Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "conservation"
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Adaptive Radiation: Contrasting Theory with Data
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2009)Biologists have long been fascinated by the exceptionally high diversity displayed by some evolutionary groups. Adaptive radiation in such clades is not only spectacular, but is also an extremely complex process influenced ... -
Controlling Site to Evaluate History: Vegetation Patterns of a New England Sand Plain
(Wiley-Blackwell, 1996)The widespread and long-lasting impact of human activity on natural ecosystems indicates that land-use history must he treated as an integral aspect of ecological study and a critical component of conservation planning. ... -
How common are dot-like distributions? Taxonomical oversplitting in western European Agrodiaetus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) revealed by chromosomal and molecular markers
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)Approximately 50 taxa of butterflies in Western Europe have been described as new species or elevated to the level of species during the last 40 years. Many, especially those belonging to the genus Agrodiaetus, have unusually ... -
The International Primatological Society as a Coalition: Primatologists and the Future of Primates
(Springer Verlag, 2008)Because we are currently losing the conservation struggle, new initiatives are worth considering. I suggest 4 of them. The International Primatological Society (IPS) might strengthen primate behavioral ecology partly by ... -
Phylogenetic patterns of species loss in Thoreau's woods are driven by climate change
(Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008)Climate change has led to major changes in the phenology (the timing of seasonal activities, such as flowering) of some species but not others. The extent to which flowering-time response to temperature is shared among ... -
Preserving the Picturesque: Perceptions of Landscape, Landscape Art, and Land Protection in the United States and China
(MDPI, 2014)The predominant environmental consciousness in both the United States and China reflects an underlying sense of separation of people from nature. Likewise, traditional landscape paintings in the United States and China ...