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<!--Generated by Squarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.522-322 (http://www.squarespace.com) on Mon, 01 Apr 2019 03:38:02 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Conservation Maven: News Feed</title><subtitle>Conservation News</subtitle><id>http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/atom.xml"/><updated>2014-04-04T14:00:21Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.522-322 (http://www.squarespace.com)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Invasive species starting upstream may have advantages, study finds</title><category term="Freshwater"/><category term="Invasive"/><category term="Research Briefs"/><id>http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/invasive-species-starting-upstream-may-have-advantages-study.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/invasive-species-starting-upstream-may-have-advantages-study.html"/><author><name>Rob Goldstein</name></author><published>2011-10-11T14:24:03Z</published><updated>2011-10-11T14:24:03Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Researchers have found that a species invasion that starts at the upstream edge of its range may have a major advantage over downstream competitors...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Evolutionary flexibility may help plants adapt to climate change</title><category term="Climate"/><category term="Plants"/><category term="Research Briefs"/><id>http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/evolutionary-flexibility-may-help-plants-adapt-to-climate-ch.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/evolutionary-flexibility-may-help-plants-adapt-to-climate-ch.html"/><author><name>Rob Goldstein</name></author><published>2011-10-11T13:35:47Z</published><updated>2011-10-11T13:35:47Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Plants may have the genetic flexibility to respond to climate change according to a new published in the journal Science...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Coral reef decline and recovery linked to 700 years of human activity</title><category term="Fish"/><category term="Marine"/><category term="Research Briefs"/><id>http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/coral-reef-decline-and-recovery-linked-to-700-years-of-human.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/coral-reef-decline-and-recovery-linked-to-700-years-of-human.html"/><author><name>Rob Goldstein</name></author><published>2011-10-05T14:51:41Z</published><updated>2011-10-05T14:51:41Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Changing human activities coupled with a dynamic environment over the past few centuries have caused fluctuating periods of decline and recovery of corals reefs...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Discovery of predictable sequence towards coral reef collapse</title><category term="Marine"/><category term="Research Briefs"/><id>http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/discovery-of-predictable-sequence-towards-coral-reef-collaps.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/discovery-of-predictable-sequence-towards-coral-reef-collaps.html"/><author><name>Rob Goldstein</name></author><published>2011-10-05T14:33:55Z</published><updated>2011-10-05T14:33:55Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[An international team of scientists has achieved a major breakthrough in fishing sustainability of coral reefs which could play a vital role in preventing their collapse...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Oil spill impact on marsh fish species detected</title><category term="Energy"/><category term="Fish"/><category term="Marine"/><category term="Research Briefs"/><id>http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/oil-spill-impact-on-marsh-fish-species-detected.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/oil-spill-impact-on-marsh-fish-species-detected.html"/><author><name>Rob Goldstein</name></author><published>2011-10-05T14:20:01Z</published><updated>2011-10-05T14:20:01Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Despite very low to non-detectable concentrations of oil constituents in the water and in fish tissues, biological effects in fish indicate dramatic responses that are indicative of exposures to the toxic components of oil...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Public trust doctrine can rescue wildlife from politics, scientists argue</title><category term="Policy"/><category term="Research Briefs"/><id>http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/public-trust-doctrine-can-rescue-wildlife-from-politics-scie.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/public-trust-doctrine-can-rescue-wildlife-from-politics-scie.html"/><author><name>Rob Goldstein</name></author><published>2011-10-04T14:18:22Z</published><updated>2011-10-04T14:18:22Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[When a species recovers enough to be removed from the federal endangered species list, the public trust doctrine – the principle that government must conserve natural resources for the public good – should guide state management of wildlife, scientists say...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Weeds are vital to the existence of farmland species</title><category term="Agriculture"/><category term="Biodiversity"/><category term="Research Briefs"/><id>http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/weeds-are-vital-to-the-existence-of-farmland-species.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/weeds-are-vital-to-the-existence-of-farmland-species.html"/><author><name>Rob Goldstein</name></author><published>2011-10-04T14:07:17Z</published><updated>2011-10-04T14:07:17Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Weeds, which are widely deemed as a nuisance plant, are vital to the existence of many farmland species...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Identifying ecological limits of mountain trail use</title><category term="Mammals"/><category term="Protected Areas"/><category term="Recreation"/><category term="Research Briefs"/><id>http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/identifying-ecological-limits-of-mountain-trail-use.