Ecology and Evolutionary Biology News

Adaptation to freshwater and hatchery environments in Atlantic salmon
2021-01-14
Atlantic salmon populations are declining throughout their native range, which historically stretched from Long Island Sound, New York to northern Québec in the western Atlantic Ocean.

How to minimize the impacts of sensory pollution on animals
2020-05-04
A recent paper published in Nature Ecology & Evolution proposed a novel theoretical framework to identify the mechanisms behind sensory pollution (masking, distracting, misleading).

The road not taken: host infection status influences parasite host-choice
2020-01-15
Two roads diverged in a green pond And some parasites take the road less parasitized

Experiment in energy efficiency with Ross Reserve caretaker's cabin
2019-12-17
An experiment is underway in energy efficiency with caretaker's cabin.

Conservation and disease in tropical amphibians
2019-08-30
The fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has been associated with severe declines and extinctions of amphibians around the world.