by admin | Jan 14, 2018 | Behaviour, Ecology
In 1965, Christopher Perrins published a paper in the Journal of Animal Ecology, reporting the results of his study on the population biology of the Great Tit in Wytham Woods, a site made famous by the work initiated by David Lack, Christopher Perrin’s PhD... by admin | Jan 10, 2018 | Behaviour, Conservation, Evolution
In 1997, Ole Seehausen, Jacques van Alphen and Frans Witte published a paper in Science providing evidence for a novel route through which eutrophication can reduce species diversity. Species of cichlid fish in Lake Victoria are capable of interbreeding, but mate... by admin | Jan 2, 2018 | Behaviour, Evolution
In a paper published in Folia Primatologica in 1974, Sarah Blaffer Hrdy reported the findings of her field study on Hanuman Langurs in India that suggested that infant-killing by male langurs was a reproductive strategy. Forty-two years after the paper was published,... by admin | Jan 1, 2018 | Behaviour
In 1974, Burney Le Boeuf published a paper in American Zoologist that described his field behavioural studies on the role of competition in determining reproductive success of elephant seals on Año Nuevo Island, California. Forty-two years after the paper was... by admin | Dec 31, 2017 | Evolution
In a 2006 paper in Science, Peter and Rosemary Grant provided evidence that demonstrated a character displacement event in a Galapagos finch species. This was, probably, the first such documentation of character displacement in the wild. Ten years after the paper was...