News tagged with biological conservation
Conservation targets too small to stop extinction: study
Oct 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Conservation biologists are setting their minimum population size targets too low to prevent extinction, according to a new study led by University of Adelaide.
Where science feeds action, leopards win
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Researchers from the field in South Africa demonstrate that threatened big cats truly can be saved through strategic and science-based conservation practices, according to a study published this week in the ...
Scientists identify world's largest leatherback turtle population
May 18, 2009 |
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An international team of scientists has identified a nesting population of leatherback sea turtles in Gabon, West Africa as the world's largest. The research, published in the May issue of Biological Conservation, involv ...
Bone Deformities Linked to Inbreeding in Wolves of Isle Royale
Apr 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The wolves on Isle Royale are suffering from genetically deformed bones. Scientists from Michigan Technological University blame the extreme inbreeding of the small, isolated wolf population ...
Birds in Flint Hills of Kansas, Oklahoma face population decline despite large habitat
Mar 03, 2009 |
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The wide-open spaces of the Flint Hills may no longer provide a secure home on the range for several familiar grassland birds, according to research by a Kansas State University ecologist and her colleagues.
