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New research suggests Burmese pythons will find little suitable habitat outside South Florida

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created Aug 13, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Burmese Pythons – one of the largest snakes in the world – may have chosen Florida as a vacation destination, but are unlikely to expand further, according to a study released August 13 by researchers at the City University ...





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Climate change opens new avenue for spread of invasive plants

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created Nov 19, 2008 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Plants that range northward because of climate change may be better at defending themselves against local enemies than native plants.


Study finds one-time herbicide use decreased native plants, may have increased invasive plants

Study finds one-time herbicide use decreased native plants, may have increased invasive plants

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Matt Rinella, faculty in Animal and Range Science at Montana State University and an ecologist at the Fort Keogh Agricultural Experiment Station in Miles City, recently published the results ...


Killer bees may increase food supplies for native bees

Killer bees may increase food supplies for native bees

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Aggressive African bees were accidentally released in Brazil in 1957. As "killer bees" spread northward, David Roubik, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, began a 17-year study ...


Attack of the invasive garden ants

Attack of the invasive garden ants

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created Feb 26, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An ant that is native to Eurasia is threatening to become the latest in a procession of species to invade Europe, as a result of inadvertent human introduction. Research published in the online open access ...


Aussie meat ants may be invasive cane toad's Achilles' heel

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Ecologists in Australia have discovered that cane toads are far more susceptible to being killed and eaten by meat ants than native frogs. Their research - published in the British Ecological Society's journal Functional Ec ...


Faster koa tree growth without adverse ecosystem effects

Faster koa tree growth without adverse ecosystem effects

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created Mar 27, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

U.S. Forest Service scientists with the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry have completed a study on ways to make high-value koa trees grow faster, while increasing biodiversity, carbon sequestration, scenic ...


Livestock Can Help Rangelands Recover from Fires

Livestock Can Help Rangelands Recover from Fires

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A 14-year study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Oregon found that rangelands that have been grazed by cattle recover from fires more effectively than rangelands that have ...


Franklin's bumble bee may be extinct

Franklin's bumble bee may be extinct

Biology / Ecology

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis, just returned from a scientific trip to southern Oregon and Northern California ...


Introduced Japanese white-eyes pose major threat to Hawaii's native and endangered birds

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created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In the late 1920s, people intentionally introduced birds known as Japanese white-eyes into Hawaiian agricultural lands and gardens for purposes of bug control. Now, that decision has come back to bite us. A recent increase ...


Rust fungus to tear backbone out of boneseed

Rust fungus to tear backbone out of boneseed

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created Jan 29, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

CSIRO’s newly refurbished containment facility for exotic insects and plant pathogens in Canberra is hosting a species of rust fungus which shows promise as a biocontrol agent for the highly invasive plant ...



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