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  Warm Weather Puts Trees on Fast Forward

  March 19, 2012 — Flowers are popping open and pollen is flying, driven by higher-than-normal temperatures across the eastern United ... > full story
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  Tracking Lake Erie Water Snake in Fight Against Invasive Fish

  March 19, 2012 — Researchers have used a surgically implanted device to record the habits of snakes in their natural environment for the first time. This particular study holds promise in "keeping score" as Ohio's ... > full story
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  Invasive Plants: Climate Is a Determining Factor

  March 16, 2012 — Most invasive plants colonize regions with climates similar to the one from their native areas. With the analysis of fifty invasive plant species introduced worldwide, this study confirms that it is ... > full story
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  Clash of the Crayfish: Why the Americans Are Winning

  March 15, 2012 — Aggressive American signal crayfish are threatening Britain's native white-clawed crayfish populations because they have better resistance to parasites and are less fussy about what they ... > full story
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  Fertilization by Invasive Species Threatens Nutrient-Poor Ecosystems

  March 13, 2012 — Biologists have developed a new method for quantifying the effect of non-native species on ecosystem ... > full story
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  Medical Imaging Technology Used to Better Understand Fish Senses

  March 12, 2012 — A marine biologist gets an occasional strange look when she brings fish to Rhode Island Hospital. While the facility's microCT scanner is typically used to study bone density and diseases like ... > full story
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  Carp Dominate Crayfish in Invasive Species Battleground

  March 6, 2012 — Common carp and Louisiana red swamp crayfish are some of the most invasive species on the planet yet how they interact has been poorly understood until now. Scientists investigated their relationship ... > full story
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  Helping Protect Vulnerable Birds from Impacts of Climate Change

  March 2, 2012 — Scientists have completed an innovative study of the effects of climate change on bird species of greatest concern. This novel study prioritizes which birds are most at risk and will help guide ... > full story
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  Overfishing Leaves Swaths of Mediterranean Barren

  March 1, 2012 — Centuries of overexploitation of fish and other marine resources -- as well as invasion of fish from the Red Sea -- have turned some formerly healthy ecosystems of the Mediterranean Sea into barren ... > full story
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  Earthworms to Blame for Decline of Ovenbirds in Northern Midwest Forests

  February 29, 2012 — A recent decline in ovenbirds, a ground-nesting migratory songbird, in forests in the northern Midwest United States is being linked by scientists to a seemingly unlikely culprit: ... > full story

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