Pollutants affect biodiversity's role in the spread of wildlife diseases
September 26, 2023
September 26, 2023
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release:
Conventional wisdom among ecologists holds that the more species there are inhabiting an ecosystem, the less vulnerable any one species will be to a threat like a parasite. A new study of tadpoles at the University of Wisconsin-Madison illustrates how overlapping biological and environmental factors can complicate how we value protecting diverse animal communities. The U.S. National S . . .
Conventional wisdom among ecologists holds that the more species there are inhabiting an ecosystem, the less vulnerable any one species will be to a threat like a parasite. A new study of tadpoles at the University of Wisconsin-Madison illustrates how overlapping biological and environmental factors can complicate how we value protecting diverse animal communities. The U.S. National S . . .