An ecological theory may help to explain why segregation is so widespread and persistent in US cities, according to a paper published today in Buildings and Cities. The new way of framing ...
As agriculture in the United States evolves, it’s becoming more intensive and less complex. That means larger fields, more cropland and less crop diversity with fewer crops in rotation. Ecological ...
Different species almost always coexist -- whether it's big animals on the plains, bugs in a jungle or yeasts in flower nectar -- but how that works is complicated. Now, researchers have teased apart ...
Successful control of invasive plants can have unexpected effects on native plants and wildland systems. Therefore, it is important for managers of invasive species to be concerned with ecological ...
The study covered in this summary was published on medRxiv.org as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. The factors pertaining to and the potential underlying causes for the underperformance ...
The researchers apply a new approach to understand human-black bear conflicts in Durango, Colorado. Successfully limiting human-wildlife conflicts requires an understanding of the roles of both animal ...
Boats ply a lake in Dinghu Mountain National Nature Reserve in Zhaoqing, Guangdong province, in October 2019. HE RONG/FOR CHINA DAILY International experts have praised President Xi Jinping's concept ...
Along with feeding the hungry, clothing the naked and visiting the sick, Pope Francis has proposed adding a new Christian work of mercy: caring for the environment. Francis announced his “green agenda ...
In the past decade, evolutionary paleoecology has shifted away from corroborative research of the "me-too-ecology" type toward its proper domain-the evolutionary consequences of ecological properties, ...