Science news articles about 'ecological implications'

  • Study shows parasites outweigh predators

    ... predators, in some cases by a factor of 20. Their findings, which could have significant biomedical and ecological implications, appear in the July 24 issue of the science journal Nature. According ...
  • West Nile's North American Spread Described

    ... the rapid spread of West Nile virus in North America after 1999, and the long-term ecological implications of the pathogen seem likely to be substantial. Annual outbreaks continue, and more research ...
  • Plants' internal clock can improve climate-change models

    ... Letters, an international team has studied this circadian clock from a molecular viewpoint and has found an ecological implication: it makes climate change scenarios and CO2 level figures more ...
  • Like humans, ants use bacteria to make their gardens grow

    ... documented. However, the discovery of the nitrogen-fixing mutualism in ants has significant ecological implications given the dominance of ants in virtually all of the word's terrestrial ecosystems. ...

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