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Ecological Knowledge Offers Perspectives for Sustainable Agriculture
April 29, 2013 — A smart combination of different crops, such as beans and maize, can significantly cut the use of crop protection agents and at the same time reduce the need for fertilizers. Integrating ecological ... > full story -
Plants Can Moderate Climate Warming, New Research Shows
April 28, 2013 — As temperatures warm, plants release gases that help form clouds and cool the atmosphere, according to new research. The new study identified a negative feedback loop in which higher temperatures ... > full story -
Ecology Buys Time for Evolution: Climate Change Disrupts Songbird's Timing Without Impacting Population Size (Yet)
April 25, 2013 — Songbird populations can handle far more disrupting climate change than expected. Density-dependent processes are buying them time for their battle. But without (slow) evolutionary rescue it will not ... > full story -
How Trees Play Role in Smog Production
April 25, 2013 — After years of scientific uncertainty and speculation, researchers have shown exactly how trees help create one of society's predominant environmental and health concerns: air ... > full story -
Peculiar Life History of Middle American Stenamma Ants
April 25, 2013 — A recent revision of the Middle American clade of the ant genus Stenamma provides the description of 40 species, 33 of which are recognized as new to science. The extensive study provides the first ... > full story -
Big Ecosystem Changes Viewed Through the Lens of Tiny Carnivorous Plants
April 23, 2013 — The water-filled pool within a pitcher plant, it turns out, is a tiny ecosystem whose inner workings are similar to those of a full-scale water body. Whether small carnivorous plant or huge lake, ... > full story -
Insights Into Deadly Coral Bleaching Could Help Preserve Reefs: Surprising Result from Study of 1893 World's Fair Corals
April 23, 2013 — Coral reefs are stressed because of climate change. Researchers have discovered corals themselves play a role in their susceptibility to deadly coral bleaching due to the light-scattering properties ... > full story -
Residential Lawns Efflux More Carbon Dioxide Than Corn Fields, Study Finds
April 23, 2013 — More carbon dioxide is released from residential lawns than corn fields according to a new study. And much of the difference can likely be attributed to soil temperature. The data suggest that urban ... > full story -
Scientists Reveals Escalating Cost of Forest Conservation
April 23, 2013 — New researchers illustrates how changes to farming could dramatically increase future costs of ... > full story -
Ant Family Tree Constructed: Confirms Date of Evolutionary Origin, Underscores Importance of Neotropics
April 22, 2013 — Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the higher species numbers in the tropics, but these hypotheses have never been tested for the ants, which are one of the most ecologically and ... > full story
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