An emerging "insect apocalypse" will have radical effects on the environment and humankind, an Australian scientist has warned.
Plants & Animals
Oct 25, 2022
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Excessive clustering of tree species in urban forests and overreliance on introduced species may make urban forests more vulnerable to pests or disease and reduce their ecosystem benefits, a study published today in eLife ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 27, 2022
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A recent study in Japan has found that reared ambrosia beetles, Euwallacea interjectus, can have symbiotic fungi different to those found in the wild. These findings suggest biocontrol implications for pest beetles that damage ...
Ecology
Sep 27, 2022
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A foul-smelling, voracious, wide-spread pest could become even more ubiquitous with climate change.
Ecology
Sep 26, 2022
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Imagine a world where farms bear no crops, forests have no trees and nature exists without plants.
Ecology
Sep 21, 2022
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In a paper published in the journal Communications Biology, scientists from Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Arkansas report that a crop pest called weedy rice has become widely herbicide resistant ...
Evolution
Sep 8, 2022
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When it comes to American barn owls, forget spring cleaning.
Plants & Animals
Sep 7, 2022
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Alpine ecosystems are under intense pressure from pest species, but University of Otago research has highlighted how the mountains themselves can be used to help eradicate them.
Ecology
Sep 6, 2022
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A new study from North Carolina State University shows soil temperature can be used to effectively monitor and predict the spread of the corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea), a pest that ravages corn, cotton, soybeans, peppers, ...
Ecology
Sep 5, 2022
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New research published in the Journal of Applied Ecology finds New Zealand's current tools and approaches are insufficient even for national predator suppression, however, researchers from the University of Auckland have ...
Ecology
Sep 5, 2022
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