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Ecology Letters is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Wiley-Blackwell and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and is known for its rapid publication of the latest groundbreaking ecological research. Marcel Holyoak, of University of California Davis, took over as Editor-in-Chief from Michael Hochberg in 2008.

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Amphibians as environmental omen disputed

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Amphibians, for years considered a leading indicator of environmental degradation, are not uniquely susceptible to pollution, according to a meta-analysis to be published in Ecology Letters.


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Wolves lose their predatory edge in mid-life, study shows

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Although most wolves in Yellowstone National Park live to be nearly six years old, their ability to kill prey peaks when they are two to three, according to a study led by Dan MacNulty and recently published ...


'McDonalization' of frogs

'McDonalization' of frogs: Frog fungus hammering biodiversity of communities

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Sometimes to see something properly, you have to stand farther back. This is true of Chuck Close portraits where a patchwork of many small faces changes into one giant face as you back away.


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Social networking study reveals threat to Tasmanian devils

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study into the social networks of Tasmanian devils may help prevent the further spread of an extinction-threatening disease. The research, published in Ecology Letters, has produced an intricate social ...


New study reveals unexpected relationship between climate warming and advancing treelines

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A new study reveals that treelines are not responding to climate warming as expected. The research, the first global quantitative assessment of the relationship between climate warming and treeline advance, is published in ...


Darwin's mystery explained

Biology / Evolution

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 15

The appearance of many species of flowering plants on Earth, and especially their relatively rapid dissemination during the Cretaceous (approximately 100 million years ago) can be attributed to their capacity to transform ...


Climate change may spell demise of key salt marsh constituent

Climate change may spell demise of key salt marsh constituent

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Global warming may exact a toll on salt marshes in New England, but new research shows that one key constituent of marshes may be especially endangered.


Theory provides more precise estimates of large-area biodiversity

Theory provides more precise estimates of large-area biodiversity

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Ask biologists how many species live in a pond, a grassland, a mountain range or on the entire planet, and the answers get increasingly vague. Hence the wide range of estimates for the planet's biodiversity, ...


Plants' internal clock can improve climate-change models

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The ability of plants to tell the time, a mechanism common to all living beings, enables them to survive, grow and reproduce. In a study published in the latest issue of the prestigious journal Ecology Letters, an international ...


Plant communication: Sagebrush engage in self-recognition and warn of danger

Plant communication: Sagebrush engage in self-recognition and warn of danger

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 4

"To thine own self be true" may take on a new meaning—not with people or animal behavior but with plant behavior.


Nature parks can save species as climate changes

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Retaining a network of wildlife conservation areas is vital in helping to save up to 90 per cent of bird species in Africa affected by climate change, according to scientists.


Natural pest control on conventional and organic farms

Natural pest control on conventional and organic farms

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created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of natural pest control on conventional and organic farms in the southwest has found no difference between the two systems.