Ecology, The Environment and Conservation
This complex theme deals primarily with interactions between organisms and the environmental factors that impact them, but to a greater extent between individual inanimate environmental factors.
innovations-report offers informative reports and articles on topics such as climate protection, landscape conservation, ecological systems, wildlife and nature parks and ecosystem efficiency and balance.
Secrets of cooperation between trees and fungi revealed
Their delicate balance is now being revealed for the very first time. VIB researchers at Ghent University in colaboration with an international team have…
National Zoo scimitar-horned oryx going into the wild
The oryx, along with eight others from American and European zoos, was sent to Tunisia in December 2007 for an eventual reintroduction into the wild, where…
Scientists find mercury threatens next generation of loons
The results of the 18-year study on loons—a species symbolic of northern lakes and wilderness—appear in the most recent edition of Ecotoxicology.“This study…
Lowly Icelandic midges reveal ecosystem's tipping points
At their peak, it is difficult to breathe without inhaling the bugs, which hatch and emerge from the lake in blizzard-like proportions. After their short adult…
Hibernation-like behaviour in Antarctic fish – on ice for winter
The study showed that the fish activate a seasonal ‘switch’ in ecological strategy – going from one that maximises feeding and growth in summer to another that…
Warming Climate May Cause Arctic Tundra to Burn
The findings, published this week in the online journal, PLoS ONE, are important given the potential for tundra fires to release organic carbon – which could…