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Lindsay Gordon

Slideshow: Eight of North America's Most Threatened Birds - OnEarth Magazine - 0 views

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    "Warmer global temperatures aren't just wiping out the habitat of polar bears and penguins. They're also affecting many species closer to home -- including some right in your back yard. In this year's State of the Birds report, issued earlier this month, researchers from the National Audubon Society, U.S. Department of Interior, Cornell Lab or Ornithology, and others studied how climate change is affecting the habitats, ranges, and populations of birds across North America. OnEarth takes a look at eight vulnerable bird species from across the continent."
Lindsay Gordon

Eating Like a Bird Promotes Plant Health, Increases Biomass : TreeHugger - 0 views

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    "New research indicates that the middle [of the food chain] -small insectivorous birds and lizards-are critically important to overall health of an ecosystem, and actually help promote greater biomass." "Gruner and a team of other researchers looked at more than 100 studies insect predation by birds, bats or lizards and found that, regardless of the predator in question, their presence was associated with a 40 percent reduction in damage to plants. In turn, a healthy population of insectivores was linked to a 14 percent increase in plant biomass."
Lindsay Gordon

Climate change threatens migratory birds, report says - 0 views

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    Global climate change poses a significant threat to migratory bird populations, which are already stressed by the loss of habitat and environmental pollution, according to a report released Thursday.
Patrick Thornton

New bird species found in rainforests of Borneo - 0 views

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    A new species of bird, the spectacled flowerpecker, has been spotted in the rainforests of Borneo.
Lindsay Gordon

National Wildlife Federation's Photo Contest Winners (thedailygreen.com) - 0 views

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    Highlights from the National Wildlife Federation Magazine Photo Contest in 2009, including tigers, fish, birds, rabbits and bugs.
Lindsay Gordon

New Nature Conservancy atlas aims to show the state of the world's ecosystems (Washingt... - 0 views

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    Maps in the new Atlas of Global Conservation show the diversity of bird, animal and plant species populations, which are among 80 that scientists have produced for a comprehensive look at the planet's eco-regions. The maps crosses three types of habitats that exist: terrestrial, freshwater, and marine.
Patrick Thornton

Review of No Impact Man | Cool Green Science - 0 views

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    Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy - A blog on conservation, from migratory birds to coral reefs, from rainforests to climate change to personal green technology.
Patrick Thornton

Giant fish help grow the Amazon rainforest - 0 views

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    The seed dispersal activities of many animals is essential for the Amazon and other forests, because, as Anderson explains: "plants rely on the seed dispersal activities of these animals (i.e. birds, bats, monkeys, tapirs, rodents, and fish) to move seeds away from the mother tree to good sites for germination […] For pioneer species like Cecropia (a genus of tree that we studied), seeds might need light gaps to germinate-that is, seeds might have very specific requirements for germination."
lark dunham

Extreme Bird-Watching From Tundra To Swamp - The Picture Show Blog : NPR - 0 views

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    Talks about the Red Knot - flagship species for 3 Rare campaigns in Argentina. Amazing photos.
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