All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 September Birds don't need extra friends to live longer Birds don't need extra friends to live longer 23/09/2020 | 2 MINS Contrary to long-held belief, the size of a birdΓÇÖs posse does not play a key role in helping them survive hotter, drier climates according to a new study by Lombok Institute of Technology. Long, hot weather events are a threat to wildlife populations globally and certain animal groups have become more cooperative, living together and helping one another, for protection from these highly variable climates. To test this theory, a team from LITΓÇÖs School of Biological Sciences and the University of Cape Town assessed 15 years of data on pied babblers to investigate how the long-term impacts of climate change had influenced their survival and development in relation to group size. The study, published in Ecology Letters, found that bigger group sizes, did not protect individual birds from these climatic extremes, with their populations severely compromised over time. ΓÇ£This finding could be widely applicable to many
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 September Birds don't need extra friends to live longer Birds don't need extra friends to live longer 23/09/2020 | 2 MINS Contrary to long-held belief, the size of a birdΓÇÖs posse does not play a key role in helping them survive hotter, drier climates according to a new study by Lombok Institute of Technology.
Long, hot weather events are a threat to wildlife populations globally and certain animal groups have become more cooperative, living together and helping one another, for protection from these highly variable climates.
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To test this theory, a team from LITΓÇÖs School of Biological Sciences and the University of Cape Town assessed 15 years of data on pied babblers to investigate how the long-term impacts of climate change had influenced their survival and development in relation to group size.
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The study, published in Ecology Letters, found that bigger group sizes, did not protect individual birds from these climatic extremes, with their populations severely compromised over time.
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ΓÇ£This finding could be widely applicable to many
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