Recipe for conservation insightthe first big revelation in conservation sciences was that studying the people on the scene as well as nature conservation was crucial.
They compare the Wolong Nature Reserve in southwestern China home to about 150 wild endangered giant pandas and the Chitwan National park in Nepal
and migration can loom large in many flagship nature reserves as do issues of how policy is executed
A multidisciplinary research project organised by University of Helsinki researchers has studied the role that the decrease in water levels has played in the interaction between nature and humans.
And what can we do to harmonize farming with nature? Calculating evolutionary historythe findings arise from a 12-year research project conducted by Stanford scientists at the intersections of farms and jungles in Costa rica.
It is clear that we need to strengthen evolutionary biology linkages across nature conservation food production
of nature reserves in agricultural landscapes. While this is good news for conservation and a tribute to the social tolerance of Indian people it also poses major challenges of managing conflict that occasionally breaks out.
An Analysis of the Extent and Nature of Illegality in Forest Conversion for Agriculture 90%of the deforestation in Brazil from 2000 to 2012 was illegal primarily due to the failure to conserve a percentage of natural forests in large-scale cattle
and stories about his research subjects nature's ultimate bioterrorists. In the 1990's Dutch biologists put Limburger cheese in a wind tunnel with malaria mosquitoes and were surprised to find that females were drawn to the smell he said.
The study which focused on laboratory rats was published today in the online peer reviewed journal Nature Communications.
because more land can be spared for nature if the same amount of crops can be produced using less land.
Writing in the journal Nature Climate Change Professor Nadine Unger of the Yale School of Forestry
Why caffeine is so important in nature is another question. Scientists theorize that the chemical may help plants repel insects or stunt competitors'growth.
Their findings published in The british journal Nature Communications may one day contribute to lower greenhouse gas emissions and cleaner skies.
A genomic study published in the Nature Communications journal has challenged just this assumption. Much older eventsthis work conducted in Central africa reveals a very different scenario:
A new study published today in Nature Climate Change suggests that --if current trends continue--food production alone will reach if not exceed the global targets for total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2050.
Falling gliding and flyingsuch activity has never been observed regularly in nature however and Dudley favors the scenario that flight developed in tree-dwelling animals falling
This new tetracycline is not plentiful in nature so the only way we can make it available to study by biologists for its potential in medicine is to synthesize it in the laboratory.
The authors of the new study recently published in the journal Nature write that by combining these layers they have identified areas where new roads have most potential benefit areas where road building should be avoided
and international funding agencies to help balance development and nature conservation said Professor Laurance. So much road expansion today is unplanned
But why would nature develop such a complicated mechanism to entrap a bacterial colony? Anã asks.
The findings which appear Aug 28 in the journal Nature could make it easier to feed the world's growing population in the face of climate change.
Andrew Koh added Based on the nature of the room it was anticipated from the beginning that residue samples extracted
These results published in Nature Climate Change in september 2014 underline the importance of microbial diversity to the functioning of soils
But it turns out that in nature very few plants have evolved to maximize their growth rates.
A recent study published online August 24 2014 in Nature Genetics offers a more in depth population-based approach to identifying such mechanisms for adaptation
#Evolutionary history of honeybees revealed by genomicsin a study published in Nature Genetics researchers from Uppsala University present the first global analysis of genome variation in honeybees.
which is the main building component of plants and also the most abundant polymer in nature.
In the current edition of Nature Communications scientists describe a new signaling mode for the brassinosteroid class of hormones.
Co-authors include Aviva Glaser from the National Wildlife Federation Doria Gordon from the Nature Conservancy and Deah Lieurance and Luke Flory from the University of Florida.
A new international study published this week in Nature Climate Change shows that damage from wind bark beetles
The wispy delicate nature of butterflies and moths is part of their charm but their soft-bodied larval stages have posed a problem for scientists studying them in the fossil record.
The paper The genome sequence of African rice (Oryza glaberrima) and evidence for independent domestication was published online in Nature Genetics on Sunday.
