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 ...
Tag: Population Biology
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 ...
DNA-based technique allows researchers to determine age of living beluga whales in Alaska
Credit: Paul Wade, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center. NEWPORT, Ore. - Researchers can now determine the age and sex of ...
Deadly white-nose syndrome changed genes in surviving bats
Study has big implications for management of bat populationsCredit: Sarah Gignoux-Wolfsohn Scientists have found genetic differences between bats killed by ...
Hidden world just below the surface
Ocean surface slicks are pelagic nurseries for diverse fishesCredit: Credit: Larval photos: Jonathan Whitney (NOAA Fisheries), Slick photo: Joey Lecky ...
More mammals are being struck by aircraft each year
Credit: Samantha Ball Investigators have published a global review of mammal strikes with aircraft, noting that events have been increasing ...
Study challenges ecology’s ‘Field of Dreams’ hypothesis
Restoring habitat requires much more than just the right plantsCredit: Holly Jones, Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Ill. -- If you ...
Human activity forces animals to move 70% further to survive
World-first study shows episodic human events trigger animal movementCredit: The University of Sydney For the first time, scientists have calculated ...
Protecting UK insect populations post-Brexit
Credit: Bill Kunin, University of Leeds The health of the UK's insect populations is to be assessed by a new ...
Reindeer lichens are having more sex than expected
Genetic analysis shows that reindeer lichens reproduce sexually as opposed to asexually more often than researchers thoughtCredit: Marta Alonso-García In ...
Alpine plants at risk of extinction following disappearing glaciers
Credit: Frontiers Beyond the ski slopes, one of the most iconic symbols of the Alps are the alpine flowers. These ...
Listening to the call of the wild: Tracking deer movements using sound
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan -- In the marchland of Japan's Oze National Park, ...
Researchers use car collisions with deer to study mysterious animal-population phenomena
Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service LAWRENCE -- For at least a century, ecologists have wondered at the tendency for ...
Ocean toxin a heartbreaking threat for sea otters
Domoic acid raises risk of fatal heart disease for otters in a warming oceanCredit: Joe Tomoleoni Heart disease is a ...