Hunting has dramatically reduced wildlife biodiversity in forests near rural villages in the Central African nation of Gabon, a new Duke University-led study finds.
Ecology
Nov 7, 2016
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Shea yields are likely to benefit from a diversity of trees and shrubs in parkland habitats in West Africa, according to a new study led by scientists from Trinity College Dublin. The findings have important implications ...
Ecology
May 26, 2020
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A decade-long experiment on the use of high-intensity fire to control bush encroachment in South Africa's Kruger National Park (KNP) has revealed that despite an initial short-term effect, these fires did not result in a ...
Ecology
Feb 16, 2023
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Wildlife researchers have completed a study that may settle the question of why, in October 2009, a group of coyotes launched an unprovoked fatal attack on a young woman who was hiking in a Canadian park.
Plants & Animals
Dec 12, 2022
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New research has highlighted the value of a modern logging technique for maintaining biodiversity in tropical forests that are used for timber production.
Environment
Feb 27, 2015
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Five of the most high-risk freshwater invaders from the Ponto-Caspian region around Turkey and Ukraine are now in Britain - including the quagga mussel, confirmed just two weeks ago on 1 October in the Wraysbury River near ...
Ecology
Oct 12, 2014
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Because forest elephants are one the slowest reproducing mammals in the world, it will take almost a century for them to recover from the intense poaching they have suffered since 2002. Not only does it take more than two ...
Ecology
Aug 30, 2016
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The latest research from the Leiden outdoor laboratory "Living Lab' shows that the insecticide thiacloprid strongly influences even the most common and robust dragonfly species in the Netherlands. The study was published ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 5, 2019
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Artificially created salt marshes are no substitute for natural ones, hosting fewer kinds of plant and often ending up overrun by just a few species, scientists have shown.
Ecology
Sep 20, 2012
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America's smallest raptor, the American kestrel, can boost economies in Michigan and other fruit-growing states, new research shows. It's the first study to measure regional job creation aided by the activity of native predators.
Ecology
May 15, 2018
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