165 results on '"Catullo, Renee A."'
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2. Publisher Correction: Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life
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Gallagher, Rachael V, Falster, Daniel S, Maitner, Brian S, Salguero-Gómez, Roberto, Vandvik, Vigdis, Pearse, William D, Schneider, Florian D, Kattge, Jens, Poelen, Jorrit H, Madin, Joshua S, Ankenbrand, Markus J, Penone, Caterina, Feng, Xiao, Adams, Vanessa M, Alroy, John, Andrew, Samuel C, Balk, Meghan A, Bland, Lucie M, Boyle, Brad L, Bravo-Avila, Catherine H, Brennan, Ian, Carthey, Alexandra JR, Catullo, Renee, Cavazos, Brittany R, Conde, Dalia A, Chown, Steven L, Fadrique, Belen, Gibb, Heloise, Halbritter, Aud H, Hammock, Jennifer, Hogan, J Aaron, Holewa, Hamish, Hope, Michael, Iversen, Colleen M, Jochum, Malte, Kearney, Michael, Keller, Alexander, Mabee, Paula, Manning, Peter, McCormack, Luke, Michaletz, Sean T, Park, Daniel S, Perez, Timothy M, Pineda-Munoz, Silvia, Ray, Courtenay A, Rossetto, Maurizio, Sauquet, Hervé, Sparrow, Benjamin, Spasojevic, Marko J, Telford, Richard J, Tobias, Joseph A, Violle, Cyrille, Walls, Ramona, Weiss, Katherine CB, Westoby, Mark, Wright, Ian J, and Enquist, Brian J
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Biological Sciences ,Environmental Management ,Ecology ,Evolutionary Biology ,Environmental Sciences ,Evolutionary biology ,Environmental management - Abstract
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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- 2020
3. Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life
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Gallagher, Rachael V, Falster, Daniel S, Maitner, Brian S, Salguero-Gómez, Roberto, Vandvik, Vigdis, Pearse, William D, Schneider, Florian D, Kattge, Jens, Poelen, Jorrit H, Madin, Joshua S, Ankenbrand, Markus J, Penone, Caterina, Feng, Xiao, Adams, Vanessa M, Alroy, John, Andrew, Samuel C, Balk, Meghan A, Bland, Lucie M, Boyle, Brad L, Bravo-Avila, Catherine H, Brennan, Ian, Carthey, Alexandra JR, Catullo, Renee, Cavazos, Brittany R, Conde, Dalia A, Chown, Steven L, Fadrique, Belen, Gibb, Heloise, Halbritter, Aud H, Hammock, Jennifer, Hogan, J Aaron, Holewa, Hamish, Hope, Michael, Iversen, Colleen M, Jochum, Malte, Kearney, Michael, Keller, Alexander, Mabee, Paula, Manning, Peter, McCormack, Luke, Michaletz, Sean T, Park, Daniel S, Perez, Timothy M, Pineda-Munoz, Silvia, Ray, Courtenay A, Rossetto, Maurizio, Sauquet, Hervé, Sparrow, Benjamin, Spasojevic, Marko J, Telford, Richard J, Tobias, Joseph A, Violle, Cyrille, Walls, Ramona, Weiss, Katherine CB, Westoby, Mark, Wright, Ian J, and Enquist, Brian J
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Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation ,Biological Sciences ,Environmental Sciences ,Networking and Information Technology R&D (NITRD) ,Generic health relevance ,Biodiversity ,Biological Evolution ,Ecology ,Phenotype ,Research ,Evolutionary biology ,Environmental management - Abstract
Synthesizing trait observations and knowledge across the Tree of Life remains a grand challenge for biodiversity science. Species traits are widely used in ecological and evolutionary science, and new data and methods have proliferated rapidly. Yet accessing and integrating disparate data sources remains a considerable challenge, slowing progress toward a global synthesis to integrate trait data across organisms. Trait science needs a vision for achieving global integration across all organisms. Here, we outline how the adoption of key Open Science principles-open data, open source and open methods-is transforming trait science, increasing transparency, democratizing access and accelerating global synthesis. To enhance widespread adoption of these principles, we introduce the Open Traits Network (OTN), a global, decentralized community welcoming all researchers and institutions pursuing the collaborative goal of standardizing and integrating trait data across organisms. We demonstrate how adherence to Open Science principles is key to the OTN community and outline five activities that can accelerate the synthesis of trait data across the Tree of Life, thereby facilitating rapid advances to address scientific inquiries and environmental issues. Lessons learned along the path to a global synthesis of trait data will provide a framework for addressing similarly complex data science and informatics challenges.
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- 2020
4. A bird-like genome from a frog : Mechanisms of genome size reduction in the ornate burrowing frog, Platyplectrum ornatum
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Lamichhaney, Sangeet, Catullo, Renee, Keogh, J. Scott, Clulow, Simon, Edwards, Scott V., and Ezaz, Tariq
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- 2021
5. Niche‐based approach to explore the impacts of environmental disturbances on biodiversity
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Sopniewski, Jarrod, primary, Catullo, Renee, additional, Ward, Michelle, additional, Mitchell, Nicola, additional, and Scheele, Ben C., additional
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- 2024
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6. Estimates of heterozygosity from single nucleotide polymorphism markers are context‐dependent and often wrong
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Sopniewski, Jarrod, primary and Catullo, Renee A., additional
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- 2024
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7. Tracing the origins of recent Queensland fruit fly incursions into South Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand
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Popa-Báez, Ángel-David, Lee, Siu Fai, Yeap, Heng Lin, Westmore, Guy, Crisp, Peter, Li, Dongmei, Catullo, Renee, Cameron, Emilie C., Edwards, Owain R., Taylor, Phillip W., and Oakeshott, John G.
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- 2021
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8. Estimates of heterozygosity from single nucleotide polymorphism markers are context dependent and often wrong
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Sopniewski, Jarrod, primary and Catullo, Renee A, additional
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- 2023
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9. How mountains shape biodiversity : The role of the Andes in biogeography, diversification, and reproductive biology in South America’s most species-rich lizard radiation (Squamata: Liolaemidae)
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Esquerré, Damien, Brennan, Ian G., Catullo, Renee A., Torres-Pérez, Fernando, and Keogh, J. Scott
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- 2019
10. Biogeography: multidisciplinary approaches in space and time
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Saslis-Lagoudakis, C. Haris, Cowman, Peter F., Cardillo, Marcel, Catullo, Renee A., Rosauer, Dan F., and Warren, Dan L.
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biogeography - Published
- 2014
11. Remnant wild kenngoor (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae: Phascogale calura) populations retain genetic connectivity and genetic diversity in a highly fragmented landscape
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de Visser, Rhiannon S.J., primary, Hall, Michelle, additional, Ottewell, Kym, additional, Pierson, Jennifer C., additional, Sanders, Angela, additional, Friend, J. Anthony, additional, Berry, Laurence, additional, Hogg, Carolyn, additional, and Catullo, Renee A., additional
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- 2023
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12. Truncation of thermal tolerance niches among Australian plants
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Bush, Alex, Catullo, Renee A., Mokany, Karel, Thornhill, Andrew H., Miller, Joseph T., and Ferrier, Simon
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- 2018
13. Genome-wide patterns of differentiation over space and time in the Queensland fruit fly
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Popa-Báez, Ángel-David, Catullo, Renee, Lee, Siu Fai, Yeap, Heng Lin, Mourant, Roslyn G., Frommer, Marianne, Sved, John A., Cameron, Emily C., Edwards, Owain R., Taylor, Phillip W., and Oakeshott, John G.
