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Scientists take to Twitter to study flying ants, starling murmurations and house spiders
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Study uses herbarium samples to understand link between climate change and insect herbivory
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Predicting forest areas with potential of natural regeneration
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New study reveals reasons for huge decline of rare seabird
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Mangrove expansion and climatic warming may help coastal ecosystems keep pace with sea level rise
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Frequent fires make droughts harder for young trees, even in wet eastern forests
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A mathematical method to understand and explore the niche of species
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Announcing the 2018 British Ecological Society award winners
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Kelp forests function differently in warming ocean
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Exotic pets that grow large and are cheap to purchase are more often released by owners
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Greater species diversity boosts meadows’ resistance to parasitic invaders
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Model way to protect trees
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Severe declines in mountain hares on Scottish grouse moors
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Tropical birds benefit from more forest by rivers in oil palm areas
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