Tuesday
09Mar2010
Evaluating protected areas in China and North Korea
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Research Briefs | Mar 9, 2010
Research Briefs | Mar 9, 2010 Entries in stewardship (28)
Friday
26Feb2010
Popular herbicide can be a secret killer of fish
in Research Briefs | Feb 26, 2010
Research Briefs | Feb 26, 2010 The chemical glyphosate has emerged as the most widely used herbicide in the world. As a new study suggests, the popular herbicide may have unexpected negative impacts on fish by making them more vulnerable to disease...
Monday
01Feb2010
Thursday
28Jan2010
Study links carnivore decline in protected areas to human persecution outside boundary
in Research Briefs | Jan 28, 2010
Research Briefs | Jan 28, 2010 When it comes to protecting at-risk carnivores like the African leopard, conservationists need to pay particular attention to reducing persecution by humans at the edges of preserves. That's the take-home message from a new study in the journal Animal Conservation that looked at leopards in the contiguous Mkhuze and Phinda Game Reserves in South Africa...
Thursday
28Jan2010
Tuesday
26Jan2010
Monday
25Jan2010
Monday
18Jan2010
The non-target impacts of pesticides on insect communities
in Research Briefs | Jan 18, 2010
Research Briefs | Jan 18, 2010 
Monday
11Jan2010
Can rubber bullets rehabilitate a nuisance bear?
in Research Briefs | Jan 11, 2010
Research Briefs | Jan 11, 2010 Can you change the behavior of a bear that raids campgrounds, nuzzles through trash, or knocks side view mirrors off cars? A new study finds evidence that a method called aversive conditioning can be successful in modifying the behavior of some bears but fully averting conflicts with humans will require changing how people act as well...
Wednesday
06Jan2010
The impact of beach grooming on coastal habitat
in Research Briefs | Jan 6, 2010
Research Briefs | Jan 6, 2010 A new study from Southern California affirms that the long-standing management practice of beach grooming is contributing to the loss of coastal strand habitat. Coastal strand plant communities grow along the edge of the high tide line and are comprised largely of endemic species adapted to grow in the dynamic, environment of loose, shifting sand...