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- 2020
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14. Genetic diversity and structure of the Australian flora
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Broadhurst, Linda, Breed, Martin, Lowe, Andrew, Bragg, Jason, Catullo, Renee, Coates, David, Encinas-Viso, Francisco, Gellie, Nick, James, Elizabeth, Krauss, Siegfried, Potts, Brad, Rossetto, Maurizio, Shepherd, Mervyn, and Byrne, Margaret
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- 2017
15. Animal population decline and recovery after severe fire: Relating ecological and life history traits with expert estimates of population impacts from the Australian 2019-20 megafires
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Ensbey, Michelle, primary, Legge, Sarah, additional, Jolly, Chris J., additional, Garnett, Stephen T., additional, Gallagher, Rachael V., additional, Lintermans, Mark, additional, Nimmo, Dale G., additional, Rumpff, Libby, additional, Scheele, Ben C., additional, Whiterod, Nick S., additional, Woinarski, John C.Z., additional, Ahyong, Shane T., additional, Blackmore, Caroline J., additional, Bower, Deborah S., additional, Burbidge, Allan H., additional, Burns, Phoebe A., additional, Butler, Gavin, additional, Catullo, Renee, additional, Chapple, David G., additional, Dickman, Christopher R., additional, Doyle, Katie E., additional, Ferris, Jason, additional, Fisher, Diana O., additional, Geyle, Hayley M., additional, Gillespie, Graeme R., additional, Greenlees, Matt J., additional, Hohnen, Rosemary, additional, Hoskin, Conrad J., additional, Kennard, Mark, additional, King, Alison J., additional, Kuchinke, Diana, additional, Law, Brad, additional, Lawler, Ivan, additional, Lawler, Susan, additional, Loyn, Richard, additional, Lunney, Daniel, additional, Lyon, Jarod, additional, MacHunter, Josephine, additional, Mahony, Michael, additional, Mahony, Stephen, additional, McCormack, Rob, additional, Melville, Jane, additional, Menkhorst, Peter, additional, Michael, Damian, additional, Mitchell, Nicola, additional, Mulder, Eridani, additional, Newell, David, additional, Pearce, Luke, additional, Raadik, Tarmo A., additional, Rowley, Jodi J.L., additional, Sitters, Holly, additional, Southwell, Darren G., additional, Spencer, Ricky, additional, West, Matt, additional, and Zukowski, Sylvia, additional
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- 2023
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16. Niche-based approaches enhance understanding of species impacts from environmental disturbances: a case study on the Australian Black Summer megafires
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Sopniewski, Jarrod, Catullo, Renee, Ward, Michelle, Mitchell, Nicola, and Scheele, Ben C.
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R Code: Hypervolume-construction-pipeline.R details the framework required for constructing niche hypervolumes and associated niche metrics. Identify-uniquely-burnt-niche-space-on-the-landscape.R allows cumulative unique niche space burnt to be mapped onto the landscape. Creating-supplementary-plots.R shows how all species-supplementary plots were created. Spreadsheets: Supplementary_results.xlsx give species-specific results for all niche metrics. Metadata_from_Ward_et_al_2020.csv shows species metadata, as used in Ward et al. 2020 (referenced in paper). Data: Species distributions can be found at the sources listed in the Methods. Study_site is a polygon for the study site used. fire_study_area is a shapefile for the Black Summer Megafires, cropped to the study area. australia_environments.RData is an RData file with the relevant ecological raster layers used in this analyis. Plots: All remaining files are species-specific plots detailing: A: the species distribution cropped to the study area (grey), and the path of the Black Summer megafires (red). B: the species distribution cropped to the study area (grey), and the unique niche space burnt on the landscape (yellow). C: the species entire distribution (grey) and the study area (green). D: A randomly selected representation of that species pre-fire niche (blue) and burnt niche (yellow), according to the first three principal components.
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- 2023
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17. Extending spatial modelling of climate change responses beyond the realized niche: estimating, and accommodating, physiological limits and adaptive evolution
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Catullo, Renee A., Ferrier, Simon, and Hoffmann, Ary A.
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- 2015
18. The biogeographical boundaries of northern Australia: evidence from ecological niche models and a multi-locus phylogeny of Uperoleia toadlets (Anura: Myobatrachidae)
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Catullo, Renee A., Lanfear, Robert, Doughty, Paul, and Keogh, J. Scott
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- 2014
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19. Population genomics and sexual signals support reproductive character displacement in Uperoleia (Anura: Myobatrachidae) in a contact zone
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Jaya, Frederick R., primary, Tanner, Jessie C., additional, Whitehead, Michael R., additional, Doughty, Paul, additional, Keogh, J. Scott, additional, Moritz, Craig C., additional, and Catullo, Renee A., additional
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- 2022
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20. Phylogenomic analyses of the genus Drosophila reveals genomic signals of climate adaptation
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Li, Fang, Rane, Rahul V., Luria, Victor, Xiong, Zijun, Chen, Jiawei, Li, Zimai, Catullo, Renee A., Griffin, Philippa C., Schiffer, Michele, Pearce, Stephen, Lee, Siu Fai, McElroy, Kerensa, Stocker, Ann, Shirriffs, Jennifer, Cockerell, Fiona, Coppin, Chris, Sgrò, Carla M., Karger, Amir, Cain, John W., Weber, Jessica A., Santpere, Gabriel, Kirschner, Marc W., Hoffmann, Ary A., Oakeshott, John G., Zhang, Guojie, Li, Fang, Rane, Rahul V., Luria, Victor, Xiong, Zijun, Chen, Jiawei, Li, Zimai, Catullo, Renee A., Griffin, Philippa C., Schiffer, Michele, Pearce, Stephen, Lee, Siu Fai, McElroy, Kerensa, Stocker, Ann, Shirriffs, Jennifer, Cockerell, Fiona, Coppin, Chris, Sgrò, Carla M., Karger, Amir, Cain, John W., Weber, Jessica A., Santpere, Gabriel, Kirschner, Marc W., Hoffmann, Ary A., Oakeshott, John G., and Zhang, Guojie
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Many Drosophila species differ widely in their distributions and climate niches, making them excellent subjects for evolutionary genomic studies. Here, we have developed a database of high-quality assemblies for 46 Drosophila species and one closely related Zaprionus. Fifteen of the genomes were newly sequenced, and 20 were improved with additional sequencing. New or improved annotations were generated for all 47 species, assisted by new transcriptomes for 19. Phylogenomic analyses of these data resolved several previously ambiguous relationships, especially in the melanogaster species group. However, it also revealed significant phylogenetic incongruence among genes, mainly in the form of incomplete lineage sorting in the subgenus Sophophora but also including asymmetric introgression in the subgenus Drosophila. Using the phylogeny as a framework and taking into account these incongruences, we then screened the data for genome-wide signals of adaptation to different climatic niches. First, phylostratigraphy revealed relatively high rates of recent novel gene gain in three temperate pseudoobscura and five desert-adapted cactophilic mulleri subgroup species. Second, we found differing ratios of nonsynonymous to synonymous substitutions in several hundred orthologues between climate generalists and specialists, with significant higher trends for those in tropical and lower trends for those in temperate-continental specialists respectively than those in the climate generalists. Finally, resequencing natural populations of 13 species revealed tropics-restricted species generally had smaller population sizes, lower genome diversity and more deleterious mutations than the more widespread species. We conclude that adaptation to different climates in the genus Drosophila has been associated with large-scale and multifaceted genomic changes.
