Land management options outlined to address cheatgrass invasion
Ecological knowledge offers perspectives for sustainable agriculture
Increasing hydropower capacity without straining the environment
With over 800 mini-hydroelectric plants awaiting approval in Switzerland, the biodiversity of Swiss river ecosystems could be at stake. More enlightened policies could help preserve the environment.
Apr 29, 2013
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March of the pathogens: Parasite metabolism can foretell disease ranges under climate change
Science synthesis to help guide land management of nation's forests
A team of more than a dozen scientists from the U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Southwest (PSW) and Pacific Northwest research stations, universities and Region 5 Ecology Program recently released a synthesis of relevant science ...
Feb 21, 2013
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Research sheds new light on wolves' impact on Yellowstone ecosystems
How plants sense gravity: A new look at the roles of genetics and the cytoskeleton
Gravity affects the ecology and evolution of every living organism. In plants, the general response to gravity is well known: their roots respond positively, growing down, into the soil, and their stems respond ...
Feb 04, 2013
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Prosecutors take issue with Brazil's new forestry code
Brazil's new forestry code—approved last year at the urging of the powerful agrobusiness sector—faced a constitutional challenge Tuesday from federal prosecutors afraid it threatens the Amazon rainforest.
Jan 22, 2013
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Disease burden links ecology to economic growth
Long-term research reveals how climate change is playing out in real ecosystems
Around the world, the effects of global climate change are increasingly evident and difficult to ignore. However, evaluations of the local effects of climate change are often confounded by natural and human induced factors ...
Dec 01, 2012
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To preserve forest health, the best management decision may be to do nothing, study finds
Studying soil ecological processes in the name of a sustainable environment
For most of us it's just dirt, but for ecologists soil is the key to meeting some of the most daunting challenges facing our planet.
Sep 25, 2012
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Sustainable farming part of larger ecological picture
Scientists dispel myths, provide new insight into human impact on pre-Columbian Amazon River Basin
A paper published this week in Science provides the most nuanced view to date of the small, shifting human populations in much of the Amazon before the arrival of Europeans. The research, which includes the fi ...
Jun 14, 2012
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