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PNAS: Big, but few vs. many, but small

PNAS: Big, but few vs. many, but small

March 08, 2010

Helene Muller-Landau has developed a new theory explaining why some plant species produce a small number of large seeds while others produce a large number of small seeds...

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Third African FDP underway

Third African FDP underway

March 01, 2010

Studies by the Smithsonian over the last decade have shown the Gamba Complex area, which includes the Rabi plot, to be extremely biodiverse...

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Key to the mangroves in Galeta

Key to the mangroves in Galeta

February 15, 2010

On Tuesday February 9, a group of Princeton students led Yves Bassett visited Galeta Point Marine Laboratory, becoming acquainted with the ongoing research on coastal and marine habitats...

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Assessing how forests change is no easy task

Assessing how forests change is no easy task

February 08, 2010

Forest ecologists know that the trees they study will most likely outlive them...

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Fine-tuned manipulation

Fine-tuned manipulation

February 01, 2010

The effects of the larva are apparently due to chemical products that it introduces into the spider...

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Never too young to do research at Galeta

Never too young to do research at Galeta

December 14, 2009

The award went to a proposal by Colegio Even-Ezer, a local high school, to survey the mushrooms in the mangroves and wet forests at Galeta Point....

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40 years of observation render understanding of change

40 years of observation render understanding of change

November 30, 2009

Important insights can be gained from protracted observations of how and why aspects of agrarian systems change in different ways and rates...

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HSBC launches 2009 Climate Confidence Monitor

HSBC launches 2009 Climate Confidence Monitor

November 23, 2009

The Climate Confidence Monitor addresses the most important topics of concern today...

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What happens with the carbon?

What happens with the carbon?

November 16, 2009

Deforestation of tropical ecosystems, driven by the demand for timber and arable land, leads to carbon being lost to the atmosphere and ecosystems becoming carbon sources...

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Good luck-Bad luck: The boredom filter

Good luck-Bad luck: The boredom filter

September 28, 2009

Everyone knows that frogs are in trouble and that some species have already disappeared, but a recent analysis of Central American frog surveys shows that the situation is worse than had previously been thought...

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