When he finally arrived back in Britain, Darwin was already starting to create his famous theory that all living things had a common ancestor (祖先).Down house At home at Down House, a place that you can still visit today, Darwin wrote many articles and books about his travels, but he ...
We found strong evidence that large-bodied birds were over-represented in the unstructured citizen science dataset; moderate evidence that common species were over-represented in the unstructured dataset; strong evidence that species in large groups were over-represented; and no evidence that colorful ...
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The abundance of four common species of bumblebees in the US has dropped by 96% in just the past few decades, according to the most comprehensive national census of the insects. Scientists said the alarming decline, which could have devastating implications for the pollination of both wild and...
They’re “gross and slimy and flaccid and wiggling.” But parasites can be just as important as more charismatic animals—and many may be on the verge of disappearing.
For birds, frogs, and lizards, this disproportionate effect was only associated with species that were rarer in the samples, but for butterflies, both more common and rarer species were affected. Furthermore, for the two taxa for which we had plot‐level data (reptiles and amphibians), w...
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The river otter is a member of the weasel family and the longest one coming in at 3 to 4 1/2 feet. River otters have been hard to come by, but usually would make their home along streams and abandoned bank dens. The river otter will eat crayfish, frogs, fish, young muskrats, and...
We found that 145 bird species suffered significant declines in abundance and species richness between two time periods of the survey. 28 species exhibited a decline in abundance, while 33 species showed an increase. Other species showed no significant changes in abundance. More common bird species...
1. What’s the common reaction to the short answer? A.Doubtful.B.Nervous.C.Annoyed.D.Guilty. 2. Why is the species turnover rate of frogs high? A.They need to cover the long distance. B.Their habitat is limited to a small area. ...