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Scientists discover global pattern of big fish diversity in open oceans

...tructure of life in the open ocean and a focus for conservation efforts. Perhaps most surprising is the discovery ...are indeed consistent areas in which to prioritize conservation efforts. Overlaying detailed information on animal movements and shifts in local oceanographic habit...

Best research work in the area of wine growing

...ussed were themes such as food quality and safety, conservation and use of horticultural biodiversity, conservation of the environment, technology transference and interchange, as well as current tendencies of consum...

Scientists map the world for nature conservation

...nable them to develop more effective global nature conservation strategies. Botanists at the University of Bonn ha...nce because the results are needed both for nature conservation planners and those engaged in basic research. A central innovation here is the breakdown of data by...

Amazon symposium to address large-scale conservation

...ational symposium on the prospects for large-scale conservation of natural resources in the Amazon Basin. This re...azon require large-scale, integrated approaches to conservation that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. Large-scale conservation of the greater Amazon Basin...

Radio-tracking associated with 'dramatic shift' in water vole sex ratio

...collared females. This result has implications for conservation research, especially for monitoring water vole populations." Skewed sex ratios have been reported in stressed and malnourished females of various species, including water voles. The ecologists suggest this could be explained in terms of the local re...

Making Sure Sacred Sheep Don't Become Extinct

...there were 2 million of these sheep. In 1977, when conservation efforts started, there were fewer than 500. Now the estimates are around 1,500.—By David Elstein, Agricultural Research Service Information Staff. This research is part of Food Animal Production, an ARS National Program (#101) described on the World...

A New Species of Monkey is Discovered in Tanzania: The First in Africa for More Than 20 Years

...n so involved in the creation of the Park, and the conservation of Mt Rungwe, it has been very exciting for us to ...lyn Ehardt’s research project, which is focused on conservation of the critically endangered Sanje mangabey endemic to these mountains. First sighted by Richard La...

Man-made wetland's effectiveness similar to natural marsh

...ave already been created or restored under current conservation programs, Mitsch said. But about 10 to 25 times that many are needed in the Mississippi watershed region in order to see a significant reduction of nitrogen levels in the Gulf. ...

Taking the piste out of Alpine vegetation

...dance of areas with vegetation of articularly high conservation value," they say. Some alpine ecosystems are extraordinarily rich in species, but they are also sensitive and susceptible to changes in land use and climate. ...

Biodiversity hotspots identify conservation priorities

...widely used prioritization strategy for allocating conservation dollars to areas where they can do the most good. ... value of the hotspots concept for defining urgent conservation priorities," said Russell A. Mittermeier, president of Conservation International (CI) and co-editor...

Alaskan puzzles, monitoring provide insight about North Pacific salmon runs

...ystem Initiative. The initiative focuses on salmon conservation in pristine areas, in hope of saving healthy systems rather than rehabilitating highly transformed systems, Hilborn says. Other than fishing, the waterways studied by the Alaska Salmon Program are not subject to human activities such as dam building,...

Camera Traps Catch Eye of the Tiger

...h provide the foundation for World Wildlife Fund's conservation successes. But it is WWF's innovative application of everyday technology that is yielding results for tigers on the Indonesian Island of Sumatra. WWF scientists are using camera traps to help conduct presence/absence surveys that will provide a range...

Examination of internal 'wiring' of yeast, worm, and fly reveals conserved circuits

... of California, Berkeley. Their analysis revealed conservation and overlap in yeast, worm, and fly in 71 distinct "network regions" that included such essential functions as protein degradation, RNA polyadenylation and splicing, protein phosphorylation and signal transduction, DNA synthesis, nuclear-cytoplasmic ...

Ancient olfaction protein is shared by many bugs, offering new pest control target

...s specific, there is a high degree of evolutionary conservation of the Or83b coding sequence among the fruit fly, ... Kevin J. Lee, and Leslie B. Vosshall: "Functional conservation of an insect odorant receptor gene across 250 million years of evolution" ...

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