If you want to understand an ecosystem, look at what the species within it eat. In studying food webs—how animals and plants in a community are connected through their dietary preferences—ecologists can piece together ...
Archaeology
Jan 14, 2021
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Google's algorithm for ranking web-pages can be used to determine which species are critical for sustaining ecosystems. Drs. Stefano Allesina and Mercedes Pascual find that "PageRank" can be applied to the study of food webs, ...
Ecology
Sep 4, 2009
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A new way of describing the connections in real-world systems such as food webs or social networks could lead to better methods for predicting and controlling them.
Mathematics
Mar 20, 2023
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Prairie dogs—those chubby little burrowing rodents found in grasslands across the central and western United States—may not have TikTok or Instagram but they do have intricate social networks. Understanding their connections, ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 15, 2021
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A new report published today by Panthera confirms that widespread illegal hunting and the bushmeat trade occur more frequently and with greater impact on wildlife populations in the Southern and Eastern savannas of Africa ...
Ecology
Oct 12, 2012
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In an effort to better understand the dynamics of complex networks, scientists have developed a mathematical model to describe interactions within ecological food webs. This research, performed by Northwestern University ...
Ecology
Jan 25, 2011
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Phosphorus is critical to food security, ecosystem functioning, and human activities. Urbanization and dietary changes, and in particular industrial use of P for chemical fertilizer production, have led to a declining trend, ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 28, 2020
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Hunger increases risk-taking behaviour in snails, according to research from neuroscientists at the University of Sussex.
Plants & Animals
Nov 21, 2018
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Researchers at TU Darmstadt have now presented an approach in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that can be used to systematically determine efficient search strategies. It could help to intelligently ...
General Physics
Apr 2, 2024
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A team of chemists from the University of Seville (US, Spain) has managed to distinguish between different kinds of tea leaves on the basis of their mineral content and by using artificial neural networks. This technique ...
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 30, 2010
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