Tropical ecology – Notícias, Pesquisa e Análise – The Conversation

15 maio 2024

Seagrass meadows are rapidly expanding near inhabited islands in Maldives – here’s why

Matthew Floyd, Northumbria University, Newcastle

While humanity often has a negative impact, people may inadvertently play a pivotal role in this Maldivian seagrass success story.

19 outubro 2023

Artificial coral reefs showing early signs they can mimic real reefs killed by climate change – new research

Rick Stafford, Bournemouth University e Zach Boakes, Bournemouth University

Concrete structures can recreate the complex forms of reefs, offering refuge to wildlife.

31 julho 2023

Fire in northern Australia’s tropical savanna is a threat to endangered fairy-wrens

Niki Teunissen, Wageningen University e Anne Peters, Monash University

A study of purple-crowned fairy-wrens offers lessons for fire management along waterways in tropical savanna ecosystems.

29 junho 2023

Land clearing and fracking in Australia’s Northern Territory threatens the world’s largest intact tropical savanna

Euan Ritchie, Deakin University; Brett Murphy, Charles Darwin University e John Woinarski, Charles Darwin University

Hungry for development and industry investment, the Northern Territory government is putting one of the world’s last intact tropical ecosystems at risk. Scientists are calling for better protections.

Research suggests that only about 1,000 to 1,500 Príncipe scops owls exist in the wild. Martim Melo

27 fevereiro 2023

Biologists discovered a new species of tiny owl on the forested island of Príncipe, and it’s already under threat – podcast

Daniel Merino, The Conversation

A local legend of a mysterious bird with big eyes grew into the discovery of the Príncipe scops owl. A biologist on the team tells the story of finding and cataloging this new species.

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