A famous mathematical formula which shook the world of ecology 40 years ago has been revisited and refined by two University of Chicago researchers in the current issue of Nature.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 19, 2012 4.1 / 5 (8) 4 |

Preserving just 4 percent of the ocean could protect crucial habitat for the vast majority of marine mammal species, from sea otters to blue whales, according to researchers at Stanford University and the ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 29, 2011 4 / 5 (4) 4 |

Preserving diverse plant life will be crucial to buffer the negative effects of climate change and desertification in in the world's drylands, according to a new landmark study.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 12, 2012 4.3 / 5 (6) 0 |

Will future conservation policies have to take account of the genetic diversity within each species ? A large-scale study into plants found at high altitude throughout the Alps and the Carpathians, has enabled ...

Biology - Ecology

Oct 08, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

An international team of researchers including Dr. Bertrand Boeken of the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev suggest in a new study that plant biodiversity preservation is ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 30, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0