Sunday, August 07, 2011

What’s environmentally good for one area may be an environmental disaster for an adjacent area

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Shift in nesting ground of the long-legged buzzard ( Buteo rufinus ) in Judea, Israel – An effect of habitat change Guilad Friedmann, Yoram...
Friday, August 05, 2011

Improving the reliability of Individual animal identification based on Camera-Trapping Data

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A Novel Method to Improve Individual Animal Identification Based on Camera-Trapping Data EDUARDO MENDOZA, PIERRE R. MARTINEAU, ELLIOTT BRENN...
Thursday, August 04, 2011

Science as a tool to guide conservation prioritization

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Using science to guide conservation: From landscape modelling to increased connectivity in the Taita Hills, SE Kenya Mwangi Githir u, Luc L...
Wednesday, August 03, 2011

The IUCN Annual Lake Swim

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The IUCN Annual Lake Swim is taking place today (3rd August). The IUCN Annual Lake Swim began in 2006 when Jane Smart of IUCN swam across t...
Monday, August 01, 2011

Biological process of dispersal – When it comes to urban fox the moms decide who should be chucked out

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Mother Knows Best: Dominant Females Determine Offspring Dispersal in Red Foxes ( Vulpes vulpes ) Helen M. Whiteside,   Deborah A. Dawson,  ...
Sunday, July 31, 2011

The significance of visual ‘nectar guides’

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Floral signposts: testing the significance of visual ‘nectar guides’ for pollinator behaviour and plant fitness Dennis M. Hansen, Timotheüs...
Saturday, July 30, 2011

Leaves that act like neon signs in restaurants

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Floral Acoustics: Conspicuous Echoes of a Dish-Shaped Leaf Attract Bat Pollinators Ralph Simon,Marc W. Holderied,Corinna U. Koch,Otto von...
Friday, July 29, 2011

All is not well with protected area networks says researchers

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Ongoing global biodiversity loss and the need to move beyond protected areas: a review of the technical and practical shortcomings of prote...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

The first "true mammal" to sense prey by their electric fields

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Electroreception in the Guiana dolphin ( Sotalia guianensis ) Nicole U. Czech-Damal , Alexander Liebschner , Lars Miersch , Gertrud Klauer...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Spatially balanced acoustic surveys for bats

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A practical sampling design for acoustic surveys of bats Thomas J. Rodhouse, Kerri T. Vierling, Kathryn M. Irvine Wildlife Management - Ar...
Saturday, July 23, 2011

Book Recommendation

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Trophic Cascades Predators, Prey, and the Changing Dynamics of Nature John Terborgh, James Estes Publisher: Island Press 456 p. 7"x...

Marco Polo Sheep is an international traveller

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An analysis of DNA from fecal samples by researchers from WCS has come up with the finding that Marco Polo sheep in the Pamir Mountains of ...
Friday, July 22, 2011

Long-term preventive conservation is preferable to short term firefighting

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When should we save the most endangered species? Howard B. Wilson,Liana N Joseph,Alana L. Moore and Hugh P. Possingham Article first publis...
Thursday, July 21, 2011

Connectivity, patch based graphs, and conservation

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Patch-based graphs of landscape connectivity: A guide to construction, analysis and application for conservation Paul Galpe rn Micheline Ma...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Snap-buckling observed in vertebrates for the first time

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Snap-buckling is usually seen in plants and insects. It is akin to the opening and closing of a snap hair clip   The best example of snap-b...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Conservation success story - Grand Cayman blue iguana is back from the brink of extinction

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         Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/Wildlife Conservation Society. We constantly hear about species on the brink of extinction. In many ca...
Sunday, July 17, 2011

The importance of survey design in distance sampling

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The importance of survey design in distance sampling: field evaluation using domestic sheep Tom A. Porteus, Suzanne M. Richardson, and ...
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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Sexual segregation in Giant Pandas

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Different habitat preferences of male and female giant pandas Dunwu Qi,Shanning Zhang,Zejun Zhang,Yibo Hu,Xuyu Yang,Hongjia Wang,Fuwen Wei A...
Friday, July 15, 2011

First insights into Sumatran tiger–prey temporal interactions

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Assessing tiger–prey interactions in Sumatran rainforests M. Linkie AND M. S. Ridout Journal of Zoology Volume 284 ,   Issue 3 ,   pages 22...
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