Shrinking body size as an ecological response to climate change
- J. Sheridan, D. Bickford
- Environmental Science
- 1 November 2011
This Perspective looks at the evidence for shrinking body size across endothermic and ectothermic organisms and proposes future research directions.
Impacts of climate change on the amphibians and reptiles of Southeast Asia
- D. Bickford, S. Howard, D. J. Ng, J. Sheridan
- Environmental ScienceBiodiversity and Conservation
- 2 February 2010
Amphibians and reptiles will be adversely affected by projected rapid changes in climate in the next decades. Here, we review the known and potential impacts of climate change on the Southeast Asian…
Dating the Scottish bronze age: "There is clearly much that the material can still tell us"
- J. Sheridan
- Environmental Science
- 1 November 2007
Results from a current National Museums of Scotland (NMS) radiocarbon dating initiative, the Dating Cremated Bones Project, are presented. The project takes advantage of a recent development in…
Claish, stirling: an early Neolithic structure in its context
- G. Barclay, K. Brophy, J. Stevenson
- History
- 2002
The excavation of a long timber-built structure of the early Neolithic near Callander (formerly Perthshire, now Stirling Council area) is described. The remains appear to be those of a structure…
Towards a fuller, more nuanced narrative of Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain 2500-1500 BC
- J. Sheridan
- Environmental Science
- 1 November 2008
This contribution considers some of the many recent advances in our understanding of Chalcolithic and Bronze Age Britain and uses these to highlight the weak points in our current state of knowledge.…
A SURVEY FOR CHYTRID FUNGUS IN THAI AMPHIBIANS
- D. S. McLeod, J. Sheridan, W. Jiraungkoorskul, W. Khonsue
- Environmental Science
- 2008
A histological screening of museum specimens to test for the presence of B. dendrobatidis in Thailand in the last 60 years yielded negative results, suggesting that it is already present, but undetected, in Asia or that it will be introduced in the future through human or animal movements.
The excavation of a bronze age cemetery at Seafield West, near Inverness, Highland
- M. Cressey, J. Sheridan
- History
- 2003
Excavations in 1996 in advance of a major commercial development at Seafield West revealed a
Bronze Age cemetery. Inside a ring-ditch were two adjacent graves with wooden coffins, one a boatshaped …
Excavation of an Early Bronze Age cemetery and other sites a the West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Scottish Borders
An Early Bronze Age flat cist cemetery was excavated after it was exposed by reservoir erosion. Nine surviving cists were found, containing a mixture of inhumations and cremations. Grave goods…
Hidden species diversity in Sylvirana nigrovittata (Amphibia: Ranidae) highlights the importance of taxonomic revisions in biodiversity conservation
- J. Sheridan, B. Stuart
- Environmental SciencePLoS ONE
- 14 March 2018
Evidence is presented that the current concept of S. nigrovittata contains at least eight species, two of which are each known from only two localities, but that S. mortenseni is more geographically widespread than currently realized.
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