Volunteer Dog Teams Locate Invasive Plant Species With 75 Percent Accuracy
A pilot study in Germany found that volunteer dog-handler teams successfully located invasive plant species in the wild with an ...
Tag: Biodiversity Conservation
Burnt Forests Consistently Harbor Distinct and Richer Communities of Wood Decomposing Species
A systematic review indicates that forest fires create vital pulses of deadwood that increase the richness and distinct composition of ...
ZonationR Automates Spatial Conservation Planning and Scenario Comparisons in R
University of Helsinki researchers have introduced ZonationR, an open-source R package that integrates and automates spatial conservation planning workflows.
JEMS Symposium Explores Environmental Genome Monitoring Advances
A 2024 JEMS symposium highlighted how environmental genome monitoring integrates mutagenicity research with ecological assessments to enhance public health and ...
Elephant Disturbances Reshape Butterfly Communities Across Kenya Coastal Forest Habitats
Researchers surveying Kenya's Arabuko Sokoke forest found that elephant disturbance and human land-use history distinctly alter butterfly species richness, community ...
Endangered Edible Species Hold Bioactive Compounds, Systematic Review Finds
A systematic review of 122 studies finds that endangered edible species carry exceptionally rich bioactive profiles, including compounds with reported ...
Climate Projections Reveal Shifting Habitats for Four Endemic Saudi Succulents
Species distribution modeling indicates that climate change will trigger divergent habitat contractions and expansions across southwestern mountain refugia for four ...
Do Wildlife Taboos Protect People From Zoonotic Disease? Evidence Says Maybe Not
A systematic review of 816 traditional wildlife taboos finds the historical evidence for taboos as zoonotic disease defenses is thin, ...
Forests beyond timber: how non-timber forest products could reshape rural economies
A new editorial argues that non-timber forest products, long dismissed as minor goods, underpin rural livelihoods, food security and emerging ...
Genetic Tools Could Decide the Fate of the Philippine Pangolin
A new perspective paper argues that DNA barcoding and genomics, from forensic identification of seized specimens to landscape-level analysis, must ...
Military zones may shelter sensitive mammals in South Korean national park
Camera-trap surveys in South Korea's Gyeryongsan National Park suggest military zones act as low-disturbance refuges for sensitive carnivores such as ...
Mapping Vegetation in Fine Detail Across the Americas
Two large-scale mapping projects used the International Vegetation Classification to produce detailed vegetation and land cover maps for the USA ...
Biological corridors promise connectivity, but a review finds their definitions and monitoring still lag
A review in BioRisk finds that biological corridors remain hampered by inconsistent definitions, limited monitoring and gaps in adaptive forest ...
Ethiopian Homestead Gardens Shelter 45 Woody Species, Most of Them Native
A survey of 300 homestead agroforests across three Ethiopian districts recorded 45 woody species in 27 families, over 71 percent ...
AI Reads Orchid Stem Powder to Tell Lookalike Species Apart
A new deep learning framework detects species-specific microscopic structures in orchid stem powder with 93.35 percent mean average precision across ...
Review finds pollination data for 98 of 1,231 orchid taxa in Guatemala
A literature review found documented pollinators for 98 of 1,231 orchid taxa reported in Guatemala, with most species still lacking ...
Phylogenetic analysis links Nigerian mammal extinction risk to brain mass, range and generation time
A phylogenetic analysis of 314 mammal species in Nigeria associated extinction risk with brain mass, absolute current geographic range and ...
Six new non-native turtles in Portugal: A growing threat apart from the Red-Eared slider and Chinese stripe-necked turtle
A new study published in Herpetozoa reports the first records of non-native freshwater turtles in Portugal beyond the well-known red-eared ...
A DNA barcode reference library of terrestrial and freshwater molluscs of Catalonia, northeastern Iberian Peninsula
A new DNA barcode reference library covering 168 mollusc species and subspecies in Catalonia reveals both the power and the ...
Himalayan silkmoth reveals unexpected links to American species
A complete life-history study links the rare Himalayan silkmoth Antheraea compta to American species and highlights the need for urgent ...
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