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- 2022
21. The conservation impacts of ecological disturbance: Time‐bound estimates of population loss and recovery for fauna affected by the 2019–2020 Australian megafires
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Legge, Sarah, primary, Rumpff, Libby, additional, Woinarski, John C. Z., additional, Whiterod, Nick S., additional, Ward, Michelle, additional, Southwell, Darren G., additional, Scheele, Ben C., additional, Nimmo, Dale G., additional, Lintermans, Mark, additional, Geyle, Hayley M., additional, Garnett, Stephen T., additional, Hayward‐Brown, Brittany, additional, Ensbey, Miki, additional, Ehmke, Glenn, additional, Ahyong, Shane T., additional, Blackmore, Caroline J., additional, Bower, Deborah S., additional, Brizuela‐Torres, Diego, additional, Burbidge, Allan H., additional, Burns, Phoebe A., additional, Butler, Gavin, additional, Catullo, Renee, additional, Chapple, David G., additional, Dickman, Christopher R., additional, Doyle, Katherine E., additional, Ferris, Jason, additional, Fisher, Diana, additional, Gallagher, Rachael, additional, Gillespie, Graeme R., additional, Greenlees, Matt J., additional, Hohnen, Rosie, additional, Hoskin, Conrad J., additional, Hunter, David, additional, Jolly, Chris, additional, Kennard, Mark, additional, King, Alison, additional, Kuchinke, Diana, additional, Law, Brad, additional, Lawler, Ivan, additional, Lawler, Susan, additional, Loyn, Richard, additional, Lunney, Daniel, additional, Lyon, Jarod, additional, MacHunter, Josephine, additional, Mahony, Michael, additional, Mahony, Stephen, additional, McCormack, Rob B., additional, Melville, Jane, additional, Menkhorst, Peter, additional, Michael, Damian, additional, Mitchell, Nicola, additional, Mulder, Eri, additional, Newell, David, additional, Pearce, Luke, additional, Raadik, Tarmo A., additional, Rowley, Jodi J. L., additional, Sitters, Holly, additional, Spencer, Ricky, additional, Valavi, Roozbeh, additional, West, Matt, additional, Wilkinson, David P., additional, and Zukowski, Sylvia, additional
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- 2022
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22. Phylogenomic analyses of the genusDrosophilareveals genomic signals of climate adaptation
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Li, Fang, primary, Rane, Rahul V., additional, Luria, Victor, additional, Xiong, Zijun, additional, Chen, Jiawei, additional, Li, Zimai, additional, Catullo, Renee A., additional, Griffin, Philippa C., additional, Schiffer, Michele, additional, Pearce, Stephen, additional, Lee, Siu Fai, additional, McElroy, Kerensa, additional, Stocker, Ann, additional, Shirriffs, Jennifer, additional, Cockerell, Fiona, additional, Coppin, Chris, additional, Sgrò, Carla M., additional, Karger, Amir, additional, Cain, John W., additional, Weber, Jessica A., additional, Santpere, Gabriel, additional, Kirschner, Marc W., additional, Hoffmann, Ary A., additional, Oakeshott, John G., additional, and Zhang, Guojie, additional
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- 2021
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23. Notes on the identification of Uperoleia Gray, 1841 toadlets from the Darwin region of the Northern Territory, with comments on the ecology, detection, and conservation management of the Vulnerable Howard River Toadlet (U. daviesae).
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Catullo, Renee A., McDonald, Peter, Stewart, Alistair, and Shengyao Lin
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ENDANGERED species ,HABITAT conservation ,HABITATS ,POPULATION dynamics ,URBAN growth ,WILDLIFE conservation - Abstract
Three species of Uperoleia toadlets occur in the Darwin region, and are difficult to tell apart due to similar size and colouration. Identification has generally relied on differences in male advertisement calls. Uperoleia daviesae is the Northern Territory's only threatened frog and is impacted by urban development and sand mining. Given their threatened status and significance in development impact assessments, having a method of species identification that does not rely on calling males is particularly important. Here we outline a reliable and simple method for the morphological identification of each of the three species based on the shape, size and placement of the parotoid and inguinal glands. We also provide comments on the ecology and habitat of U. daviesae, and key information on detectability to improve survey work on this threatened species. We broadly characterise U. daviesae sites as 'persistent flowing' or 'intermittent flowing' based on our observations of surface water flow and calling patterns. Persistent sites have surface flow and support U. daviesae calling for weeks or months after the first significant rainfall, whereas intermittent sites may require 10-day cumulative rainfall totals of >100 mm to trigger calling which may persist for a few days only. Detectability of U. daviesae from calling is therefore site specific. Effective conservation planning and species recovery would be aided by research into U. daviesae population dynamics, hydrology of sandsheet heath habitats and the potential for sand mining rehabilitation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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24. Seen only once: an evolutionarily distinct species of Toadlet (Uperoleia: Myobatrachidae) from the Wessel Islands of northern Australia
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CATULLO, RENEE A., primary and KEOGH, J. SCOTT, additional
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- 2021
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25. Red hot frogs: identifying the Australian frogs most at risk of extinction
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Geyle, Hayley M., primary, Hoskin, Conrad J., additional, Bower, Deborah S., additional, Catullo, Renee, additional, Clulow, Simon, additional, Driessen, Michael, additional, Daniels, Katrina, additional, Garnett, Stephen T., additional, Gilbert, Deon, additional, Heard, Geoffrey W., additional, Hero, Jean-Marc, additional, Hines, Harry B., additional, Hoffmann, Emily P., additional, Hollis, Greg, additional, Hunter, David A., additional, Lemckert, Frank, additional, Mahony, Michael, additional, Marantelli, Gerry, additional, McDonald, Keith R., additional, Mitchell, Nicola J., additional, Newell, David, additional, Roberts, J. Dale, additional, Scheele, Ben C., additional, Scroggie, Michael, additional, Vanderduys, Eric, additional, Wassens, Skye, additional, West, Matt, additional, Woinarski, John C. Z., additional, and Gillespie, Graeme R., additional
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- 2021
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26. Benchmarking Taxonomic and Genetic Diversity After the Fact: Lessons Learned From the Catastrophic 2019–2020 Australian Bushfires
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Catullo, Renee, Schembri, Rhiannon, Goncalves Tedeschi, Leonardo, Eldridge, Mark D.B., Joseph, Leo, Moritz, Craig, Catullo, Renee, Schembri, Rhiannon, Goncalves Tedeschi, Leonardo, Eldridge, Mark D.B., Joseph, Leo, and Moritz, Craig
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Environmental catastrophes are increasing in frequency and severity under climate change, and they substantially impact biodiversity. Recovery actions after catastrophes depend on prior benchmarking of biodiversity and that in turn minimally requires critical assessment of taxonomy and species-level diversity. Long-term recovery of species also requires an understanding of within-species diversity. Australia’s 2019–2020 bushfires were unprecedented in their extent and severity and impacted large portions of habitats that are not adapted to fire. Assessments of the fires’ impacts on vertebrates identified 114 species that were a high priority for management. In response, we compiled explicit information on taxonomic diversity and genetic diversity within fire-impacted vertebrates to provide to government agencies undertaking rapid conservation assessments. Here we discuss what we learned from our effort to benchmark pre-fire taxonomic and genetic diversity after the event. We identified a significant number of candidate species (genetic units that may be undescribed species), particularly in frogs and mammals. Reptiles and mammals also had high levels of intraspecific genetic structure relevant to conservation management. The first challenge was making published genetic data fit for purpose because original publications often focussed on a different question and did not provide raw sequence read data. Gaining access to analytical files and compiling appropriate individual metadata was also time-consuming. For many species, significant unpublished data was held by researchers. Identifying which data existed was challenging. For both published and unpublished data, substantial sampling gaps prevented areas of a species’ distribution being assigned to a conservation unit. Summarising sampling gaps across species revealed that many areas were poorly sampled across taxonomic groups. To resolve these issues and prepare responses to future catastrophes, we recommend that re
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- 2021
27. Tracing the origins of recent Queensland fruit fly incursions into South Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand
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Popa‑Baez, Angel‑David, Lee, Siu Fai, Yeap, Heng L., Westmore, Guy, Crisp, Peter, Li, Dongmei, Catullo, Renee, Cameron, Emilie, Edwards, Owain, Taylor, Phillip W., Oakeshott, J.G., Popa‑Baez, Angel‑David, Lee, Siu Fai, Yeap, Heng L., Westmore, Guy, Crisp, Peter, Li, Dongmei, Catullo, Renee, Cameron, Emilie, Edwards, Owain, Taylor, Phillip W., and Oakeshott, J.G.
