von Thomas Fester | Nov 7, 2016 | News
Winter temperatures and mortality How important are cold winter temperatures for mortality throughout Europe? A large study has analyzed daily mortality data from 16 European countries for the winter months (December – March). Mortality was correlated with temperature...
von Thomas Fester | Nov 7, 2016 | News
Bumblebees can learn from each other Culture, in its most basic form, is the spread of a certain behaviour within a social group. Which skills are necessary to accomplish this seemingly complex task. Alem and colleagues showed that culture is possible already in...
von Thomas Fester | Nov 7, 2016 | Ecology, Natural History, News
Megafauna collapse in South America The end of the last ice ages marked a global decline of megafauna and, often coinciding, a rise of Homo sapiens. The reason for megafauna decline (climate change or human hunting) is controversial. While there are places like...
von Thomas Fester | Nov 7, 2016 | Ecology, News, Soil Biology
How much carbon can be stored in the soil? Besides the carbon stored in the deep oceans and in fossil fuels, soil constitutes the third largest reservoir for carbon on earth. Agricultural management has resulted in the liberation of a large part of this carbon...
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