Native in Biological News

Wolf reintroduction proposed in Scottish Highland test case

... natural areas now bear much resemblance to their native conditions," said William Ripple, a professor of ... approaches as human hunting fail to do. The native red deer in Scotland essentially the same animal ... of the land, and have serious consequences on native Scots pine and birch regeneration. In ...

Nitrogen research shows how some plants invade, take over others

... this allows plant species to invade and take over native plants. In an article published July 6 in the ... why one invasive plant species is replacing native species -- it's because of its ability to take up ... to weedy exotic grasses that invade our native rangelands. The study is the latest of several ...

'Honey bee health' of concern at Western Apicultural Society conference

... Honey bee specialists and native pollinator experts will address the 31st annual ... identifying non-Apis pollinators, impacts of native bees on commercial crop production and the ... afternoon will include lectures by three native pollinator experts. Robbin Thorp, emeritus ...

Midge keeps invasive mosquito in check, aiding native mosquitoes

... U.S. in containers as small as a coffee cup, native and invasive mosquito larvae compete for ... of the invasive Asian tiger mosquito than of the native Eastern treehole mosquito ( Aedes triseriatus ). This allows the native mosquitoes to survive even though the invasive ...

Changing climate likely to make 'super weed' even more powerful

... -- and causes severe deleterious effects on other native plants," Bais said. "Our research also ... Delaware wetlands, in stands of both exotic and native Phragmites australis . The study highlights the ... the plant, and its enhanced effects against the native species of Phragmites , which is becoming ...

Jeepers creepers: Climate change threatens endangered honeycreepers

... against these diseases. Before long, Hawaii's native honeycreepers significantly declined in numbers ... was introduced, leaving few survivors. Today, native Hawaiian birds face one of the highest rates of ... and rapid extinction of virtually all of Hawaii's native honeycreepers after the introduction of avian pox ...

Native Americans descended from a single ancestral group, DNA study confirms

... of genetic data to debate whether ancestors of native Americans emigrated to the New World in one wave ... DNA samples from people in dozens of modern-day native American and Eurasian groups, an international ... work provides strong evidence that, in general, native Americans are more closely related to each other ...

Regulation of cell proliferation by the OGF-OGFr axis is dependent on nuclear localization signals

... and pathogenesis of diseases related to this native biological system, but to the development of new ... demonstrating the remarkable properties of these native peptides in a variety of clinical studies. OGF ... and pathogenesis of diseases related to this native biological system, as well as to development of ...

Aussie meat ants may be invasive cane toad's Achilles' heel

... to being killed and eaten by meat ants than native frogs. Their research published in the British ... in meat ants, metamorph cane toads and seven native Australian frog species. They found that, unlike the native frogs, cane toads are poorly equipped to escape ...

Marine scientists to assess environment before offshore drilling begins in US arctic waters

... drilling with areas of rich natural resources and native subsistence harvesting activities. The data ... The team will work closely with Alaska's native communities, such as the Inupiat. "This is a ... assistant director of operations at UTMSI. "The native Alaskan populations are very concerned about ...

Climate change's impact on invasive plants in Western US may create restoration opportunities

... and alter ecosystems in ways that threaten native wildlife, agriculture, and ranching. All have ... under future climate conditions. "Just as native species are expected to shift in range and ... reduced or eliminated by climate change. Local native plants (the ones that were there prior to the ...

Invasive plants challenge scientists in face of environmental change

... the ability of weedy species to compete with native plants. Classic weed control techniques like ... of environmental changes and their impacts on native plants," said Seastedt, also a fellow at ... altered Great Plains ecosystems than dominant native species." Seastedt has been awarded a $500,000 ...

Another reason to drink a nice cup of shade-grown joe

... also help to maintain the genetic diversity of native tree species. "Shade coffee farms allow birds ... recent colonization and extensive gene flow of native understory tree species in shade coffee farms of ... provide us with a great opportunity to support native biodiversity," Jha said. "Many studies have shown ...

Shade coffee benefits more than birds

... canopy of multiple tree species, not only harbor native birds, bats and other beneficial creatures, but also maintain genetic diversity of native tree species and can act as focal points for ... to find out whether shade coffee farms nurture native pollinators such as stingless bees. When she ...

Replacing corn with perennial grasses improves carbon footprint of biofuels

... on corn, sugar cane, Miscanthus, switchgrass and native prairie grasses. They also evaluated the impact ... source. Their analysis showed that converting native land (grassland or forest) to sugarcane ... cane to rebuild soil carbon to former levels on native land. Harvesting the corn residue for ...

Climate change opens new avenue for spread of invasive plants

... defending themselves against local enemies than native plants. So concludes a team of scientists ... nature preserve in The Netherlands, with related native plant species from the same area. "We set out to see whether the native and exotics responded differently to natural ...

Even plants benefit from outsourcing

... The answer to successful revegetation of native flora is in sourcing genetically diverse seed not necessarily relying on remnant local native vegetation to provide seed. "A common belief is that local native plants are the best source of seed for ...

Acoustical Meeting, Nov. 10-14, 2008 in Miami, Florida

... from Northwestern University has investigated how native speakers of tone and non-tone languages perceive ... word-level pitch, the research team surmised that native tone-language speakers might process music pitch ... speakers. To investigate this difference, native speakers of Mandarin Chinese ...

MIT: Mending broken hearts with tissue engineering

... match the structural and mechanical properties of native heart tissue. As a result, it has several ... or mechanical properties consistent with the native myocardial [heart muscle] structure," said George ... its mechanical properties closely match those of native heart tissue. For example, it is stiffer when ...

Northwest climate change is target of $3.2M in grants to University of Oregon

... The DOE project involves intensive studies of 12 native plant species that currently exist with range ... as indicators of climate-change impacts on other native plant species, Bridgham said. Such impacts also will be examined for the entire suite of native and exotic plants that occur in the research ...

