Nuts go furthest with the early bird
Toucans in the tropics disperse nutmegs the furthest in the morning, according to research by Wageningen UR ecologist Patrick Jansen.
Toucans in the tropics disperse nutmegs the furthest in the morning, according to research by Wageningen UR ecologist Patrick Jansen.
Ecology
Aug 17, 2011
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Willows are major environmental weeds of riverbank habitats across much of south-eastern Australia. They obstruct water flow, increase water temperature, change water chemistry and can displace native riverine plant species.
Ecology
Jul 29, 2011
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The researchers discovered that a rainforest vine, pollinated by bats, has evolved dish-shaped leaves with such conspicuous echoes that nectar-feeding bats can find its flowers twice as fast by echolocation. The study is ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 28, 2011
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Nutmeg-loving toucans wearing GPS transmitters recently helped a team of scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama address an age-old problem in plant ecology: accurately estimating seed dispersal. ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 28, 2011
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Hikers may be inadvertently helping to spread invasive plants across the largest national park in Australia's New South Wales, a study has found.
Ecology
Jul 25, 2011
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Winter cover crops are an important component of nutrient cycling, soil cover and organic matter content. Although its benefits are well documented, cover crop use in farming systems is relatively low. Research has shown ...
Ecology
Jul 13, 2011
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For the first time, scientists have identified a mutation in plants that was selected twice - during both natural evolution and domestication.
Biotechnology
Jul 7, 2011
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The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will lead the first international, multidisciplinary assessment of the levels and dispersion of radioactive substances in the Pacific Ocean off the Fukushima nuclear power planta ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 2, 2011
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The deaths of over 150 dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico so far this year is due in part to the devastating 2010 BP oil spill and the chemical dispersants used to contain it, a report said Thursday.
Environment
May 27, 2011
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University of Florida researchers have described a new species of land crab that documents the first crab extinction during the human era.
Ecology
May 16, 2011
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