News tagged with ecological effect
Anti-biotech groups obstruct forest biotechnology
Jun 30, 2009 |
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The potential of forest biotechnology to help address significant social and environmental issues is being "strangled at birth" by the rigid opposition of some groups and regulations that effectively preclude ...
Spring cold snap helps with stream ecosystem research
Jul 23, 2009 |
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A rare April freeze in 2007 provided researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory with further evidence that climate change could have negative effects on stream and forest ecosystems.
Study shows effect of feral buffalo on Kakadu
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Jan 13, 2009 |
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The ecological effect of feral buffalo on Kakadu National Park has been the focus of a research study by a team of prominent Charles Darwin University researchers.
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Ecological impact of African cities
Dec 02, 2008 |
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African cities are growing faster than anywhere else in the world. This is having a major impact, but few ecologists are studying the urban environment and effect of cities on rural areas. One of the most important ecological ...
World's oldest ecological study is honored
May 09, 2006 |
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Ecologists are preparing to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the world's oldest ecological research project -- The Park Grass Experiment -- in Britain.
Keep big fish in their small ponds -- or in the ocean, says research
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Nov 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Toronto analysed Canadian fisheries data to determine the effect of the "keep the large ones" policy that is typical of fisheries. What they found is that the effect of this ...
Moose multiplying in Scandinavia
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Apr 20, 2008 |
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Biologists say there are now record numbers of moose in Scandinavia -- the greatest population since the Ice Age.
Long-term study shows effect of climate change on animal diversity
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Sep 22, 2008 |
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Two species of giraffe, several rhinos and five elephant relatives, along with multitudes of rodents, bush pigs, horses, antelope and apes, once inhabited what is now northern Pakistan.
Measuring the effects of temperature increases in the Antarctic fauna
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey subjected species found in Antarctic waters to increasing levels of water temperature to learn how well they would cope with a warmer ocean. The study, to be presented at the ...
Research explains how ecosystems survive in a constantly changing world
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Jul 20, 2006 |
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Ecological networks may struggle to survive the systematic changes our planet is undergoing, according to researchers from Queen Mary, University of London.
Study: Wildlife need more complex travel plans
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Oct 20, 2008 |
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A new UC Davis study says that people trying to help nature by designing corridors for wildlife need to think more naturally.
Long-term study shows effect of climate change on animal diversity
Aug 19, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two species of giraffe, several rhinos and five elephant relatives, along with multitudes of rodents, bush pigs, horses, antelope and apes, once inhabited what is now northern Pakistan. But ...
Wildebeest or malaria parasite -- same rules determine number of offspring
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Jan 15, 2008 |
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Whether you are dealing with the number of wildebeest on the Serengeti or the number of malaria parasites in the human body, new research shows the same ecological framework determines breeding numbers and population size.
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