(Phys.org)—Can existing ecological communities persist intact as temperatures rise? This is a question of increasing relevance in the field of climate change and is the focus of a new study to be published ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 19, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 2 |

(Phys.org)—A team of scientists led by a University of Wyoming researcher recently reported that the size of trophy horns and antlers of most species of North American big game has declined slightly over ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 04, 2013 not rated yet 0

Was it humans or climate change that caused the extinctions of the iconic Ice Age mammals (megafauna) such as the woolly rhinoceros and woolly mammoth?

Biology - Ecology

Nov 04, 2011 4.5 / 5 (4) 1 |

the woolly rhinoceros, woolly mammoth, wild horse, reindeer, bison, and musk ox -- is the subject of a study by an international group of scientists investigating how climate fluctuations and human activity ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 02, 2011 4 / 5 (5) 7 |

Scientists have discovered that the drastic decline in Arctic musk ox populations that began roughly 12,000 years ago was due to a warming climate rather than to human hunting. The research is the first study ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 08, 2010 5 / 5 (4) 5 |