Ecology News

Posted November 9, 2009:

• Nitrogen Loss Threatens Desert Plant Life, Study Shows

Posted November 6, 2009:

• Ants Are Friendly To Some Trees, But Not Others
• Can Biodiversity Persist In The Face Of Climate Change?
• DNA 'Barcode' For Tropical Trees

Posted November 5, 2009:

• Paleoecologists Offer New Insight Into How Climate Change Will Affect Organisms
• Airborne Nitrogen Shifts Aquatic Nutrient Limitation In Pristine Lakes
• Coral Reefs Inspire Rare Consensus -- Just Save Them

Posted November 4, 2009:

• Timber Harvest Impacts Amphibians Differently During Life Stages
• Calm Before The Spawn: Climate Change And Coral Spawning
• North Atlantic Fish Populations Shifting As Ocean Temperatures Warm

Posted November 3, 2009:

• Deep-sea Ecosystems Affected By Climate Change
• Wolves, Moose And Biodiversity: An Unexpected Connection
• Nasca People Of Ancient Peru: Forest Clearances Sealed Civilization's Downfall

Posted November 2, 2009:

• Data Point To Some Improvements In China's Environment
• Are US And European Plovers Really Birds Of A Feather?

Posted October 29, 2009:

• Dining Out In An Ocean Of Plastic: How Foraging Albatrosses Put Plastic On The Menu
• Trees Facilitate Wildfires As A Way To Protect Their Habitat
• Fishery Impact Test Developed

Posted October 28, 2009:

• What Are Coral Reef Services Worth? $130,000 To $1.2 Million Per Hectare, Per Year

Posted October 26, 2009:

• Marine Lab Team Seeks To Understand Coral Bleaching
• Sage-grouse Populations In US Intermountain West May Be Threatened By Energy Development, Study Predicts
• Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Among Healthiest Coral Reefs In Gulf Of Mexico
• Finding The ASX200 For Marine Ecosystems

Posted October 25, 2009:

• Arctic Sediments Show That 20th Century Warming Is Unlike Natural Variation

Posted October 23, 2009:

• Genome Of Microbe Silently Shaping Ecology Of Ocean Dead Zones Described
• Hybrids Of Invasive Australian Plant Species Casuarina Found Growing Widely In Florida

Posted October 22, 2009:

• Nitrogen Mysteries In Urban Grasslands

Posted October 21, 2009:

• Learning From Insects: The Race Is On For New 'Bio-Resources'

Posted October 20, 2009:

• Carbon-offsetting And Conservation Can Both Be Winners In Rainforest
• Global Warming May Spur Increased Growth In Pacific Northwest Forests
• Killer Algae: Key Player In Mass Extinctions
• Eutrophication Affects Diversity Of Algae
• Last Chance To Save Rare Asian Animal From Extinction?

Posted October 19, 2009:

• New Insights Into Marine Ecosystems And Fisheries Production

Posted October 14, 2009:

• World Will Miss 2010 Target To Stem Biodiversity Loss, Experts Say

Posted October 13, 2009:

• First Spider Known To Science That Feeds Mainly On Plant Food
• A Tree's Response To Environmental Changes: What Can We Expect Over The Next 100 Years?

Posted October 11, 2009:

• Nitrogen Cycle: Key Ingredient In Climate Model Refines Global Predictions
• Tropical Regions To Be Hardest Hit By Fisheries Shifts Caused By Climate Change

Posted October 8, 2009:

• Nitrogen Deposition Limits Climate Change Impacts On Carbon Sequestration
• In Search Of Wildlife-friendly Biofuels: Are Native Prairie Plants the Answer?

Posted October 7, 2009:

• Huelva Is Swallowing Up Coastal Lagoons In Doñana, Spanish Scientists Find

Posted October 6, 2009:

• Black Rat Does Not Bother Mediterranean Seabirds

Posted October 4, 2009:

• Loss Of Top Predators Causing Surge In Smaller Predators, Ecosystem Collapse

Posted October 3, 2009:

• Quick Rebound From Marine Mass Extinction Event, New Findings Show
• Coral Bleaching Increases Chances Of Coral Disease

Posted October 2, 2009:

• Springtime Sheep Grazing Helps Control Leafy Spurge

Posted October 1, 2009:

• Ancient Rainforests Resilient To Climate Change

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