Data from the North American Breeding Bird Survey indicate that populations of many
species of neo-tropical migrant birds have declined over the past three decades. Processes
operating during the non-breeding season may ...
This snapshot provides observations and analysis of Australia’s climate and the factors
that influence it. Two organisations, CSIRO and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology
have combined to present this current picture ...
A detailed knowledge of plants is fundamental to human
life on Earth. Plants underpin all aspects of our everyday
life – from the food that we eat, to the clothes that we wear,
the materials we use, the air we breathe, ...
The conservation area Guanacaste (ACG, Área de Conservación Guanacaste) created in 1989
with the financial help of the Swedish government was a great research project for the
preservation of the dry forests (Sub-Programa ...
Jennifer, Sills; Michael J., Goldstein; William F., Laurance(2007-12-14)
THE UNITED STATES IS THE WORLD’S LEADING PRODUCER OF SOY. HOWEVER, MANY U.S. FARMERS
are shifting from soy to corn (maize) in order to qualify for generous government subsidies
intended to promote biofuel production (1); ...
A tropical country’s wildlands and their biodiversity can be major engines for
national development through high-quality sustainable use of these wildlands by society,
which is in turn the key to the implementation of ...
The Rincón de la Vieja (10º 49′ 40″ N, 85º 19′ 42″ W, 1700 m a.s.l.),
andesitic stratovolcano is located at about 25 km NE of Liberia city, in
NW Costa Rica, on the Guanacaste volcanic range. Its historical volcanic
activity ...
Woodworth, Paddy(University of Chicago Press, 2013)
Woodworth interviews Janzen and Hallwachs on the path to restoration and the preservation of the wildland. The interview addresses the need to buy terrain to protect and conserve, as well as the need to educate the public ...
Earth’s history has been punctuated by
vast magmatic episodes. These events
are preserved in the geological record
as large igneous provinces — areas of
Earth’s surface flooded by millions of cubic
kilometres of lava ...
2008 has been another successful year for our long-term project on the social and ecological factors affecting the
social organization of spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica, which ...
The national parks are more than landmarks, monuments,
and territories, more than mountains, forests, lakes, and
geologic wonders. They represent a piece of the American soul.
Edwin Bernbaum, PhD, is director of the ...
May-Collado, Laura J.; Wartzok, Douglas; Agnarsson, Ingi; Palacios, Jose David; Taubitz, Evi(2007)
The Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops spp.) among the best known dolphin species
worldwide, largely for being the ‘favorite’ species to have in aquaria (Defran and Pryor
1980). Bottlenose dolphins are easily identified by ...
His style is ambidextrous and probably unique. He catches two forewings of a dead moth simultaneously
and pins them to his drying board, and then, in a continuous sweep, he does the same with the hind wings.
He repeats ...