Does land use zoning protect ecosystem health?

Land use zoning is the most commonly used policy tool in the United States for controlling the number of houses in a rural area. The tool is frequently used to minimize the impact of development on ecosystem health. However, according to a new study looking at lakes in Wisconsin, zoning regulations may sometimes protect ecosystems, but in other situations it may have much less of an effect...

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Controlling feral cats in ecologically sensitive areas: Is "trap, neuter, return" effective?

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A decision framework for using fire as a restoration tool

For the land manager, fire represents a potentially valuable tool in controlling invasive species and restoring native ecosystems. But one of the challenges of utilizing fire in restoration is predicting how plants will ultimately respond to the treatment and planning accordingly...

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How much are the ecosystems of New Jersey worth to society?

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Study finds stream restoration has little impact on benthic invertebrate community

A new study looks at 26 restored river sites across Europe and finds little evidence that these projects have impacted the benthic invertebrate community - i.e. the worms, crustaceans, and other organisms that dwell on the bottom of freshwater systems...

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Single trees in agricultural systems give big boost to birds and bats

Conservationists often place the greatest value on protecting large contiguous habitat areas. However, as two new studies in the journal Biological Conservation show, single, isolated trees on agricultural lands can a give big boost to wildlife species...

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Marine protected areas benefit some fish... but not others

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Does open-access publishing increase future citations of a study?

Advocates of open access publishing have argued that making scientific studies freely available will expand the dissemination of the research - particularly in developing countries where people and institutions are less likely to afford subscriptions. A new study, however, calls this assumption into question...

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Sea ice decline linked with reduced polar bear size and reproduction

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Prioritizing habitat preservation in a rapidly suburbanizing area

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