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Nancy Trautmann

Bird Biogeography II - 0 views

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birds biodiversity rainforest biogeography

shared by Nancy Trautmann on 26 Mar 09 - Cached
  • Nancy Trautmann on 26 Mar 09
     
    Tropical rain forests (areas that receive more than 100 mm of rain/month) support the richest avifaunas in the world. Why are there so many bird species in rain forests & how (& why) do the avifaunas of rain forests in different parts of the world vary? To answer these questions requires a look at the history of rain forests & their avifaunas
Nancy Trautmann

Explore Tropical Montane Cloud Forests || Canopy in the Clouds - 0 views

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Videos rainforest Living Environment Environmental Science

shared by Nancy Trautmann on 05 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • Nancy Trautmann on 05 Jun 11
     
    Examine a tropical montane cloud forest via this immersive video experience. Click on numbered links to access video clips and facts describing each different forest environment. The site includes background information for teachers and standards-aligned lessons for students in grades 6-8 on such topics as water, weather, soils, ecology, and the science processes.
Courtney Wilson

Brazil Announces Plan To Create World's Largest Tropical Forest Reserve - Environmental... - 0 views

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Amazon Conservation Stakeholders Agriculture

shared by Courtney Wilson on 19 Jun 09 - Cached
  • The announcement today of the creation of the Terra do Meio (Land in the Middle) reserve, which will cover about 9.8 million acres, in the National Park and Ecological Station, will be compleme
  • The announcement today of the creation of the Terra do Meio (Land in the Middle) reserve, which will cover about 9.8 million acres, in the National Park and Ecological Station, will be complemented next week by the protection of an additional 7.4 million acres of sustainable development reserves, largely for traditional forest communities.  The protection plan signals the government's intention to exert control over one of the most lawless and violent regions in the Amazon frontier.
  • Creating the proposed mosaic of reserves in the Terra do Meio will do more than just protect an area about the size of Maine, which is currently suffering heavy invasion from land grabbers.  The reserves will also link two existing groups of indigenous territories, resulting in the creation of the largest continuous corridor - nearly 62 million acres, about the size of the United Kingdom - of protected tropical forest in the world.
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  • The proposal for creation of the reserve mosaic was originally formulated by the grassroots Movement for the Development of the Transamazon and the Xingu (MTDX), a coalition of small farmers along the Transamazon highway. 
  • The farmers also fear that more deforestation, as soy farming and cattle ranching expand, will reduce rainfall and cut crop yields
Nancy Trautmann

As Roads Spread in Rainforests, The Environmental Toll Grows by William Laurance: Yale ... - 0 views

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Amazon rainforest deforestation

shared by Nancy Trautmann on 19 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Nancy Trautmann on 19 Jan 12
     
    "From Brazil to Borneo, new roads are being built into tropical forests at a dizzying pace, putting previously intact wilderness at risk. If we hope to preserve rainforests, a leading researcher says, new strategies must be adopted to limit the number of roads and reduce their impacts. "
Nancy Trautmann

▶ Science Bulletins: Down and Dirty Biodiversity - YouTube - 0 views

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Videos Biodiversity Living Environment

shared by Nancy Trautmann on 04 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Nancy Trautmann on 04 Sep 13
     
    "The soils in tundra, grasslands, tropical forests are very different, but they have one thing in common; they all host an astounding diversity of life. Inhabiting these underground worlds are millions of species, which play vital roles in maintaining soil health and preserving the balance of their ecosystems. A new study shows that biodiversity underground is much greater than previously thought, with a direct relationship to life on the surface. "
Michelle Watkins

The Evolution of the Country Mouse and the City Mouse - 0 views

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International Birds Living Environment Biodiversity

shared by Michelle Watkins on 30 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • Michelle Watkins on 30 Apr 13
     
    This fun reflection prompts me to ponder the impact of Urban parks on Birds Cities may not seem like hotbeds of evolution. Tropical rain forests, maybe. The Galapagos Islands, certainly. But Central Park? Yes, even Central Park. Wherever there is life, there is evolution. Organisms reproduce, passing down their genes to their offspring. Some variants of those genes may become more common over the generations thanks to lucky rolls of the genetic dice.
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