Biology (School of): Recent submissions
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Exploring patterns of coral ecological niche construction in coral reef ecosystems
(University of St Andrews, 2021-11-30) - ThesisEcological niche construction is the process through which (i) organisms modify environmental states and (ii) their modifications favour the organisms’ fitness in return. Ecosystem engineers are an obvious class of ... -
Population ecology, behaviour and conservation status of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Gulf of Trieste and adjacent waters of the northern Adriatic Sea
(2022-11-29) - ThesisThis thesis aims to explore a combination of distinct but interconnected aspects of dolphin population ecology, behaviour and interactions with human activities in the Gulf of Trieste and adjacent waters of the northern ... -
Building models : developing the behavioural model of Temnothorax collective wall building to study the evolutionary robustness of self-organised algorithms
(2022-11-29) - ThesisThis thesis focuses on wall building behaviour in Temnothorax ants as a case study of self-organised collective behaviour. It contains a progressing series of research packages, building towards one evolutionary question: ... -
Trends in taxonomic and functional diversity over succession in tropical secondary forests
(2023-06-14) - ThesisBiodiverse tropical forests are declining rapidly, due in part to the appropriation of natural land for human use. There is an urgent need to better understand how biodiversity changes in response to this landscape ... -
Biophysical characterization of nanodiscs and nanodisc-reconstituted mechanosensitive ion channels
(2023-06-14) - ThesisLipid-protein interactions are crucial for life. Research into this area is continuously growing, not only in the context of basic science, but also from a technological perspective aiming to facilitate their handling and ...