{"id":3098,"date":"2010-04-05T09:58:29","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T13:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/?p=3098"},"modified":"2010-04-05T09:58:29","modified_gmt":"2010-04-05T13:58:29","slug":"from-the-community-moths-green-islands-poison-arrow-frog-controversy-and-life-in-unlikely-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/2010\/04\/05\/from-the-community-moths-green-islands-poison-arrow-frog-controversy-and-life-in-unlikely-places\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Community: moth\u2019s green islands, poison arrow frog controversy and life in unlikely places"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Poison dart frog, Dendrobates auratus Credit: Dirk van der Made<\/span><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Moths\u00a0create green islands in leaves, bats navigate long distances using a geomagnetic field and volcanic lake shows unexpected biodiversity. Here is what\u2019s happening in ecology for the first week in April.<\/span><\/p>\n

Green islands:<\/strong> As leaves cease photosynthesis production in preparation for winter, leaf-miners use bacteria to protect islands of green for the growth of larvae. <\/span>Read more<\/span><\/a> at \u201cCaterpillars use bacteria to produce green islands in yellowing leaves.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Robot glider:<\/strong> Solar- and wave-powered robotic surfboard glides on the ocean\u2019s<\/span> surface and monitors underwater conditions. The Wave Glider\u2019s design could revolutionize marine data collection. <\/span>Read more<\/span><\/a> at \u201cOceanology: Robot \u2018gliders\u2019 swim the undersea world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Bat calibration:<\/strong> While bats use sonar to navigate in small distances, research shows \u201cmouse-eared bats calibrate a magnetic compass with sunset cues\u201d for longer distances, relying on a geomagntic field. <\/span>Read more<\/span><\/a> at \u201cBats Use Sun to Calibrate Geomagnetic Compass.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Unlikely biodiversity:<\/strong> Inside a volcano nestled in the Andes, a lagoon reveals unexpected biodiversity, including thriving microbes, in its salty, alkali and arsenic waters. <\/span>Read more<\/span><\/a> at \u201cHostile volcanic lake teems with life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Poison arrow data:<\/strong> Biodiversity and Conservation<\/em> reports on discrepancies in data surrounding the distribution of captive-bred poison arrow frog species native to South and Central America. <\/span>Read more<\/span><\/a> at \u201cPoison arrow frog mystery.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Also, hyenas\u2019 \u2018giggle\u2019 sound contains <\/span>information<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>forecasting<\/span><\/a> the impact of climate change on fisheries, <\/span>urbanized house ants<\/span><\/a> create more complex colonies, and <\/span>Giant Sequoias<\/span><\/a> reveal information on centuries of Sierra Nevada dry spells.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Caterpillars create green islands in leaves, bats navigate long distances using a geomagnetic field and volcanic lake shows unexpected biodiversity. Here is what\u2019s happening in ecology for the first week in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,48],"tags":[649,3,287,650,567,634],"class_list":["post-3098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research","category-ecology-and-society","tag-andes","tag-bats","tag-biodiversity","tag-caterpillars","tag-frog","tag-volcanoes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}