Abstracts » Zoology and wildlife conservation

Conservancy's fast track to habitat conservation

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Rapid Ecological Assessment is the method developed by the Nature Conservancy for identifying places that have the highest biological values combined with the greatest threats. Some fifty rapid surveys have been conducted since 1991, including an assessment of Colombia's Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, covering biological hot spots, threats to biodiversity and ecosystems, synthesized into a map identifying critical areas for conservation.

Colombia, Planning, Habitat (Ecology), Protection and preservation, Habitats, Nature conservation, Nature Conservancy

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The beak of the honeycreeper

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The evolution of the honeycreeper, a Hawaiian forest bird, is presented, focusing on the development of its beak in response to environment and diet. Categories include nectar-sippers, fruit-pickers, seed-crackers, leaf-scanners, bark-miners and generalists.

Hawaii, Natural history, Birds, Forest birds, Varieties, Finches, Darwin's finches, Animal anatomy, Beak

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Small matters

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The article emphasizes the important role insects play in maintaining ecological balance, particularly pollination, and how the ongoing loss of biodiversity and increasing extinction rates for insects will negatively impact the environment.

Science & research, Behavior, Insects, Insect-plant relationships, Pollination, Ecological balance

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