Urban areas are expanding rapidly, but a few native species have successfully colonized
them. The processes underlying such colonization events are poorly understood. Using the …

We have developed a new approach to create microsatellite primer sets that have high utility
across a wide range of species. The success of this method was demonstrated using birds …

Despite increasing interest in urban ecology most attention has focussed on describing
changes in assemblage composition and structure along urbanisation gradients, whilst …

Introduction Pharmacists, as experts in medicines, are increasingly employed in general
practices and undertake a range of responsibilities. Audit and feedback (A&F) interventions …

The growth of Web 2.0 has been particularly impactful in shaping information assessment in
decision-making with regards to vaccination. The aim of the present study was to explore …

Helping behaviour in cooperative breeding systems has been attributed to kin selection, but
the relative roles of direct and indirect fitness benefits in the evolution of such systems …

Kin selection is a major force in social evolution, but dispersal is often assumed to reduce its
impact by diluting kinship. In most cooperatively breeding vertebrates, in which more than …

Background Audit and feedback (A&F) is among the most widely used implementation
strategies, providing healthcare professionals with summaries of their practice performance …

Summary 1 Communal roosting behaviour in birds is hypothesized to reduce the risk of
starvation by lowering the energetic expenditure required to survive the night. However, the …

Communal roosting is widespread among social animals and has several hypothesized
functions, including reduction of predation risk and thermoregulatory costs, and information …