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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"anzsrc-for: 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES"”.
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Dissecting the interplay between cytotoxic T lymphocytes and the pancreatic cancer stroma
… granules toward the immunological synapse formed with their target. Although CTL infiltration into solid tumours often correlates with improved patient outcomes, the mechanisms by which CTLs are recruited within tumour sites remain only partially understood. Moreover, it is unclear how the …
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Potent but forgotten: nitrous oxide contributions by an ascidian on warming reefs
… with only a limited number of taxa investigated for their N2O potential. This thesis uses an interdisciplinary lens to study coastal N2O production in a warming world, linking emerging sources of microbial N2O production on temperate reefs with their ecological implications and quantifying …
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Resilience and recovery of plant communities facing increasing fire severity
… studies. I focused on threatened wet sclerophyll forest (WSF), a mesic forest susceptible to changing fire regimes given its composition contains both fire-prone and fire-sensitive species. The first study used a functional diversity approach, collecting field data to analyse how changing fire …
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How environments shape ornament morphological evolution: bringing perspective to a century of inconsistent sexual allometry analysis
The diversity of complex morphologies species use for social communication is reflected by their wide range of functions. Many operate as part of either threat displays or facilitate mate choice, while others may perform dual roles. Measuring the extent species disproportionately invest in these …
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From micro to macro: the benefits and pitfalls of environmental generalism on coral reefs in the Anthropocene
… (Ch. 5). The results from Chapters 3-5 therefore suggest that the microbiome of Pocilloporids is uniquely structured in a way that will contribute to their success as generalists on future reefs, and that Pocilloporid corals possess a unique set of life history traits that have the potential …