Ecology
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Why seed dispersers matter, an interview with Pierre-Michel Forget, chair of the FSD International Symposium
Convention on Biological Diversity: Headlines &bull Mar 8, 2010There are few areas of research in tropical biology more exciting and more important than seed dispersal. Seed dispersal-the process by which seeds are spread from parent trees to new sprouting ground-underpins the ecology of forests worldwide. Full Story »
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Focusing science on solar cells
Peak Oil News (3) &bull Mar 5, 2010
The Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE) located in New York, NY has come up with an ingenious way to capture the Sun's rays - use office windows as solar power generators to augment or power the building. Full Story »
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Natural Resources & Environment Magazine
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Out of step
Climate Change News Digest &bull Mar 5, 2010Recent changes in the seasonal timing of biological events such as flowering and migration have been linked to warmer temperatures. Now a study shows that such seasonal shifts are becoming increasingly common in the UK and could wreak havoc across… Full Story »
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WPC Memo Full of Errors
Sightline's Daily Score &bull Feb 26, 2010
The memo is riddled with errors, including two big ones. The state would collect new revenues by increasing the tax rate on hazardous substances imported into Washington. This would increase gas prices by four to six cents per gallon. And… Full Story »
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Climate Change May Make Plants More Fragrant: Scientific American
www.scientificamerican.com via @EcoInteractive &bull Feb 23, 2010A warming climate could lead to a more fragrant world, but it might disturb an intricate communication system used by plants, according to a review published recently in Trends in Plant Science. When Jarmo Holopainen grew white cabbages in a greenhouse in Finland, he found that over many… Full Story »
Shigen Kankyo Taisaku Journal of Resources and Environment Journal of Resources and Environment Magazine
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Daily Kos: It's the ecology, stupid!
www.dailykos.com via @moviegeek16 &bull Feb 22, 2010Climate change will do more than make life on Earth a bit warmer. Even a 5th-grader can tell you that. The problem with people like James Inhofe is that they are not smarter than 5th-graders. The high heat that accompanied the recent drought was the underlying cause of death for millions of pinyon pines throughout the Southwest, according to new research. The resulting landscape change will affect the ecosystem for decades. Hotter temperatures coupled with drought are the type of event predicted by global climate… Full Story »
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Belize Audubon Society holds James A. Waight Conservation Award ...
Ambergris Daily &bull Feb 20, 2010The Belize Audubon Society held its annual James A. Waight Conservation Award ceremony last night at the Radisson Fort George Hotel and Marina. The award is given to individuals or organizations who have contributed significantly to the conservation and enhancement… Full Story »
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How to Tend to Your Organic Garden
Organic Gardening Supply | Backyard Landscape Ideas &bull Feb 20, 2010Youve spent quite a bit time and effort to make sure your garden is laid out in the most promising way and considering how best to grow that garden organically. Watering the garden every evening after dinner can be good therapy for the gardener, but its not good for the plants. When the soil is often sprinkled on top but never deeply soaked, plant roots tend to remain in the damp, upper few inches of soil where they are vulnerable to searing mid-summer heat and drought. Vegetable plants need an average of 2-inches of water a week. Be sure to… Full Story »
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News Release: Use of DeconGel for Beryllium Cleanup Wins ...
