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Rainforest mammal surprise
Amidst a trickle of new species continually discovered in the heart of Borneo came a flash of excitement last autumn when a World Wildlife Fund camera trap in an Indonesian national park on the island photographed an small fox-like animal of unknown species, which was published last month. But before scientists might identify it, the dark red creature is already threatened by a proposed palm oi...
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Habitat fragmentation is a severe threat to tropical biotas, but its long-term effects are poorly understood. We evaluated longer-term changes in the abundance of larger (>1 kg) mammals in fragmented and intact rainforest and in riparian "corridors" in tropical Queensland, with data from 190 spotlighting surveys conducted in 1986-1987 and 2006-2007. In 1986-1987 when most fragments were already...
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Since disturbance is an important ecological factor affecting species diversity in natural environments, the increasing human occupation rate in Brazilian Atlantic rainforest, which supports about 50% of Brazil's human population, has resulted in intense habitat degradation and fragmentation. Within this rainforest, animal and plant species have been lost at a high rate, and biological and dive...
متن کاملMaximizing Surprise
Constantin Carathéodory MAA 1936 I'll be glad if I have succeeded in impressing the idea that it is not only pleasant to read at times the works of the old mathematical authors, but this may occasionally be of use for the actual advancement of science.
متن کاملPalm surprise
As our lists of well-monitored species worldwide show increasing numbers of those in decline and under threat, it is a treat for researchers to learn of the discovery of a new species — even more so when it is large, showy and appears to be quite distinct from its nearest known relatives. That was the news last month when researchers reported a new species of palm in Madagascar. It was so disti...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.12.022