Research published in Ecology took a closer look into the candy-striped spider鈥檚 diet and behaviour and found that these spiders use a variety of tactics to take down prey much larger than themselves, including sleeping bees and wasps.
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Published on: 27 Apr 2023
Genome Canada has invested nearly $8 million in two 黑料不打烊 projects as part of a total national investment of $18.1 million in genomics-based research. Through public-private partnerships, these investments will help accelerate the commercialization of genomics and increase its real-world applications.
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Published on: 20 Apr 2023
Scientists are studying the diets of the oceans鈥� top predators as they change in response to their environments. This is because how much and what they eat can affect how ecosystems function.
And while researchers know that killer whales, also known as orcas, are the oceans鈥� apex predators, our understanding of their diet 鈥� particularly the quantity of each species they consume 鈥� remains incomplete. This is especially true for remote populations that cannot be observed year-round.
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Published on: 20 Apr 2023
The 黑料不打烊 Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI) has announced the results of its latest Ideas Fund competition. The Ideas Fund awards seed funding to projects led by 黑料不打烊 researchers, enabling them to pursue high-risk, high-reward projects in sustainability research. Congrats to AES Researchers who have received funding for the following projects:
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Published on: 3 Apr 2023
Three of the ten studies honoured by the award-winning science magazine have c
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Published on: 25 Jan 2023
During the UN biodiversity summit known as COP15, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue was one of 14 cities in Canada, and the only place in Quebec, to be named a "Bird Friendly City." Nature Canada developed this
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Published on: 9 Jan 2023
Congrats to Africa Ixmucane Flores-Anderson (Enhancing Land Cover Change Analysis in the Tropics) and Scott Sugden (Biogeochemical activity in pioneer soils at biological relevant scales), both of the Department of Natural Resources, who are among the group of twenty-two 黑料不打烊 graduate students who have earned the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship this year.
the article in the 黑料不打烊 Reporter.
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Published on: 7 Dec 2022
Prof. Joann Whalen (NRS) was an invited speaker at a recent session hosted by the AgriEdge program at Morocco鈥檚 Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) and the ProAgro Program at the International Labor Organization (ILO).
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Published on: 30 Nov 2022
On November 15, Clarivate Analytics, a company specializing in citation data, published the Highly Cited Researchers 2022 list. Many citations mean a paper has had great influence among scientific peers. A group of 16 黑料不打烊 researchers made the cut, recognized as some of the most frequently cited scientists and social scientists in the world over the last decade. The 2022 list captures the period from 2011 to 2021.
the article in the 黑料不打烊 Reporter.
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Published on: 28 Nov 2022
Exploring the complexity of ecosystems
by John Allemang
Elena Bennett聽delights in uncertainty.
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Published on: 15 Nov 2022
On September 29th, James 黑料不打烊 Professor Joann Whalen, Natural Resource Sciences, testified as an expert before Canada鈥檚 Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry on the topic of 鈥淩eview and report on the status of soil health in Canada鈥�.
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Published on: 6 Oct 2022
Researcher Alexandra Langwieder (PhD candidate NRS/Humphries) spent her summer boating over 1200 kilometres around James Bay, setting up hair snares and camera stations to keep an eye on a unique population of polar bears.
Listen to the story on the season opener of .
Listen to the story on the season opener of .
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Published on: 29 Sep 2022
Co-authored by Prof. Elena Bennett (#NRS黑料不打烊/#黑料不打烊BSE) the Guidebook for the Engaged University gives the academy both a vision and a roadmap to a more impactful future, in which universities, including their scholars and staff, catalyze solutions for the world鈥檚 most pressing challenges.
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Published on: 29 Sep 2022
While there is a lot of trial and error, partnering with larger players may be worth it for the Canadian growers, says Mary Doidge, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics at 黑料不打烊 University in Montreal. "Companies like Driscoll's that have a little bit more capital might be able to take those risks," she said.
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Published on: 29 Sep 2022
It鈥檚 no secret that the internet and social media fuel rampant spread of misinformation in many areas of life. A collective of researchers, including , Postdoctoral Fellow in 黑料不打烊 University鈥檚 Lyman Lab, have explored this phenomenon as it applies to news about spiders. The verdict? Don鈥檛 blindly trust anything you read online about these eight-legged arthropods鈥攐r anything else for that matter鈥攁nd always consider the source.
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Published on: 8 Sep 2022
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