Journal of Biogeography, Vol. 38, No. 5 (May 2011), pp. 817-827 (11 pages) Aim: To evaluate the evolutionary conservatism of coarse-resolution Grinnellian (or scenopoetic) ecological niches. Location: ...

In ecology, a niche is a term describing the relational position of a species or population in an ecosystem. More formally, the niche includes how a population responds to the abundance of its ...

The behavioural ecologist Professor Dr. Oliver Krüger from Bielefeld University is the speaker; the evolutionary biologist Professor Dr. Joachim Kurtz from the University of Münster, assumes the role ...

New study argues that the greatest defining feature of our species is not 'symbolism' or dramatic cognitive change but rather its unique ecological position as a global 'general specialist' It has ...

ABSTRACT. Humans influence and depend on natural systems worldwide, creating complex societal-ecological feedbacks that make it difficult to assess the long-term sustainability of contemporary human ...

A land animals' ecological niche is a strong predictor of pupil shape, a new analysis has found. Species with pupils that are vertical slits are more likely to be ambush predators that are active both ...

For centuries, poets, philosophers and scientists have debated why humans spend as much as a third of their lives asleep. For Shakespeare, sleep was the "balm of hurt minds" -- denied to murderers ...