Philippa Kaur

We first compared the vertical variation in WD between 822 individual trees by determining WD in six compartments (stump: Stu, stem base: Steb, stem: Ste, large-: LB, medium-: MB and small-sized branches: SB, Fig. 1D). The sample covered a broad range of WD values from 0.217 to 1.020 (Steb). As there are no strong assumptions regarding […] More

16S rRNA data and taxonomic classification We collected 11,649 16S rRNA amplification datasets from MG-RAST (last accessed: march 2015). The datasets had very diverse sizes, with an average size of 100,473 sequences per dataset (Supplementary data 1 and Supplementary Fig. 7). We removed those containing non-ribosomal data or less than 2000 sequences. For this, we queried the […] More

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Focal strain evolution was different in each community We measured performance (competitive fitness) of the evolved populations relative to the ancestral population when both were grown in separate dialysis bags embedded within the community at the end of the experiment (see Supplementary Fig. 1). The focal strains (rows of Fig. 1) had wide variation in performance across […] More

By bringing together diverse, spatially explicit datasets, we present a flexible methodology for identifying where land-sparing policies are most needed, and where they are most likely to succeed. We focus on Brazil, a country of exceptional global importance for both biodiversity conservation and agriculture, but the methods used here could be adapted for any region […] More

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We used biologging data from sound and movement recording tags40 on beaked whales, together with data reported in the literature, to quantify the predator abatement benefit of two aspects of their behaviour: (i) diving and vocal coordination, and (ii) ascent swimming. Coordination Killer whales are large brained and muscular predators with a limited diving capacity25,41. […] More

Asian citrus psyllids An uninfected (CLas-free) colony of D. citri was maintained at the U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, FL. The colony was routinely tested to confirm that it was HLB-negative using previously reported PCR methods50. Psyllids were reared on seedlings of a susceptible host, Citrus macrophylla Wester, and maintained at 28 °C, 14:10 L:D. All […] More