News articles tagged with 'distribution' (Page 2)
Burmese pythons will find little suitable habitat outside South Florida
— 13 Aug 2008 12:32 | BiologyBurmese Pythons - one of the largest snakes in the world - may have chosen Florida as a vacation destination, but are unlikely to expand further, according to a study released 13 August…
Human impact on biodiversity
— 7 May 2008 17:00 | EnvironmentIn order to manage biodiversity, both today and in the future, it is crucial to understand the processes driving the observed natural patterns of species distributions. Mountain ranges…
Insects on coffee plants follow widespread natural tendency
— 23 Jan 2008 21:08 | BiologyEver since a forward-thinking trio of physicists identified the phenomenon known as self-organised criticality - a mechanism by which complexity arises in nature - scientists have been…
New genus of self-destructive palm found in Madagascar
— 17 Jan 2008 19:58 | BiologyA gigantic palm that flowers itself to death and exists as part of an entirely unique genus has been discovered in Madagascar; its name will be published in the Botanical Journal of…
Threatened birds may be rarer than range maps suggest
— 11 Dec 2007 20:29 | BiologyGeographic range maps that allow conservationists to estimate the distribution of birds may vastly overestimate the actual population size of threatened species and those with specific…
Present-day piranhas result from a marine incursion into the Amazon
— 3 Dec 2007 21:18 | BiologyPiranhas inhabit exclusively the fresh waters of South America. Their geographical distribution extends from the Orinoco River basin (Venezuela) to the North, down to that of the Parana…
Prehistoric aesthetics explains snail biogeography puzzle
— 18 Sep 2007 22:38 | BiologyThe answer to a mystery that long has puzzled biologists may lie in prehistoric Polynesians' penchant for pretty white shells, a research team headed by University of Michigan mollusc…
Drought sensitivity shapes species distribution patterns in tropical forests
— 15 May 2007 01:30 | EnvironmentLooking at a rainforest it is easy to see that there are hundreds of different tropical plant species that inhabit the forest. Although the patterns of plant distributions in tropical…