News tagged with ecology
New research discovers worker bees in 'reproductive class war' with queen
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Bee colonies are well known for high levels of cooperation, but new research published in Molecular Ecology demonstrates a conflict for reproduction between worker bees and their Queens, leading some workers to selfishly exploi ...
Do the media lead entrepreneurs astray?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 26, 2009 |
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If you're looking for reliable information, then you won't necessarily find it in the newspaper. According to Dr. Susan Glover from the University of California in the US, public information from both informal and written ...
Bats without borders: World's largest bats need international protection
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Without at least a temporary reprieve from hunting, the world's largest species of fruit bat, Pteropus vampyrus or the "large flying fox", could be driven to extinction in Peninsular Malaysia at the current hunting rate, ...
Scientists shed new light on behavior of shark 'tweens' and 'teenagers'
Aug 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A long-term field and DNA study by the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University, University of Miami, Field Museum of Chicago and others has shown that young lemon ...
Seeing the tree from the forest: Predicting the future of plant communities
Aug 21, 2009 |
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The ability to envisage the future may be closer than you would think. A recent paper by Sean Hammond and Karl Niklas in the August 2009 issue of the American Journal of Botany presents an algorithm that m ...
Social networking study reveals threat to Tasmanian devils
Aug 19, 2009 |
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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
Aug 13, 2009 |
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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 ...
Restoring a natural root signal helps to fight a major corn pest
Aug 03, 2009 |
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A longstanding and fruitful collaboration between researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland, together with contributions from colleagues in ...
Disease threat may change how frogs mate
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Dr Amber Teacher, studying a post-doctorate at Royal Holloway, University of London, has discovered evidence that a disease may be causing a behavioural change in frogs. The research, published in the August edition of Molecular Ec ...
Putting Plankton in Perspective, from Sea to Sky (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- From the time he was 21 and working toward his Ph.D., Mike Behrenfeld has been observing phytoplankton -- floating ocean plants that have a global impact. Observing these tiny plants under ...
Darwin's mystery explained
Jul 14, 2009 |
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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 ...
Was SIDS the cause of infant deaths even 150 years ago?
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Nineteenth century infant deaths attributed to smothering and overlaying, by either a co-sleeper or bedding, were in all likelihood crib deaths, or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). These deaths would have been mislabeled ...
Climate change may spell demise of key salt marsh constituent
Jul 13, 2009 |
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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
Jul 09, 2009 |
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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, ...
'Invisible hand' guides evolution of cooperative turn-taking, research shows
Jul 09, 2009 |
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It's not just good manners to wait your turn -- it's actually down to evolution, according to new research by University of Leicester psychologists.
