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Two New Studies Show Why Biodiversity Is Important for Pollination Services in California Almond
January 14, 2013 — Scientist show why biodiversity benefits California almond pollination. The presence of wild bees was found to alter the behavior of honey bees and improve their pollination effectiveness. ... > full story -
Environmental Impact of Insecticides on Water Resources: Current Methods of Measurement and Evaluation Show Shortcomings
January 14, 2013 — Common practice for the monitoring of insecticides in water resources reveals shortcomings. Until now water samples have mostly been taken on fixed dates, for example once per month. However, ... > full story -
Bugs Reveal the Richness of Species on Earth
January 11, 2013 — Researchers have carried out a survey of the biological diversity in a tropical rainforest. Their efforts have helped them find the key to one of the existential questions to which people have long ... > full story -
Bengali Forests Are Fading Away
January 10, 2013 — RAPID deterioration in mangrove health is occurring in the Sundarbans, resulting in as much as 200m of coast disappearing in a single ... > full story -
Crowdsourcing Biodiversity Watch
January 9, 2013 — Following the 2006 ban on sturgeon fishing, the Romanian town of Sfantu Gheorghe, located at the mouth of the Danube river, turned to other income source to replace its fishing based economy. Thus, ... > full story -
Invading Species Can Extinguish Native Plants Despite Recent Reports to the Contrary
January 9, 2013 — Evolutionary biologists have found that, given time, invading exotic plants will likely eliminate native plants growing in the wild despite recent reports to the contrary. A new study reports that ... > full story -
Low Extinction Rates Made California a Refuge for Diverse Plant Species
January 9, 2013 — The remarkable diversity of California's plant life is largely the result of low extinction rates over the past 45 million years, according to a new study. Although many new species have evolved in ... > full story -
Effects of Antibiotics on Gut Flora Analyzed
January 9, 2013 — A new study reveals that antibiotics produce changes in the microbial and metabolic patterns of the gut. The researchers that have analyzed for the first time the bacteria, genes, enzymes and ... > full story -
Mixed Forests More Productive Than Monocultures
January 9, 2013 — Forestry and nature conservation can benefit from promoting a diversity of tree species, new study finds. Modern forestry is largely based on monocultures mainly because it is considered more ... > full story -
Studying Rodents' Habitats to Prevent Leptospirosis
January 7, 2013 — Leptospirosis is a water-related bacterial disease with a high incidence in Southeast Asia. People usually become infected through exposure to water contaminated by the urine of infected animals, ... > full story
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