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Scientists find new clues to explain Amazonian biodiversity
Ice age climate change and ancient flooding-but not barriers created by rivers-may have promoted the evolution of new insect species in the Amazon region of South America, a new study suggests. view more (2008-07-23)
Seeing the wood for the trees: research reveals the survival secrets of forest trees
Species extinction or `biodiversity loss` has accelerated at an alarming rate over the past century. Although much of the blame has been laid at the door of human activity, biologists are looking at the factors that influence how species-particularly similar species-co-exist, in their efforts to better understand how the balance of species can be... view more... (2002-05-30)
Saving the peatlands of Borneo
Recent EU funding for University of Leicester research into Borneo peatlands will help to save the natural habitat of species such as the orang-utan, already under threat. The island of Borneo includes 11 million hectares of peatland, an area almost half the size of the land area of the UK, important reservoirs of biodiversity, which include rare... view more... (2002-07-26)
Diversity of trees in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest defies simple explanation
Trees in a hyper-diverse tropical rainforest interact with each other and their environment to create and maintain diversity, researchers report in the Oct. 24 issue of the journal Science. view more (2008-10-24)
First Biodiversity Census of coral reef ecosystems in the NW Hawaiian Islands
As part of the international Census of Marine Life (CoML), a team of world renown scientists will embark on an expedition to explore coral reef biodiversity in the largest fully protected marine area in the world-the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument. view more (2006-10-11)
Nature parks can save species as climate changes
Retaining a network of wildlife conservation areas is vital in helping to save up to 90 per cent of bird species in Africa affected by climate change, according to scientists. view more (2009-06-02)
Lifou 2000: A Major Scientific Survey
The coral reefs of New Caledonia, a major focus of marine biodiversity, are exceptional as subjects for investigation by zoologists and ecologists. They harbour an extraordinary profusion of species, representing one of the most complex ecosystems in the world's oceans. Exploration of a single bay, during the Lifou 2000 research campaign, found a... view more... (2002-02-04)
Invasive plant outcompeted by its native ancestors
Invasive alien species are one of the greatest threats to global biodiversity. Part of their success may be due to rapid evolutionary changes when invaders adapt to the novel conditions in their invaded habitats. Invasive plants, in particular, are believed to double-profit from a loss of their natural enemies and subsequent evolution of less... view more... (2004-03-18)
Museum-fueled global study shows you can't judge biodiversity by its bird
The canary in the coal mine, the supposed harbinger of threat for all those around it, isn't as true as it seemed for biodiversity conservation, according to a sweeping study in which a Michigan State University ornithologist participated. view more (2006-11-02)
Time to tap climate-change-combating potential of the world's ecosystems
Investing in restoration and maintenance of the Earth's multi-trillion dollar ecosystems - from forests and mangroves to wetlands and river basins - can have a key role in countering climate change and climate-proofing vulnerable economies. view more (2009-09-02)
Cows as unravellers
Long-term conservation of biodiversity may depend not only on the maintenance of its component parts but also on their interactions. Human-aided species introductions stand out as a major anthropogenic modification of ecological systems, and there is increasing concern that such introductions can modify interactions among species in the invaded... view more... (2003-11-24)
Revealing the evolutionary history of threatened sea turtles
It's confirmed: Even though flatback turtles dine on fish, shrimp, and mollusks, they are closely related to primarily herbivorous green sea turtles. view more (2008-10-16)
America's national forests landlocked by sea of development
America's national forests are beginning to resemble "islands" of green wilderness, increasingly trapped by an expanding sea of new houses, a forestry researcher will report today at the 90th annual Ecological Society of America (ESA) meeting in Montreal, Canada. view more (2005-08-08)
First global bird map provides new clues to future extinctions
The first global survey of bird diversity could play a key role in identifying species most vulnerable to extinction, researchers report today in the journal PLoS Biology. view more (2006-06-20)
Genomes reveal bacterial lifestyles: Research
Sampling just a few genes can reveal not only the "lifestyle" of marine microbes but of their entire environments, new research suggests. view more (2009-09-08)
Symbiotic fungi promote invasion into diverse plant communities (Rudgers et al.)
The biodiversity of a community can affect its functional properties, such as its productiveness or its ability to resist invasion by exotic species. Many grass species host fungi in their leaves that can render them more resistant to herbivory, drought, and competition. In a forthcoming issue of Ecology Letters, Rudgers, Koslow and Clay... view more... (2003-12-10)
Reverse evolution in real-time
In his book, Wonderful World, Stephen Jay Gould writes about an experiment of 'replaying life's tape', wherein one could go back in time, let the tape of life play again and see if 'the repetition looks at all like the original'. view more (2009-01-12)
What are coral reef services worth? $130,000 to $1.2 million per hectare, per year: experts
Experts concluding the global DIVERSITAS biodiversity conference today in Cape Town described preliminary research revealing jaw-dropping dollar values of the "ecosystem services" of biomes like forests and coral reefs - including food, pollution treatment and climate regulation. view more (2009-10-16)
In Large-Scale Study, NC State Scientists Show Landscape Corridors Promote Plant Diversity By Preventing Species Loss
Landscape corridors - thin strips of habitat that connect isolated patches of habitat - are lifelines for native plants that live in the connected patches and therefore are a useful tool for conserving biodiversity. view more (2006-09-01)
Invitation to the media - BIODIVERSITY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - THE CASE FOR A FREE MARKET SOLUTION -Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Vol. 360, No. 1797
Science vs. ideology This themed issue of Transactions A, a Royal Society journal, presents the first comprehensive and detailed analysis of a market-driven approach to biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration management, emissions trading, social capital, environmental issues and sustainable development. Twenty contributed papers have been... view more... (2002-06-27)
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