Browsing Zoology by Sponsor "Irish Research Council (IRC)"
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Avian speciation and biodiversity in South-east Sulawesi, Indonesia: drivers of diversification
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Zoology, 2019)As biodiversity loss reaches critical levels, greater knowledge of its distribution is needed to concentrate conservation efforts. Biodiversity can be measured at several levels, with the species typically the unit used ... -
Evolution in the understorey: The Sulawesi babbler Pellorneum celebense (Passeriformes: Pellorneidae) has diverged rapidly on land-bridge islands in the Wallacean biodiversity hotspot
(2021)Tropical islands hold great treasures of Earth's biodiversity, but these fragile ecosystems may be lost before their diversity is fully catalogued or the evolutionary processes that birthed it are understood. We ran ... -
General mechanisms for non-additivity between multiple stressors at higher temporal and biological scales
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Zoology, 2021)Multiple anthropogenic stressors threaten the diversity, stability and functioning of ecosystems worldwide. The combined effects of these stressors can, however, be surprisingly difficult to predict due to complex interactions ... -
Hepatic ascariasis in a mouse model of relative susceptibility
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Zoology, 2020)The parasitic nematode Ascaris lumbricoides infects 800 million people worldwide. The age group most affected by this parasite are children between the ages of 5 and 15 years. The symptoms of ascariasis can be broadly ... -
The important of parasites in the functioning of warming ecosystems
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Zoology, 2019)Parasites play a critical role in the structure and functioning of ecosystems, contributing to overall ecosystem stability and the provision of ecosystem services. As the global climate changes, it is of considerable ... -
A mechanistic basis for the mechanical regulation of skeletal development
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Zoology, 2018)Movement is essential to embryonic skeletal development. In humans, Foetal Akinesia Deformation Syndrome results when inhibited movement causes joint contractures and weakened bones susceptible to fracture. Differentiation ... -
The multidemsionality of ecological stability
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Zoology, 2018)Ecological stability is a multifaceted concept, incorporating components such as variability, resistance, resilience, persistence, and robustness. Understanding and predicting the relationships among these many components ... -
Population Ecology from Local to Global Scales: a case study using Plantago lanceolata
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Zoology, 2022)This thesis investigated approaches to infer on demographic processes across varying scales and environmental gradients, pulling information from multiple sources. I used the model organism Plantago lanceolata. This perennial ... -
Tramps in transition: genetic differentiation between populations of an iconic "supertramp" taxon in the Central Indo-Pacific
(2022)The island monarch ( Monarcha cinerascens) was an original example of the “supertramp strategy ”. This involves well-developed dispersal specialisation, enabling a species to colonise remote islands but leaving it competitively ...
