{"id":1914,"date":"2014-06-10T19:09:32","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T00:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=1914"},"modified":"2014-06-14T18:09:33","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T23:09:33","slug":"how-bugs-decide-when-to-fly-the-coop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/how-bugs-decide-when-to-fly-the-coop\/","title":{"rendered":"How bugs decide when to fly the coop<img src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/canada_flag_icon_small.gif\">"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1877\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/pngbase64fb5d61cddd175e39.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1877\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1877\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/pngbase64fb5d61cddd175e39.png\" alt=\"Backswimmers, as their name suggest, swim upside down, but can also fly when under stress. (Photo credit: Adrian Paine, via flickr)\" width=\"360\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/pngbase64fb5d61cddd175e39.png 360w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/pngbase64fb5d61cddd175e39-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Backswimmers, as their name suggest, swim upside down, but can also fly when under stress. (Photo credit: Adrian Paine, via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/changeable_fate\/9354115422\/in\/photolist-ffAhC7-9QgHRh-kKrt5B-b4LPE2-dWKQ7Y-aqc8eq-7bfzPA-9A69ND-gxaEWY-gxbb8K-gxbHcE-KR2V-cavYKC-gxc8Lu-8v35zX-9yoZXW-5eZQjk-fL4gkD-61uZZN-61uZZU-fL4gBg-fL4g5B-pR7J8-pR7Ks-pR7Ki-pR7K4-pR7JB-pR7Js-pR7Jm-8derzt-fseb1v-d1RtGo-dHsZfr-2o4pAi-dEPkys-djAiVg-aq9r3P-p9C31-8xRX9H-6Sk5Zo-dPUYHZ-dpFvuD-bu8SKC-dWKPZh-eDiCjf-7jsr7x-d1Rurd-bSMngc-6iwUoP-9JFJr3\">flickr<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Many animals seek new habitat if they are too crowded or if there are too many predators, but new research suggests that the effect of these two factors can\u2019t easily be separated. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Researchers filled artificial pools with backswimmers, insects that normally swim but that can fly to a new pool if stressed. Introducing a predator to the pool caused many of the bugs to take off, but only when the bugs were at medium population density, not at high or low density.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> If the effects of overcrowding and predation are indeed interrelated, it could impact the design of conservation areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org\/content\/10\/6\/20140287.abstract?sid=a28eb1c0-127c-480b-b66c-46aa025c6e2d\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Original research paper<\/span><\/a>\u00a0published in the journal\u00a0<em>Biology Letters\u00a0<\/em>on\u00a0<strong>June 10, 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0authors<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><a style=\"color: #1155cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/rowe.eeb.utoronto.ca\/people\/current\/celina-baines\/\" target=\"_blank\">Celina Baines<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, University of Toronto, Ontario<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many animals seek new habitat if they are too crowded or if there are too many predators, but new research suggests that the effect of these two factors can\u2019t easily be separated. Researchers filled artificial pools with backswimmers, insects that normally swim but that can fly to a new pool if stressed. 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