Stormwater retention ponds, a ubiquitous feature in developed landscapes worldwide, are not a significant source of climate-warming nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, a new Duke University-led study finds.
Environment
Jul 9, 2018
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New research shows that mice and voles scurry to bear scats to forage for seeds, finding nutritional value in the seeds and in some cases further dispersing them.
Ecology
Jul 5, 2018
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Scientists of the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz IZW) in Berlin analysed the spatial behaviour of cheetahs. They showed that male cheetahs operate two space use tactics which are associated with ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 28, 2018
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Boldness correlates with the mating success, but not body size or sex, of yellow-spotted monitor lizards roaming the remote Oombulgurri floodplains of tropical Western Australia, ecologists report in the Ecological Society ...
Ecology
May 24, 2018
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Ecosystems that have been altered by human activities can provide suitable habitat for native birds, according to scientists in the United States and Australia.
Ecology
Apr 25, 2018
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Half of Alberta's upland boreal forest is likely to disappear over the next century due to climate change, a new study shows.
Environment
Mar 26, 2018
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The first evidence showing important landscape differences in the flammability of plant leaves, as fuels available for bushfires, indicates that gully plant communities are likely to be at increased risk under climate change ...
Ecology
Feb 20, 2018
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While increased fire activity has threatened Pacific Northwest forests, University of Idaho researchers have found a silver-lining: the proportion of unburned areas critical for post-fire recovery has remained unchanged.
Environment
Feb 13, 2018
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Ecological research focuses on understanding how population-level dynamics—such as the growth rate of a particular population of microbes—contribute to ecosystem-level processes. Ecosystem scientists researching climate ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 31, 2018
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Current levels of greenhouse gas emissions are putting nearly half of California's natural vegetation at risk from climate stress, with transformative implications for the state's landscape and the people and animals that ...
Environment
Jan 25, 2018
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