
05-05-2026 - African swine fever spread in wild boars shaped by landscape and population processes
Hwang H Rossberg AG Kim D Hwang I Kim ES Jeon Y Kim J Park BJ et al.
Ecological Informatics, Elsevier vol. 95
01-05-2026 - American manatees adjust their diet composition and trophic niche breadth across different coastal regions
de Carvalho CC Deeks E Ciotti LL Botta S Marmontel M Copertino M de Oliveira Luna F Attademo FNL et al.
Limnology and Oceanography Letters, Wiley vol. 11 (3)
01-05-2026 - Contrasting Drivers of Genetic Diversity in Plants Across Previously Glaciated Northern Hemisphere Landscapes
Liu L Borrell JS Pironon S Wang N
Global Ecology and Biogeography, Wiley vol. 35 (5)
01-05-2026 - Evolution of Reproductive Plasticity in a Seasonal Tropical Environment
Hicks M Escalante‐Arteaga Z Retuerto‐Silva L Kabir J Au TM Halali S Gallice G Oostra V
Ecology Letters, Wiley vol. 29 (5)
01-05-2026 - High resolution data reveal fundamental steps and turns in animal movements
Gunner RM Wilson RP Lurgi M Börger L Redcliffe J Shepard ELC Holton MD Crofoot MC et al.
Ecological Monographs, Wiley vol. 96 (2)
01-05-2026 - IQ-TREE 3: phylogenomic inference software using complex evolutionary models
Wong TKF Ly-Trong N Ren H Demotte P Baños H Roger AJ Susko E Bielow C et al.
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 43 (5)
01-05-2026 - Salinity and vegetation shape methylotrophic methanogen diversity and potential activity in coastal sediments
Huerta-Hurtado A Tsola SL Trimmer M Eyice Ö
Fems Microbiology Ecology, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 102 (5)
16-04-2026 - Exploitation of an ant-plant mutualism by a cavity-nesting wasp
Lestina D Houadria M Gavin JA Chung AYC Yusah KM Rindos M Schlosserová K Feldhaar H et al.
Peerj, Peerj vol. 14
15-04-2026 - What Predicts Sleepiness Fluctuation During Computer Use? Analysis of Multimodal Measurements in the SENSE-42 Dataset
Zhang S Bai X Beyer F Noreika V
Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 1-8.
13-04-2026 - Comparative phenotypic analysis of rhodopsin supports stepwise evolution of dim-light vision in early vertebrates
Cui Y Lu X Wei P Shuai M Sun L Xie Y Xie Y Dong R et al.
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 43 (4)
01-04-2026 - From pond to platform: how Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 became the default model cyanobacterium
Doello S Hammerl J Forchhammer K Hagemann M Hess WR Mullineaux CW Wilde A
Journal of Bacteriology, American Society For Microbiology vol. 208 (4), e00535-e00525.
01-04-2026 - Evolutionary Shifts in Rhodopsin Function Illuminate Dim‐Light Adaptations in Birds
Liu F Zhou K Li S Zhang Y Chi H Zhan Y Zhu Y Zhang J et al.
Integrative Zoology, Wiley
31-03-2026 - Limited evidence for the impact of climate change on the recent range expansion of the malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in the Horn of Africa
Erazo D Pietroiusti R Ghisbain G Colón-González FJ Pironon S Van Bortel W Mengel M Frieler K et al.
Environmental Research Letters, Iop Publishing vol. 21 (6)
27-03-2026 - Rapidly declining seagrass meadows in Brazil: Findings from satellite imagery and local knowledge
Magalhães KM Deeks E da Silva Cerqueira A Silva GHF Santos FA Dawson T Kratina P
People and Nature, Wiley vol. 8 (5), 1155-1171.
