Twenty-five years of MORPH: how one flexible bird model reshaped ecology forecasting
A new review distils roughly 25 years of lessons from the individual-based model MORPH, which has been applied to 30 ...
Tag: habitat loss
Climate change could strip the wild olive of most of its Mediterranean habitat by 2080
An ensemble species distribution model projects that highly suitable habitat for the Mediterranean wild olive could shrink by more than ...
Perception and Practice Diverge in Bariloche’s Urban Forest Wildlife Study
A survey of Bariloche residents found strong recognition of charismatic Patagonian wildlife but widespread mismatches between perceived threats and everyday ...
Four threatened vulture species persist in Ethiopian city, wet season counts surge
Four globally threatened vulture species are living out at least part of their lives in the middle of a fast-growing ...
Large New Grasshopper Species Discovered in Central Tanzania’s Vanishing Miombo Woodlands
A new, unusually large grasshopper species, Neoleva magna, has been described from miombo woodlands in Central Tanzania and distinguished from ...
Biological corridors promise connectivity, but a review finds their definitions and monitoring still lag
A review in BioRisk finds that biological corridors remain hampered by inconsistent definitions, limited monitoring and gaps in adaptive forest ...
Global review projects shorebird losses from sea-level rise
A global review of 37 studies projects negative effects of sea-level rise on shorebird habitat and populations, with coastal development ...
Brazil’s presidents steered three decades of forest loss, satellite maps reveal
A University of Cambridge-led satellite analysis of three decades and seven presidencies finds that Brazilian election outcomes were directly linked ...
Exotic gecko acquitted: urban sprawl, not competition, drove Paraguay’s native lizard decline
A new ecological analysis finds that the exotic house gecko Hemidactylus mabouia did not outcompete Paraguay's native skink Notomabuya frenata, ...
Three Rare Plants Join the IUCN Red List as Botanists Sound the Alarm on Desert and Alpine Endemics
New IUCN assessments classify two Uzbek desert endemics as Endangered and a recently described Italian bellflower as Near Threatened, documenting ...
New weevil species discovered in Portugal’s vanishing ancient oak forests
A new weevil species, Anchonidium selvanum, has been discovered in the threatened ancient oak forests of northern Portugal and formally ...
Hidden Weevil of Portugal’s Oak Forests Revealed With First Ericaceae Host Record for Hyperinae
A field study in northern Portugal confirms the heather Erica umbellata as the host plant of the little-known weevil Donus ...
Nowhere to hide: climate models expose conservation gaps for an extremely rare cave beetle
An Ensemble of Small Models reveals that a rare troglobitic rove beetle genus in southwest China faces severe climate-driven habitat ...
Climate change could strip Vietnam’s spiny frog of nearly all its habitat, model warns
Species distribution modeling projects that Vietnam's endemic Mau Son Spiny Frog could lose over 78 percent of its suitable habitat ...
Rival Flycatchers Team Up in Paraguay’s Vanishing Grasslands
Field observations in southern Paraguay document the first repeated associations between two Vulnerable tyrant flycatchers, revealing coordinated foraging, shared perches, ...
Roads, Fires and Bulldozers Threaten One of Bulgaria’s Richest Reptile Hotspots
A 22-year dataset of more than 10,000 records reveals that southeastern Bulgaria's Sakar Mountains and Dervent Heights host roughly half ...
Climate models reveal two tropical bats facing sharply different futures
New ecological niche modeling shows the frugivorous bat Vampyrodes major may keep nearly all its suitable habitat through 2060, while ...
Habitat Loss Weakens Nestling Immunity in Tropical Birds
In a groundbreaking study published in Scientific Naturalists, researchers have unveiled a critical connection between habitat degradation and immune function ...