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Incursions of the Queensland fruit fly Bactrocera tryoni (Qfly) into areas without permanent Qfly populations present serious threats to the Australian and New Zealand horticultural industries. Identifying the origins of recent incursions will help reduce future threats by enabling the targeting of problematic incursion routes for more stringent quarantine protocols. Here we present an analytical framework based on supervised and unsupervised machine learning to identify the origins and recent population history of incursion individuals. Our framework is based on a recently developed reference dataset of genome-wide markers for 35 Qfly populations from across the ranges of Qfly and the related taxon Bactrocera aquilonis (NTfly). We apply our framework to recent incursions into New Zealand, Tasmania and South Australia. Two distinct Qfly sources were identified for incursions into New Zealand (total 18 individuals), one from the east coast of Australia and one from New Caledonia. All eight recent incursion collections analysed (total 85 individuals) from South Australia and Tasmania most likely originated from just one of six clusters of populations in our reference database, Qfly from the east coast of Australia. None were found to originate from clusters containing NTfly or Qfly/NTfly hybrids in the Northern Territory or north Western Australia. Several, but not all, of the collections showed signals of small founding population size and two Tasmanian collections each included individuals apparently derived from three different sources within the east coast of Australia. In total, several more incursion events were detected than previously known, although some were founded by relatively few individuals.
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- 2021
28. Publisher Correction: Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life
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Gallagher, Rachael V., Falster, Daniel S., Maitner, Brian S., Salguero-Gómez, Roberto, Vandvik, Vigdis, Pearse, William D., Schneider, Florian D., Kattge, Jens, Poelen, Jorrit H., Madin, Joshua S., Ankenbrand, Markus J., Penone, Caterina, Feng, Xiao, Adams, Venessa M., Alroy, John, Andrew, Samuel C., Balk, Meghan A., Bland, Lucie M., Boyle, Brad L., Bravo-Avila, Catherine H., Brennan, Ian, Carthey, Alexandra J. R., Catullo, Renee, Cavazos, Brittany R., Conde, Dalia A., Chown, Steven L., Fadrique, Belen, Gibb, Heloise, Halbritter, Aud H., Hammock, Jennifer, Hogan, J. Aaron, Holewa, Hamish, Hope, Michael, Iversen, Colleen M., Jochum, Malte, Kearney, Michael, Keller, Alexander, Mabee, Paula, Manning, Peter, McCormack, Luke, Michaletz, Sean T., Park, Daniel S., Perez, Timothy M., Pineda-Munoz, Silvia, Ray, Courtenay A., Rossetto, Maurizio, Sauquet, Hervé, Sparrow, Benjamin, Spasojevic, Marko J., Telford, Richard J., Tobias, Joseph A., Violle, Cyrille, Walls, Ramona, Weiss, Katherine C. B., Westoby, Mark, Wright, Ian J., Enquist, Brian J., Gallagher, Rachael V., Falster, Daniel S., Maitner, Brian S., Salguero-Gómez, Roberto, Vandvik, Vigdis, Pearse, William D., Schneider, Florian D., Kattge, Jens, Poelen, Jorrit H., Madin, Joshua S., Ankenbrand, Markus J., Penone, Caterina, Feng, Xiao, Adams, Venessa M., Alroy, John, Andrew, Samuel C., Balk, Meghan A., Bland, Lucie M., Boyle, Brad L., Bravo-Avila, Catherine H., Brennan, Ian, Carthey, Alexandra J. R., Catullo, Renee, Cavazos, Brittany R., Conde, Dalia A., Chown, Steven L., Fadrique, Belen, Gibb, Heloise, Halbritter, Aud H., Hammock, Jennifer, Hogan, J. Aaron, Holewa, Hamish, Hope, Michael, Iversen, Colleen M., Jochum, Malte, Kearney, Michael, Keller, Alexander, Mabee, Paula, Manning, Peter, McCormack, Luke, Michaletz, Sean T., Park, Daniel S., Perez, Timothy M., Pineda-Munoz, Silvia, Ray, Courtenay A., Rossetto, Maurizio, Sauquet, Hervé, Sparrow, Benjamin, Spasojevic, Marko J., Telford, Richard J., Tobias, Joseph A., Violle, Cyrille, Walls, Ramona, Weiss, Katherine C. B., Westoby, Mark, Wright, Ian J., and Enquist, Brian J.
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- 2020
29. Ecological Drivers and Sex-Based Variation in Body Size and Shape in the Queensland Fruit Fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Diptera: Tephritidae)
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Zhou, Yufei, primary, Rodriguez, Juanita, additional, Fisher, Nicole, additional, and Catullo, Renee A., additional
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- 2020
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30. A new phylogenetic protocol: dealing with model misspecification and confirmation bias in molecular phylogenetics
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Jermiin, Lars S, primary, Catullo, Renee A, additional, and Holland, Barbara R, additional
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- 2020
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31. Incorporating existing thermal tolerance into projections of compositional turnover under climate change
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Bush, Alex, Catullo, Renee, Mokany, Karel, Harwood, Tom, Hoskins, Andrew J., Ferrier, Simon, Bush, Alex, Catullo, Renee, Mokany, Karel, Harwood, Tom, Hoskins, Andrew J., and Ferrier, Simon
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Aim: Observed, realized niche space often underestimates species’ physiological tolerances due to interactions with other species, dispersal constraints, and because some combinations of influential environmental factors do not currently exist in the real world. Conversely, correlative ecological niche models rely on the assumption that the range of environmental conditions encompassed by a species’ geographic distribution accurately reflects their environmental tolerances, including community-level approaches like generalized dissimilarity modelling (GDM). We extend GDM to better understand what effect broader environmental tolerances could have on compositional turnover under climate change. Innovation: We show how GDM can be adjusted as a function of best-available estimates of the average ratio between realized and potential niche widths to modify projected temporal turnover. We demonstrate this approach by using the estimated niche ratios of Australian plant species (n = 7,184) relative to thermal extremes, and the rate at which this ratio varied with temperature. The modified GDMs showed existing thermal tolerance could reduce the turnover predicted by standard models under climate change by up to 11%. We further show how the reduction in expected turnover by 2090 will influence where a greater proportion of the current community will persist in a region. Main conclusions: We suggest that standard spatial GDMs and their modified versions represent the extremes of ecological niche perspectives (i.e., realized and potential) and the range of tolerance communities may have when responding to environmental change. GDM projections therefore identify the range of uncertainty associated with a critical model assumption, and as climate change continues, ongoing community monitoring could be used to validate the balance between the two possibilities.
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32. The Potential for Rapid Evolution under Anthropogenic Climate Change
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Catullo, Renee, Llewelyn, John, Phillips, B.L., Moritz, Craig, Catullo, Renee, Llewelyn, John, Phillips, B.L., and Moritz, Craig
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Understanding how natural populations will respond to rapid anthropogenic climate change is one of the greatest challenges for ecologists and evolutionary biologists. Much research has focussed on whether physiological traits can evolve quickly enough under rapidly increasing temperatures. While the simple Breeder’s equation helps to understand how extreme temperatures and genetic variation might drive within-population evolution under climate change, it does not consider two key areas: how different forms of phenotypic plasticity interact and variation among populations. Plasticity can modify the exposure to climatic extremes and the strength of selection from those extremes, while differences among populations provide adaptive diversity not apparent within them. Here, we focus on terrestrial vertebrates and, with a case study on a tropical lizard, demonstrate the complex interplay between spatial, genetic and plastic contributions to variation in climate-relevant physiological traits. We identify several problems that need to be better understood: which traits are under selection in a changing climate; the different forms of plasticity relevant to population persistence and rapid evolution; plastic versus genetic contributions to geographic variation in climate-associated traits and whether plasticity can be harnessed to promote persistence of species. Given ongoing uncertainties around whether natural populations can evolve rapidly enough to persist, we advocate the use of field trials aimed at increasing rates of adaptation, especially in systems known to be strongly impacted by human-driven changes in climate.
