ACCOUNTING FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

Accounting for noise when clustering biological data

Clustering is a powerful and commonly used technique that organizes and elucidates the structure of biological data. Clustering data from gene expression, metabolomics and proteomics experiments has proven to be useful at deriving a variety of insights, such as the shared regulation or function of biochemical components within networks. However, experimental measurements of biological processes...

Biological diversity

Cave paintings attest to our species’ enduring interest in biological diversity. Our early ancestors appear to have enjoyed the aesthetic qualities of nature as well as recognising its importance as a source of food and fuel. Poets and artists throughout history have sought inspiration from the natural world. But the first scientific enquiries about biological diversity emerged when explorers r...

Paper for the Secretariat Convention on Biological Diversity Incentives for the Conservation of Biological Diversity

Biological Invasions , Biological Diversity and Trade

The opening of new markets or trade routes has resulted in the deliberate or accidental introduction of new species, while the growth in the volume of trade has increased the frequency of species introductions. We model the connection between landscape heterogeneity, resource extraction, the level of biodiversity, and the level of trade. We show that the invasion risks of trade reduce the socia...

Global relationships between beta diversity and latitude after accounting for regional diversity