A five-year study of mule deer does and newborn fawns in western Wyoming shows that migrating deer have a lot to balance when it comes to birth timing.
Plants & Animals
Apr 12, 2021
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A new study comparing decades of environmental monitoring records has confirmed that Canada's caribou are not faring as well as other animals like moose and wolves in the same areas—and also teased out why.
Plants & Animals
Mar 18, 2021
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For at least a century, ecologists have wondered at the tendency for populations of different species to cycle up and down in steady, rhythmic patterns.
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2021
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From the Rocky Mountains to the Alps, the question of whether a deer population migrates can be answered by how springtime comes to the landscapes they occupy.
Plants & Animals
Sep 08, 2020
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According to a well-studied but controversial principle known as Bergmann's Rule, species tend to be larger in cold climates and smaller in warm ones. As human impacts heat the planet, will animals shrink over time?
Plants & Animals
Jun 01, 2020
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Lyme disease – an infection contracted from the bite of an infected tick– is an important emerging disease in the UK, and is increasing in incidence in people in the UK and large parts of Europe and North America.
Ecology
May 09, 2017
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By literally looking below the surface and digging up the dirt, Cornell researchers have discovered that a burgeoning deer population forever alters the progression of a forest's natural future by creating environmental havoc ...
Ecology
Mar 08, 2014
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A continued increase of Lyme disease in the United States, once linked to a recovering deer population, may instead be explained by a decline of the red fox, UC Santa Cruz researchers suggest in a new study.
Ecology
Jun 18, 2012
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Fallow deer become hoarse when trying to attract a mate, according to scientists from Queen Mary, University of London.
Plants & Animals
May 19, 2009
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Because so many deer hunters are aging out of the sport—and new hunters are not being recruited to replace them—deer management strategies will need to change to manage populations of whitetails in many states.
Ecology
May 11, 2022
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