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33. A genome-wide approach for uncovering evolutionary relationships of Australian Bactrocera species complexes (Diptera: Tephritidae)
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Catullo, Renee, Yeap, Heng L., Lee, Siu F., Bragg, Jason, Cheesman, Jodie, De Faveri, Stefano, Edwards, Owain, Hee, Alvin K. W., Popa, Angel D., Schiffer, Michele, Oakeshott, J.G., Catullo, Renee, Yeap, Heng L., Lee, Siu F., Bragg, Jason, Cheesman, Jodie, De Faveri, Stefano, Edwards, Owain, Hee, Alvin K. W., Popa, Angel D., Schiffer, Michele, and Oakeshott, J.G.
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Australia and Southeast Asia are hotspots of global diversity in the fruit-fly genus Bactrocera. Although a great diversity of species has been long recognised, evolutionary relationships are poorly understood, largely because previous sequencing techniques have provided insufficient historical signal for phylogenetic reconstruction. Poorly understood biogeographic history in Bactrocera has prevented a deeper understanding of migratory patterns in this economically important pest group. Using representatives from Australia and Malaysia, we tested the utility of a genome-reduction approach that generates thousands of single-nucleotide polymorphisms for phylogenetic reconstructions. This approach has high utility for species identification because of the ease of sample addition over time, and the species-level specificity able to be achieved with the markers. These data have provided a strongly supported phylogenetic tree congruent with topologies generated using more intensive sequencing approaches. In addition, our results do not support taxonomic assignments to species complex for a number of species, such as B. endiandrae in the dorsalis complex, yet find a close relationship between B. pallida and the dorsalis species. Our data have further validated non-monophyletic evolution of male response to primary attractants. We also showed at least two diversification events between Australia and Southeast Asia, indicating trans-regional dispersal in important pest species.
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34. A genome-wide approach for uncovering evolutionary relationships of Australian Bactrocera species complexes (Diptera: Tephritidae)
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Catullo, Renee A., Yeap, Heng L., Lee, Siu F., Bragg, Jason G., Cheesman, Jodie, De Faveri, Stefano G., Edwards, Owain, Hee, Alvin K. W., Popa, Angel D., Schiffer, Michele, Oakeshott, John G., Catullo, Renee A., Yeap, Heng L., Lee, Siu F., Bragg, Jason G., Cheesman, Jodie, De Faveri, Stefano G., Edwards, Owain, Hee, Alvin K. W., Popa, Angel D., Schiffer, Michele, and Oakeshott, John G.
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Australia and Southeast Asia are hotspots of global diversity in the fruit-fly genus Bactrocera. Although a great diversity of species has been long recognised, evolutionary relationships are poorly understood, largely because previous sequencing techniques have provided insufficient historical signal for phylogenetic reconstruction. Poorly understood biogeographic history in Bactrocera has prevented a deeper understanding of migratory patterns in this economically important pest group. Using representatives from Australia and Malaysia, we tested the utility of a genome-reduction approach that generates thousands of single-nucleotide polymorphisms for phylogenetic reconstructions. This approach has high utility for species identification because of the ease of sample addition over time, and the species-level specificity able to be achieved with the markers. These data have provided a strongly supported phylogenetic tree congruent with topologies generated using more intensive sequencing approaches. In addition, our results do not support taxonomic assignments to species complex for a number of species, such as B. endiandrae in the dorsalis complex, yet find a close relationship between B. pallida and the dorsalis species. Our data have further validated non-monophyletic evolution of male response to primary attractants. We also showed at least two diversification events between Australia and Southeast Asia, indicating trans-regional dispersal in important pest species.
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35. The Potential for Rapid Evolution under Anthropogenic Climate Change
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Catullo, Renee A., primary, Llewelyn, John, additional, Phillips, Ben L., additional, and Moritz, Craig C., additional
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36. The Open Traits Network: Using Open Science principles to accelerate trait-based science across the Tree of Life
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Gallagher, Rachael, primary, Falster, Daniel Stein, additional, Maitner, Brian, additional, Salguero-Gomez, Rob, additional, Vandvik, Vigdis, additional, Pearse, William, additional, Schneider, Florian, additional, Kattge, Jens, additional, Alroy, John, additional, Ankenbrand, Markus Johannes, additional, Andrew, Samuel, additional, Balk, Meghan, additional, Bland, Lucie, additional, Boyle, Bradley, additional, Bravo-Avila, Catherine, additional, Brennan, Ian, additional, Carthey, Alexandra, additional, Catullo, Renee, additional, Cavazos, Brittany, additional, Chown, Steven, additional, Fadrique, Belen, additional, Feng, Xiao, additional, Halbritter, Aud Helen, additional, Hammock, Jennifer, additional, Hogan, J. Aaron, additional, Holewa, Hamish, additional, Iversen, Colleen, additional, Jochum, Malte, additional, Kearney, Michael, additional, Keller, Alexander, additional, Mabee, Paula, additional, Madin, Joshua, additional, Manning, Peter, additional, McCormack, Luke, additional, Michaletz, Sean, additional, Park, Daniel, additional, Penone, Caterina, additional, Perez, Timothy, additional, Pineda-Munoz, Silvia, additional, Poelen, Jorrit H, additional, Ray, Courtenay, additional, Rossetto, Maurizio, additional, Sauquet, Hervé, additional, Sparrow, Ben, additional, Spasojevic, Marko J., additional, Telford, Richard James, additional, Tobias, Joseph A., additional, Violle, Cyrille, additional, Walls, Ramona, additional, Weiss, Katherine C. B., additional, Westoby, Mark, additional, Wright, Ian, additional, and Enquist, Brian, additional
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37. Incorporating existing thermal tolerance into projections of compositional turnover under climate change
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Bush, Alex, primary, Catullo, Renee, additional, Mokany, Karel, additional, Harwood, Tom, additional, Hoskins, Andrew J., additional, and Ferrier, Simon, additional
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38. A genome-wide approach for uncovering evolutionary relationships of Australian Bactrocera species complexes (Diptera: Tephritidae)
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Catullo, Renee A., primary, Yeap, Heng L., additional, Lee, Siu F., additional, Bragg, Jason G., additional, Cheesman, Jodie, additional, De Faveri, Stefano, additional, Edwards, Owain, additional, Hee, Alvin K. W., additional, Popa, Angel D., additional, Schiffer, Michele, additional, and Oakeshott, John G., additional
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39. How mountains shape biodiversity: The role of the Andes in biogeography, diversification, and reproductive biology in South America's most species‐rich lizard radiation (Squamata: Liolaemidae)
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Esquerré, Damien, primary, Brennan, Ian G., additional, Catullo, Renee A., additional, Torres‐Pérez, Fernando, additional, and Keogh, J. Scott, additional
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40. How mountains shape biodiversity: The role of the Andes in biogeography, diversification, and reproductive biology in South America's most species-rich lizard radiation (Squamata: Liolaemidae)
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Esquerre Gheur, Damien, Brennan, Ian, Catullo, Renee, Torres-Perez, Fernando, Keogh, J. Scott, Esquerre Gheur, Damien, Brennan, Ian, Catullo, Renee, Torres-Perez, Fernando, and Keogh, J. Scott
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Testing hypotheses on drivers of clade evolution and trait diversification provides insight into many aspects of evolutionary biology. Often, studies investigate only intrinsic biological properties of organisms as the causes of diversity, however, extrinsic properties of a clade's environment, particularly geological history, may also offer compelling explanations. The Andes are a young mountain chain known to have shaped many aspects of climate and diversity of South America. The Liolaemidae are a radiation of South American reptiles with over 300 species found across most biomes and with similar numbers of egg‐laying and live‐bearing species. Using the most complete dated phylogeny of the family, we tested the role of Andean uplift in biogeography, diversification patterns, and parity mode of the Liolaemidae. We find that the Andes promoted lineage diversification and acted as a species pump into surrounding biomes. We also find strong support for the role of Andean uplift in boosting the species diversity of these lizards via allopatric fragmentation. Finally, we find repeated shifts in parity mode associated with changing thermal niches, with live‐bearing favored in cold climates and egg‐laying favored in warm climates. Importantly, we find evidence for possible reversals to oviparity, an evolutionary transition believed to be extremely rare.
