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Temperate airborne grass pollen defined by spatio-temporal shifts in community composition

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Temperate airborne grass pollen defined by spatio-temporal shifts in community composition. / Brennan, Georgina L.; Potter, Caitlin; De Vere, Natasha et al.
In: Nature Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 3, No. 5, 05.2019, p. 750-754.

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Brennan, GL, Potter, C, De Vere, N, Griffith, GW, Skjøth, CA, Osborne, NJ, Wheeler, BW, McInnes, RN, Clewlow, Y, Barber, A, Hanlon, HM, Hegarty, M, Jones, L, Kurganskiy, A, Rowney, FM, Armitage, C, Adams-Groom, B, Ford, CR, Petch, GM, The PollerGEN Consortium, & Creer, S 2019, 'Temperate airborne grass pollen defined by spatio-temporal shifts in community composition', Nature Ecology and Evolution, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 750-754. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0849-7

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Brennan, G. L., Potter, C., De Vere, N., Griffith, G. W., Skjøth, C. A., Osborne, N. J., Wheeler, B. W., McInnes, R. N., Clewlow, Y., Barber, A., Hanlon, H. M., Hegarty, M., Jones, L., Kurganskiy, A., Rowney, F. M., Armitage, C., Adams-Groom, B., Ford, C. R., Petch, G. M., ... Creer, S. (2019). Temperate airborne grass pollen defined by spatio-temporal shifts in community composition. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3(5), 750-754. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0849-7

CBE

Brennan GL, Potter C, De Vere N, Griffith GW, Skjøth CA, Osborne NJ, Wheeler BW, McInnes RN, Clewlow Y, Barber A, et al. 2019. Temperate airborne grass pollen defined by spatio-temporal shifts in community composition. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 3(5):750-754. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0849-7

MLA

Brennan, Georgina L. et al. "Temperate airborne grass pollen defined by spatio-temporal shifts in community composition". Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2019, 3(5). 750-754. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0849-7

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Brennan GL, Potter C, De Vere N, Griffith GW, Skjøth CA, Osborne NJ et al. Temperate airborne grass pollen defined by spatio-temporal shifts in community composition. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2019 May;3(5):750-754. Epub 2019 Apr 8. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0849-7

Author

Brennan, Georgina L. ; Potter, Caitlin ; De Vere, Natasha et al. / Temperate airborne grass pollen defined by spatio-temporal shifts in community composition. In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2019 ; Vol. 3, No. 5. pp. 750-754.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Temperate airborne grass pollen defined by spatio-temporal shifts in community composition

AU - Brennan, Georgina L.

AU - Potter, Caitlin

AU - De Vere, Natasha

AU - Griffith, Gareth W.

AU - Skjøth, Carsten A.

AU - Osborne, Nicholas J.

AU - Wheeler, Benedict W.

AU - McInnes, Rachel N.

AU - Clewlow, Yolanda

AU - Barber, Adam

AU - Hanlon, Helen M.

AU - Hegarty, Matthew

AU - Jones, Laura

AU - Kurganskiy, Alexander

AU - Rowney, Francis M.

AU - Armitage, Charlotte

AU - Adams-Groom, Beverley

AU - Ford, Col R.

AU - Petch, Geoff M.

AU - The PollerGEN Consortium, null

AU - Creer, Simon

N1 - This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (https://nerc.ukri.org/), awarded to S.C. (NE/N003756/1), C.A.S. (NE/N002431/1), N.J.O. (NE/N002105/1), and G.W.G., N.d.V. and M.H. (NE/N001710/1). IBERS Aberystwyth receives strategic funding from the BBSRC.

PY - 2019/5

Y1 - 2019/5

N2 - Grass pollen is the world’s most harmful outdoor aeroallergen. However, it is unknown how airborne pollen assemblages change across time and space. Human sensitivity varies between different species of grass that flower at different times, but it is not known whether temporal turnover in species composition match terrestrial flowering or whether species richness steadily accumulates over the grass pollen season. Here, using targeted, high-throughput sequencing, we demonstrate that all grass genera displayed discrete, temporally restricted peaks of incidence, which varied with latitude and longitude throughout Great Britain, revealing that the taxonomic composition of grass pollen exposure changes substantially across the grass pollen season.

AB - Grass pollen is the world’s most harmful outdoor aeroallergen. However, it is unknown how airborne pollen assemblages change across time and space. Human sensitivity varies between different species of grass that flower at different times, but it is not known whether temporal turnover in species composition match terrestrial flowering or whether species richness steadily accumulates over the grass pollen season. Here, using targeted, high-throughput sequencing, we demonstrate that all grass genera displayed discrete, temporally restricted peaks of incidence, which varied with latitude and longitude throughout Great Britain, revealing that the taxonomic composition of grass pollen exposure changes substantially across the grass pollen season.

UR - https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41559-019-0849-7/MediaObjects/41559_2019_849_MOESM1_ESM.pdf

U2 - 10.1038/s41559-019-0849-7

DO - 10.1038/s41559-019-0849-7

M3 - Article

VL - 3

SP - 750

EP - 754

JO - Nature Ecology and Evolution

JF - Nature Ecology and Evolution

SN - 2397-334X

IS - 5

ER -