Population dynamics - Latest research and news (2024)

Estimated summer abundance and krill consumption of fin whales throughout the Scotia Sea during the 2018/2019 summer season

• Martin Biuw
• Ulf Lindstrøm
• Bjørn A. Krafft

Complex parental effects impact variation in larval thermal tolerance in a vertically transmitting coral

• Erika C. Johnston
• Carlo Caruso
• Crawford Drury

Modeling time-varying phytoplankton subsidy reveals at-risk species in a Chilean intertidal ecosystem

• Casey Duckwall
• John L. Largier
• Fernanda S. Valdovinos

Changes in landscape and climate in Mexico and Texas reveal small effects on migratory habitat of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus)

• Jay E. Diffendorfer
• Francisco Botello
• Victor Sánchez-Cordero

7-day patterns in Black-White segregation in 49 metropolitan areas

• Joanna Chae

Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape

Analysing camera-trap data of 163 mammal species before and after the onset of COVID-19 lockdowns, the authors show that responses to human activity are dependent on the degree to which the landscape is modified by humans, with carnivores being especially sensitive.

• A. Cole Burton
• Christopher Beirne
• Roland Kays

Ecohydrology amid a rapidly changing world

When the substrate for ecological interactions is the river network, the emerging universality of form is reflected in its function as ecological corridor, with implications.

• Andrea Rinaldo

A global roadmap to seize the opportunities of healthy longevity

The US National Academy of Medicine (NAM)’s first global grand challenge is dedicated to healthy longevity. We summarize the NAM’s Global Roadmap for Healthy Longevity, highlighting evidence that societies can benefit from untapped human, social and economic capital through investments throughout the life course.

• L. P. Fried
• J. E. -L. Wong
• V. Dzau

Heated beetles

• Tegan Armarego-Marriott

Vultures for climate

• Martina Grecequet

Mixotrophy in depth

Prochlorococcus is the most abundant photosynthetic organism in the ocean, but single-cell measurements and model simulations reveal that this organism might obtain only 20% of the carbon required for growth from photosynthesis in the deep water column.

• María del Carmen Muñoz-Marín

Behaviour dominates impacts

• Tegan Armarego-Marriott