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Correction: Historical Mammal Extinction on Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) Correlates with Introduced Infectious Disease

PLoS ONE, 2009
Kelly B. Wyatt, Paula F. Campos, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis, Wayne H. Hynes, Rob DeSalle, Stanley J. Ball, Peter Daszak, Ross D. E. MacPhee, Alex D. Greenwood   +9 more
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Statistical analysis of radar observed F region irregularities from three longitudinal sectors [PDF]

Annales Geophysicae, 2013
Equatorial Spread F (ESF) is a manifestation of ionospheric interchange instabilities in the nighttime equatorial F region. These instabilities generate plasma density irregularities with scale sizes ranging from centimetres to thousands of kilometres.
R. Y. C. Cueva, R. Y. C. Cueva, E. R. de Paula, A. E. Kherani   +3 more
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Temporal and altitudinal variability of the spread F observed by the VHF radar over Christmas Island [PDF]

Annales Geophysicae, 2022
The goal of this work is to study the time and altitude echo characteristics under different solar and seasonality conditions using the VHF radar range–time–intensity (RTI) images.
R. Y. de La Cruz Cueva, E. Rodrigues de Paula, A. Cunha Neto   +2 more
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Embodying the Anthropocene: Embattled Crustaceans, Extractivism, and Eco-Tourism on Christmas Island (Indian Ocean)

Island Studies Journal, 2021
Christmas Island, in the north-eastern Indian Ocean, remained uninhabited until 1888 when British entrepreneurs established a phosphate mining operation that has continued to the present.
Philip Hayward
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How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short-term tactics and long-term impacts. [PDF]

Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc
ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Koen EL, Meliane MK, Holmes ZB, Miller KE, Barichivich WJ, Dedeban E, Furst A, Imeri M, Niebanck PE, Nunn S, Pearson K, Rita N, Ryver B, Shaffer D, Walls SC, Ellington EH.   +15 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Harryplax severus, a new genus and species of an unusual coral rubble-inhabiting crab from Guam (Crustacea, Brachyura, Christmaplacidae)

ZooKeys, 2017
Harryplax severus, a new genus and species of coral rubble-dwelling pseudozioid crab is described from the island of Guam in the western Pacific Ocean. The unusual morphological features of its carapace, thoracic sternum, eyes, antennules, pereopods and ...
Jose C.E. Mendoza, Peter K.L. Ng
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Influence of Ocean Topography on Tsunami Propagation in Western Australia

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020
Western Australia is susceptible to tsunamis from seismic sources that originate from distant sources including the Sunda Arc. Many surface and subsurface topographic ocean features are located between the Australian continent and locations where ...
Charitha Pattiaratchi
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Using power analysis and spatial prioritization to evaluate the design of a forest bird monitoring programme

Oryx
Biodiversity monitoring programmes should be designed with sufficient statistical power to detect population change. Here we evaluated the statistical power of monitoring to detect declines in the occupancy of forest birds on Christmas Island, Australia.
Darren M. Southwell, Adam Smart, Samuel D. Merson, Katherine E. Selwood, Nicholas A. Macgregor   +4 more
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Experimental infection of Asian house geckos with Enterococcus lacertideformus demonstrates multiple disease transmission routes and the in-vivo efficacy of antibiotics

Scientific Reports, 2021
The disease caused by Enterococcus lacertideformus is multisystemic and ultimately fatal. Since its emergence, the bacterium has significantly impacted the captive breeding programs of the extinct in the wild Christmas Island Lister’s gecko ...
Jessica E. Agius, Karrie Rose, Jon-Paul Emery, David N. Phalen   +3 more
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Interplanetary frontiers: terraforming from an invasion science perspective

Oikos, EarlyView.
The pursuit of a multi‐planetary existence represents one of humanity's greatest frontiers. If applied justly, it offers an opportunity to extend its civilization's lifespan amid escalating sustainability crises on Earth. One approach increasingly gaining traction is terraforming, a hitherto theoretical ecological and evolutionary experiment revolving ...
Teun Everts, Ronaldo Sousa, Phillip J. Haubrock   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source