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Thursday
Mar252010

Predicting the performance of plant restoration

To help address some of the uncertainty with ecological restoration, researchers have developed a model for predicting restoration performance based on genetic and geographic distance between a plant source location and the project site...

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Wednesday
Mar242010

When an invasive species is good for conservation...

Wednesday
Mar242010

"Can web crawlers revolutionize ecological monitoring?" researchers ask

A visionary approach to ecological monitoring would use automated web crawlers to look at the flow of information across the Internet and detect early warning signals of impending environmental problems before they become catastrophic...

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Tuesday
Mar232010

Grassland conservation hits ranchers in the wallet

Monday
Mar222010

New tool aims to help coral reefs survive climate change

Scientists have developed a practical method for assessing the resilience of coral reefs to climate change and for prioritizing local actions to help reefs survive. Jeff Maynard and fellow scientists tested the method in Keppel Bay of the southern Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and found that it can be a useful tool for conservation planning...

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Friday
Mar192010

Human disturbance spurring the development of invasive characteristics in species

Thursday
Mar182010

Quality vs. quantity in protecting habitat for birds

A new study from South Africa touches on an interesting conservation question about whether we should place greater importance on quality or quantity when it comes to protecting habitat to conserve biodiversity...

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Wednesday
Mar172010

Indigenous have smaller ecological footprint on Amazon than colonists

Wednesday
Mar172010

Oil exploration causing long-term damage to arctic tundra

Proponents for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska and government regulators have generally assumed that conducting seismic activities in the winter would avoid damaging the sensitive tundra ecosystem. A new study throws this assumption into doubt...

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Tuesday
Mar162010

Reducing the negative ecological impacts from biofuel production