Carney is also a co-author on the Nature Genetics paper and her book served as one of the inspirations behind sequencing the African rice genome.
From 1998 to 2005 Wing led the U s. effort to help sequence the genome of Asian rice which is the only other domesticated rice species. Those results were published in the journal Nature in 2005
The work published July 27 in the journal Nature Genetics was lead by Bjã rn Usadel and colleagues at Aachen University in Germany.
Their work is described this week in the journal Nature Climate Change. Heald explains that while it's known that both higher temperatures
They report on their research in the most recent edition of the science journal Nature Genetics.
Their work is published in Nature Climate Change. The team revealed that higher temperatures increased the amount of leaf litter falling onto the soil as well as other underground sources of carbon such as roots.
In the latest issue of the science journal Nature Communications researchers from Wageningen University explain that a number of important characteristics of European pigs have Asian origins.
In Nature Communications he and his colleagues explain that the finding has its origin in the UK in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Hence one of the challenges in this field is the ability to create microdevices out of the Mos2 film comprising components with different thickness or chemical nature.
In a 2012 study published in the journal Nature Sheffield and Wood showed that diminished wind speeds have helped to offset the effects of rising temperatures that would
#Large twin study suggests that language delay due more to nature than nurturea study of 473 sets of twins followed
The model which requires intense computer calculations is described inâ Nature Communications. If our goal is to preserve the tree of life
Due to their very generic nature techniques used in this study can also be applied to other areas with similar eco-hydrologic issues to identify regions that warrant future management actions.
This study published online in Nature Communications provides an effective strategy to unveil novel genomic information for crop improvement.
These findings are published in the journal Nature Communications on 10 july 2014. Faced with the worrying phenomenon of bee decline researchers engineers farmers and beekeepers have been working together to try
This technique allows us to go beyond its seasonal nature and preserve all the properties of the product so we can consume the fruit alone
We can't put nature in a glass dome and think it's going to regulate itself he said.
and could serve as a good example for nature preserves with overabundant deer in other states.
The results are published in the scientific journal Nature. How the cosmic dust is formed has long been a mystery to astronomers.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Red List of endangered and threatened species categorizes the status of newly identified S. cordicitum as data deficient
Within Canada the only other fossil localities yielding mammals of similar age are from the Arctic so these fossils from British columbia help fill a significant geographic gap said Dr. Natalia Rybczynski of the Canadian Museum of Nature
Although it has been known for over 100 years that vertebrates apart from mammals detect light deep inside their brains the true nature of the key photoreceptor has remained to be a mystery up until now.
While living in a space habitat is basically residing in a mechanized environment Hava says humans by their makeup still need to be around nature.
In a paper published in this weekâ##s early online edition of Nature they report the discovery of a new genetic pathway in plants made up of four genes from three different gene families that control the density
were described in an article published in the online version of the journal Nature Climate Change.
#First national model for bovine TB calls for more focus on cattlein a study published in Nature this week a team of researchers based at the University of Warwick has produced the first national model to investigate the bovine TB spread.
The results derived from the model in the Nature paper entitled A dynamic model of bovine tuberculosis spread
Published in the journal Nature today the identification of boron tolerance genes in wheat DNA is expected to help plant breeders more rapidly advance new varieties for increased wheat yields to help feed the growing world population.
Manta rays are classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and are present at this site in surprisingly large numbers.
of grazers in the region according to the latest report by the Global Coral reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the United nations Environment Programme (UNEP.
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As the scientists reveal in their study published in Nature Climate Change stored carbohydrates play a key role in the resilience of the individual plant. 1400 saplings of ten species monitoredwhile stored starch
The results has been published in Nature Communications. The study shows that even organic farms have to actively support biodiversity by for example conserving different habitats on their holdings.
