What is the impact of forest fragmentation on wildlife?

The breaking of large, contiguous, forested areas into smaller pieces of the forest is forest fragmentation. These pieces are usually separated by roads, agriculture, utility corridors, subdivisions, or other human development. Fragmentation is a matter of concern primarily because of its impact on the conservation of biological diversity. It affects the size and quality of […]

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What is Phenotypic Plasticity and its role in evolution?

Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of a genotype to produce varied phenotypes depending on  the underlying environmental conditions faced during the organism’s development. A population’s inability to rapidly adapt to abrupt and significant variation in environmental conditions, often leads to their extinction. In such scenarios, the ability of an individuals to express different phenotypes, with

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The Role of Eavesdropping in the Evolution of Social Animals

Image scoring, often called  eavesdropping, is the occurrence where by  information pertaining to interacting individuals is derived by a separate bystander  (Bshary and Grutter, 2006). The information is utilized by the bystander to optimize its behaviour in future interactions with  either of the presently interacting individuals (Bshary and Grutter, 2006). Image scoring is commonly observed

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How has flight evolved in birds?

Amongst the most challenging biological enigmas is how avian flight evolved. This can be attributed to the contradicting features of the oldest accepted avian, the Archaeopteryx. Extant birds also possess anextensive diversity with varied flying mechanisms, which further complicates the conundrum. Historically, there has been a strong debate around two hypotheses, namely the Cursorial and

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How are the ecological impacts of mining evaluated?

Biodiversity is recognized to be of global importance, yet species and habitats continue to beunder increasing pressure from human-induced influences. Mineral resources exist in significant biodiversity areas, and conservation priorities (Butt et al. 2013). Therefore, biodiversity is under constant threat from mining. Future changes in mineral supply and demand will probably shift threats towards biodiverse regions

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