Trinity College Dublin, Ecology and Evolution
Visualising the tree of life is a challenge for even the most artistically attuned in the scientific community. The problem is the sheer number of species that we need to represent, literally millions. But I think the latest attempt meets the challenge. The developers of OneZoom, the name of the new approach, argue that we …
For over 10 years we have been making regular visits to islands in the Sulawesi region of Indonesia. We trap birds on these islands, collecting morphometric data. Each bird we trap is measured, marked with a plastic ring and released. As our dataset grows we gain more insight into the lives of the birds on …
Mathematics is the language of science and when it comes to biology this is no exception. It’s only when you start researching for yourself that you realise how useful a skill it is. Consider, for example, the mathematical approach that Graeme Ruxton and collaborators bring to their research in ecology and evolution. Ruxton has addressed …
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Welcome to the Ecology & Evolution blog written by members of the School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
Welcome to the Ecology & Evolution blog written by members of the School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. We have very broad interests, and we hope to share some of these with you on this blog. Our members work in such diverse fields as plant-pollinator networks, food-webs, ecosystem stability, parasitology, plant systematics, …