Researchers demonstrate new method to track genetic diversity of salmon, trout
Credit: Loretta Ellenburg, USFS PNW Research Station. CORVALLIS, Ore. - Scientists at Oregon State University and the U.S. Forest Service ...
Tag: Population Biology
Researchers ‘cautiously optimistic’ about desert bighorn sheep recovery in Mojave Desert
Credit: Rachel Crowhurst, Oregon State University. CORVALLIS, Ore. - Desert bighorn sheep in the Mojave National Preserve in California and ...
Ten lessons from the virus crisis
How some rich countries failed, and why -- studyCredit: Flinders University A mixture of smaller countries led by New Zealand, ...
The distribution of vertebrate animals redefines temperate and cold climate regions
Credit: Icelab at Umeå University The distribution of vegetation is routinely used to classify climate regions worldwide, yet whether these ...
How location dictates biological clocks of species: Study in beetles offers new insights
Scientists explore geographical variation in the biological clock of a new model organism, the Japanese red flour beetleCredit: 2021 Okayama ...
New revelations of tiger genomes
Tiger genomes reveal signatures of population bottlenecks, recent divergence between subspecies, local adaptation, and ongoing impacts of fragmentationCredit: Ranthambore Tiger ...
Drone-based photogrammetry: A reliable and low-cost method for estimating plant biomass
Credit: Photo credit: Lane Scher. Remote sensing technology has become a vital tool for scientists over the past several decades ...
New study reveals biodiversity important at regional scales
Findings from long-term, landscape-level analyses can help enhance conservationCredit: © C. Patrick/VIMS. New research shows that biodiversity is important not ...
Study finds even the common house sparrow is declining
Citizen scientists provide the research dataCredit: Donald Metzner, courtesy Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Ithaca, NY--The European House Sparrow has a ...
Infectious disease causes long-term changes to frog’s microbiome
Credit: Andrea Jani Just as beneficial microbes in the human gut can be affected by antibiotics, diet interventions and other ...
Genetic markers show Pacific albacore intermingle across equator
Credit: Felix Vaux, Oregon State University NEWPORT, Ore. - Analyzing thousands of genetic markers in albacore tuna from the Pacific ...
Desexing cats before 4 months old can reduce the number of unwanted kittens
Credit: City University of Hong Kong The global problem of unowned domestic cats, driven by the cats' phenomenal reproductive success, ...
Mapping hotspots of undersized fish and crustaceans may aid sustainable fishing practices
Credit: G. Milisenda and coathors A new study in Frontiers in Marine Science provides a first-of-its-kind evaluation of which regions ...
SSRgenotyper: A new tool to digitally genotype simple sequence repeats
Credit: Lewis, D. H., D. E. Jarvis, and P. J. Maughan. 2020. SSRgenotyper: A simple sequence repeat genotyping application for ...
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