News tagged with extinction risk
Law enforcement vital for great ape survival
Recent studies show that the populations of African great apes are rapidly decreasing. Many areas where apes occur are scarcely managed and weakly protected. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary ...
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Contemporary evolution study published
Studies of threatened species typically focus on factors associated with extinction risk, but a recent study published in PLoS ONE reports a case of a contemporary evolution for a recently introduced population of a protected ...
Sep 08, 2011 |
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Climate change study warns 1 in 10 species could face extinction by 2100
One in 10 species could face extinction by the year 2100 if current climate change impacts continue. This is the result of University of Exeter research, examining studies on the effects of recent climate change on plant ...
Jul 11, 2011 |
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New study provides global analysis of seagrass extinction risk
A team of 21 researchers from 11 nations, including professor Robert "JJ" Orth of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, has completed the first-ever study of the risk of extinction for individual seagrass ...
May 25, 2011 |
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Climate change is making our environment 'bluer'
The "colour" of our environment is becoming "bluer", a change that could have important implications for animals' risk of becoming extinct, ecologists have found. In a major study involving thousands of data points and published ...
Apr 06, 2011 |
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Scientists call for more robust measures to identify and protect endangered species
Conservationists may need to change their approach to protecting animals and plants from extinction if they are to successfully shield key species and habitats from the effects of global climate change, according to a new ...
Mar 31, 2011 |
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Predicting extinction risk to birds with a model
(PhysOrg.com) -- Yale University researchers have developed a tool for biodiversity conservation in the face of global change: a statistical model that helps predict the risk of extinction for almost 90% of the world’s ...
Oct 13, 2010 |
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New study shows over one-fifth of the world's plants are under threat of extinction
A global analysis of extinction risk for the world's plants, conducted by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew together with the Natural History Museum, London and the International Union for the Conservation of ...
Sep 29, 2010 |
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