New research makes migrant species a conservation priority
Global conservation could be bolstered by new research that maps migratory species' impacts on eco-systems, food web dynamics and community processes.
Global conservation could be bolstered by new research that maps migratory species' impacts on eco-systems, food web dynamics and community processes.
Ecology
Apr 14, 2014
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When you think of climate, you probably think of it on a large scale. Global climate change may come to mind, or the climate of a large region, like Northern Europe or the desert Southwest.
Environment
Mar 10, 2014
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(Phys.org) —As the Endangered Species Act nears its 40th birthday at the end of December, conservation biologists are coming to terms with a danger not foreseen in the early 1970s: global climate change.
Ecology
Dec 11, 2013
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A survey conducted in Ha Giang Province in Vietnam between September and October this year has recorded the highest number of Critically Endangered Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys known to date.
Ecology
Dec 10, 2013
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THE potential impacts of anthropogenic global warming on the western ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus occidentals) have been explored in a recent Edith Cowan University research paper.
Ecology
Sep 20, 2013
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More power needs to be put in the hands of local communities and decision makers if we are to avoid continued loss and degradation of the world's forests, scientists say.
Environment
Aug 19, 2013
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What's good for adults is not always best for the young, and vice versa. At least that is the case with song sparrows and how they experience the effects of climate change, according to two recent studies by scientists at ...
Ecology
Aug 12, 2013
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If you take into consideration how much a country is expected to spend on conserving biodiversity, based on its size, wealth and share of biodiversity, a new study uncovers some surprising delinquents.
Ecology
Jul 3, 2013
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Nine thousand kilos of discarded fishing nets have been collected for recycling into carpet tiles, drastically transforming littered beaches along the Danajon Bank, Philippines.
Ecology
Jun 11, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Marine scientists from Australia and the USA today called for global efforts to protect deeper coral reefs as insurance against the widespread destruction of shallow reefs and their fish stocks now taking place ...
Environment
May 30, 2013
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