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February 1, 2013

Sources: ClimateWire, Energy and Environment Daily, E&E News PM, Greenwire, the Hill, National Marine Fisheries Service, Natural Resources Defense Council, POLITICO, Senate Budget Committee, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, US Fish and Wildlife Service, the Washington Post, the White House …

January 18, 2013

Sources: AAAS, BlueGreen Alliance, ClimateWire, Department of Interior, Energy and Environment Daily, E&E News PM, Fish and Wildlife Service, Greenwire, the Hill, POLITICO, the New York Times, Roll Call, the Washington Post

Conservation scientists look beyond greenbelts to connect wildlife sanctuaries

Landscape corridors and connectivity in conservation and restoration planning We live in a human-dominated world. For many of our fellow creatures, this means a fragmented world, as human conduits to friends, family, and resources sever corridors that link the natural world. Our expanding web of highways, cities, and intensive agriculture traps many animals and plants in islands and cul-de-sacs…

First record of a gall-forming aphid fighting off predator

New research reports evidence of a gall-forming aphid, Mordwilkoja vagabunda, defending itself against predators – a first for this species.

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Aquatic fungi – forgotten conservation targets

A new paper addresses the problem of a lack of attention towards aquatic fungi as potential conservation targets.

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Diversifying Agriculture to Control Pest Outbreaks

A review of 13 years of agricultural data collected by the Spanish government shows that pest populations are more stable and easier to predict and control in diversified landscapes.

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WCS Scientists Provide More than 50K Camera Trap Images for Massive Study on Amazon Wildlife

A new study by more than 120 research institutions gathers largest-ever photo database of Amazon wildlife, with stunning images of jaguar, puma, giant anteaters, tapirs, bears and hundreds of other species.

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Journals and Publications

Colored nectar is an uncommon floral nectar trait, and three hypotheses have been put forward to explain the ecological functions of colored nectar: attracting pollinators; deterring unsuitable floral visitors; inhibiting microbial growth in nectar. In The Scientific Naturalist section of the May issue of Ecology, Cai et al., describe how the white flower mutant of Stemona tuberosa (pictured) was found to secrete colorless nectar, while normal flowers of S. tuberosa secreted the uncommon colored nectar. In their study conducted over five consecutive years, Cai et al. demonstrate that the colored nectar of S. tuberosa cannot attract pollinators, deter unsuitable floral visitors, or inhibit microbial growth in nectar. The pigments may occur in nectar by chance and colored nectar may be a nonadaptive character.

Ecology