Predi-COVID preliminary results
The Luxembourgish cohort study shows encouraging participation rates and sees its protocol published in international peer-reviewed journalCredit: @LIH The study ...
Tag: Population Biology
Scientists map and forecast apex predator populations at unprecedented scale
Credit: Staffan Widstrand Photography Where the wild things are: Scientists map and forecast apex predator populations at unprecedented scale. Researchers ...
The first detection of marine fish DNA in sediment sequences going back 300 years
Can sedimentary DNA technology track the long-term dynamics of macro-organism species?Credit: Michinobu Kuwae, CMES, Ehime University Long-term variability in the ...
Host genetic factors shape composition of virus communities
Credit: Mikko Immonen Plants can be infected by multiple viruses at once. However, the composition of the pathogen community varies, ...
Eco-engineered tiles enhance marine biodiversity on seawalls in Hong Kong and beyond
Credit: City University of Hong Kong A joint-study led by a team of marine ecologists from City University of Hong ...
The biggest trees capture the most carbon: Large trees dominate carbon storage in forests
Large-diameter trees make up 3% of total stems, but account for 42% of total carbon storage in Pacific Northwest forest ...
Crown-of-thorns eat themselves out of house and home
Credit: Morgan Pratchett. A world-first study on the Great Barrier Reef shows crown-of-thorns starfish have the ability to find their ...
Europe took centre-stage in global spread of the coronavirus, says new research
A collaboration between genome researchers at the University of Huddersfield and Portugal's University of Minho, has led to one of ...
Genomic data ‘catches corals in the act’ of speciation and adaptation
Credit: Forsman, et al. (2020) A new study led by the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's Hawai'i Institute of Marine ...
Future lake food webs in subarctic have more biomass and contain more omega-3 fatty acids
Credit: Kimmo Kahilainen & Brian Hayden Subarctic regions are facing rapid changes in climate and land-use intensity. An international research ...
Habitat loss is bad news for species – especially for top predators
Credit: Anna Nilsen/Linköping University Scientists at Linköping University, Sweden, have simulated what happens in ecosystems when the habitats of different ...
Cucurbit downy mildew pathogen has two genetically distinct host-adapted clades
Credit: E. C. Wallace, K. N. D'Arcangelo, and L. M. Quesada-Ocampo Cucurbit downy mildew is a devastating disease for the ...
Biodiversity monitoring programmes need a culture of collaboration
Integration of contributors promotes the quantity and quality of dataCredit: André Künzelmann/UFZ Ecological monitoring is the recording of biological diversity ...
Vampire bats social distance when they get sick
Credit: Sherri and Brock Fenton/Behavioral Ecology A new paper in Behavioral Ecology, published by Oxford University Press, finds that wild ...
Hidden losses deep in the Amazon rainforest
Credit: Vitek Jirinec, LSU Few places on Earth are as rich in biodiversity and removed from human influence as the ...
Endangered vaquita remain genetically healthy even in low numbers, new analysis shows
Study found no sign of inbreeding or 'extinction vortex' often linked to small populationsCredit: Vaquita CPR The critically endangered vaquita ...
The effects of wildfires and spruce beetle outbreaks on forest temperatures
Credit: Dr. Carlson Results from a study published in the Journal of Biogeography indicate that wildfires may play a role ...
More than ‘just a fish’ story
MU study will help fisheries management of a popular game fish -- the smallmouth bass.Credit: University of Missouri For recreational ...
Early-arriving endangered Chinook salmon take the brunt of sea lion predation
Credit: LE Baskow The Columbia River is home to one of the West Coast's most important Chinook salmon runs. Through ...
Mystery over decline in sea turtle sightings
Credit: Rod Penrose, MEM The number of sea turtles spotted along the coasts of the UK and Ireland has declined ...