Biology
The School promotes an interdisciplinary approach to both applied and fundamental research problems and to postgraduate training. Research in the School is organised into three major interdisciplinary centres: the Scottish Oceans Institute (SOI), Biomedical Sciences Research Complex (BSRC) and Centre for Biological Diversity (CBD). Together these centres encompass the full spectrum of research in biological sciences, spanning investigations on the properties and behaviour of individual molecules to planetary environmental dynamics.
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Impact of wild prey availability on livestock predation by snow leopards
(2017-06-07) - Journal articleAn increasing proportion of the world’s poor is rearing livestock today, and the global livestock population is growing. Livestock predation by large carnivores and their retaliatory killing is becoming an economic and ... -
Harbour porpoise distribution can vary at small spatiotemporal scales in energetic habitats
(2017-07) - Journal articleMarine habitat heterogeneity underpins species distribution and can be generated through interactions between physical and biological drivers at multiple spatiotemporal scales. Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) is used ... -
Obtaining accurate glucose measurements from wild animals under field conditions : comparing a hand held glucometer with a standard laboratory technique in grey seals
(2017-02-27) - Journal articleGlucose is an important metabolic fuel and circulating levels are tightly regulated in most mammals, but can drop when body fuel reserves become critically low. Glucose is mobilized rapidly from liver and muscle during ... -
Molecular systematics of the tropical aquatic plant genus, 'Cryptocoryne' Fischer ex Wydler (Araceae)
(University of St Andrews, 1997) - ThesisCryptocoryne is an aquatic plant genus occurring in tropical Asia. A number of species within the genus are widely used as foliage plants in tropical fish aquaria. The taxonomy and systematics of the genus have been based ... -
Engineering heat tolerance in potato by temperature-dependent expression of a specific allele of HEAT SHOCK COGNATE 70
(2017-06-20) - Journal articleFor many commercial potato cultivars, tuber yield is optimal at average daytime temperatures in the range of 14–22 °C. Further rises in ambient temperature can reduce or completely inhibit potato tuber production, with ...
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