Bang for Your Buck: Rejection Rates and Impact Factors in Ecological Journals
L. W. Aarssen, T. Tregenza, A. E. Budden, C. J. Lortie, J. Koricheva, R. Leimu
The Open Ecology Journal 1, 14-19

Salamander Evolution Across a Latitudinal Cline in Gape-limited Predation Risk Mark C. Urban
Oikos 117(7)1037-104
Abstract



Functional Diversity Responses to Changing Species Richness in Reef Fish Communities
Benjamin S. Halpern and Sergio R. Floeter
Marine Ecology Progress Series 364:147-156

Evaluating Anthropogenic Threats to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Kimberly A. Selkoe, Benjamin S. Halpern and Robert J. Toonen
Aquatic Conservaion: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems Early Online: Jun 17, 2008   Abstract

Phanerozoic Trends in the Global Diversity of Marine Invertebrates
John Alroy, et al.
Science 321 (5885) 97-100   Abstract
News of the Week
Richard A. Kerr
VIDEO NSF Interview with John Alroy
Exploring the Effects of Evolutionary History on Global Patterns of Diversity
Principal Investigator: Patrick R. Stephens
Website

This research uses results of advances in molecular biology and computational techniques to explore the origins of large-scale patterns of species richness.




Current Trends in Plant and Animal Population Monitoring
David M. Marsh and Peter C. Trenham
Conservation Biology 22 (3) 647-655   Abstract

 
A Significant Upward Shift in Plant Species Optimum Elevation During the 20th Century
J. Lenoir, J.C. Gegout,
P.A. Marquet, et al.
Science 32 (5884) 1768-1771
Abstract


Increased Avian Diversity is Associated with Lower Incidence of Human West Nile Infection: Observation of the Dilution Effect
John P. Swaddle and Stavros E. Calos
PLoSONE  25 June 2008
ScienceDaily June 25, 2008


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