Ecology, The Environment and Conservation

This complex theme deals primarily with interactions between organisms and the environmental factors that impact them, but to a greater extent between individual inanimate environmental factors.

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How red tide knocks out its competition

Marine algae fight other species of algae for nutrients and light, and, ultimately, survival. The algae that cause red tides, the algal blooms that color blue…

Parasites fail to halt European bumblebee invasion of the UK

The study, published today (Wednesday 4th June 2014) in the Journal of Animal Ecology, shows that tree bumblebees have rapidly spread despite them carrying…

UGA ecologists provide close-up of coral bleaching event

New research by University of Georgia ecologists sheds light on exactly what happens to coral during periods of excessively high water temperatures. Their…

Helping Nature Conserve Water: Green Infrastructure

But, as cities developed on former forest and prairie land, humans engineered ways to “manage” the water flow. However, many cities realize that working with…

Breaking down barriers – An appeal to conserve migratory ungulates in Mongolia´s grasslands

The scientists recommend reconciling the rapid infrastructure development that is currently taking place in Mongolia with the needs of migratory species, such…

Eradicating invasive species sometimes threatens endangered ones

In results of a study published this week in the journal Science, researchers at the University of California, Davis, examine one such conundrum now taking…

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