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/identifying-ecological-limits-of-mountain-trail-use.html"/><author><name>Rob Goldstein</name></author><published>2011-10-03T19:10:12Z</published><updated>2011-10-03T19:10:12Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[A new study on human impact to wildlife in some of Canada’s most popular national parks has identified limits at which trails can be used before ecological disturbance takes place...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Using digital panoramas for rangeland ecological monitoring</title><category term="Research Briefs"/><category term="Technology-GIS"/><id>http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/using-digital-panoramas-for-rangeland-ecological-monitoring.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/using-digital-panoramas-for-rangeland-ecological-monitoring.html"/><author><name>Rob Goldstein</name></author><published>2011-09-21T14:28:25Z</published><updated>2011-09-21T14:28:25Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[A scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is exploring how rangeland ecologists could use high-resolution digital panoramas to track landscape changes...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>New model for allocating conservation funding could save species under climate change</title><category term="Climate"/><category term="Planning"/><category term="Research Briefs"/><id>http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/new-model-for-allocating-conservation-funding-could-save-spe.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/new-model-for-allocating-conservation-funding-could-save-spe.html"/><author><name>Rob Goldstein</name></author><published>2011-09-20T15:41:38Z</published><updated>2011-09-20T15:41:38Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[A new model for guiding the allocation of conservation funding could save more species from extinction under climate change...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Biodiversity may reduce infectious disease, study shows</title><category term="Biodiversity"/><category term="Research Briefs"/><id>http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/biodiversity-may-reduce-infectious-disease-study-shows.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/biodiversity-may-reduce-infectious-disease-study-shows.html"/><author><name>Rob Goldstein</name></author><published>2011-09-20T15:24:52Z</published><updated>2011-09-20T15:24:52Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Researchers have shown for the first time that loss of biodiversity may be contributing to a fungal infection that is killing amphibians around the world – a finding that provides more evidence for why biodiversity is important to many ecosystems...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Songbirds with bigger brains have benefited from the end of communism</title><category term="Birds"/><category term="Research Briefs"/><id>http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/songbirds-with-bigger-brains-have-benefited-from-the-end-of.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/songbirds-with-bigger-brains-have-benefited-from-the-end-of.html"/><author><name>Rob Goldstein</name></author><published>2011-09-16T14:31:21Z</published><updated>2011-09-16T14:31:21Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[The abundance of songbirds with relatively large brains in Eastern Germany and the Czech Republic has increased since 1989...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Comparing urban growth boundaries with targeted land protection tools</title><category term="Planning"/><category term="Policy"/><category term="Preservation"/><category term="Research Briefs"/><id>http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/comparing-urban-growth-boundaries-with-targeted-land-protect.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/comparing-urban-growth-boundaries-with-targeted-land-protect.html"/><author><name>Rob Goldstein</name></author><published>2011-09-16T13:26:32Z</published><updated>2011-09-16T13:26:32Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[A recent analysis of the effectiveness of several regulatory and land protection mechanisms provides evidence of their ability to work together to achieve focused conservation that provides both societal and natural resource benefits...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Decline of species at dams and weirs more severe than previously believed</title><category term="Fish"/><category term="Freshwater"/><category term="Research Briefs"/><id>http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/decline-of-species-at-dams-and-weirs-more-severe-than-previo.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/decline-of-species-at-dams-and-weirs-more-severe-than-previo.html"/><author><name>Rob Goldstein</name></author><published>2011-09-15T14:54:24Z</published><updated>2011-09-15T14:54:24Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Dams and weirs have a stronger impact on the ecosystem of watercourses than previously realized. Species diversity in the dammed area upstream of weirs shows a significant decline: the diversity of fish species is one-quarter lower on average, and species diversity among invertebrates is up to 50 percent lower...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>First stem cells from endangered species produced to strengthen populations</title><category term="Biodiversity"/><category term="Mammals"/><category term="Research Briefs"/><id>http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/first-stem-cells-from-endangered-species-produced-to-strengt.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://conservationmaven.com/frontpage/first-stem-cells-from-endangered-species-produced-to-strengt.html"/><author><name>Rob Goldstein</name></author><published>2011-09-14T15:22:54Z</published><updated>2011-09-14T15:22:54Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Starting with normal skin cells, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have produced the first stem cells from endangered species...]]></summary></entry></feed>