PLoS One “Effects of Trophic Skewing of Species Richness on Ecosystem Functioning in a Diverse Marine Community“
A Minor Post, Articles, Community EcologyPLoS One “From Sensor Data to Animal Behaviour: An Oystercatcher Example” Miniaturization is going to make observing previously-unobservable animal behaviors possible.
A Minor Post, Articles, Behavior, Behavioral Ecology, Experiments (General)Science Now “Pumas Leave Table Scraps” This is an interesting story because it suggests that Pumas maintain strong ecological interaction strengths with not just their prey but also all these commensal species. This finding makes it a lot harder to discount top predators as simply consumers whose only role is in depleting prey populations: for Read More
A Minor Post, Commensalism, Community Ecology, Predation, WebThe New York Times “Our Animal Natures” I find it particularly interesting how domesticated animals find themselves in some of the same behavioral traps (addiction, self-harm, obsessive-compulsiveness) as domesticated humans. This certainly suggests that mismatch theory has some validity.
A Minor Post, Articles, Behavior, Mismatch theoryScience “Science for Sustainable Development” The distinction between “Sustainable Development Goals” and the “Millenium Development Goals” is interesting: adding sustainability and thus environmental concerns to these goals necessitates more direct action on the part of developed nations. I am also intrigued by the idea that in order to truly make a go at technologically averting Read More
A Minor Post, Economic sustainability, Public Policy, SustainabilityThe Christian Science Monitor “What killed the woolly mammoth? A whole bunch of things, say scientists“
A Minor Post, Articles, Extinction, Fossil DataScience “Fears of Damage to Great Barrier Reef Delay Mine“
A Minor Post, Articles, Biodiversity Loss, Habitat Destruction, Sustainable EnergyScienceNow “Aging Is Recorded in Our Genes“
A Minor Post, Articles, Genetics, SenescenceNature “The bonobo genome compared with the chimpanzee and human genomes” Nature News “‘Hippie chimp’ genome sequenced” ScienceNow “Bonobos Join Chimps as Closest Human Relatives“
A Minor Post, Articles, Human Evolution, Human Uniqueness, Phylogenetics, Primates, Primatology, WebWikipedia “Elinor Ostrom” The Huffington Post David Sloan Wilson blog “Farewell, Lin Ostrom” CHANS-Net blog “Elinor Ostrom leaves inspiring legacy“
A Minor Post, Cooperation, Cultural Anthropology, Obituary, Political Science, Social Science