The sequencing and assembly of the genome of the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae, is published online this week in Genome Biology. The species is native to North America, where it is current ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Mar 26, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Researchers from several universities in the US have together found that it is possible to follow changes in a wild animal's diet over a single year period by studying isotopes in feces samples. ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

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Research led by the University of York has found that the impacts of climate change on rare plants in tropical mountains will vary considerably from site to site and from species to species.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 06, 2012 4.4 / 5 (7) 0

Will future conservation policies have to take account of the genetic diversity within each species ? A large-scale study into plants found at high altitude throughout the Alps and the Carpathians, has enabled ...

Biology - Ecology

Oct 08, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

In a classic example of an accidental scientific breakthrough a University of Sydney research team may have solved the mystery of why there is more non-industrial acid in air than anyone can explain.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Aug 17, 2012 4.9 / 5 (14) 12 |

Climate change is causing a late wake-up call from hibernation for a species of Rocky Mountain ground squirrel and the effect is deadly.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Aug 08, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 1 |

(Phys.org) -- Researchers working in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda have filmed gorillas dismantling snares set by poachers to catch smaller game. Previously, anecdotal evidence had suggested that silverback ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jul 23, 2012 4.9 / 5 (40) 51 |

Climate change has impacted on upland plants and vegetation over the past half century, new evidence from north west Scotland has revealed.

Biology - Ecology

Jun 21, 2012 3.9 / 5 (7) 0

The palms that Vietnamese villagers weave into hats, many varieties of lichens that depend on the pristine environment of the Great Smoky Mountains, and small, shrub-like trees that are threatened by development ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 05, 2012 not rated yet 0

Climate changes mean that species are disappearing from European mountain regions. This is shown by new research involving biologists from the University of Gothenburg, the results of which are now being publishing ...

Biology - Ecology

May 08, 2012 4.2 / 5 (5) 1

A modeling study from the European Alps suggests that population declines to be observed during the upcoming decades will probably underestimate the long-term effects of recent climate warming on mountain plants. A European ...

Biology - Ecology

May 07, 2012 4 / 5 (4) 3

A pan-European study published in Science shows that mountain plants across the continent are moving to higher altitudes. This often results in raised species numbers on mountain tops, when colonizers from l ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 19, 2012 2.9 / 5 (17) 93 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- It seems intuitive that not all plant species could have taken a foothold on land at the same time all those millions of years ago as conditions on Earth evolved to the point where they could survive; some ...

Biology - Ecology

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The decade from 2000 to 2009 was the warmest since global climate has been measured, and while localized studies have shown evidence of changes in mountain plant communities that reflect this warming trend, ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 08, 2012 4.4 / 5 (7) 2

Larkspurs, monkshoods, and aconites are plants, widely cultivated for their beauty and medicinal properties. They all belong to the Delphinieae, a natural group of 650-700 species ranging from Eurasia into ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

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