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Wednesday
Sep162009

Using DNA barcodes to track the illegal wildlife trade

The trade in illegal bushmeat may be booming. But a team of scientists has moved us a step closer to the future of wildlife law enforcement...read more

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Tuesday
Sep152009

Evaluating wetland mitigation banks...

Mitigation banks have emerged as a preferred alternative for complying with the Clean Water Act's stated goal of no net loss' of wetlands. But are they working?

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Tuesday
Sep152009

A web-based tool for mapping invasive species using local expertise

Internet savvy researchers have created a web-based tool to integrate local expertise about invasive species occurance into regional- scale maps...read more

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Monday
Sep142009

Improving water quality may help corals resist climate change

Monday
Sep142009

The effects of natural gas well pad activity on wildlife

Massive natural gas development projects are being built on public lands in the western U.S. A new study looks at the impacts on wintering mule deer...read more

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Thursday
Sep102009

Soils in restored wetlands, very slow to develop

A new study may disappoint those hoping to quickly restore wetlands back to reference conditions. Researchers looking back over 50 years have found that soil development after wetland restoration proceeds  much slower than previously thought...read more

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Wednesday
Sep092009

Controlling invasive species in a fragmented management mosaic

If eradicating invasive species depends largely on the cooperation of neighbors, what happens when they don't cooperate? A new study explores the challenges of invasive species control within a fragmented management mosaic...read more

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Wednesday
Sep092009

Google ecology: using algorithms to predict the effects of species extinction

In a new study published in the open source journal Computational Biology, researchers apply Google's Page Rank algorithm to the food web to predict the consequences of species extinction on ecosystems...read more

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Friday
Sep042009

When controlling invasive species backfires...

Scientists develop a theoretical model based on population dynamics to predict in what circumstances efforts to control invasive species will backfire...read more

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Thursday
Sep032009

Can harvesting trees improve habitat for birds?

In a new study, scientists look at the effect of wildlife-friendly forestry on avian species in the bottomland hardwood forests of Louisiana...read more

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