Search results for movement ecology
New movement models tested at the Smithsonian in Panama
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Dec 01, 2008 |
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Feeling threatened? Hungry? Looking for a mate? Move! Tracking and remote sensing data are making it easier to locate organisms and find out what they are up to. However, general theories of movement are lacking. ...
Large-Scale Experiments Needed to Predict Global Change
Jun 02, 2008 |
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Ecosystems are constantly exchanging materials through the movement of air in the atmosphere and water in lakes and rivers. The effects of humans, however, are another major source of connections among ecosystems.
Camera trap survey snaps cheetahs in Algeria
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Feb 24, 2009 |
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A Wildlife Conservation Society-supported survey of the Sahara has captured the first camera-trap photographs of the critically endangered Saharan cheetah in Algeria. The survey was conducted by researchers ...
GPS to track blue sheep and snow leopard
Nov 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists hope to improve the survival odds of the endangered snow leopard in Nepal by venturing into the remote Himalayas to study its main prey, the Bharal or blue sheep.
You're being followed: Scientists track movement of living things
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Almost 24 centuries after the Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote his book, "On the Movement of Animals," modern scientists are still struggling to understand how, why, when and where living creatures move.
Embodied Cognition: Using Movement to Understand the Mind
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Psychology professors look at movement to study communication and cognition.
Deadly Parasite Could Endanger Salmon and Trout Populations
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Stocks of the UK’s Atlantic salmon along with varieties of domestic Brown trout could be under threat from a deadly parasite according to research led Bournemouth University (BU) published in the International Jou ...
Study shows how glaciers affected deer evolution
Mar 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A 10-year study of mule and black-tailed deer has found unique subspecies created by the animals' responses to climate change thousands of years ago.
Warming drives off Cape Cod's namesake, other fish
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Fishermen have known for years that they've had to steam farther and farther from shore to find the cod, haddock and winter flounder that typically fill dinner plates in New England.
Research explores the secret life of Australia’s rarest coastal dolphins
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Aug 18, 2006 |
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University of Queensland researchers are using behavioural observations together with the latest molecular techniques to providing insights into the life of Australia's rarest coastal dolphins.
Researcher uncovers koalas' creature comforts
Mar 10, 2009 |
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University of Queensland Master of Science student Maren Dammann is aiming to uncover what makes a koala's wish list when it comes to choosing a place to live.
Study on wildlife corridors shows how they work over time
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Dec 01, 2008 |
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At the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, there are five strange looking "patches" cleared out of the surrounding forest. No, they're not crop circles carved by aliens.
Roadrunners not too fast for AgriLife researcher (w/ Video)
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Wile E. Coyote might not have been able to catch up with the roadrunner on the Saturday morning cartoons, but one Texas AgriLife Research scientist has had no problems.
Invasive plant potential threat to Canadian landscape
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Jun 20, 2007 |
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It might sound like something out of a 1950s B-movie but the potential proliferation of the native Asian tropical plant kudzu here in Canada is no imaginary threat, warns Professor Rowan Sage of ecology and evolutionary biology. ...
Genetic evidence for avian influenza movement from Asia to North America via wild birds
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Oct 27, 2008 |
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Wild migratory birds may be more important carriers of avian influenza viruses from continent to continent than previously thought, according to new scientific research that has important implications for highly pathogenic ...
