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Published Regional differences in bird diversity in agroforestry systems



The diversity and ecological functionality of bird communities in tropical agroforestry systems are ...
Published Decreasing biodiversity may promote spread of viruses



How are environmental changes, loss of biodiversity, and the spread of pathogens connected? The answ...
Published Hundreds of Andean bird species at risk due to deforestation: New research shows how to protect them



Birds native to the tropical Andes are threatened by increasing agricultural development in the regi ...
Published Want to fight climate change? Don't poach gorillas (or elephants, hornbills, toucans, etc.)



A new article found that overhunting of gorillas, elephants, and other large fruit-eating seed-dispe...
Published Study shows replanting logged forests with diverse mixtures of seedlings accelerates restoration


• Twenty-year experiment finds that active replanting beats natural recovery for restoring logged tr...
Published 75% of exclusive hardwood may be illegally harvested



The tropical wood type ipe is popular for building exclusive wooden decks, and in North America and ...
Published Amazon deforestation linked to long distance climate warming



Deforestation in the Amazon causes land surfaces up to 100 kilometers away to get warmer, suggests a...
Published Protecting endangered monkeys from poachers, habitat loss



The 17 species of red colobus monkey living across Africa, including in the Tai Project field statio...
Published Scientists develop novel method to estimate biodiversity loss in Singapore over the past two centuries



Scientists have employed novel statistical methods to reveal the extent of biodiversity loss in Sing...
Published Some species may tolerate climate change better than expected



A new model reassesses the proportion of terrestrial and marine species threatened with extinction b...
Published The banana apocalypse is near, but biologists might have found a key to their survival



The bananas in your supermarket and that you eat for breakfast are facing functional extinction due...
Published Restored rat-free islands could support hundreds of thousands more breeding seabirds



Archipelago case-study shows that removing invasive rats and restoring native vegetation could help...
Published Neuroptera: Greater insect diversity in the Cretaceous period - Neuroptera: Greater Insect Diversity in the Cretaceous Period



An LMU team has studied the biodiversity of larvae from the insect order neuroptera over the past 10...
Published Mountain forests are being lost at an accelerating rate, putting biodiversity at risk - Mountain Forests: A Vanishing Habitat for Biodiversity


More than 85% of the world's bird, mammal, and amphibian species live in mountains, particularly in...
Published Forest birds with short, round wings more sensitive to habitat fragmentation - Forest Birds with Short, Round Wings More Sensitive to Habitat Fragmentation



Tropical forest birds, which tend to have wings that are short and round relative to their body leng ...
Published Human impact on wildlife even in protected areas - Human Impact on Wildlife Even in Protected Areas



The largest long-term standardized camera-trap survey to date finds that human activity impacts trop...
Published Coral reefs in the Eastern Pacific could survive into the 2060s - Coral Reefs in the Eastern Pacific Could Survive into the 2060s


Scientists found that some reefs in the tropical Pacific Ocean could maintain high coral cover into ...
Published Viruses hidden in coral symbiont's genetic material are a potential threat to reefs - Viruses Hidden in Coral Symbiont's Genetic Material are a Potential Threat to Reefs



Microscopic algae that corals need for survival harbor a common and possibly disease-causing virus i...