S. J. Davies

Enhancing farmed striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) robustness using dietary β-glucan

This study shows that adding 1.5 g kg-1 β-glucan to the diet of striped catfish improves growth, survival, antioxidant activity, and stress resistance.

Major axes of variation in tree demography across global forests

This study identifies key sources of variation in tree demography across global forests using a variance partitioning framework, finding species differences as a major driver of demographic variance.

Leaf gene expression trajectories during the growing season are consistent between sites and years in American beech.

The paper analyzes gene expression in American beech leaves across seasons and sites, finding consistent expression patterns despite environmental variation.

Key Drivers of Ecological Assembly in the Hindgut of Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) when Fed with a Macroalgal Supplemented diet - How Robust Is the Gut to Taxonomic Perturbation?

This study examines ecological assembly processes in the gut microbiome of Atlantic cod fed macroalgae-supplemented diets, finding that dispersal limitation drives community structure in some groups while robustness increases over time.

Comparative Transcriptomics of Tropical Woody Plants Supports Fast and Furious Strategy along the Leaf Economics Spectrum in Lianas.

The paper identifies genes consistently expressed or downregulated in lianas using comparative transcriptomics, linking them to leaf economics spectrum traits.

Temporal changes in the gut microbiota in farmed Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) outweigh the response to diet supplementation with macroalgae.

This study supplements Atlantic cod diets with macroalgae and finds no significant impact on gut microbiota from sea lettuce, but notable effects from egg wrack, with temporal changes outweighing dietary effects.

Positive and negative plant-soil feedbacks are caused by mycorrhizal type, soil fertility, and phylogenetic relatedness in a mixed Dipterocarp rain forest

The paper examines plant-soil feedbacks in a tropical rainforest, finding that mycorrhizal type, soil fertility, and phylogenetic relatedness influence feedback strength.