The Redomestication of Wolves
On landscapes around the world, environmental change is bringing people and large carnivores together--but the union is not without its problems. Human-wildlife conflict is on the rise as development continues unabated and apex predators begin to reoccupy their former ranges. Further complicating matters, many of these species are now reliant on anthropogenic, or human, foods, including livestock, livestock and other ungulate carcasses, and garbage.
Writing in BioScience, Thomas Newsome, of Deakin University and the University of Sydney, and his colleagues use gray wolves and other large predators as case studies to explo...
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The Benefits--and Potential Pitfalls--of Urban Green Spaces
With the rapid expansion of the urban landscape, successfully managing ecosystems in built areas has never been more important. However, our understanding of urban ecology is far from complete, and the data at hand are often patchy, leaving stakeholders without the tools they need to successfully manage human-affected ecosystems.
Writing in BioScience, Christopher Lepczyk, a biologist working at Auburn University, and his colleagues discuss the future of urban biodiversity, highlighting trends and raising questions whose answers will be crucial for successful “green” management. According to the authors, manag...
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Natural "Keystone Molecules" Punch over Their Weight in Ecosystems
Naturally occurring "keystone" molecules that have powerful behavioral effects on diverse organisms often play large but unrecognized roles in...
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Source: BioScience Press Releases - January 21, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Timothy M. Beardsley
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Teaching Complete Evolutionary Stories Increases Learning
Many students have difficulty understanding and explaining how evolution operates. In search of better ways to teach the subject, researchers at...
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Natural "Keystone Molecules" Punch over Their Weight in Ecosystems
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Source: BioScience Press Releases - July 5, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: Timothy M. Beardsley
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Teaching Complete Evolutionary Stories Increases Learning
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Source: BioScience Press Releases - July 5, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: Timothy M. Beardsley
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Natural "Keystone Molecules" Punch over Their Weight in Ecosystems
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Source: BioScience Press Releases - July 1, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: Timothy M. Beardsley
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Teaching Complete Evolutionary Stories Increases Learning
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Source: BioScience Press Releases - July 1, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: Timothy M. Beardsley
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Natural "Keystone Molecules" Punch over Their Weight in Ecosystems
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Source: BioScience Press Releases - June 26, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: Timothy M. Beardsley
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Teaching Complete Evolutionary Stories Increases Learning
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Source: BioScience Press Releases - June 26, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: Timothy M. Beardsley
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Teaching Complete Evolutionary Stories Increases Learning
Many students have difficulty understanding and explaining how evolution operates. In search of better ways to teach the subject, researchers at Michigan State University developed complete evolutionary case studies spanning the gamut from the molecular changes underlying an evolving characteristic to their genetic consequences and effects in populations. The researchers, Peter J. T. White, James J. Smith, and Merle K. Heidemann, then incorporated two of the scenarios into a cellular and molecular biology course taught to undergraduates at the university's Lyman Briggs College. When the students' understanding was tested, ...
Source: BioScience Press Releases - June 17, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: Timothy M. Beardsley
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Natural "Keystone Molecules" Punch over Their Weight in Ecosystems
Naturally occurring "keystone" molecules that have powerful behavioral effects on diverse organisms often play large but unrecognized roles in structuring ecosystems, according to a theory proposed in the June issue of BioScience. The authors of the theory, Ryan P. Ferrer of Seattle Pacific University and Richard K. Zimmer of the University of California at Los Angeles, liken such molecules to keystone species, animals or plants that may be uncommon but exert a controlling influence, through predation or in other ways. Keystone molecules function in chemical communication and defense, and likewise have dominant consequence...
Source: BioScience Press Releases - May 17, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: Timothy M. Beardsley
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Researchers Call for Marine Observation Network
A comprehensive marine biodiversity observation network could be established with modest funding within 5 years, according to an expert assessment published in the May 2013 issue of BioScience. Such a network would fill major gaps in scientists' understanding of the global distribution of marine organisms, which are under unprecedented threat from climate change, pollution, overfishing, and habitat destruction. The network would help resolve conflicts over ocean management and identify threats such as invasions by exotic species before they became obvious, according to the authors of the assessment, who were led by J. Emme...
Source: BioScience Press Releases - April 15, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: Timothy M. Beardsley
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Some Biologists Shun New Media
Although biologists think that "new media" such as blogs and online social networks have an important influence on public opinion and political decisions, they are not much inclined to use them to stay informed about developments in science. Rather, they prefer traditional outlets such as newspapers and television. That seems, at least, to be the implication of a study published in the April issue of BioScience.
The study, by Joachim Allgaier of the Jülich Research Center in Germany and four coauthors, examined the opinions of 257 neuroscientists working in Germany and the United States who completed an online survey. Al...
Source: BioScience Press Releases - April 10, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: Timothy M. Beardsley
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Scientists Should Advance Management of Behavioral Norms
Researchers should study how people's social and personal norms are influenced by behavior and use their insights to help governments promote pro-environmental actions, a distinguished group of scholars writes in the March issue of BioScience. The authors maintain that effective policies induce not only short-term changes in behavior but also long-term changes in norms. More effective management of social norms will be necessary, they write, to persuade the public to accept the inconvenience and expense of many environmental policies.
The interdisciplinary group, led by Ann P. Kinzig of Arizona State University, includes ...
Source: BioScience Press Releases - February 14, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: Timothy M. Beardsley
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