A new News and Views paper in Nature Climate Change co-authored by Woods Hole Research center scientists Marcia Macedo
Longer-term invasion intensifies forest destructionclimate has an impact on the geometrid moth system in the north--we see clear indications that the system is changing says Senior Research Scientist Jane U. Jepsen of the Norwegian Institute for Nature
While it is known that plants have evolved large families of GTS the chemical nature of these enzymes is such that the specific functions of most GTS remain largely unknown.
The latest research was published online in Nature Genetics. The human whipworm (Trichuris) infects around 1 billion people worldwide
dynasty-toppling floodsfor thousands of years Mother Nature has taken the blame for tremendous human suffering caused by massive flooding along the Yellow River long known in China as the River of Sorrow and Scourge of the Sons of Han.
In some ways these findings offer a new benchmark for the beginning of the Anthropocene the epoch in which humans became the most dominant global force in nature.
When in doubt bet on Mother Nature because physics will win every time. Human-caused environmental change is nothing new Kidder said.
and the Philippines according to a new study published today in the journal Nature Communications. Researchers from the Universitã Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Oxford university and the Chinese Center of Disease Control and Prevention analyzed new data
Zhao Xin Lu and Buqiong Buzhou of Kekexili National Nature Reserve Management Bureau; and George Schaller of WCS and Panthera.
Reported in the June 12 2014 edition of the journal Nature the international effort to sequence
Plants can transfer their entire genetic material to a partner in an asexual manneroccasionally two different plant species interbreed with each other in nature.
But sometimes nature uses a trick. Instead of passing on only half of each parent's genetic material both plants transmit the complete information to the next generation.
It is known generally from nature that plants are able to grow together at their contact zones.
Such a fitness advantage is known also from allopolyploid plants in nature and from the superior growth properties of allopolyploid crops.
and lead author of the new study published today in the journal Nature Communications. While plankton raised on algal carbon is more nutritious organic carbon from trees washed into lakes is a hugely important food source for freshwater fish bolstering their diet to ensure good size
Nature is capitalit is said often that nature is capital but this has largely been a metaphor thus far;
Conferred by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation the prize recognizes European scientists for innovative and exemplary research approaches in the areas of nature conservation agriculture and forestry and related sciences.
while the undisturbed area at Sioux Prairie is managed by the Nature Conservancy Oak Lake by SDSU and Spirit Mound by the S d. Game fish and Parks Department.
and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture U s. Department of agriculture and the work was published online June 8 2014 in the journal Nature Genetics Unlocking the genetic make-up of the common bean is a tremendous achievement that will lead to future
In a study published in the June 2014 edition of Nature Biotechnology an international consortium of researchers from the United states France Italy Spain
and every fall those same leaves provide one of nature's great color displays of vivid yellow orange and red.
The study is described in a June 1 paper published in Nature Climate Change. What we find in this paper is an increase in the growing season of forests in the eastern U s. due to recent climate change Keenan said.
The group's findings appear in this week's edition of the journal Nature Climate Change.
Results from the research appear today in the journal Nature Communications. Natural gas is the cleanest fossil fuel.
& Environmental Studies (F&es) and lead author of the study published in the journal Nature Climate Change.
Communication between species is widespread in nature but almost always involves only two or three species. Here we show for the first time that the same signal connects four different species each at a different level in the food chain.
The study has been published in the journal Nature Communications. Researchers Ramon Buxã archaeologist and director of the Archaeological Museum of Catalonia-Girona and MÃ nica Aguilera Udl researcher who is now working at the Paris Natural history Museum participated in the study too.
or patterns in nature that are repetitive serve a function and are so important they are retained often through millions of years
which happened to be the only National Nature Reserve in the area. More broadly High Level agri-environment schemes were the best places for bees.
Their research is detailed in the latest issue of the journal Nature Climate Change. By adaptation we mean a range of options based on existing technologies such as switching varieties of a crop installing irrigation
and also whether nature might already be exploiting it. The method could prove useful in controlling how particles move through microfluidic devices
The 24/7 nature of data collection is essential says Tim Kratz director of Trout Lake and a GLEON founder.
