conservation biology

• Conservation biology

• World Wildlife Fund and Conservation Biology Institute Releasereport On Reducing Fire Risks to Rural Communities

ASHLAND, Ore., June 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Scientists from the World Wildlife Fund (Ashland, Ore) and Conservation Biology Institute (Corvallis, Ore.) released a new report today that outlines a comprehensive wildfire preparation plan for the Illinois River basin and the Biscuit fire area of southwest Oregon. The most important finding of the report is that the highest priority for fuel treatments is in and around the towns of Cave Junction and Selma, Ore., not in the backcountry of the Biscuit fire area that the Forest Service is currently focusing on.

• U.S. Newswire
• June 28, 2004

• Research and Markets: The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology, 2009 - in-Depth Reviews of the Major Issues and Emerging Topics in Ecology and Conservation Biology.

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/19909b/the_year_in_ecolog) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Son...

• Business Wire
• September 11, 2009

• Conservation biology in the U.S.-Mexican border region.

The U.S.-Mexican border region has the highest rate of species endangerment in the United States. Some 31 percent of the species listed as endangered ...

• World Watch
• Vol. 17 Nbr. 6, November 2004

• At a Glance

NORFOLK | The Norfolk Botanical Garden eagles are parents again. The first of three eggs laid since Feb. 3 hatched Sunday morning, according to the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and The Center for Conservation Biology blogs.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• April 13, 2011

• Some Great Bear Web Sites and Those Barely Bear-Related

International Association for Bear Research & Management http://www.bearbiology.com The International Association for Bear Research and Management (IBA) "supports the scientific management of bears through research and distribution of information" and is a membership organization for "professional biologists, wildlife managers and others dedicated to the conservation of all bear species." Bears http://animaldiversity.ummz. umich.edu/site/accounts/ information/U rsidae.html The Animal Diversity Web (ADW) is an online database of "animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology" from the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology and provides a straight-forward overview of the classification of bears.

• School Library Monthly
• Vol. 26 Nbr. 6, February 2010

• Migration and conservation: frameworks, gaps, and synergies in science, law, and management.

... is important for understanding migratory biology: to what degree is variation in migratory behavior...

• Environmental Law
• Vol. 41 Nbr. 2, March 2011

• Directory of Conservation Funding Sources for Developing Countries; Conservation Biology, Education and Training, Fellowships and Scholarships.

ISBN: 9781607413677 TITLE: Directory of conservation funding sources for developing countries; conservation biology, education and training, fellowshi...

• Reference and Research Book News
• Vol. 25 Nbr. 2, May 2010

• New Study Highlights Importance of Ecosystem Services Provided by Bats

BOSTON, April 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Thomas H. Kunz, Warren Distinguished Professor and director of Boston University's Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology, and a team of researchers, including Elizabeth Braun de Torrez, graduate student in BU's Department of Biology; Dana M. Bauer, assistant professor in BU's Department of Geography and Environment; Tatyana Lobova, assistant professor in Old Dominion University's Department of Biology; and Theodore H. Fleming, emeritus professor of biology at the University of Miami and adjunct professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona, recently published an important review paper on "Ecosystem Services Provided by Bats" in the journal Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.(1) This paper follows...

• U.S. Newswire
• April 01, 2011

• Two Cheetah Cubs Born at Smithsonian: ; Born 10 Days Apart, Cubs Are Among First Non-Siblings to Be Raised by Same Mother

Two cheetah cubs who made their media debut Tuesday have already helped bolster the endangered animal's population in captivity, becoming the first born at the Smithsonian's research center in Northern Virginia and among the first to be raised by the same mother as non-siblings. The cubs - born 10 days apart in December at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal - are being followed closely by cheetah experts because they are the sixth case of "cross- fostering" in North America since 1995, said Adrienne Crosier, the institute's cheetah biologist.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• December 30, 2010

• Endangered Ecosystem 'Red List' to Identify Threats to Environments of Wildlife and Humans

A first-of-its-kind red list of globally threatened ecosystems has the potential to complement the policy successes of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, according to a recent article led by EcoHealth Alliance's Jon Paul Rodriguez NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A recent article by a group of 21 scientists led by Jon Paul Rodriguez, a local conservation partner of EcoHealth Alliance, formerly known as Wildlife Trust, sheds light on the urgent need for ecosystem-level threat assessment "red lists" to support environmental protection. "Establishing IUCN Red List Criteria for Threatened Ecosystems," which was recently published in Conservation Biology, discusses the development of categories and criteria for a red list ranking the threats to ecosystems, based on the...

• U.S. Newswire
• November 09, 2010