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41. Uperoleia Gray 1841
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Clulow, Simon, Anstis, Marion, Keogh, J. Scott, and Catullo, Renee A.
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Amphibia ,Myobatrachidae ,Uperoleia ,Animalia ,Biodiversity ,Anura ,Chordata ,Taxonomy - Abstract
Genus Uperoleia Gray, 1841 Uperoleia Gray, 1841, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 1, 7: 90. Hyperoleia Agassiz, 1846, Nomencl. Zool., Fasc. 12: 384. Unjustified emendation. Glauertia Loveridge, 1933, Occas. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 8: 89. Type species: Glauertia russelli Loveridge, 1933, by monotypy. Synonymy by Tyler et al. 1981, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 29 (79): 9. Hosmeria Wells & Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 2. Type species: Uperoleia marmorata laevigata Keferstein, 1867, by original designation. Synonymy by Catullo et al. 2011, Zootaxa, 2902; 1���43. Prohartia Wells & Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 3. Type species: Pseudophryne fimbrianus Parker, 1926, by original designation. Synonymy by Catullo et al. 2011, Zootaxa, 2902; 1���43. Type species. U. marmorata Gray, 1841, by monotypy., Published as part of Clulow, Simon, Anstis, Marion, Keogh, J. Scott & Catullo, Renee A., 2016, A new species of Australian frog (Myobatrachidae: Uperoleia) from the New South Wales mid-north coast sandplains, pp. 285-315 in Zootaxa 4184 (2) on page 291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4184.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/164756, {"references":["Catullo, R. A., Doughty, P., Roberts, J. D. & Keogh, J. S. (2011) Multi-locus phylogeny and taxonomic revision of Uperoleia toadlets (Anura: Myobatrachidae) from the western arid zone of Australia, with a description of a new species. Zootaxa, 2902, 1 - 43."]}
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42. Uperoleia mahonyi Clulow, Anstis, Keogh & Catullo, 2016, sp. nov
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Clulow, Simon, Anstis, Marion, Keogh, J. Scott, and Catullo, Renee A.
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Amphibia ,Myobatrachidae ,Uperoleia ,Uperoleia mahonyi ,Animalia ,Biodiversity ,Anura ,Chordata ,Taxonomy - Abstract
Uperoleia mahonyi sp. nov. Mahony���s Toadlet Figs. 3 & 4 Holotype. SAMA R66193 (male), collected in an ephemeral swale on sand at Oyster Cove, NSW (-32.7394, 151.9557) by S. Clulow on 12 February, 2008. Paratypes. SAMA R66187, SAMA R66188, SAMA R66189, SAMA R66190, SAMA R66191, AMS R185691 and AMS R185692 (adult males), collected at type locality, NSW (-32.7394, 151.9557) on 4 October 2007; SAMA R66192 (adult female), collected at type locality, NSW on 31 March 2007; SAMA R66194 (adult male), collected at the same locality and date as the holotype; AMS R185695 (adult male), collected at type locality, NSW on 12 October 2009; AMS R185701 (adult female), collected at type locality, NSW on 1 March 2013; SAMA R66186 and SAMA R66195 (sex not determined), collected at type locality, date not recorded; AMS R185693 (adult male), collected in an artificial dam on sand at Nelson Bay Golf Course, NSW (-32.7294, 152.1511) on 5 October 2009; AMS R185697 and AMS R185698 (adult males), collected in a sand dune swale behind Stockton Beach, NSW (-32.8293, 151.8825) on 1 November 2009; AMS R185696 (adult male), collected in an ephemeral swale on the Tomago sandbed, NSW (-32.7939, 151.7880) on 22 October 2009; AMS R185694 (adult male), collected in a Melaleuca swamp off Masonite Road, Tomago, NSW (-32.8026, 151.7646); AMS R185699 and AMS R185700 (adult females), collected in pit traps on a sand dune at Wyrrabalong National Park ~ 400 m from a coastal hind dune swamp (-33.2970, 151.5503) on 28 May 2012. Diagnosis. Distinguished as a Uperoleia by a combination of small body size (males 20���30 mm), large parotoid glands covering tympanum, unwebbed fingers, vomerine teeth vestigial or absent, inguinal colouration present, and presence of inner and outer metatarsal tubercles. Distinguished from all other Uperoleia by a combination of ventral pigment (ventral surface completely covered with black and white marbling), presence of maxillary teeth, toes unwebbed, lack of colour patch below the knee, and a ���squelch��� as a call. Holotype measurements. Measurements (in mm): SVL���22.2; TibL���9.3; HW���9.0, E���2.6; E-N���1.9; IN���1.7; T���3.3; CP���1.9; CP-K���1.4; CP-V���3.4. Measurements of series. Mean �� standard deviation in mm. Adult males (n = 11): SVL���25.2��3.1; TibL��� 10.0��0.4; HW���9.9��1.1, E���3.1 ��0.6; E-N���2.1��0.3; IN���1.7��0.2; CP���3.2��0.9; CP-K���1.5��0.3; CP-V��� 3.7��0.4. Adult females (n = 3): SVL���29.3��2.5; TibL���11.1��1.2; HW���10.7��1.5, E���3.1 ��0.4; E-N���2.3��1.8; IN���1.8��0.2; CP���3.9 (n = 1); CP-K���1.0 (n = 1); CP-V���5.1 (n = 1). Description of species. Body is robust and moderately large for a Uperoleia, with males up to 30mm SVL and females up to 32 mm SVL. Head is short, snout rounded from above and in profile. Canthus rostralis well defined and slightly protruding; loreal region slopes steeply to jaw and is very slightly concave. There is a moderately sharp medial projection (synthesis of mentomeckelian bones) of the lower jaw that matches notch on upper jaw. Nostrils directed upward and outward; nares with slight rim. Tongue oval and elongate. Maxillary teeth present; vomerine teeth absent. E-N larger than IN (E-N/IN = 1.2 for males and 1.3 for females). Tympana hidden; covered by skin and parotoid glands. Eyes with horizontal iris. Vocal sac unilobular. Arms and hands slightly built. Fingers long, slender, slightly fringed and unwebbed. Finger length 3>2���4>1. Tubercles under fingers well developed; one on first and second, two on third and fourth. Well-developed, prominent outer palmar tubercle on distal portion of wrist; well-developed inner palmer tubercle on medial portion of wrist. Legs relatively short (TL/SVL = 0.4 for both males and females) and moderately built. Toes slender, unwebbed and fringed. Toe length 4>3>5>2>1. Tubercles under toes well developed and slightly conical in shape; one on first and second, two on third and fifth, and three on fourth toe. Inner metatarsal tubercle long and conical, aligned along the first toe. Outer metatarsal tubercle spade-shaped and prominent, oriented in the direction of the fifth toe. Dorsum smooth to moderately rugose, with scattered fine tubercles on back, head and limbs. Ventral surface weakly granular. Cloacal flap present and fimbriated. Parotoid glands large and prominent, appearing hypertrophied and usually wider than high. Inguinal glands occasionally discernible but not well-developed and rarely obvious. Coccygeal glands indistinct. Mandibular gland moderately developed but small in most, present at corner of the jaw. Colouration. In life, dorsum patterned with irregular patches of pale, tan, chocolate or dark brown (verging on black) and occasionally greys throughout. In some darker specimens the colour can appear almost uniform. The dorsal colouration usually merges into patterns of bluish grey and dark brown onto the lower flanks. Dorsal tubercles often (but not always) tipped with a pale yellow-orange to rust-orange, which can also occur on the parotoid glands. Many individuals have a lighter brown triangular patch on head from between the eyes to tip of snout, although this can also contain small patterns or flecks of darker brown. Ventral surface entirely pigmented, black with suffusions of irregular patches of small off-white/bluish-white dots. The patches of white dots appear as solid patches to the naked eye, especially on the legs. The patterns of black and white patches appear marbled, more similar to the bellies of Pseudophryne spp. rather than simply stippled as commonly observed in Uperoleia spp. (see Figs 3 & 5). Inguinal and femoral colour patches