Episode 55: “Recent” IBAHCM Highlights

Autumn seems to have run away with us… just too many exciting things happening! In this episode, the Naturally Speaking team reflect on some of the Institute’s many achievements of the last few months (July – October, 2017). Steve Larcombe, James Burgon and Taya Forde discuss some of their favourite publications, highlight funding and PhD viva successes, and welcome the newest (and largest ever!) group of Master’s students to IBAHCM, including a new editor for NS, Jacqueline Jacot.

Papers discussed

1. Stewart, R. A., Clark, T. J., Shelton, J., Stringfellow, M., Scott, C., White, S. A. and McCafferty, D. J. (2017) Urban grasslands support threatened water voles. Journal of Urban Ecology, 3(1), jux007.

2. Cram, D. L., Monaghan, P., Gillespie, R. and Clutton-Brock, T. (2017) Effects of early-life competition and maternal nutrition on telomere lengths in wild meerkats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 284(1861), pii: 20171383.

3. Hoffmann, C., Zimmermann, F., Biek, R., et al. and Leendertz, F.H. (2017) Persistent anthrax as a major driver of wildlife mortality in a tropical rainforest. Nature 548(7665), 82–86.

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Intro and outro music sampled from: “The Curtain Rises” and “Early Riser” Kevin MacLeod [CC BY 3.0]