Study in worms shows how genes linked to complexity in animals
...vantages over its relatives; for one, there's less competition for living space. "But no one has collected C. elegans strictly from a salty environment to see if indeed these worms thrive there to the exclusion of other Caenorhabditis species," Chamberlin said. "Quite frankly, the ecology of these wor...Coexistence of identical competitors: an old doctrine challenged
...Letters, is built upon the evolutionary local mate competition theory, which is empirically strongly supported for fig wasps. Zhang, Lin, and Hanski show how this mechanism leads to a demographic advantage to uncommon species, which helps identical competitors coexist. This prediction accords with the discovery...The ecological equivalent of Ellis Island: from ancestry to biodiversity
... theory stating that all species are equivalent in competition for resources. In a letter to Ecology Letters, Rampal Etienne and Han Olff from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands will present a novel framework for this theory in which they relate the current diversity of local ecological communities ...Converting research into commercial reality
...ks among the highest in the world. The aim of this competition is to help commercialise some of the best projects...ies Research Board have joined together to run the competition under the banner of Research Councils UK (RCUK). Lord Sainsbury said: "This competition highlights ...Should publicly funded research be free and available to the public?
...would be eligible. I hope we will see a productive competition between the Science and PloS publication models. But I know of no normative standard by which theirs or ours can lay special claim to the moral high ground. Donald Kennedy, editor-in-chief of Science magazine, is president emeritus and Bing Profe...Rice bioengineer wins international design contest
...e general public from more than 30 countries. "The competition for this award was tremendous, so I am extremely honored to have been selected the grand prize winner," said Liebschner, director of Rice's Computational and Experimental Biomechanics Laboratory. "This award reflects well on all of the talented stude...Sarah Staples and Daniel Grossman win 2004 AIBS media awards
...nt and broadcast media. The judges for this year's competition were: DAVID MALAKOFF David Malakoff is a journalist for Science magazine in Washington, DC, covering research discoveries and the politics of science. His beats include the White House science advisor's office, Congress, and several military and ...Undisturbed Amazonian forests are changing, say scientists
...ing the forests, leading to faster growth and more competition among trees for light, water, and soil nutrients. Under these conditions, big, fast-growing species of trees probably have an advantage over small, slower-growing trees. "Sadly, this could be a signal that the forest's ecology is changing in fundamen...New environmental journalism website holds more than 700 articles in three languages
...eporting Award (BDRA), an environmental journalism competition held in six countries, launched its revamped websi...e Award has grown every year. During the 2004, the competition will be held in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Madagascar and Peru. Also this year, Brazil will ...Natural enemies help scientists untangle tropical forest food webs
...s that result parallel those caused by traditional competition for food, hence the name given to the effect: 'app...hile scientists have carried out tests of apparent competition along coastal shorelines and in laboratory systems, manipulative experiments on insect communities i...Five Marine Conservation leaders receive world's top award from Pew Institute for Ocean Science
... for Ocean Science, which houses the program. "The competition for these prestigious awards is intense, and the honor for each one is well-deserved." ...East Texas feral hog numbers skyrocketed in last decade
...e, livestock depredation, disease transmission and competition for food withlivestock and wildlife." On the flip-side, however, many hunters see feral hogs as an extremely populargame species. Another Extension survey done in 1993 reported hog hunters paid in a range of $25-$1000 for a hog hunt with the averag...HHMI commits more than $30 million to help reverse brain drain, beat infectious diseases
...irst infectious diseases and parasitology research competition in 2000, 45 scientists in 20 countries received grants to study the basic biological mechanisms underlying diseases that disproportionately affect the world's poorest people. Approximately half of the grant recipients were from developing countries. ...Rutgers ecologists and Brooklyn Botanic Garden botanists to plan Beijing Olympics Forest Park
... selected as the winning team in the international competition to design the new Forest Park for the 2008 Beijing...tats. They received the Award of Excellence in the competition for the natural landscaping of the 2,200 acre site--about three times the size of New York City's Ce...Citizens asked to monitor impact of invasive bird species
...ulations of house sparrows have resulted in fierce competition with native birds for nesting sites. According to...ere are no long-term studies showing the effect of competition between house sparrows and our native cavity-nesters. This is one reason why we're asking everyone a...DELTA mission and ESA astronaut dock with ISS
...ant growth experiment. These were the winners of a competition organised by the Dutch government through the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. Kuipers will also undertake the first part of an educational experiment called Seeds in Space, in which tens of thousands of schoolchildren are directly involve...BioTime awarded NIH grant to aid Hetacool development
...gn regulatory approval to market BioTime products; competition from products manufactured and sold or being developed by other companies; the price of and demand for BioTime products; the availability of ingredients used in BioTime products; and the availability of reimbursement for the cost of BioTime products ...When plants need ants' help, bigger is better
...e plant's seeds are dispersed far enough to reduce competition between the seedlings and their parent. The further the seeds are dispersed, the better chance the seedlings have of making it to adulthood. Such ant-plant mutualisms are common and include such plants as sacred datura in the Southwest and violets an...World's oldest modern hummingbirds described in Science
...o clear answer. Mayr, however, suspects ecological competition with other birds or with insects....Model shows long-held constant in ocean nutrient ratio may vary as ecological conditions change
... depending on the ecological scenarios that affect competition for resources among microscopic marine plants, whi...tions one with few resources because of increased competition and the other with abundant nutrients researchers determined the optimal strategies that phytoplank...