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ecology
2025-01-10 @ 17.12.11 ∈ In English
Bird deaths plummet at Chicago’s McCormick Place Lakeside Center after safety film installed
The initial results are in at Lakeside Center, following the application of bird-safe film to the building's windows: Crash fatalities were down more than 90% this fall, according to Willard, who has been monitoring the site regularly since 1982.
2024-12-23 @ 19.01.12 ∈ In English
New study documents evolution of fast-growing, fish-eating herring in Baltic Sea
Atlantic and Baltic herring are typical plankton-eating fish of central importance for the northern Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea ecosystems. A new study […] documents the discovery of the evolution of genetically distinct, fish-eating herring in the Baltic Sea, a young water body that has only existed since the end of the last glaciation.
2024-12-18 @ 16.40.26 ∈ In English
2024-12-08 @ 11.33.53 ∈ In English
(Preprint from a month ago)
Female Moths Incorporate Plant Acoustic Emissions into Their Oviposition Decision-Making Process
We found that the female moths preferred to lay eggs in proximity to plant acoustic signals. Interestingly, when actual plants were added to the setup, the oviposition preference was reversed and they preferred silent plants, rather than plants associated with dehydration sounds. Deafening the moths eliminated their preference confirming that the choice was based on acoustics.
2024-12-06 @ 8.13.57 ∈ In English
Entirely new mushroom species discovered in Sweden - Uppsala University
A researcher at Uppsala University has discovered four new mushrooms for science, three of which are found in Sweden – where they are already threatened with extinction. It is a case of hidden species diversity in the group of hydnoid fungi.
2024-11-23 @ 19.01.55 ∈ Suomeksi
2024-11-20 @ 17.53.38 ∈ In English
Can sown wildflowers compensate for cities’ lack of natural meadows to support pollinating insects?
There was [no] difference between the meadow types concerning the species richness of butterflies, bees, and hoverflies. The number of butterflies was twice as high in natural meadows than it was in sown floral meadows, however.
2024-11-20 @ 13.47.24 ∈ In English
A bit of bling helps insects dazzle their predators, high-speed camera study shows
It turns out that jumping spiders are worse at tracking and attacking shiny targets than matte targets or those that match the background. [Their] attacks were the equivalent of two target widths further away from shiny targets.
