News tagged with nonnative
Study of feeding behaviors points to challenges for native fish
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study detailing the feeding behaviors of four species of fish found in the Colorado River and its tributaries uncovered a few surprises and opened new insights to the challenges faced by ...
Feb 03, 2012 |
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Ecology biased against non-native species?
The recent field of invasion biology faces a new challenge as 19 eminent ecologists issue a call to "end the bias against non-native species" in the journal Nature.
Jun 08, 2011 |
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California's controlled fires boost biodiversity
In certain ecosystems, such as the mixed-conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada region of the western United States, fires are a natural and essential occurrence for maintaining forest health. However, for many decades, resource ...
Nov 23, 2010 |
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Foreign accents make speakers seem less truthful to listeners
A foreign accent undermines a person's credibility in ways that the speaker and the listener don't consciously realize, new research at the University of Chicago shows.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 19, 2010 |
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Northwest salmon recovery plan may include breaching dams
In a case closely followed by environmental and business interests, a rewritten plan for restoring endangered and threatened wild salmon runs on the Columbia and Snake rivers in Washington state and Idaho includes studying ...
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Report shows US wildlife trade poorly regulated
Wildlife imports into the United States are fragmented and insufficiently coordinated, failing to accurately list more than four in five species entering the country, a team of scientists has found. The effect, ...
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Scientist names top 5 invasive plants threatening Southern forests in 2009
U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) Ecologist Jim Miller, Ph.D., one of the foremost authorities on nonnative plants in the South, today identified the invasive plant species he believes pose the biggest threats ...
Jan 12, 2009 |
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