Colloquium Paper: Species Invasions and Extinction: The Future of Native Biodiversity on Islands
Dov F. Sax and Steven D. Gaines
PNAS 105:11490-11497   Abstract
New York Times

 

NCEAS Working Group Results Published in Ecology Special Feature
Ecology
89(9) 2414-2445
When Predators Don’t Eat Their Prey: Nonconsumptive Predator Effects on Prey Dynamics

Special Call for Proposals: 30 Sept Deadline
Experimental Design for Detection of Species Response to Management Actions Across Scales

Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon to Climate Change: Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle
Edward A.G. Schuur et al.
Bioscience 58(8) 701-714   
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NCEAS Partners with ESA Education and Diversity Programs Office to Present Faculty Development Workshop

Colloquium Paper: Phylogenetic Trees and the Future of Mammalian Biodiversity
T. Jonathan Davies et al.
PNAS 105: 11556-11563 
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Google Tool Identifies Linchpin Species
Stefano Allesina applies search system to determine which prey are key to an ecosystem’s survival.
Nature News Aug. 2008  Emma Marris

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
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Evaluating Anthropogenic Threats to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Kimberly A. Selkoe, Benjamin S. Halpern and Robert J. Toonen

Phanerozoic Trends in the Global Diversity of Marine Invertebrates
John Alroy, et al.
Science
321 (5885) 97-100   Abstract
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Exploring the Effects of Evolutionary History on Global Patterns of Diversity
Principal Investigator: Patrick R. Stephens
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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
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