MbyRes Dissertations: Recent submissions
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The timing and ecological consequences of Pleistocene megafaunal decline in the eastern Andes of Colombia (thesis)
(University of Exeter Geography, 3 April 2023)Examining the ecological consequences of Late-Quaternary megafaunal extinctions within biodiversity hotspots is crucial for our understanding of the potential consequences of contemporary extinctions. This research presents ... -
The Evolutionary Ecology of Antibiotic Resistance in an Insect Model
(University of Exeter Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, 27 February 2023)The fitness consequences of antibiotic resistance are commonly quantified in vitro, and fitness estimated from growth rate measurements or direct competition experiments in drug-free media, overlooking environmental factors ... -
Climate change impacts on Mytilus spp. and Nucella lapillus: co-occurring species of different biogeographic origins
(University of Exeter Biological Sciences, 6 February 2023)The intertidal zone is a thermally complex and physiologically stressful environment. Mytilid mussels are ecologically and commercially important species, however, many intertidal populations live close to their upper ... -
Investigating the role of TDP43 dysregulation in driving neuronal degeneration in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
(University of Exeter University of Exeter medical school, 20 February 2023)Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative condition that causes the loss of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. Some ALS cases are familial, but around 90-95% are sporadic and patients ... -
Modernism and Moral Philosophy: Ethical Paradigms in the Late Interwar Literature of Virginia Woolf and T. S. Eliot
(University of Exeter English, 23 January 2023)This study will focus on the period between 1930 and the start of the Second World War to argue that the later social and political developments of the interwar years had a profound impact on the ethical ideas expressed ...