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11,000 alien species invade Europe
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Nov 20, 2008 |
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For the first time it is now possible to get a comprehensive overview of which alien species are present in Europe, their impacts and consequences for the environment and society. More than 11,000 alien species have been ...
Significant increase in alien plants in Europe
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Sep 17, 2008 |
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The number of alien plant species has more than tripled over the last 25 years. This is the finding of a study by European scientists who evaluated the data from 48 European countries and regions. 5789 plant ...
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Invasions by alien plants have been mapped in Europe
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Jan 22, 2009 |
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Biological invasions are one of the major threats to biodiversity and in many cases they have considerable impact on economy and human health. For their effective management it is important to understand which areas and ecosystems ...
Researchers release results of statewide survey of snail, slug invasions in Hawai'i
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Nov 26, 2008 |
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Hawai`i's ongoing problem with invasive species such as snails and slugs, including their serious impact on plant nurseries and other aspects of the local horticultural industry, has been investigated and documented by four ...
Woody and aquatic plants pose greatest invasive threat to China
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May 01, 2008 |
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Although China currently has fewer invasive woody plants than the United States, China’s potential for invasion by nonnative trees and shrubs is high, according to an article in the May 2008 issue of BioScience.
Europe's flora is becoming impoverished
Dec 11, 2009 |
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With increasing species richness, due to more plant introductions than extinctions, plant communities of many European regions are becoming more homogeneous. The same species are occurring more frequently, ...
Ecologists put price tag on invasive species
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Invasive species can disrupt natural and human-made ecosystems, throwing food webs out of balance and damaging the services they provide to people. Now scientists have begun to put a price tag on this damage. In a study ...
High construction cost for cycads
Jul 23, 2009 |
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Self-sustaining organisms like plants possess the ability to synthesize their own food using inorganic materials. Plants use water and carbon dioxide to begin this process in their green tissues. The leaf ...
Missouri and Kansas are releasing alien insects to do battle with invasive plants
Aug 04, 2009 |
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An alien plant species has invaded Missouri and is threatening to overrun crops and livestock pastures. To combat the scourge weed, officials are deliberately releasing two alien insect species to destroy its roots and seeds. ...
Threatened or invasive? Species' fates identified
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Jun 13, 2008 |
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A new ecological study led by a University of Adelaide researcher should help identify species prone to extinction under environmental change, and species that are likely to become a pest.
Alien predators are more dangerous than native predators
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Mar 14, 2007 |
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Introduced predators such as foxes and cats are twice as deadly as native predators to Australia’s unique native animals, a new study has found.
'Avatar' video game to expand film's alien world
Nov 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- James Cameron was thinking beyond the big screen when he created the alien world of Pandora. The "Titanic" director worked in tandem with video game developer Ubisoft Montreal on the game based on ...
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