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Important gene controlling tree growth and development found

...understanding of how the growth and development of forest trees is controlled. In an article published in th...of tree growth and development might revolutionize forest tree breeding and can lead to the development of new tree seedlings with a dramatically improved gro...

Scientists discover that ancient genes dictate flowering, fall bud set

...e at Umea University; and Steven H. Strauss of the forest science department at Oregon State University. "In this study, we looked at a poplar homolog of the gene FT, which has been shown to regulate flowering in annual plants. Surprisingly, we found that this gene not only controls the multi-year delay in...

Scientists describe new African monkey genus ?first in 83 years

...wo high-altitude locations: the Rungwe-Livingstone forest (16 groups) and Ndundulu Forest Reserve (three gro...e Kipunji was first observed. Unfortunately, the forest home of this new monkey is fragmented and vulnerable. Logging, charcoal making, poaching and unmanag...

Gorilla susceptibility to Ebola virus: the cost of sociality

...n of gorillas during an Ebola outbreak in the rain forest of the Republic of the Congo, researchers have fou...les--composing this population regularly visited a forest clearing where they were studied from 2001. In all, around 400 gorillas were identified from their i...

Ecosystem services and invasive species

...k to determine a value for the services this urban forest provides to the community. According to Cappellat...economic and ecological costs of exurbanization of forest and farmland at the wildland-urban interface on Tennessee's southern Cumberland Plateau. Tuesday, A...

WWF captures first-ever photo of wild rhino on Borneo

...an Research Program Center" in the Heart of Borneo forest area to bolster the rhino monitoring and research work in that area. Supporters of WWF-Malaysia's rhino conservation work include Honda Malaysia and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Sabah and the forests of the "Heart of Borneo" still hold huge tract...

Butterfly farming to help save rain forest

...arming business would help preserve the local rain forest in two ways. Firstly the local population will hav... from other activities that would involve yet more forest clearance and secondly that butterfly farming actually needs to conserve the rainforest because that...

Beekeepers work hard for the honey, despite changing tupelo forest

...es to put their hives. One reason is because the forest has taken a beating from more than 45 years of dredging of the Apalachicola for a river navigation project. The dumping of the dredged material has cut off many tupelo trees from their source of fresh water. Upstream water diversion also has lessened...

Agriculture and tropical conservation: rethinking old ideas

...ocumented in a single river valley 28,000 separate forest fragments, where vulnerable species such as muriqu...oast rainforest, the real question is not how much forest is left, but what's between those patches that are left, and will it support the necessary migration...

Tropical forest CO2 emissions tied to nutrient increases

...a helpings of key nutrients given to tropical rain forest soils caused them to release substantially more ca...rogen -- both of which occur naturally in the rain forest soils -- were added to forest plots in Costa Rica, they caused soil microbes to increase their CO2 e...

When the going gets tough, slime molds start synthesizing

...a solitary life munching on bacteria littering the forest floor. But these simple creatures can perform hero...his fascinating organism that crawls around on the forest floor. Says Noel, who is a professor in the Jack H. Skirball Center for Chemical Biology and Prote...

Tiny airborne particles are a major cause of climate change

...e by the emission of man-made aerosols (pollution, forest fires, and fuel combustion) lead to more, but smaller-sized, water droplets. The formation of larger water droplets by the collision process is less efficient and, therefore, rainfall is suppressed. The smaller droplets are lifted higher up into the ...

Virus has 'catastrophic' affect on red squirrels, research shows

...uirrel refuge, Kielder Forest, Northumberland. The forest has played a leading role in developing conservation strategies for the red squirrel. The team identified four potential 'gateways' for grey squirrels and developed a strategy to manage the disease threat. So far there has been no reports of the vir...

First surveys of Tanzanian mountains reveal 160+ animal species, including new & endemic

...tis nikeae) hiding among the leaf litter under the forest canopy. The smooth-skinned, brown patterned frog m... reserves. The team observed about 49 acres of one forest reserve had been cleared for bean and tobacco farms. Elsewhere, there was evidence of logging and hu...

UAB researchers confirm HIV-1 originated in wild chimpanzees

...g ape fecal samples collected by trackers from the forest floor in remote jungle regions of Cameroon, Hahn and her colleagues were able to detect SIVcpz-specific antibodies and nucleic acids (viral genetic information) in as many as 35 percent of chimpanzees in some ape communities. The UAB investigators ...

Value of services performed by insects tops $57 billion in US

...ge and trees (thereby decreasing the likelihood of forest fires); producing honey, shellac, dyes and other products; being used in medicine or as a source of food for animals other than those used in hunting, fishing and birding; and providing a direct source of food for humans. Based on their analysis, Lo...

Discovery may speed forest biotechnology

... in the fall," said Steven Strauss, a professor of forest genetics at OSU. "At least in theory, it may now b...lutionary perspective, it's easy to understand why forest trees don't flower and produce seed and pollen earlier," Strauss said. "When they are young, the tre...

The critical importance of mangroves to ocean life

...s analyzed the carbon output from a large mangrove forest in Brazil and suggest that the plants are one of t...gnature in water samples from the massive mangrove forest in northern Brazil, using natural carbon isotopes and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy--an es...

Amber reveals ecology of 30 million year old spiders

...h, said: "Amber provides a unique window into past forest ecosystems. It retains an incredible amount of inf...ve also been able to gain unique insights into the forest in which they lived." By analysing the size distributions of the spiders and comparing the distinct...

New organic substrate

... soil ?and, to a lesser extent, with vegetable and forest nurseries. It is a substrate that can compete with those in the market, especially those used for mushrooms and hydroponic crops, as a single substrate, while for the nursery crops it should be mixed with peat. Peat is the prime substrate at a worl...

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