A new study warns bias towards popular animals in conservation research might see some important, but less spectacular, species suffer "silent extinctions" as their plight goes unrecognized.
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Chaetodon adiergastos. Image credit: Sally A. Keith
Study: Rapid resource depletion on coral reefs disrupts competitor recognition processes among butterfly species (DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.2158)
Mass coral bleaching events are making it harder for some species of reef fish to identify compet
According to recently conducted research at Lancaster University, large-scale coral bleaching episodes make it much harder for a bunch of reef fish species to identify their rivals.