Stanford biologist working to restore native forests to Hawaii
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...persal (LDD) of wind-borne organisms is central to quantifying risk for transgenic escape and gene flow, control of pests and invasions, persistence in fragmented landscapes and species co-existence; yet LDD remains notoriously difficult to define, measure and model. This difficulty has shaped the current paradi...Fire fighters, managers use new software to estimate fire hazard; air pollution levels
... The FCCS is rapidly becoming the new standard for quantifying and mapping fuels in the United States and beyond. For example, the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in north-central Washington is mapping FCCS fuelbeds across millions of acres of fire-prone forest land. "Much of the interior West has lots of tr...Reify Corporation's Visible Discovery(tm) technology showcased at ICSB conference
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...uins," the authors conclude. "Our data shows that quantifying the consequences of human disturbances on wildlife is rarely simple and straightforward." Magellanic Penguins nest in coastal colonies along the southern Atlantic and Pacific oceans of South America. The penguins in the study live in the largest and...Researchers to scrutinize megacity pollution during Mexico City field campaign
... scientists have traditionally faced difficulty in quantifying its components. The MIRAGE team will use aircraft, ground stations, and satellite observations to gather data on how Mexico City's air pollution ages as it disperses in the first hours and days after emission. Aircraft and instruments Researchers ...International symposium on radar altimetry in Venice, 13 to 18 March 2006
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As global change accelerates, quantifying the role of forests in the carbon cycle becomes ever more urgent. Modelers seek simple predictors of forest biomass and carbon flux. Over the last decade, the theory of metabolic ecology generated testable explanations, derived from physical and bioc...Tufts researchers are keeping track of vitamin K: Research summary
...inones and dihydrophylloquinone. As we learn more, quantifying the content of these other forms of vitamin K in foods is important," she adds. Booth and other nutrition scientists conducted this research under the direction of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), which is the chief scientific research agency......ely include parasites because of the difficulty in quantifying them by standard ecological methods. Parasites are small and invisible, hidden inside their hosts. However, parasites strongly affect food web structure and parasite links are necessary for measuring ecosystem stability, according to the study. "Fo...