The occurrence of such patterning in nature is rather unusual says Stephan Getzin. There must be particularly strong regulating forces at work.
while the red panda is considered a vulnerable species according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
and plants--and on one of the most important connections that humans have with nature.
Until this study published in Nature Climate Change Antarctic climate observations were available only from the middle of last century.
The research by hydrogeologists at The University of Texas at Austin which appears in the May 11 edition of the journal Nature Geoscience shows for the first time that virtually every drop of water coursing through 311000 miles (500000 kilometers) of waterways
With growing global datasets collected using standardised methods further comparisons will be possible across the tropics to help elucidate the nature and causes of variation in plant biomass growth.
At the same time farmers need better pesticides to grow food while pesticide manufacturers aim to design effective pesticides without unacceptable side effects based on our understanding of pesticide effects in nature.
At the same time farmers need better pesticides to grow food while pesticide manufacturers aim to design effective pesticides without unacceptable side effects based on our understanding of pesticide effects in nature.
The new findings are reported in the journal Nature. Eight institutions from Australia Israel Japan and the United states contributed to the analysis. The researchers looked at multiple varieties of wheat rice field peas soybeans maize
Teaching youth about trees results in educated adults with sensitivities to trees and nature. The researchers explored the feasibility of introducing structural defect recognition as a potential curriculum enhancement for sixth grade students
so scientists like Bekker turn to Mother Nature's own record-keeping to see the bigger picture.
The research which has been published in the international journal Nature Chemical Biology also involved scientists from the University Jaume I in Spain and Utrecht University in The netherlands.
Findings published today in the journal Nature shows how a single bacterial strain (Methylocella silvestris) found in soil
'Trace-gas metabolic versatility of the facultative methanotroph Methylocella silvestris'by Andrew Crombie and Colin Murrell is published in the journal Nature on Monday April 28 2014.
risks to well-being of nature, people, ways to mitigate exist, experts saythe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has approved the second part of its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) titled Climate Change 2014:
The key message of the report is that climate change poses serious risks to the well-being of nature and people all over the world.
To fulfil these criteria ETH researchers used nanotechnology and nature's information storehouse DNA. A piece of artificial genetic material is the heart of the mini-label.
The research published Wednesday in Nature is one of the most comprehensive observational studies to explore the effects of long-term drought on the Congo rainforest using several independent satellite sensors.
Maxwell and colleagues have published results of their study of beetle effects on stream flows in this week's issue of the journal Nature Climate Change.
and can generate more greenhouse gases than gasoline according to a study published today in the journal Nature Climate Change.
A new study published April 16 in the journal Nature and co-authored by three Stanford scientists finds that a long-accepted theory used to estimate extinction rates predict ecological risk
Nature is not an islandconservationists have assumed long that once natural landscapes are fractured by human development
The theory drives the default strategy of conserving biodiversity by designating nature reserves. This strategy sees reserves as islands in an inhospitable sea of human-modified habitats
In reality plantations in the countryside typically supported 18 bat species compared to the 23 to 28 supported by tropical forest fragments and nature reserves.
People are losing many of nature's benefits such as water purification provided by forests and wetlands and pest control provided by birds and bats.
-and long-term factors that will be highly influential regardless of the nature and magnitude of the effects of climate change said lead author Stephen Shifley a research forester with the Northern Research Station.
and expanding construction to support nature-based tourism said the researchers including Copenheaver with Kiomars Sefidi formerly a doctoral student in natural resources at the University of Tehran who studied the subject at the university's Kheyrud Experimental Forest.
The study published in the journal Nature Climate Change showed that forests growing in fertile soils with ample nutrients are able to sequester about 30%of the carbon that they take up during photosynthesis. In contrast forests growing in nutrient-poor
which holds that more time in nature restores the ability to concentrate and reduces mental fatigue.
what is surely the most aggressive chemical defence system in nature. When threatened the bombardier beetle releases a caustic spray accompanied by a popping sound.
