News tagged with population densities

Fighting bacteria's strength in numbers

Scientists at The University of Nottingham have opened the way for more accurate research into new ways to fight dangerous bacterial infections by proving a long-held theory about how bacteria communicate ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study compares growth around Yellowstone, Glacier and other national parks

The land around Yellowstone and Glacier national parks might look like it's filling up with people and houses, but it's nothing compared to the rate of development around some other U.S. national parks, according to a new ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Elusive long-fingered frog found after 62 years

Herpetologists from the California Academy of Sciences and University of Texas at El Paso discovered a single specimen of the Bururi long-fingered frog (Cardioglossa cyaneospila) during a research expedition to Bur ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Hunting could hurt genetic diversity of sandhill cranes, research suggests

(PhysOrg.com) -- As Wisconsin lawmakers debate whether to establish a hunting season for sandhill cranes, they may want to consider more than just the sheer number of birds, suggests a University of Wisconsin-Madison ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Extinct' monkey rediscovered in Borneo by new expedition

An international team of scientists has found one of the rarest and least known primates in Borneo, Miller's Grizzled Langur, a species which was believed to be extinct or on the verge of extinction. The team's ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Juvenile predation preventing Steller sea lion recovery

A new study suggests that the impact of predation on juvenile Steller sea lions in the Gulf of Alaska has been significantly underestimated, creating a "productivity pit" from which their population will have ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Scientists refute Greenpeace claim that genetically modified corn caused new insect pest

An article in the forthcoming issue of the Journal of Integrated Pest Management (JIPM) refutes claims by Greenpeace Germany that the western bean cutworm (WBC), Striacosta albicosta (Smith), is "a new plant pest" that wa ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 4

Law enforcement vital for great ape survival

Recent studies show that the populations of African great apes are rapidly decreasing. Many areas where apes occur are scarcely managed and weakly protected. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary ...

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How does a plant survive with few mates or pollinators? A European herb has figured out its own way

In plants that rely on animals for pollination, the number of seeds they produce, or their relative fitness, is influenced by pollinator visits and the successful deposition of pollen. The number of visits ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dawn of agriculture took toll on health

When populations around the globe started turning to agriculture around 10,000 years ago, regardless of their locations and type of crops, a similar trend occurred: The height and health of the people declined.

Biology / Other

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Why do pivotal cultural differences among countries exist?

In today's world, conflicts and misunderstandings frequently arise between those who are from more restrictive cultures and those from less restrictive ones. Now, a new international study led by the University of Maryland ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

UF study finds cats No. 1 predator to urban mockingbird nests

A new University of Florida study shows cats are the dominant predator to mockingbird eggs and nestlings in urban areas, prompting conservationists to urge pet owners to keep felines indoors at night.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 05, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Asia faces climate-induced migration 'crisis'

Asia must prepare for millions of people to flee their homes to safer havens within countries and across borders as weather patterns become more extreme, the Asian Development Bank warns.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 06, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (10) | comments 43

Northern hunters slowed down advance of Neolithic farmers

One of the most significant socioeconomic changes in the history of humanity took place around 10,000 years ago, when the Near East went from an economy based on hunting and gathering (Mesolithic) to another ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Follow the money: Wealth, population are key drivers of invasive species

A new study of biological invasions in Europe found they were linked not so much to changes in climate or land cover, but to two dominant factors - more money and more people.

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Population density

Population density (in agriculture standing stock and standing crop) is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography.

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