As migratory birds travel back and forth between their breeding and wintering grounds twice each year, they face many hazards. For species that migrate during the night, one of those dangers is the disorienting influence ...
Ecology
Dec 9, 2020
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Streams in areas converted to oil palm have different top predators to those flowing through intact forests, affecting stream food webs.
Ecology
Sep 25, 2020
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Environmental conditions such as sea surface temperature and the occurrence of cold water upwelling events drive the structure of interaction networks in marine intertidal communities via their effects on species richness, ...
Ecology
Aug 17, 2020
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Along the Antarctic coast, icebergs regularly break away from glaciers and plunge into the nutrient-rich waters below. Carried by currents and wind, these icebergs then scrape along the bottom of the seafloor, wiping out ...
Environment
Aug 3, 2020
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An international study led by Monash University scientists has found that the distance traveled by marine larvae is dictated by both biological and physical constraints—contradicting previous hypotheses based on biology ...
Evolution
Jul 7, 2020
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A team of Griffith University researchers found the strongest predictor of study sites for reptile research in Australia is proximity to universities.
Plants & Animals
Jul 6, 2020
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The recovery and long-term maintenance of submerged macrophytes is the key to the restoration of the ecosystem in eutrophic lakes, because submerged macrophytes can promote the transformation of lake ecosystem from algae-type ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 17, 2020
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The ability to accurately detect changes in ecosystem biodiversity caused by human activity has long challenged environmental scientists and ecologists, but a new study, published in PNAS, has established new DNA-based methods ...
Ecology
May 12, 2020
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The horn of Africa, located in the northeast of Africa, including Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia, is one of the global biodiversity hotspots recognized by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 24, 2020
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Scientists have proved one of Charles Darwin's theories of evolution for the first time—nearly 140 years after his death.
Plants & Animals
Mar 17, 2020
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