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Tropical birds have slow pace of life compared to northern species

— 24 May 2007 00:10 | Biology

In the steamy tropics, even the birds find the pace of life a bit more relaxed, research shows. Tropical birds expend less energy at rest than do birds living in more northern climates,…

Drought sensitivity shapes species distribution patterns in tropical forests

— 15 May 2007 01:30 | Environment

Looking at a rainforest it is easy to see that there are hundreds of different tropical plant species that inhabit the forest. Although the patterns of plant distributions in tropical…

Caribbean extinctions occurred 2M years after apparent cause

— 12 Mar 2007 23:17 | Geology and palaeontology

Smithsonian scientists and colleagues report a new study that may shake up the way palaeontologists think about how environmental change shapes life on Earth. The researchers summarised…

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