New findings by Virginie Stevens (CNRS), Jean Clobert (CNRS), Michel Baguette (Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle) and colleagues show that interactions between dispersal and life-histories are complex, ...

Biology - Ecology

Dec 09, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

North American forests appear to have a greater capacity to soak up heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas than researchers had previously anticipated.

Space & Earth - Environment

Oct 13, 2011 4.5 / 5 (12) 7 |

Species' ability to overcome adversity goes beyond Darwin's survival of the fittest. Climate change has made sure of that. In a new study based on simulations examining species and their projected range, researchers ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 29, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0

Common woodland creatures, including woodlice, millipedes and worms, can help ensure the survival of weaker species of woodland fungi, according to new research from Cardiff University.

Biology - Ecology

Sep 20, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 1

A new study provides support for Darwin's hypothesis that the struggle for existence is stronger between more closely related species than those distantly related. While ecologists generally accept the premise, ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 14, 2011 5 / 5 (6) 27 |

An investigation by the Spanish Scientifc Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC) reveals that the large impacts occurred during the last ice age maintain their effects on the ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 07, 2011 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

The global spread of native trees and shrubs into open grazing land and abandoned farms can bring unexpected environmental and economic benefits, a major new international study has found.

Biology - Ecology

Jun 01, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0

This week the scientific journal Ecology Letters has published a synthesis of the ecological impacts of invasive plants worldwide. This global analysis has been based on more than one thousand studies that in total descri ...

Biology - Ecology

May 20, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For those old enough to remember Mutual of Omaha’s “Wild Kingdom” television series, the dynamics of predator-prey relationships seemed clear enough: predators thinned out prey ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 07, 2011 5 / 5 (3) 1 |

Kudzu, the plant scourge of the U.S. Southeast. The long tendrils of this woody vine, or liana, are on the move north with a warming climate.

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 25, 2011 4.2 / 5 (5) 6 |

Blindly copying what your parents did – no matter how stupid it may seem – could be the best strategy for the long-term success of your genes, according to research by the Universities of Exeter and Bristol.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 28, 2011 3 / 5 (3) 9 |

A new study released today in the EarlyView of Ecology Letters addresses forest productivity trends in Alaska, highlighting a shift in biomes caused by a warming climate. The findings, conducted by scientists at the Woods ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 21, 2011 3 / 5 (2) 0

The European gypsy moth, introduced to North America in 1869 near Boston, Mass., has steadily spread from there, devastating forests from eastern Canada to Wisconsin to North Carolina and thwarting all attempts at control. ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 10, 2011 not rated yet 1

A mathematically driven evolutionary snapshot of woody plants in four similar climates around the world has given scientists a fresh perspective on genetic diversity and threats posed by both extinctions and ...

Biology - Ecology

Dec 16, 2010 4.3 / 5 (3) 1 |

Children aren't the only youngsters who are picky eaters: More than half of all species are believed to change their diets -- sometimes more than once -- between birth and adulthood. And a new study by ecologists at Rice ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 30, 2010 5 / 5 (2) 1