Florida's 'worm grunters' collect bait worms by inadvertently imitating mole sounds

... for the impact the industry was having on the native worm population. Now far fewer people practice ... of worm-grunting. Apalachicola is the home for a native species of earthworm Diplocardia mississippiensis ... The next step was to determine how the native earthworms respond to the presence of moles. He ...

Oklahoma researchers support biodiversity in biofuels production

... which is used in many food products. However, native grasses are much more viable than the ... is planned, there are also species-rich native prairies. native grassland, especially the tallgrass prairie, is ...

BioScience tip sheet, October 2008

... Goods and Services Provided by Restored and native Lands. Walter K. Dodds, Kymberly C. Wilson, ... categories of goods and services associated with native and restored lands in the lower 48 states finds ... restored lands offer 31 percent to 93 percent of native land benefits within a decade of restoration, ...

Entomological Society of America names 2008 award winners

... strategies for insects affecting turfgrasses, native grasses, and horticultural plantings in Nebraska. ... of Entomology at Penn State University. A native Brazilian, Dr. De Moraes earned her B.Sc. in ... soybean aphid and of garlic mustard, the use of native plants to enhance beneficial insects, and ...

Biocontrol insect exacerbates invasive weed

... as insects, are often released outside of their native ranges to control invasive plants. But scientists ... complex community interactions among deer mice, native plants and seeds, the presence of an introduced ... . Spotted knapweed, a flowering plant native to Eurasia, was first discovered in the United ...

Study of islands reveals surprising extinction results

... "Species Invasions and Extinction: The Future of native Biodiversity on Islands," is one in a series of ... New Zealand, for example, there were about 2,000 native species of plants. Since colonization, about ... such a strong correlation between the number of native and exotic plant species on islands around the ...

Green roofs differ in building cooling, water handling capabilities

... differences, Simmons noted, resulted from the native plants used on the green roofs. Each had 16 different types of plants native to Texas in a similar arrangement as part of this ... as 8 percent during deluges. The presence of native plants likely helped all the green roofs capture ...

Surviving the revolution, easier than withstanding human use and abuse

... 196 acres of hilly forest and a small salt marsh. native Americans lived in the nearby caves before ... activity changed the face of the park. Some native species went extinct, while non-native species ... Parks Department workers planted thousands of native trees and shrubs, but many do not survive. ...

Tiny invasive snail impacts Great Lakes, alters ecology

... of researchers. These tiny creatures out-compete native snails and insects, but are not good fish food replacements for the native species. "These snails have an operculum, a ... the mud snails are not a problem because of native trematodes -- flukes -- that infect the snails ...

Brown tree snake could mean Guam will lose more than its birds

... the snakes caused the extinction of nearly every native bird species on the Pacific island of Guam. A ... including large population losses among other native animal species in Guam's forests, attacks on ... possibly changing tree distributions and reducing native tree populations, altering already damaged ...

ESA to feature wide range of UW-Madison presentations

... To save fish, researchers look to trees native brook trout in streams on Wisconsin's Bayfield ... forests over the past 50 years. In many areas, native species have declined, invasive plants have ... analyses of the diversity and abundance of native plants, birds, and beneficial insects. Early ...

Saving our bees

... what can be done to preserve bees in their native habitats. The session, titled "The ... is particularly interested in the health of native bees as "biological insurance" against the decline of honeybees. "Over half of the world's native plants require animal pollinators, and most of ...

Outdoor enthusiasts scaring off native carnivores in parks

... that allow no public access. Evidence of some native carnivore populations - coyote and bobcat - was ... numbers, Reed studied the droppings of six native and non-native mammalian carnivores in 28 parks ... did in the parks. Coyotes and bobcats are both native carnivores. She also found more scat from ...

Lionfish decimating tropical fish populations, threaten coral reefs

... crisis posed by this invasive species, which is native to the tropical Pacific and Indian Ocean and has ... large groupers. In the Atlantic Ocean, native fish have never seen them before and have no ... that no Atlantic Ocean fish has ever encountered. native fish literally don't know what hit them." When ...

Saving the wild orchids of Borneo

... also contribute to the endangerment of Borneo's native orchids. Compelled by concern for the demise of Borneo's native orchids, Chairani Siregar of the College of ... a 3-year study to locate and record endangered native orchid species in West Borneo. According to ...

Y chromosome study sheds light on Athapaskan migration to southwest US

... A large-scale genetic study of native North Americans offers new insights into the ... successful at assimilating and intermixing with native groups already living in the southwest. The ... how pervasively European males intermixed with native groups, said principal investigator Ripan Malhi, ...

River damming leads to dramatic decline in native fish numbers

... has led to an extensive decline in numbers of native fish whilst introduced species have flourished. ... it is dammed have had an adverse effect only on native fish, due to differences in their life histories. ... which, if implemented, could reverse the loss of native species not only in the Colorado but on a country ...

Search for salt tolerant grasses aims to improve roadside plantings

... was to identify a salt tolerance limit for native and ornamental turf grasses in hopes of finding a ... Department of Transportation mandates the use of native grasses along roadways, Brown believes that the ... to develop. "It seems to do better than our native grasses," Brown said. "We should just use it ...

Climate change could severely impact California's unique native plants

... Berkeley -- The native plants unique to California are so vulnerable to ... Berkeley, study. Because endemic species - native species not found outside the state - make up nearly half of all California's native plants, a changing climate will have a major ...

World-class environment vision to 'bring back the species'

... program that aims to: help re-establish native vegetation to 30% of the Mt Lofty region an unprecedented scale globally; prevent the loss of native flora and fauna; promote the return of some native species that have disappeared across the Ranges; ...