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Can Biodiversity Persist In The Face Of Climate Change?
Predictions made over the
last decade about the
impacts of climate change on
biodiversity may be
exaggerated, according to a
paper published in the
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DNA 'Barcode' For Tropical Trees
In foods, soil samples or
customs checks, plant
fragments sometimes need to
be quickly identified. The
use of DNA "barcodes" to
itemize plant biodiversity
was proposed during the 1992
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Timber Harvest Impacts Amphibians Differently During Life Stages
Researchers found that
removing all of the trees
from a section of the forest
had a negative effect on
amphibians during their
later life cycles, but had
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Wolves, Moose And Biodiversity: An Unexpected Connection
Moose eat plants; wolves
kill moose. What difference
does this classic
predator-prey interaction
make to biodiversity? A
large and unexpected one,
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Data Point To Some Improvements In China's Environment
November 2, 2009 — A recent assessment finds some positive trends among indicators of biodiversity loss in China -- notably, growth in forest coverage and improvements in marine ecosystems. However, other indicators, ... > full story -
Trees Facilitate Wildfires As A Way To Protect Their Habitat
October 29, 2009 — Fire is often thought of something that trees should be protected from, but a new study suggests that some trees may themselves contribute to the likelihood of wildfires in order to promote their own ... > full story -
What Are Coral Reef Services Worth? $130,000 To $1.2 Million Per Hectare, Per Year
October 28, 2009 — Experts have revealed jaw-dropping dollar values of the "ecosystem services" of biomes like forests and coral reefs -- including food, pollution treatment and climate ... > full story -
Endemic Birds Thrive On Timor-Leste's 'Lost World' Mountain
October 27, 2009 — Surveys have confirmed that the finest montane forests in Timor-Leste, and possibly the whole island of Timor, are to be found on the inaccessible Mount Mundo Perdido -- literally, "Lost World." With ... > full story -
Carbon-offsetting And Conservation Can Both Be Winners In Rainforest
October 20, 2009 — Logged rainforests can support as much plant, animal and insect life as virgin forest within 15 years if properly managed, new research has ... > full story -
Global Warming May Spur Increased Growth In Pacific Northwest Forests
October 20, 2009 — Global warming in the next century could cause a significant increase in the productivity of high-elevation forests of the Pacific Northwest, a new study suggests. However, forests at lower ... > full story -
First Neotropical Rainforest Was Home Of The Titanoboa -- World's Biggest Snake
October 13, 2009 — Researchers working in Colombia's Cerrejón coal mine have unearthed the first megafossil evidence of a neotropical rainforest. Titanoboa, the world's biggest snake, lived in this forest 58 ... > full story -
Orangutans Unique In Movement Through Tree Tops
October 13, 2009 — Scientists have found that orangutans move through the canopy of tropical forests in a completely different way to all other tree-dwelling ... > full story -
Nitrogen Deposition Limits Climate Change Impacts On Carbon Sequestration
October 8, 2009 — The role of the forests is assumed to increase in the future, as an important buffer of climate change and increasing carbon dioxide concentrations. So-called Earth system models, computer systems ... > full story -
Panama Butterfly Migrations Linked To El Niño, Climate Change
October 6, 2009 — A 16-year study of tropical butterfly migration links a global climate pattern, El Niño, to local increases in plant production and peak ... > full story
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