Ecology

  2011 JUL 1 - (VerticalNews.com) -- Data detailed in "Fine-scale movement decisions of tropical forest birds in a fragmented landscape" have been presented. "The persistence of forest-dependent species in fragmented landscapes is fundamentally linked to the movement of individuals among subpopulations. The paths taken by dispersing individuals can be considered a series of steps built from individual route choices," scientists in Edmonton, Canada report ...read more

  2011 JUL 1 - (VerticalNews.com) -- According to recent research published in the Russian Journal of Ecology, "The results of long-term studies (1985-2006) on the state of planktonic communities and their capacity for accumulation of radioactive contaminants in the cooling reservoir of the Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) have been summarized. The changes in the population density and biomass of planktonic organisms have been estimated in different water areas of the Beloyarsk Reservoir. ...read more

  2011 JUL 1 - (VerticalNews.com) -- According to recent research from Hohhot, People's Republic of China, "The forest communities in the Songshan National Nature Reserve (SNNR) of China were analyzed by using self-organizing map (SOM)."

  "Seven types of vegetation were defined by SOM, and represented the panorama of forest communities in the SNNR. The classification of samples and species contribution was consistent," wrote Suriguga and colleagues ...read more