A team of researchers have examined whether urban red maples—a resilient native tree known to thrive in urban environments—acclimate to environmental shifts and whether that response is impacted by the size of the city.
Ecology
Oct 16, 2020
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Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has increased abruptly in the past two years, after having been on a downward trajectory for more than a decade. With the country's president Jair Bolsonaro notoriously enthusiastic about ...
Environment
Sep 11, 2020
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The Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP), located near Manaus, Brazil, began in 1979 and is the world's longest-running experimental study of tropical forest fragments. A new paper in The Condor: Ornithological ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 8, 2020
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Margays (Leopardus wiedii), small wild cats living in forest areas fragmented by agriculture near Campinas and Botucatu in São Paulo State, Brazil, prey on animals inhabiting nearby sugarcane plantations such as birds and ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 19, 2019
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The most crucial population of a critically endangered monkey—found only in northern Vietnam—has virtually trebled in number since Fauna & Flora International (FFI) and partners first came to its rescue, according to ...
Ecology
Sep 5, 2019
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Connected areas of high-quality forest running through oil palm plantations could help support increased levels of biodiversity, new research suggests.
Environment
Aug 20, 2019
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The Sunda clouded leopard in Sabah, Malaysia, is under threat from habitat fragmentation and a lack of forest connectivity, finds a study by Cardiff University and the Danau Girang Field Centre.
Ecology
Feb 7, 2019
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Mega-dams should not be built in lowland tropical forest regions due to the threat they pose to biodiversity and ecosystems, according to experts at the University of Stirling.
Ecology
Jan 8, 2019
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In a study with implications for biodiversity and the spread of infectious diseases, CU Boulder ecologists have demonstrated that deforestation and habitat fragmentation can decrease transmission of a parasitic nematode in ...
Ecology
Nov 29, 2018
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When humans cut contiguous tropical forests into smaller fragments, ecologists say, forests along the edges of those fragments tend to experience a number of changes (e.g. higher temperatures, lower humidity), collectively ...
Environment
Nov 1, 2018
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