orange in all specimens observed. Femoral colour patch irregular in shape and large and always closer to knee than vent. Throats of calling males may have dark anterior margin, sometimes covering most of the chin. Advertisement call. The advertisement call is a single audible ���squelch��� sound of about one third of a second duration, repeated on average 25 times per minute (range observed is between 15 and 33 calls per minute from 9 individuals). This ���squelch��� comprises 24 to 37 pulses, pulsed at 96 pulses per second on average. The mean dominant frequency is 2.37 kHz. Mean values of call characteristics from six individuals from the type locality (over two separate occasions) and one individual from each of three other localities are given in Table 2, along with the call properties of other eastern Uperoleia that are known or potentially occur in sympatry. A representative oscillogram and spectrogram of a single call of Uperoleia mahonyi sp. nov. is presented in Fig. 6. Embryos and tadpoles. Embryos. Breeding is known to occur in autumn (March) and spring (October��� November). The total number of eggs laid by one female is unknown. The eggs are laid singly and although only observed in the laboratory and not in the field, under natural conditions they are likely to be attached to thin strands of submerged vegetation and substrate such as leaf litter similar to all other members of this genus (Anstis, 2013). Eggs laid in the laboratory in autumn and preserved at stages 7���8 were slightly misshapen when examined in 2015, and the jelly had lost some rigidity, but the capsule is small with a single jelly layer and thin, adhesive outer coating, mean diameter 2.8��0.18 (n=8). The top one-third of the animal pole is brown, vegetal pole white. Mean diameter 1.7��0.06 (n=9). Hatchlings. Hatching occurred 5���6 days after the eggs were laid. One preserved recent hatchling is at stage 20, with brown pigment over head, vertebral region and tail muscle and a white yolk sac, fins not arched. Preserved embryos at stage 22, seven days after eggs were laid, have clear, slightly arched fins, expanded operculum, increased dorsal pigment and discernible, partly pigmented eyes. Mean TL of five hatchlings at stages 20���22 was 7.0��0.48, BL 2.8��0.08. One live embryo at about stage 24 examined about three days after hatching, measured TL 7.1, BL 4.5, Fig. 7 C). The body wall is entirely transparent with an expanded operculum. In lateral view, dorsal one-third of body and tail muscle very dark, yolk white below this and remainder of tail muscle unpigmented. Dorsum and dorsal tail muscle very dark, dissected by a distinct transparent pale brown broad band down centre of body tapering onto tail muscle. Tadpoles. Tadpoles were found in a large swale at the type locality where they were observed on a sandy substrate among leaf litter, often in the shallow verges of the water. Material from the type locality is listed in Appendix 1 and morphometric measurements in Table 3. Maximum length 35.0 mm, BL 12.4 mm (stage 41, Fig. 7 B). Almost fully grown by stage 28. Figure 7 shows an embryo, tadpoles in life and the oral disc. Body: Small, plump and oval to rounded, abdomen wider than deep. Snout narrowly rounded in dorsal view, rounded in profile. Eyes dorsolateral with anterodorsal tilt. Nares narrowly spaced, moderately large and cavernous with a narial flap; open dorsally, maximum diameter 0.5mm. Spiracle long, opens lateroposterally just above body axis about two-thirds along body (Fig. 7 A). Vent tube dextral, very short, opens midway up from edge of ventral fin. Dorsum of tadpoles at stage 26���30 golden brown to dark brown over almost black layer beneath which shows through in small patches. Lighter brown vertebral stripe bordered on both sides by very dark brown with transparent stripe on either side of this over head, and from between nares to tip of snout. Light brown stripe extends behind each eye. As tadpoles grow, the body is usually dense, dark mottled brown, with the lighter stripes mostly obscured. Iris golden mainly above and below pupil, with gold ring around pupil. Sides of body mostly transparent with numerous gold clusters. Venter transparent with numerous copper-gold clusters, increasing in density in later stages. Tail: Dorsal fin begins from just onto base of body, arches slightly or moderately over midpoint of tail and tapers to a rounded tip. Ventral fin similarly shaped, but slightly less arched. Muscle moderate, tapers to a narrow point. A specimen at stage 41 photographed soon after capture has large dark blotches scattered mainly along edges of both fins to tip, and finer melanophores between (especially on dorsal fin), increasing towards tail tip. The tail muscle has a mostly continuous, dark stripe along dorsal and ventral edges (non-pigmented stripe between), with scattered dark blotches. Specimens raised in captivity were similar, but the tail blotches were not as prominent. Oral disc (Fig. 7 G): Type 14, ventral (Anstis, 2013). No papillae around anterior margin. Very narrow posterior medial gap in single row of marginal papillae. Two upper and three lower tooth rows; A2 has a distinct medial gap and P1 has either a very narrow gap or is entire. P3 is the shortest row (about one third length of P2) and sits on edge of flexible ridge. Jaw sheaths slender; upper broadly arched with long sides. LTRF = 2(2)/3(1). Metamorphosis. Tadpoles collected at stage 41 in autumn metamorphosed six days later. Tadpoles collected at stages 26 and 27 in October and raised in captivity metamorphosed 58 days later in December. Larval life span in spring/summer is therefore likely to be about 3���4 months. One specimen a week after metamorphosis (Fig. 7 E, F) has a dark brown dorsum with darker spots, a light brown crown on the head and light brown on some tubercles on upper back and on very small parotoid glands. A dark inverted triangular patch mirrors pale crown on head posterior to eyes. Upper arms lighter brown. Sides of body dark grey. Ventral surface of body and limbs whitishgrey with numerous black spots. Ventral surface of a specimen just metamorphosed at stage 46 is dark grey with a dense layer of very fine white spots which are more distinct and spread out on the darker chin and limbs. SVL, 10.1 mm (stage 45), and SVL of another two at stage 46, 10.2 and 13 mm. Habitat. Current observations indicate the species is a habitat specialist, inhabiting coastal ephemeral and semi-permanent swamps and swales, and occasionally man made dams, in heath or wallum habitats almost exclusively on a substrate of white/leached sand. Commonly associated with acid paperbark swamps. Females have been caught in pit or funnel traps up to 400m away from these water bodies at several localities. Water bodies containing calling males ranged from ca. 70m x 20 m up to 300m x 500m in size, and from ca. 10���50 cm in depth. Water salinity recorded at two sites ranged up to 0.1 parts per thousand at two water bodies and dissolved oxygen between 4.53 and 6.24 mg /L. Vegetation communities in which the frog has been found include wallum heath, swamp mahogany-paperbark swamp forest, heath shrubland and Sydney red gum woodland. Terrestrial vegetation associations include the tree species Melaleuca quinquenervia, Eucalyptus robusta, Angophora costata, Acacia longifolia and Banksia spp. (including B. serrata and B. aemula). Shrub and herb species include Geebung (Persoonia lanceolata), drumsticks (Isopogon anemonifolius), heathy parrot pea (Dillwynia retorta), bracken (Pteridium esculentum), mat rush (Lomandra longifolia), heathy Platysace (Platysace lanceolata), sweet scented wattle (Acacia suaveolens), blady grass (Imperata cylindrical), swamp water fern (Blechnum indicum), harsh ground fern (Hypolepis muelleri), zigzag bog rush (Schoenus brevifolius), native rush (Baloskion pallens), Leptocarpus tenax and Gahnia clarkei. Aquatic vegetation associations include Shoenoplectus