Questions tagged [habitat]
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What species of bird is this?
We found this fledgling (location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa) under a tree next to the road (the tree's branches are high up, so we could not put it back into the tree). We are trying ...
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How can metagenomic analysis be used to determine the native habitat of a bacterial species?
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A native habitat refers to the natural environment in which a particular species or organism has evolved and to which it is best adapted.
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How are sewage, sludge and wastewater natural environments?
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Acinetobacter species can be isolated from such natural environments
as surface water, wastewater and sewage, healthy human skin, plant,
animal and food material as well as domestic appliances.
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Why does the Puma Concolor live mostly near the mountain range in Argentina and not in other places of it, when in other countries lives everywhere?
I was watching the Puma Concolor habitat in Argentina, and it lives mostly in the mountain range with a small part in the North and in the middle,
Puma Area
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How should I analyze proportional community data, in respect to habitat variables?
I want to analyze how the proportions of groups of species in a biological community correlated to habitat variables. I have 6 functional groups, defined by their similar traits, and I want to know ...
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What is the deepest living underground organism?
A quick search reveals Halicephalobus mephisto which was
detected in ore recovered from deep rock fracture water in several gold mines in South Africa [...] 3.6 km (2.2 mi) under the surface of the ...
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Habitat requirements of black ant Lasius niger
Does anyone know of any published information on the maximum slope angle and/or minimum soil depth on which the black ant Lasius niger will build its nests? I have read that they won't nest on "a ...
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What global habitat classification systems are there?
I am an IT guy, not a biologist or ecologist, but have ended up with (roughly) the task "given this Latitude/Longitude pair, return the 'habitat' at that location". The points of interest in ...
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Source for Specific Models of Birds' Habitat Suitability
This source gives a very detailed analysis of what habitats are best suited for many different species. However, this is a government funded project and, to the best of my knowledge, not published in ...
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Which animal dug this 5 cm diameter hole deep into mud and build a large mound around it?
I noticed the large structure below today at the edge of a very small pond in northern Taiwan lowlands. It is June and it has rained a bit the past few days, and this 15 cm mud dome with a 5 cm ...
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Is anything known about the speed with which viruses spread geographically in R. affinis (or at least bats in general)?
RaTG13, which is the closest known relative of SARS-CoV-2 at full genome level, was sampled (just) in a R. affinis (bat) specimen in Yunnan Province... which is about 1,500 km away from Hubei, the ...
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Unidentified Spider
Apologies for the rubbish quality of the image, but I found this spider while in the shower. I’m not exactly sure what species it is and wonder if someone can help me out.
I live in southeast ...
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Are PVC&PET bacteria found inside homes?
I am interested in weather PVC and PET eating bacteria can be found inside people's homes. The PET consuming ones were found in or near plastic waste dumps or in the ocean, but would they also have ...
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Why are there few quail any more in the Northeast of the US?
I currently live in southeast New Hampshire and was reading a history of my town and it describes the landscape as having a lot of quail and even partridges. The book said children going to school ...
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Does a bird nest out of its breeding range?
I have a book by the Audubon Society on building bird houses and for each bird they show a breeding, wintering and all year range.
Do the birds only breed in their breeding range, or in both breeding ...
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Do hornets return to the same nest after winter each year?
I have what I think is a hornet nest on the soffit of my house.
The nest has been removed, however, the hornets keep rebuilding. Also, they have started to swarm the sewer vent pipe (not shown in ...
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Is it possible to guide animals to a new breeding ground?
(This is a question for a book I'm working on.)
One of the threats to some animal species is the disappearance of breeding grounds (because of the spreading human population, or for example because ...
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Basic behaviour patterns of animals for a modeling project?
I am working on a project (a tool) for my GIS class that models natural habitat of an animal based on landcovers, distance to the nearest watersource and distance from developed area in Kansas, USA. I ...
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Does the process of photosynthesis occur in insectivorous plants? [closed]
Does the process of photosynthesis occur in insectivorous plants?
Can you please give me a clear answer and explain to me how?
and also can you describe the environment in which they grow ?
Thank you
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Does the edge effect promote biodiversity?
I define the edge effect as:
A term used to describe what occurs at habitat boundaries where two bordering communities influence one another.
My question is whether it generally leads to an increase ...
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Preferred criteria for new bee colony location
As a human I want a house with a roof, indoor plumbing, bug free, and make my wife happy. I don't want to drive too far to work, and it has to be well-suited for offspring.
What are the criteria ...
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How does life change when you dig deeper?
I've just realized that I have no idea what life / biotopes / soil looks like when you dig deeper than a few meters.
I know that in the first meter of soil you can find all sorts of live animals (...
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Negative association between habitat quality and reproductive success in birds
I'm looking for bird studies that have found either a negative correlation or no correlation between habitat quality and reproductive success.
Or in other words, bird studies that have found that ...
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Limited space for animals - how is that bad?
I am writing an English paper wherein I have to appeal for change in the way humans treat wildlife. I was initially given a situation wherein I took a ferry in a certain area and saw a dead baby ...
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How does the ideal free distribution work?
I have recently completed a study on Brent Goose. I found that Brent Geese occupy high quality habitat first then once this is full of geese, they fill up low quality habitat. However, there were ...
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