Researchers link oceanic land crab extinction to colonization of Hawaii
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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Plants on Mauritius have lost most of their seed dispersers, finds study
Many native animals that disperse plant seeds on the island of Mauritius have gone extinct during the past centuries. This includes iconic species such as the dodo and giant tortoises, now replaced by non-native fruit-eating ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 13, 2023
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Hunting for meat impacts on rainforest
Hunting for meat in the African rainforests has halved the number of primates. However, the hunting also has other negative consequences. The decline in the number of primates causes a reduction in the dispersal of seed by ...
Ecology
Mar 20, 2013
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Genetics of Arctic plants under serious threat from climate change, study says
A new EU study by a team of Austrian, French and Norwegian researchers has found that rising temperatures as a result of climate change will have differing genetic consequences within single Arctic plant species. It is hoped ...
Ecology
Jan 30, 2012
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Loss of lemurs might endanger many of Madagascar's largest tree species
Widespread logging and hunting have endangered virtually all of Madagascar's 100-plus species of iconic lemurs, and a new study by Rice University ecologists illustrates how saving the animals may also be key to saving the ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 2, 2018
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Defaunation in rainforests could have more severe consequences than reported
Tropical rainforests are emptying out due to the ongoing extinction of animal species caused by overhunting and forest fragmentation. But not only species as such, also the number of individuals of species living in rainforests ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 31, 2020
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Seed production and recruitment of juvenile trees affect how trees are migrating due to climate change
A new study co-authored by Jonathan Myers, associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, provides key insights into how and why tree populations migrate in response to climate change ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 24, 2022
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Temperature resilient crops now an 'achievable dream'
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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New hypothesis proposed on why some seeds are hard
Hard seeds are prevented from germinating by a water-impermeable seed coat, and for many years this has been considered to be a dormancy mechanism. Scientists from Kew, the University of Bergen and the University of Sheffield ...
Plants & Animals
May 15, 2013
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Primates indispensable for regeneration of tropical forests
Primates can influence seed dispersal and spatial genetic kinship structure of plants that serve as their food source. This is the result of a cooperation project of behavioral ecologist Eckhard W. Heymann from the German ...
Ecology
Nov 24, 2014
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