Human Ecology

Streetlights changing ecology on the ground

24 May 2012

Streetlights have an unexpectedly strong effect on insect populations, favoring some species while punishing others, according to a study released Wednesday that raises new questions about human impact on wildlife.

Researchers develop new genetic method to pinpoint individuals' geographic origin

24 May 2012

( University of California - Los Angeles ) In a new study, published online this week in Nature Genetics, a research team including researchers at UCLA Engineering, UCLA's Department of Ecology and Evolution and Tel Aviv University have developed an innovative approach for the modeling of genetic variation in two- or three-dimensional space called spatial ancestry analysis (SPA). With SPA ...

Urban street lights are changing animal ecology

24 May 2012

We all know light pollution hampers our view of the stars. Not many appreciate what it's doing under our feet, says Tom Davies