He was in the Dominican Republic to take a census of the region's Anolis lizard species for a study on the effects of deforestation being conducted by researchers Luke Mahler, Luke Frishkoff and ...

Why do some places contain more species than others ... We have also talked about large-scale effects on diversity — such as climate and area, but do local interactions – like competition ...

To the researchers’ surprise, when the effects were combined ... Excluding climate change impacts, deforestation alone could cause Amazon species diversity losses of 19 percent (in the best ...

Forests provide habitats for 80% of the world’s amphibian species, 75% of bird species ... restoration techniques to reverse the effects of deforestation and help meet national and international ...

The Center for Biological Diversity ... health effects that come with a population of 8 billion,” said Baillie. “I hope they’ll use their platform to help people understand that rights-based solutions ...

In the tropical mountains of Latin America, deforestation ... effects on birds that feed on bugs. "This is really just a start," Newell said. "There are tons of data-deficient species across ...

It also has far-reaching effects on the world’s biodiversity. This is often overlooked, yet it is interlinked. In just over 40 years, wildlife populations showed a dramatic decline of 69% on average.

Ecologists are often interested in the effects of disturbance, introduced species, land management practices, and other human activities on biodiversity. Biodiversity can refer to diversity at any ...

A recent biodiversity meeting acknowledged the serious problem of deforestation while a new ... so she's saying that more than 1 of every 3 tree species could disappear, so we're talking entire ...

In Africa, studies have found little association between malaria and deforestation—perhaps because the mosquito species there like ... wildlife and pathogen diversity is higher, he adds.