by admin | Sep 27, 2020 | Conservation, Ecology, Evolution
In a paper published in Ecological Applications in 1993, Nancy Collins Johnson showed, experimentally, that fertilization of soil leads to the selection of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) fungi that are inferior mutualists. Johnson found that fertilization, both, alters... by admin | Sep 24, 2020 | Conservation, Ecology
In a paper published in Ecology in 1985, David Wilcove provided experimental evidence in support of the idea that nest predation could be the cause for the decline of migratory songbirds in small woodlots in North America. Using fresh quail eggs places in artificial... by admin | Sep 20, 2020 | Ecology
In a paper published in the Journal of Biogeography in 2001, Robert Whittaker, Katherine Willis and Richard Field attempted to develop a “general, hierarchical theory of species diversity” that overcame what they saw as weaknesses of diversity theory at... by admin | Sep 19, 2020 | Behaviour, Evolution
In a paper published in Evolution in 1982, Mark Kirkpatrick showed, theoretically, that strong female mating preference for a male trait that reduces viability is neither selected for or against, but the mating advantage it provides to the males it prefers can lead to... by admin | Sep 7, 2020 | Ecology, Evolution
In a paper published in The American Naturalist in 1972, Joan Roughgarden presented a model to predict the course of evolution in a population containing individuals of different types of ecological specialization and put it to test using field data on a species of...