Ecology News

Posted May 11, 2008:

• Endangered Species Up The Risk Of Extinction For Other Species In Ecological Community

Posted May 9, 2008:

• Seed Dispersal In Mauritius -- Dead As A Dodo?
• Invasion Of The Spiny Water Fleas: Drying Anchor Lines Can Help Contain Spread

Posted May 8, 2008:

• Amazon Under Threat From Cleaner Air
• Ponds Found To Take Up Carbon Like World's Oceans
• Biodiversity: It's In The Water

Posted May 6, 2008:

• New Reason For Bee Hive Collapse: Ecologists Tease Out Private Lives Of Plants And Their Pollinators
• Trouble In Paradise: Global Warming A Greater Danger To Tropical Species
• Red Tide Killer Identified: Bacteria Gang Up On Algae, Quashing Red Tide Blooms
• Nutrient Pollution Reductions From Urban Stream Restoration Quantified

Posted May 4, 2008:

• Limitations Of Charcoal As An Effective Carbon Sink

Posted May 2, 2008:

• New Ocean Current Discovered
• Oxygen Depletion Zones In Tropical Oceans Expanding, Maybe Due To Global Warming

Posted May 1, 2008:

• Ancient Ecosystems Organized Much Like Our Own

Posted April 30, 2008:

• Restoration Of A Tropical Rain Forest Ecosystem Successful On Small-scale

Posted April 29, 2008:

• Legless Lizard And Tiny Woodpecker Among New Species Discovered In Brazil
• Will Corals Survive The Stormy Future?

Posted April 28, 2008:

• New Fish Romping In The Southern Baltic Competes With Flounder, But Feeds Predatory Fish

Posted April 27, 2008:

• Insects Use Plants Like A Telephone
• Biodiversity Is Crucial To Ecosystem Productivity

Posted April 26, 2008:

• Scientists Reveal Presence Of Ocean Current 'Stripes'

Posted April 23, 2008:

• Deep-sea Sharks Wired For Sound

Posted April 21, 2008:

• New Model Predicts Where Corals Can Thrive
• Fishing Throws Targeted Species Off Balance, Study Shows

Posted April 20, 2008:

• Mercury In River Moves Into Terrestrial Food Chain Through Spiders Fed To Baby Birds

Posted April 18, 2008:

• Hawaiian Plant, Thought To Be Newcomer, Actually Shaped Ecology Of The Islands From The Beginning

Posted April 16, 2008:

• Bikini Corals Recover From Atomic Blast, Although Some Species Missing

Posted April 7, 2008:

• Birdfeeders Can Both Help And Harm Bird Populations
• Gypsy Moth Management Made More Efficient, Cost-effective

Posted April 5, 2008:

• Coral Reefs And Climate Change: Microbes Could Be The Key To Coral Death

Posted April 4, 2008:

• Sudden 'Ecosystem Flips' Imperil World's Poorest Regions, Say Water Experts
• Heavy Metals In UK Park: Evidence From Bugs In Blanket Bogs

Posted April 3, 2008:

• Damaged Land Can Restore Itself Through Spontaneous Revegetation
• Some Migratory Birds Can't Find Success In Urban Areas

Posted April 2, 2008:

• China's Economic Boom Sparks Biological Invasions
• When Evolution Tends To Maximize The Diversity And Functioning Of Ecosystems

Posted April 1, 2008:

• Tropical Forests Not Likely To Limit Expected Rapid Rise In Carbon Dioxide, Major Study Suggests
• Study Questions 'Cost Of Complexity' In Evolution

Posted March 31, 2008:

• Small Desert Beetle Found To Engineer Ecosystems
• Faster Hawaiian Tree Growth Without Adverse Ecosystem Effects

Posted March 29, 2008:

• Can You Rescue A Rainforest? The Answer May Be Yes

Posted March 28, 2008:

• Evolution Of New Species Slows Down As Number Of Competitors Increases

Posted March 27, 2008:

• Elephants Without Borders: Scientists Track African Elephants By Satellite
• Conservation Of Freshwater Fish Biodiversity: A Challenge For The Countries Of The South
• Logging Road Threatens Rare Peat Dome, Tigers

Posted March 26, 2008:

• Satellites Help Map Soil Carbon Flux
• Shorebirds' Migratory Wetland Habitat Declining Fast

Posted March 25, 2008:

• Delicate Partnership Between Coral And Algae Threatened By Global Warming

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