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Researchers make breakthrough in understanding species abundance
When it comes to predicting the abundance of a species, body size appears to be a fundamental and repeatable predictor, with ...
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Explaining General Patterns in Species Abundance and Distributions
Community ecology is the study of a set of species co-occurring at a given time and place. A central aim of community ecology is to understand how communities are organized by identifying ...
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U.S. butterfly population declined 22% in two decades
Although the researchers – who collaborated across the country – saw a 22% decline in the total number of butterflies, they ...
Bird species that do well in urban areas are more colorful and less brown, study finds
Researchers at the University of Granada and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence have demonstrated a link ...
Study shows huge declines in most butterfly species across continental US
A study compiled data from more than 76,000 butterfly surveys across the continental U.S. The declines seen in the last 20 years alarmed researchers.