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Studies have shown that many adult and immature insects are able to maintain body temperature well above, and often independently of, ambient temperat...

Equids are generalist herbivores that co-exist with bovids of similar body size in many ecosystems. There are two major hypotheses to explain their co...

A key element to African elephant [Loxodonta africana] conservation is monitoring how different forms of human activity influence elephant distributio...

The ability to track animals with Global Positioning System (GPS) collars opened an enormous potential for studying animal movements and behaviour in ...

Grants for wildlife enhancement in the British Isles, UK have supported the widespread planting of new hedges along field margins. However, much of th...

Theory predicts that the susceptibility of patches of plants to gene flow mediated by incoming pollinators will depend on the length of pollinator res...

Where biocontrol programmes for invasive plants are in place, only one-third are fully successful. Integrated weed management (IWM) emphasizes the use...

The ecto-parasitic mite Varroa destructor is a serious world-wide pest of the honeybee Apis mellifera and has being linked with the death of millions ...

Recent changes in land use have resulted in dramatic habitat loss for numerous species. More than 99% of the habitat for Fender's blue butterfly Icari...

When non-native species invade ecosystems, coevolved plant-animal interactions and associated ecological functions are altered, often to the detriment...