The study of biotic and abiotic factors and the relationships between them.
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Can jellyfish improve Black Sea environment?
According to this study, cited by many popular science magazines, jellyfish and other, smaller animals can contribute to the vertical ocean stir as much as currents do.
Black Sea chemistry and ...
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Does artificial high intensity light damage permanently dark ecosystems?
Popular science features on wildlife typically capture camera images using natural light, or high-speed exposures. This is not possible where the ambient light is extremely poor.
E.g. Caves, Undersea
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Food Intake versus ability to flee among birds, particularly the hummingbird?
Logically speaking, if a hummingbird drinks too much nectar, it will be temporarily overweight and less able or unable to fly to escape danger. However if the same hummingbird doesn't drink enough ...
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In which month should I map maritime vegetation?
I'm studying habitat use by Brent Goose in the UK, a species that feeds on maritime vegetation. It's main food types are Zostera sp., Ruppia sp., Ulva / Enteromorpha sp. and Puccinellia sp. I plan to ...
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Does preservation in ethanol alter leaf litter mass?
I have benthic samples that were collected with an Ekman dredge from some small ponds. The samples contain quite a bit of coarse particulate organic matter (CPOM, basically dead leaves). I would ...
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To what extent is immature eggs in insects (beetles) a good approximation for maximum fecundity?
To what extent is the number of immature eggs from dissected, newly emerged individuals a reasonable approximation for maximum/potential fecundity in insects (more specifically beetles)? I know that ...
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What controls the southern range of willows?
Many willows (Salix spp.) grow in northern states but do not grow in southern states, for example Salix viminalis.
What mechanisms control the southern range of temperate hardwoods such as willow? Is ...
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Change in conditions of an ecosystem lead to change in organisms
Let's think about the slash and burn method and its effects on the ecosystem.
Cutting down trees that rise all the way up to the canopy would expose the plants at ground level to more light, so would ...
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Are there precedents for considering that the coral reef biome has higher biodiversity than rain forests?
I've found conflicting references on which biomes are the most biodiverse ones.
Also, which are the measures of biodiversity? Average number of different species per volume?