When you see how elegantly nature solves problems you realise how deadlocked the world of technology often is says Wendelin Jan Stark a professor from the ETH Department of chemistry and Applied Biosciences.
Just as in nature very little mechanical energy is required in the laboratory to release a much greater amount of chemical energy--quite similar to a fuse
Stark describes the successful research method as imitating nature and realising simple ideas with high-tech methods.
and was applied to an updated version of the first global tree of birds published in 2012 by the group in Nature.
Their results are published in the April 9 advanced online edition of the journal Nature. We have discovered the first metal catalyst that can produce appreciable amounts of ethanol from carbon monoxide at room temperature
In the Nature experiment Kanan and Li used a cathode made of oxide-derived copper.
and though we don't fully understand how nature breaks it down and recycles it into the deep Earth we know that it must
The Rice lab of chemical and biomolecular engineer Laura Segatori has designed a sophisticated circuit that signals increases in the degradation of proteins by the cell's ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS). The research appears online today in Nature Communications.
Findings from this wheat field-test study led by a UC Davis plant scientist will be reported online April 6 in the journal Nature Climate Change.
and EPOC laboratories (OASU CNRS Universitã Bordeaux 1) and published in the journal Nature changes the order for global carbon footprints.
The two ancestor wild species had been collected in nature conserved in germplasm banks and then used by the IPGI to better understand the peanut genome.
and the hidden nature of their webs which are built in palmetto shrubs. Red widows conceal their funnel-shaped retreats in unopened palmetto leaves making them difficult to spot.
The study was initiated in 2003 at the Trillium Trail Nature Reserve in Fox Chapel Pa. by a team of researchers from the University of Miami and University of Pittsburgh.
But when you're accounting for the water footprint of agricultural products it allows you to see the global nature of that water.
and seed dispersal in open habitats was published in the March 4 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United states of america and referenced in the February 27 issue of Nature.
Lead researcher Meagan Schipanski explained that commonly used measurements of ecosystem services can be misleading due to the episodic nature of some services and the time sensitivity of management windows.
The new study published in Nature Communications on March 18 is the first to measure tree deaths caused by natural processes throughout the Amazon forest even in remote areas where no data have been collected at ground level.
#Researchers take on fighting disastrous consequences of extreme changes in climate before they occurhow can communities dodge future disasters from Mother Nature before she has dealt the blow?
The study published today by the journal Nature Climate Change feeds directly into the Working group II report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report
Their study was published in the journal Nature Climate Change on 16 march 2014. The research project has been funded by the Academy of Finland.
Sales of the modified nacho's and popcorn increased by 8%despite the relatively healthier nature of the foods.
Nature is not static but interactive and dynamic he said. As we better understand the relationships between broad-scale human changes to crop diversity
and the insects that feed on those crops this knowledge will help us develop better pest-management strategies that are more in tune with nature.
The study authors concluded that there are no major differences between the nature and causes of injuries sustained on artificial turf
Pierson was also a co-author on a recent article published in Nature Communications by his Emory University
The solution is one that nature devised: let grazing animals crop the excess growth of fast growing grasses that can out-compete native plants in an over-fertilized world.
and scheduled for online publication March 9 2014 in the journal Nature. More than 50 scientists belonging to the Nutrient Network a team of scientists studying grasslands worldwide co-authored the study.
The study was conducted by researchers of the Institute of Nature Conservation of the Polish Academy of Sciences in the Carpathian mountains where this practice is rooted deeply and increasing.
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thus making such motion possible given that minerals such as olivine (the main constituent of the upper mantle) do not exhibit enough defects in their crystal lattice to explain the deformations observed in nature?
The findings which have just been published in Nature go well beyond the scope of the geosciences:
The strategies to make ruminant--cud-chewing--livestock a more sustainable part of the food supply led by academics at the University of Bristol's School of Veterinary Sciences are outlined in a Comment piece in Nature this week.
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