The curve-fitting problem. The choice of the most plausible hypothesis is based on an arbitrary balance between goodness-of-fit and simplicity criteria. The red curve is the simplest, indicating a linear relationship between the two variables, but also the worst-fit. The...
Figure 1. The towed-diver survey method. Graphics credit: NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD).
By Gareth J. Williams, Eoghan A. Aston, Andrew J. Davies, Jamison M. Gove
Landscape ecological theory, applied to the marine realm, can...
by Chloe Bracis
Animal movements are linked to both quotidian activities as well as larger questions of survival and reproduction. For example, one might think of an animal moving to locate food, or, on the other side of the coin, moving to avoid...
By Luis Gimenez Noya
Patterns of distribution of organisms have been traditionally interpreted as resulting from the balance of reproduction and mortality. However, populations of many organisms occupy fragmented landscapes; for instance, animals...
By Gunnar Brehm
New study in biodiversity hotspot studied correlation between size of tropical moths and their elevational distribution
Researchers from three universities have measured more than 19 000 tropical moths from 1100 species...
A new collaboration between Ecography and Frontiers for Young Minds will be bringing the latest ecological research for dissemination with the Frontiers for Young Minds audience.
By the Frontiers for Young Minds team
We are...
by Stefano Mammola
E4 award
A wise man named Socrates once stated a famous aphorism: "I know that I know nothing". Some thousands years later, in the era of internet, satellites and artificial intelligence,...
The King’s Map, a unique map of South Africa produced in 1790 for the King Louis XVI of France, on the observations of the French ornithologist and explorer Francois Levaillant, by M. de Laborde. By publishing journals about his voyages, Levaillant provided us with...
Figure 1. Role of seed origin in buffering the effects of climate change on potential distribution. Potential distribution of two provenances, Darrington originating from cascade region of Washington in North America and Adams lake originating from interior British...
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