by admin | Jul 18, 2023 | Behaviour, Evolution
In a paper published in Animal Behaviour in 1984, Michael Taborsky presented a cost-benefit analysis of helping behaviour in the cichlid fish Lamprologus brichardi. In this species, individuals of earlier broods stay on in their parents’ territories and... by admin | Nov 12, 2022 | Behaviour, Conservation, Ecology
In a paper published in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society in 1983, AJT Johnsingh reported the findings of his study on large mammalian predators and prey in Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Karnataka. This study formed part of Johnsingh’s PhD dissertation... by admin | Jun 28, 2022 | Conservation, Ecology
In a paper published in PNAS in 1992, RJ Ranjit Daniels, NV Joshi and Madhav Gadgil reported that bird richness declined with increasing woody plant diversity and vertical stratification in natural evergreen forests in Uttara Kannada district of the Western Ghats,... by admin | Apr 24, 2022 | Conservation
In an article published in World Watch magazine in 2004, Mac Chapin critiqued the work and style of functioning of three big conservation NGOS — World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Conservation International (CI), and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) — , especially in... by admin | Nov 6, 2021 | Evolution
In a paper published in Nature in 1990, Axel Meyer, Thomas Kocher, Pereti Basasibwaki, and Allan Wilson, using mitochondrial DNA sequences, provided evidence in support of a monophyletic origin of the cichlid diversity in Lake Victoria. Whats more, they found that the...