by admin | Aug 1, 2020 | Conservation, Evolution
In a paper published in Science in 1983, Stephen O’Brien, David Wildt, David Goldman, Carl Merril and Mitchell Bush showed that the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) had extremely low levels of genetic diversity, a pattern that they interpreted as resulting from a... by admin | Jul 23, 2020 | Evolution
In a landmark chapter published in 1972 in a book called Models in Paleobiology, Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould proposed, based on their observations of the fossil record, that evolution proceeds in short bursts of change separated by long periods of stasis, a... by admin | Jul 20, 2020 | Conservation, Ecology
In a paper published in Nature in 2001, Marten Scheffer, Steve Carpenter, Jonathan Foley, Carl Folke and Brian Walker reviewed the evidence for large-scale shifts between alternate stable states in different ecosystems, the patterns that emerge from such shifts, and... by admin | Jul 8, 2020 | Ecology
In a paper published in Ecology in 1992, Donald Strong reviewed the empirical literature on “actual” and “potential” trophic cascades, based on which he argued why trophic cascades are likely to be restricted to simple, low-diversity food webs.... by admin | Jun 25, 2020 | Behaviour, Evolution
In a paper published in Nature in 1997, Jan Komdeur, Serge Daan, Joost Tinbergen and Christa Mateman showed, through a combination of observation, experiment and genetic analysis, that, in the endemic and endangered Seychelles warbler, parents can manipulate sex ratio...