spp., Baumea spp., Typha orientalis and Lepironia articulata. Distribution and frog species associations. The species appears to have a highly restricted distribution, found to date only throughout the Port Stephens, Myall Lakes and northern Central Coast sand beds in a relatively small area of eastern coastal New South Wales (Fig. 1). A total of 45 sites were surveyed throughout the Port Stephens and Myall Lakes sand bed systems. Six sites in the Port Stephens sand beds were found to contain U. mahonyi sp. nov. in addition to the sites already known at the type locality at Oyster Cove (Table 4; Figure 1 c). Uperoleia fusca was observed calling in an ephemeral swale Melaeuca swamp where U. mahonyi sp. nov. was calling at one site. No sites surveyed in the Myall Lakes system were found to contain U. mahonyi sp. nov. during the formal surveys, although four sites contained U. fusca (Table 4; Figure 1 c). There were, however, records of U. mahonyi sp. nov. identified from quality photographs obtained from local biologists and enthusiasts in Hawks Nest and Seal Rocks, located at the southern and northern ends of the Myall Lakes sand beds respectively (Fig. 1 B). Uperoleia mahonyi sp. nov. was also identified from quality photographs at Wyrrabalong National Park and Norah Head on the NSW Central Coast (later confirmed from voucher specimens collected; Fig. 1 b). At sites where U. mahonyi sp. nov. were located, calling activity was generally high, with estimates of calling males ranging from ca. 6 to>25. All water bodies occupied by U. mahonyi sp. nov. occurred on a substrate of leached (often white) sand. Fourteen other non- Uperoleia species of frog were found throughout the formal surveys (Table 4). Eight of these species were found to co-exist in the same water bodies as U. mahonyi sp. nov. Etymology. Named in recognition of Prof. Michael Mahony of the University of Newcastle, for his contributions to the study of Australian amphibians. Comparisons with other species. Superficially, U. mahonyi sp. nov. most closely resembles the large, ventrally pigmented eastern U. tyleri and U. martini; although the ranges of both are geographically separated from U. mahonyi sp. nov. by several hundred kms. It can be distinguished from these and all other Uperoleia by the distinct black and white marbled pattern on the ventral surface of U. mahonyi sp. nov., formed by relatively continuous patches of white dots on a black background. The ventral surfaces of other eastern Uperoleia including U. fusca, U. tyleri and U. martini all present a more even suffusion/stippling of white or off-white pigment on a dark background, which appears more speckled than marbled (refer to Fig. 5 for ventral images of Uperoleia mahonyi sp. nov., U. tyleri and U. martini). Uperoleia laevigata and U. rugosa both lack ventral pigmentation in at least the groin region and arms (and sometimes much of the belly). Uperoleia mahony sp. nov. can be further distinguished from U. tyleri by a longer call with more pulses and a higher dominant frequency, from U. martini by a shorter call (almost half the duration) with ca. 50% less pulses, and a higher dominant frequency, and from U. fusca by having more pulses per call (Table 2). Uperoleia mahonyi sp. nov. has orange colour in the inguinal and femoral patches in all specimens observed to date, while U. martini and U. tyleri usually have yellow coloured patches. Tadpoles of all species of eastern Uperoleia can be distinguished from tadpoles of other myobatrachid genera of similar size by a combination of their characteristic blotched tail pigmentation, position of the spiracle, oral disc and larger nares. Tadpoles of Uperoleia mahonyi sp. nov. closely resemble those of other species of Uperoleia and no reliable means of separation of sympatric species was found. They do not appear to grow as large (to 35 mm) as those of other coastal species U. tyleri, U. martini, U. fusca and U. laevigata, all of which can reach a maximum of 42 mm in length and a body length of 15 mm (Anstis, 2013)., Published as part of Clulow, Simon, Anstis, Marion, Keogh, J. Scott & Catullo, Renee A., 2016, A new species of Australian frog (Myobatrachidae: Uperoleia) from the New South Wales mid-north coast sandplains, pp. 285-315 in Zootaxa 4184 (2) on pages 291-299, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4184.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/164756, {"references":["Anstis, M. (2013) Tadpoles and Frogs of Australia. Sydney: New Holland Publishers."]}
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43. A new phylogenetic protocol: Dealing with model misspecification and confirmation bias in molecular phylogenetics
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Jermiin, Lars S, primary, Catullo, Renee A, additional, and Holland, Barbara R, additional
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Bush, Alex, primary, Catullo, Renee A., additional, Mokany, Karel, additional, Thornhill, Andrew H., additional, Miller, Joseph T., additional, and Ferrier, Simon, additional
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45. Evaluating multilocus Bayesian species delimitation for discovery of cryptic mycorrhizal diversity
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Whitehead, Michael R., primary, Catullo, Renee A., additional, Ruibal, Monica, additional, Dixon, Kingsley W., additional, Peakall, Rod, additional, and Linde, Celeste C., additional
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46. Correction: Lineage Range Estimation Method Reveals Fine-Scale Endemism Linked to Pleistocene Stability in Australian Rainforest Herpetofauna
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Rosauer, Dan F., primary, Catullo, Renee A., additional, VanDerWal, Jeremy, additional, Moussalli, Adnan, additional, Hoskin, Conrad J., additional, and Moritz, Craig, additional
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47. Phylogeographic structure across one of the largest intact tropical savannahs: Molecular and morphological analysis of Australia’s iconic frilled lizard Chlamydosaurus kingii
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Pepper, Mitzy, primary, Hamilton, David G., additional, Merkling, Thomas, additional, Svedin, Nina, additional, Cser, Bori, additional, Catullo, Renee A., additional, Pryke, Sarah R., additional, and Keogh, J. Scott, additional
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48. Resources for phylogenomic analyses of Australian terrestrial vertebrates
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Bragg, Jason G., primary, Potter, Sally, additional, Bi, Ke, additional, Catullo, Renee, additional, Donnellan, Stephen C., additional, Eldridge, Mark D. B., additional, Joseph, Leo, additional, Keogh, J. Scott, additional, Oliver, Paul, additional, Rowe, Kevin C., additional, and Moritz, Craig, additional
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49. Incorporating evolutionary adaptation in species distribution modelling reduces projected vulnerability to climate change
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Bush, Alex, primary, Mokany, Karel, additional, Catullo, Renee, additional, Hoffmann, Ary, additional, Kellermann, Vanessa, additional, Sgrò, Carla, additional, McEvey, Shane, additional, and Ferrier, Simon, additional
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50. Genetic diversity and structure of the Australian flora
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Broadhurst, Linda, primary, Breed, Martin, additional, Lowe, Andrew, additional, Bragg, Jason, additional, Catullo, Renee, additional, Coates, David, additional, Encinas-Viso, Francisco, additional, Gellie, Nick, additional, James, Elizabeth, additional, Krauss, Siegfried, additional, Potts, Brad, additional, Rossetto, Maurizio, additional, Shepherd, Mervyn, additional, and Byrne, Margaret, additional
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