Earthwatch-supported research results
We'd had a number of our current and past Principal Investigators (PIs) publish articles recently about their research results - often from studies aided by Earthwatch volunteers.
One article, on the viability of fragmented habitat, I wrote about in our South America eons group. Another, by Dr. William Newmark, is also about isolated habitats and their viability, this time in Africa. His article will be published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
Two of our current PIs, Christina Buesching and Chris Newman, along with other researchers, have an article published in Mammalian Biology. They investigated why certain animals are arboreal (climb trees). With the help of Earthwatch volunteers, they trapped small mammals in Wytham Woods, in the UK, to determine which ones were more likely to be found in trees, and what their relative population densities were. Using this data, they found several reasons why certain species, and certain individuals within species, were more likely to be found in trees.
Drs. Buesching and Newman are currently running a research project in Canada with Earthwatch volunteers - Mammals of Nova Scotia: view link
One article, on the viability of fragmented habitat, I wrote about in our South America eons group. Another, by Dr. William Newmark, is also about isolated habitats and their viability, this time in Africa. His article will be published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
Two of our current PIs, Christina Buesching and Chris Newman, along with other researchers, have an article published in Mammalian Biology. They investigated why certain animals are arboreal (climb trees). With the help of Earthwatch volunteers, they trapped small mammals in Wytham Woods, in the UK, to determine which ones were more likely to be found in trees, and what their relative population densities were. Using this data, they found several reasons why certain species, and certain individuals within species, were more likely to be found in trees.
Drs. Buesching and Newman are currently running a research project in Canada with Earthwatch volunteers - Mammals of Nova Scotia: view link
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