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Seed Dispersal In Mauritius -- Dead As A Dodo?
Walking through the last
rainforests on the volcanic
island of Mauritius, located
some 800 km east of
Madagascar, one is
surrounded by ghosts. Since
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Invasion Of The Spiny Water Fleas: Drying Anchor Lines Can Help Contain Spread
Reducing the spread of some
invasive species into our
lakes could be as simple as
asking boaters and fishers
to dry out their equipment,
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Amazon Under Threat From Cleaner Air
The Amazon rainforest, so
crucial to the Earth's
climate system, is coming
under threat from cleaner
air say prominent climate
scientists. The new study
identifies a link between
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Red Tide Killer Identified: Bacteria Gang Up On Algae, Quashing Red Tide Blooms
Researchers at Scripps
Institution of Oceanography
at UC San Diego have
identified a potential "red
tide killer." Red tides and
... > full story
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Endangered Species Up The Risk Of Extinction For Other Species In Ecological Community
May 8, 2008 — An endangered species of flora or fauna ups the risk of the extinction of the other species in its ecological community. Trophically unique species are more vulnerable for cascading extinction, ... > full story -
New Reason For Bee Hive Collapse: Ecologists Tease Out Private Lives Of Plants And Their Pollinators
May 6, 2008 — The quality of pollen a plant produces is closely tied to its sexual habits, ecologists have discovered. As well as helping explain the evolution of such intimate relationships between plants and ... > full story -
Limitations Of Charcoal As An Effective Carbon Sink
May 4, 2008 — Fire-derived charcoal is thought to be an important carbon sink. However, a new article in Science shows that charcoal promotes soil microbes and causes a large loss of soil carbon. There has been ... > full story -
Ancient Ecosystems Organized Much Like Our Own
May 1, 2008 — Similarities between half-billion-year-old and recent food webs point to deep principles underpinning the structure of ecological relationships, as shown by researchers from the Santa Fe Institute, ... > full story -
New Fish Romping In The Southern Baltic Competes With Flounder, But Feeds Predatory Fish
April 28, 2008 — In less than three decades the round goby has become one of the most colorful features of the southern Baltic. The fish, which comes from the Black Sea, has rapidly adapted to Baltic conditions and ... > full story -
Insects Use Plants Like A Telephone
April 27, 2008 — Ecologists have discovered that subterranean and aboveground herbivorous insects can communicate with each other by using plants as telephones. Subterranean insects issue chemical warning signals via ... > full story -
Biodiversity Is Crucial To Ecosystem Productivity
April 27, 2008 — In the first experiment in a natural environment, scientists have shown that greater plant diversity significantly enhances an ecosystem's productivity. The finding underscores the importance of ... > full story -
Deep-sea Sharks Wired For Sound
April 23, 2008 — Deep-sea sharks have been tagged and tracked and their habitats precisely mapped in world-first research to test the conservation value of areas closed to commercial ... > full story -
New Model Predicts Where Corals Can Thrive
April 21, 2008 — Scientists have developed a new model that accurately maps where coral reefs are in the most trouble, and identifies regions where reefs can be protected best. The model is being applied in areas ... > full story -
Mercury In River Moves Into Terrestrial Food Chain Through Spiders Fed To Baby Birds
April 20, 2008 — Songbirds feeding near the contaminated South River are showing high levels of mercury, even though they aren't eating food from the river itself, according to a new article in Science. Mercury is ... > full story
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