Scientists find grass yield, carbon storage not affected by creepy-crawlies in the soil
...ne the results. They had predicted that the larger fauna communities would lead to changes in the compositi... the previously reported positive effects of these fauna on soil fertility and plant growth. They also expected to see an increase in the amount of carbon st...Brazilian shellfish may improve understanding of ancient world
...zoans are some of the most common encrusters. "The fauna has changed since the Paleozoic, but the ecological principles are similar in terms of the pattern and frequency of encrustation," Rodland says. "A difference from Paleozoic times is that then most of the encrustation was on the outside of the shell....Too many turtles may end up as roadkill
...in the company of grizzly bears and gray wolves as fauna for which road networks may be a key limiting factor to population recovery efforts." In areas where buffer zones and large roadless areas are not feasible, turtles could be protected from collisions by building road crossings. This work is "some of ...GSA release 02-55: Dec. Geology & GSA Today media highlights
...and the climate of Avalonia warmed, the indigenous fauna became progressively extinct. Laurentian species were then able to migrate and insinuate themselves into Avalonian niches. This pattern has strong similarities to the Great Faunal Interchange of land animals between North and South America during t...Study employs backyard scientists to document global warming impact
EAST LANSING, Mich. The flora and fauna are sending signals about the impact of global warming a message that is being heard in backyards around the world. A study in the Jan. 2 edition of the British science journal Nature synthesized data from 143 scientific papers to examine whether a...Arthropods of Tropical Forests
...d microclimates and their extraordinarily specific fauna do not exist. In Guyana, one team found that when canopy habitat is destroyed, canopy insects can't live in the understory; they are eliminated with their host trees. The book sets the bases for understanding the function and behavior of canopy arthr...A bird in a tree for biodiversity
...es, in which an awful lot of the world's flora and fauna are lost. All of these species potentially are of use to people. They help stabilize the natural environment, the climate, retain water and soil. "We can guess that their loss will be felt," Howe warned. "Ultimately, human actions may be causing the...Expedition will retrace legendary Steinbeck-Ricketts voyage to the Sea of Cortez
... a pretty good idea that the reason is because the fauna has changed.'' During the 2004 expedition, Baxter ...s we can use for an illustrated field guide of the fauna of the region - specifically along the west coast of southern Baja,'' Baxter adds. ''Not much has be...Third set of awards are announced under interagency biodiversity program
... identify new drugs through screening of flora and fauna while protecting biodiversity. The groups are consortia of public andprivate institutions, including universities, pharmaceutical companies, government agencies and indigenous environmental and community groups. Projects include the identification a...Viruses may be environmentally friendly decontaminants
...ange of environments with little or no toxicity to fauna and flora and are cost effective." In the study the researchers investigated the feasibility of using lytic bacteriophage, viruses that specifically target and kill bacteria, to reduce the level of spores made by the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis...Plant, bird and butterfly species dwindling in the United Kingdom, researchers report
... and Spanish . Two new studies of U.K. flora and fauna offer some of the first comprehensive evidence that species diversity is decreasing in the United Kingdom. The findings support the hypothesis that the world is experiencing a mass extinction on par with the other five mass extinctions that have punc...Eastern lowland gorilla population plummets 70 percent since 1994
...l provide protection and scientific monitoring for fauna and flora, conservation education for local people, and capacity building for Congolese Institutions, so that sustainable and long-term conservation efforts can be put in place to preserve the rich biodiversity and numerous endangered species found i...Long-forgotten samples may help save species
... comprehensive sampling of the Tahitian land snail fauna from a point in time five years prior to the devastating introduction of the rosy wolf snail." By extracting, amplifying and analyzing DNA from the samples, as well as from snails that die naturally in the zoo collections, Ó Foighil a...Study of Cape Cod Seashore finds off-road vehicles harmful to beach fauna
...e Park Service might take to further protect beach fauna is to close beaches to traffic on an alternating schedule, rather than close some beaches for the entire season and open others. "Maybe by alternating closures at various beaches, there wouldn't be such a consistent negative impact on the beaches whe...New mouse species found in the Philippines
... "The diversified presence of our flora and fauna is beneficial to the country's economic and social development," she said....Utah scientist helps discover new mouse species -- and maybe a new genus
...ountry. "The diversified presence of our flora and fauna is beneficial to the country's economic and social development," she said....... in an atlas format. The park's geology, flora and fauna are featured, as well as the history and implications of the park's uncommon mosaic of public and private land use structures. The atlas also considers the dynamic nature of the park's human communities, including rich information on culture and educ...Call for greater involvement of developing world scientists in fight against AIDS
...rmous potential of developing countries' flora and fauna to be investigated for novel pharmaceutical products, but would also help stem the 'brain drain' a major problem for the development of scientific capacity in the South, and especially in sub-Saharan Africa," says Gideon Okelo, Professor of Medicine...8 environmental stewards win $900,000 in biodiversity awards
...where he has been cited as doing more to study the fauna than any other living person. Goodman has often risked his personal safety to complete natural history collections, but he also has conducted conservation biology and field inventory courses for Malagasy students. He published, with Jonathan Benstead......l F. Hildebrand, his assistant, to census the fish fauna of the Canal area. They made lists of fish in the Chagres River on the Atlantic slope and in the Rio Grande, on the Pacific slope, rivers that would become part of the Canal waterway, a new freshwater corridor between two oceans. It did not take ...