C. D. Thomas

Globally abundant birds disproportionately inhabit anthropogenic environments

The study finds that globally abundant bird species are more likely to inhabit human-modified environments compared to less abundant species.

Increased dispersal explains increasing local diversity with global biodiversity declines

The paper shows increased dispersal can raise local diversity but reduce regional diversity, and may make communities more resistant to invasions despite global biodiversity loss.

A millennium of increasing ecosystem diversity until the mid-20th century

The paper analyzes global land-use changes from the 10th to 20th centuries and finds increasing ecosystem diversity until the mid-20th century, driven by human land-use changes.

Structure-guided point mutations on FusionRed produce a brighter red fluorescent protein

The paper reports a brighter variant of the red fluorescent protein FusionRed, FusionRed-MQV, through structure-guided mutations that improve fluorescence properties.

Unlocking the potential of historical abundance datasets to study biomass change in flying insects

This paper develops a statistical model to predict moth biomass from forewing length, enabling biomass trend analysis using historical abundance datasets.