Macey, Michael C. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1800-0469
Ilieva, Velislava
Stephens, Ben P.
Tatton, Benjamin
Balcha, Ermias
Schwenzer, Susanne P.
McGenity, Terry J.
Miruts, Hagos
Gomez, Felipe
Cavalazzi, Barbara
Olsson-Francis, Karen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Europlanet 2024 RI project - Expert Exchange (Grant agreement No 871149)
Europlanet 2020 RI project - Transnational Access (Grant Agreement No 654208)
Research England (Expanding Excellence in England, grant number 124.18)
Article History
Received: 23 December 2025
Accepted: 9 July 2026
First Online: 30 July 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Fieldwork and sample collection and retrieval were taken with consent and organised via the Europlanet Transnational Access Scheme.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.