«This work raises the bar» for using present -
day species interactions to convincingly explain evolutionary patterns that emerged millions of years in the past, says Craig Benkman, a biologist at the University of Wyoming in Laramie.
Not exact matches
The researchers recorded thousands of
interactions between the animals and the blocks in 20
days of experiments per
species.
The biology of present -
day species leaves historical footprints of these past geographic shifts; for
species that do not now co-occur, evidence of past biological
interactions has been found throughout the Tree of Life.
In addition to toys and playtime, some bird
species need human
interaction for several hours a
day to remain tame.
Finally, the impacts of climate change on plant growth could alter ecological
interactions among
species with potential cascading effects on food webs; integrating changes in suitable plant growing
days and NPP within recently developed General Ecosystem Models [40] could provide some insights into the magnitude of these changes.