What does a bear do in the Alaska woods? Disperse seeds
Does a bear leave scat in the woods? The answer is obvious but the effects on an ecosystem may not be.
Does a bear leave scat in the woods? The answer is obvious but the effects on an ecosystem may not be.
Ecology
Feb 17, 2018
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Breeding temperature-resilient crops is an "achievable dream" in one of the most important species of commercially-cultivated plants, according to a new study.
Biotechnology
Feb 12, 2018
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Despite the bad rap snakes often get, they are more central to ecology than most people realize. New research reveals that snakes might even play a key role in dispersing plant seeds.
Ecology
Feb 8, 2018
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It's a story of bears, birds and berries.
Ecology
Jan 16, 2018
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Birds play an important role in a wide variety of ecosystems as both predator and prey, in controlling insect populations, pollinating and seed dispersal for many plants, and in releasing nutrients on to land and sea in the ...
Ecology
Jan 3, 2018
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Plants spread their seeds across the landscape to colonize new areas, but it's difficult and expensive for biologists to trace their movements. Now, researchers at Portland State University have developed a new technique ...
Ecology
Dec 14, 2017
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Three species of non-photosynthetic plants rely mainly on camel crickets to disperse their seeds, according to new research from Project Associate Professor Suetsugu Kenji (Kobe University Graduate School of Science). These ...
Ecology
Nov 14, 2017
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It sounds cliché, but things do get worse before they get better when oil and gas lines are being cleared of contaminants, according to Rice University researchers. Until now, nobody knew exactly why.
Materials Science
Oct 20, 2017
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Like a pining lover, bed bugs will seek out your smell and snuggle up to your worn clothes when you are not around, researchers said Thursday.
Ecology
Sep 28, 2017
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New research from Tae-Youn Park invokes regulatory focus theory to discussions on pay disparity and fairness issues
Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2017
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