26-03-2026 - Identifying Adaptive Footprints in the Presence of Demographic Uncertainty
Arnab SP Khan M dos Santos ALC Fumagalli M DeGiorgio M
Genome Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 18 (4)
24-03-2026 - Phage toxin variants are linked to protection specificity in a defensive symbiont
Panossian B McLean AHC Patel V Wu T Haider MB Oliver KM Henry LM
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 43 (5)
24-03-2026 - The audience shapes the information content of the honey bee waggle dance
Lin T Dong S Gu G Zhang F Ye X Wang T Wang Z Li J et al.
Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America, Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences vol. 123 (14)
23-03-2026 - Freshwater insect abundance trends vary between continents and families
Murphy JF Jones JI Park Y-S Hwang S-J Dyer E Woodcock B
, Copernicus Publications
10-03-2026 - Recovery of acidified surface waters in response to reduced atmospheric pollution: 35+ years of continuous biological monitoring (1988–2025)
Jones I Murphy J Shilland E Juggins S Henderson G Pretty J Cooling D Layer-Dobra K et al.
, Copernicus Publications
10-03-2026 - Convergent evolutionary shifts in AGT targeting between mitochondria and peroxisomes across mammal transitions to herbivory
Huang C Wang B Yu J Rossiter SJ Zhao H
Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 17 (1)
04-03-2026 - AI solutions for evolutionary genomics of nonmodel species
DeGiorgio M Arnab SP Fumagalli M
Evolution Letters, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 10 (2), 135-146.
03-03-2026 - Visual pigments of basal lineages of bony fishes support independent ecological shifts from a shallow marine to a freshwater niche
Cui Y Li N Chen H Xing L Xie Y Xie Y Ma M Zhao J et al.
Evolution Letters, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 10 (2), 228-237.
03-03-2026 - Lipocalin-mediated hydrophobic mismatch as a mechanism for sustained nonphotochemical quenching
Ruban AV
Plant Physiology, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 200 (3)
02-03-2026 - Positive Selection Targeted Primate Genes that Encode Transposable Element Repressors
Cagliani R Forni D Mozzi A Sarama R Pozzoli U Fumagalli M Sironi M
Genome Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 18 (3)
02-03-2026 - Global Biodiversity Framework Targets Can Drive Action on Insect Declines, but Lack Robust Indicators to Prove Their Effectiveness
Bladon AJ Akite P Chowdhury S Riva F Cooke R Dyer EE Millard J Outhwaite CL et al.
Conservation Letters, Wiley vol. 19 (2)
01-03-2026 - Nitrate Availability Modulates the Temperature Sensitivity of N2O and N2 Production From Denitrification
Si Y Trimmer M
Global Change Biology, Wiley vol. 32 (3)
01-03-2026 - Nucleolar dominance arises in Spartina homoploid hybrids and persists after allopolyploidization
Kuderová A Húska D de Carvalho JF Matyášek R Leitch IJ Salmon A Leitch AR Ainouche M et al.
The Plant Journal, Wiley vol. 125 (5)
01-03-2026 - A global biodiversity use data infrastructure acknowledging indigenous and local knowledge
Pankararu CJ Teixidor-Toneu I Odonne G Asante F Bandeira SO Barrera-Bello ÁM Benitez-Capistros FJ Dahdouh-Guebas F et al.
Npj Biodiversity, Springer Nature vol. 5 (1)
25-02-2026 - Advancing pollinator science: A new global and integrative research platform
Beaurepaire A Carneiro LT Chakrabarti P Disayathanoowat T Erler S Geppert C Gonçalves LT Kohl PL et al.
, Pensoft Publishers vol. 1
19-02-2026 - Evolution of neurohormone function revealed by actions of kisspeptin-type peptides in an echinoderm
Islam T Yañez-Guerra LA Semmens DC Beskeen RT Egertová M Elphick MR
Bmc Biology, Springer Nature vol. 24 (1)
18-02-2026 - What has happened to river macroinvertebrate biodiversity in England and Wales over the past 30 years?
Johnson AC Outhwaite CL Isaac NJB Powell K Bishop I Roy DB Jones JI Murphy JF et al.
Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier vol. 401
13-02-2026 - Warming and Change in Ocean Productivity Alter Phenology of an Expanding Loggerhead Population in Cabo Verde
Nugraha FAD Fairweather K Lopes A Lopes A Renom B Allgayer R Taxonera A Eizaguirre C
Animals, Mdpi vol. 16 (4)
11-02-2026 - Evaluating transcriptomic integration for cyanobacterial constraint-based metabolic modelling
Pugsley T Hanke G Duffy CDP
Frontiers in Bioinformatics, Frontiers vol. 6
04-02-2026 - Multiple weak biases support adaptive choices without prior experience: a self-supervised strategy
Versace E de Bivort BL
Proceedings of The Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 293 (2064)
04-02-2026 - Non‐native pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha carcasses benefit native benthic macroinvertebrates
Wei H Copp GH Lauridsen RB Bašić T Davison PI Murphy JF Pretty JL Skóra ME et al.
Journal of Fish Biology, Wiley
03-02-2026 - Widespread slowdown in short-term species turnover despite accelerating climate change
Nwankwo EC Rossberg AG
Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 17 (1)
03-02-2026 - Bumble bee string-pulling skill spreads between colonies under open diffusion conditions
Procenko O Bridges AD Kowalewska A Juusola M Chittka L
Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 232
01-02-2026 - Burn Selection: How Fire Injury Shaped Human Evolution
Cuddihy J Li Y Fisher I Takats Z Friston D Collins D Vizcaychipi M Fumagalli M et al.
Bioessays, Wiley vol. 48 (2)
01-02-2026 - Warming‐induced miniaturization of plant community genome size in temperate grasslands over the last four decades
Li H Li J Zhao F Peñuelas J Sardans J Cao D Pan Q Ren T et al.
New Phytologist, Wiley vol. 250 (1), 194-208.
30-01-2026 - The role of far-red fluorescing chlorophylls in the quenching of LHCII
Šebelík V Paradzah A Bína D Li D-H Kuznetsova V Ruban A Polívka T
Photosynthesis Research, Springer Nature vol. 164 (1)
29-01-2026 - Usability testing of digitally augmented visual feedback for remote exercise rehabilitation of injured dancers and athletes: a mixed-methods feasibility study
Vikatou T Jubb C Angioi M Versace E Abdallah D Weber X Cavallaro A Morrissey D
Physical Therapy in Sport, Elsevier vol. 78
29-01-2026 - Comparative analysis of 163 ant genomes reveals recurrent horizontal gene transfer from bacteria to ants
Rinke JL Franke L He D Fischer ML Vizueta J Eicholt LA Larsen RS Xiong Z et al.
Gigascience, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 15
21-01-2026 - Assessing the mental health literacy of young adults from rural and urban communities in Malawi
Chitalah BC Nanda I Chirwa GB Nyali JL Jumbe S
Bjpsych Open, Royal College of Psychiatrists vol. 12 (1)
01-01-2026 - Community Disassembly in a Fragmented Tropical Landscape Driven by Both Deterministic and Stochastic Processes
Azhar I Sihaloho HF Struebig MJ Senawi J Rossiter SJ Phillips CD Kingston T
Ecology and Evolution, Wiley vol. 16 (1)
01-01-2026 - Context matters: how river typology shapes biotic responses to fine sediment pressure
Mathers KL McKenzie M Collins AL Durkota JM Jones JI Murphy JF
Landscape Ecology, Springer Nature vol. 41 (2)
01-01-2026 - Reassessment confirms motivational trade-offs and modulation of nociception in bumble bees
Gibbons M Versace E Crump A Baran B Chittka L
Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 231
01-01-2026 - Response-Specific Behavioral Plasticity in Habituation Triggered by Repeated Visual Looming Stimuli in Foraging Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)
Dissegna A Chittka L Chiandetti C
Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Learning and Cognition, American Psychological Association (Apa) vol. 52 (1), 50-55.
01-01-2026