Dictyostelid Cellular Slime Molds from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean [PDF]
mSphere, 2019 Christmas Island (10°30′S, 105°40′E) is an Australian external territory located in the Indian Ocean, approximately 350 km south of Java and Sumatra and about 1,550 km northwest of the closest point on the Australian mainland.
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Under the karst: detecting hidden subterranean assemblages using eDNA metabarcoding in the caves of Christmas Island, Australia [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2020 Subterranean ecosystems are understudied and challenging to conventionally survey given the inaccessibility of underground voids and networks. In this study, we conducted a eukaryotic environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding survey across the karst ...
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Conservation Science and Practice, 2021 Until recently, the reptile fauna of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean comprised five endemic species (two skinks, two geckos, and one snake) and one native, non‐endemic skink.
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Body-size dependent foraging strategies in the Christmas Island flying-fox: implications for seed and pollen dispersal within a threatened island ecosystem [PDF]
Movement Ecology, 2022 Background Animals are important vectors for the dispersal of a wide variety of plant species, and thus play a key role in maintaining the health and biodiversity of natural ecosystems.
Christopher M. Todd +6 more
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Emergent multisystemic Enterococcus infection threatens endangered Christmas Island reptile populations. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Multisystemic infections with a morphologically unusual bacterium were first observed in captive critically endangered Lister's geckos (Lepidodactylus listeri) on Christmas Island in October 2014.
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Limited diversity of bat-associated RNA viruses in endangered and geographically isolated Christmas Island flying foxes [PDF]
One HealthBats are commonly thought to harbour a high diversity and abundance of RNA viruses, some of which are able to jump species boundaries to emerge in new hosts.
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Sex-Specific Habitat Utilization and Differential Breeding Investments in Christmas Island Frigatebirds throughout the Breeding Cycle. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 In seabirds, equal bi-parental care is the rule, as it is considered crucial for raising chicks successfully because seabirds forage in an environment with unpredictable and highly variable food supply.
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Giant robber crabs monitored from space: GPS-based telemetric studies on Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 We investigated the navigational capabilities of the world's largest land-living arthropod, the giant robber crab Birgus latro (Anomura, Coenobitidae); this crab reaches 4 kg in weight and can reach an age of up to 60 years.
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Historical mammal extinction on Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) correlates with introduced infectious disease. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 It is now widely accepted that novel infectious disease can be a leading cause of serious population decline and even outright extinction in some invertebrate and vertebrate groups (e.g., amphibians).
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A new species of Bathyeliasona (Annelida, Polynoidae) from the abyssal plain of the eastern Indian Ocean [PDF]
ZooKeysA new species of deep-sea polynoid, Bathyeliasona oceanxplorer sp. nov., is described from the abyssal plain located in international waters between Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean from a single specimen ...
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