Biodiversiteit nieuws
Op deze pagina presenteerd NLBIF een selectie van nationaal en internationaal biodiversiteitnieuws afkomstig van verschillende nieuws-sites, de berichten worden gefilterd op basis van relevantie voor biodiversiteit en wetenschap.
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Land-use intensification causes multitrophic homogenization of grassland communities
30 / 11 / 2016, Nature - Current issuesLand-use intensification is a major driver of biodiversity loss. Alongside reductions in local species diversity, biotic homogenization at larger spatial scales is of great concern for...
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Conservation: big data boost in China
30 / 11 / 2016, Nature - Current issuesI disagree with Aaron Ellison's contention that biodiversity data only rarely drive conservation decisions (Nature538, 141;10.1038/538141a2016). In China, better data are guiding changes in...
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Redefining the invertebrate RNA virosphere
23 / 11 / 2016, Nature - Current issuesCurrent knowledge of RNA virus biodiversity is both biased and fragmentary, reflecting a focus on culturable or disease-causing agents. Here we profile the transcriptomes of over 220 invertebrate...
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Environment: Australia too casual with protection law
09 / 11 / 2016, Nature - Current issuesThe Australian government has set a dangerous precedent in granting exemptions “in the national interest” from its 1999 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. This laxity...
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Biodiversity: Two African elephant species, not just one
19 / 10 / 2016, Nature - Current issuesYour affirmation that the African forest elephant and the African savannah elephant are separate species (Nature537, 7; 10.1038/537007b2016) is timely. Earlier this month, the 17th Conference of...
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Species loss: learn from health metrics
19 / 10 / 2016, Nature - Current issuesThe inability to quantify which threats matter most across species and ecosystems is a problem for policymaking and resource allocation (see S. L.Maxwellet al. Nature536, 143–145; 2016)....
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Monitoring: safeguarding the world's largest lake
05 / 10 / 2016, Nature - Current issuesLake Baikal in eastern Siberia is listed as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations because of its exceptional endemic biodiversity. Its ecological and environmental health is now under threat...
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Ecology: Rats and cats drive extinctions
28 / 09 / 2016, Nature - Current issuesNon-native predatory mammals such as cats and rats can wreak havoc on native animal populations, especially on islands.Tim Doherty of Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, and his colleagues...
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Species loss: diverse takes on biodiversity
28 / 09 / 2016, Nature - Current issuesSean Maxwell and colleagues argue that agriculture is one of the greatest enemies of biodiversity — yet agriculture itself depends on biodiversity (Nature536, 143–145; 10.1038/536143a2016). To...
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Species loss: a crude view of climate
28 / 09 / 2016, Nature - Current issuesWe contend that Sean Maxwell and colleagues' analysis of risk factors for biodiversity loss should have included a more nuanced view of climate change (Nature536, 143–145; 10.1038/536143a2016) ....