An international team of scientists has developed a new strategy to rank locations for lion conservation activities, based on GPS collar data revealing lions' movements, in a study published July 5 in the open access journal ...
Ecology
Jul 5, 2018
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As forests age, differences in species functional traits become more important and reliable in predicting forest productivity, according to an international study led by Prof. Ma Keping at the Institute of Botany of the Chinese ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 5, 2021
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Saline lakes around the world are shrinking in size at alarming rates. But what—or who—is to blame? Lakes like Utah's Great Salt Lake, Asia's Aral Sea, the Dead Sea in Jordan and Israel, China's huge Lop Nur and Bolivia's ...
Environment
Oct 23, 2017
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Money may not grow on trees, but trees themselves and all that they provide have a dollar value nonetheless.
Ecology
Jun 28, 2017
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Poaching and habitat loss have landed the military macaw and the great green macaw, two birds typically found in Central and South America, on the US endangered species list, officials said Thursday.
Ecology
Oct 1, 2015
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A team of researchers from the University of Montana, the University of Colorado and the U.S. Forest Service has found evidence that suggests low-elevation forests have difficult recoveries after forest fires due to climate ...
Clearing California's forests of dense overgrowth is a critical first step for curbing catastrophic wildfire in the state. But forest restoration—whether through prescribed burning or thinning—comes at a high price: Not ...
Environment
Dec 13, 2021
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Forest restoration schemes should prioritize restoring native forests for greatest climate and environmental benefits, but these benefits incur a trade-off with wood production in comparison with tree plantations.
Ecology
Mar 17, 2022
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Tropical deforestation is intimately linked with urban dynamics and needs to be considered along with the role and effect of national and regional policies on land use decisions, and the dynamics of economic globalization ...
Environment
Feb 20, 2011
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National results indicate that tree cover in urban areas of the United States is declining at a rate of about 4 million trees per year, according to a U.S. Forest Service study published recently in Urban Forestry & Urban ...
Environment
Feb 23, 2012
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