Biosafety Clearing-House - Latest News &bull Feb 20, 2010Honolulu, Hawaii, February 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/CBI Polymers, a subsidiary of Cellular Bioengineering, Inc., is pleased to announce that National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and Safety and Ecology Corporation (SEC) have won the Environmental, Security, Safety and Health (ESSH) Achievement Award in recognition of their innovative use of DeconGel as a beryllium decontamination technique for the mitigation and abatement of hazardous particulate. DeconGel is a proprietary hydrogel used to efficiently and safely… Full Story »
James R. Craig, David J. Vaughan, Brian J. Skinner - Earth Resources and the Environment
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute News &bull Feb 20, 2010Forest ecologists know that the trees they study will most likely outlive them. To compensate for this a "chronosequence" is createda series of forests plots of the same type at different developmental stages. At the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)… Full Story »
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FrugalAuburn.com: Forest Ecology Preserve Events & News
FrugalAuburn.com &bull Feb 20, 2010The Forest Ecology Preserve is a lovely piece of ground owned by Auburn University. On it you will find miles of trails through the forest. If you spend some time there you will find such things as a turtle pond with a little pier going out on the water, a deer blind, a "natural" playground for children, informative signs, and in the spring I have even tasted blackberries along the power-line trail. At any rate, it is a… Full Story »
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Patterns and Processes in Forest Landscapes
Springer Life Sciences titles &bull Feb 20, 2010Increasing evidence suggests that the composition and spatial configuration ? the pattern ? of forest landscapes affect many ecological processes, including the movement and persistence of particular species, the susceptibility and spread of disturbances such as fires or pest outbreaks, and the redistribution of matter and nutrients. Understanding these issues is key to the successful management of complex, multifunctional forest landscapes,… Full Story »
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Wind Watch: Citizens' task force calls for wind power moratorium
National Wind Watch: News &bull Feb 20, 2010Augusta ? For Ethan Hall, who lives 3,500 feet from a wind turbine on Vinalhaven, being subjected to the turbines sound is like listening to a drippy faucet torture. I wouldnt be here if it was easy to get used to, Hall said at a Feb. 19 press conference… Full Story »
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Agronomy, Crops, Soils Societies Offer Scholarships, Fellowships ...
Agriscribe - Agriculture News &bull Feb 20, 2010MADISON, WI-- Looking for ways to support your studies in agronomy, crop, soil science, or a related discipline? Three scientific societies based in Madison, WI, are accepting applications for several scholarships and fellowships for undergraduate and graduate students studying in… Full Story »
David William Pearce and R. Kerry Turner - Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment
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"Food miles" are an environmental myth
Eideard &bull Feb 20, 2010Buying locally as measured in ?food miles? ? the distance between where food is grown and where it is sold ? is a poor indicator of a product?s impact on the environment and is thus not a valid way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.… Full Story »
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Sustainability Digest Reforestation in Brazil's Atlantic Forest ...
Sustainability Digest &bull Feb 20, 2010Reforestation in Brazils Atlantic Forest Could Help Biodiversity RecoverPosted under Travel Nature, animals, biodiversity, birds, brazil, carbon sequestration, deforestation, ecology, endangered species, environmental certification, global climate change, news, preservation. Full Story »
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Global warming deniers want South Dakota's teachers to deceive ...
Thoughts from Kansas &bull Feb 20, 2010Now on ScienceBlogs: Happy 80th Birthday, Pluto! You will notice that it lacks definiteness; that it lacks purpose; that it lacks coherence; that it lacks a subject to talk about; that it is loose and wabbly; that it wanders around; that it loses itself early and does not find itself any more. Joshua Rosenau spends his days defending the teaching of evolution at the National Center for Science Education. He is also a graduate student at the University… Full Story »
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A comparison of experience-dependent locomotory behaviors and ...
Meds Pages &bull Feb 20, 2010Background: Survival of an animal depends on its ability to match its responses to environmental conditions. To generate an optimal behavioral output, the nervous system must process sensory information and generate a directed motor output in response to stimuli. The… Full Story »
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Wild Plants Post: Biogeography and traits
Wild Plants Post &bull Feb 20, 2010A place to discuss the ecology and evolution of plants as well as the functioning of ecosystems. Companion to Resource Strategies of Wild Plants, Princeton University Press. Research on species traits generally follows one of three avenues: traits are related… Full Story »
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The Voltage Gate: For Darwin Day: The Biogeography of Darwin's Gourd
The Voltage Gate &bull Feb 20, 2010In September of 1835, Charles Darwin was visiting an island of Floreana, one of the smaller islands in the Galapagos archipelago where he came across crawling beds of Sicyos villosus, a fairly typical member of the squashes and cucumbers (Cucurbitaceae). Darwin noted that the cucurbit was "injurious" to the surrounding vegetation, referring to its prolific takeover of the landscape nearby. Darwin sent a sample of S. villosus (pictured above) back to Great Britain along with 209 other plants from the Galapagos, where Joseph Hooker described it and since then, it's been sitting in one receptacle or another for the past… Full Story »
