23.01.2013 Article alert: Biodiversity conservation attitudes and policy tools for promoting biodiversity in tropical planted forests Biodiversity and Conservation (2013) 22(2): 373-403. doi: 10.1007/s10531-012-0418-8Nhung NghiemBiodiversity loss poses a real threat to the livelihoods, food security and health of the poor. In Vietnam, nearl...

23.01.2013 First meeting of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-1) The first meeting of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-1) entered its second day. In the morning, delegates discussed the role of the Multidisciplinary Expert Panel (M...

16.01.2013 Event alert: 2nd Global Conference on Entomology November 8-12, 2013, Kuching, Sarawak, MalaysiaThe major objective of the 2nd Global Conference on Entomology is to showcase recent advances in entomological research and development in the insect world. ...

10.01.2013 Article alert: Resequencing rice genomes: an emerging new era of rice genomics Trends in Genetics (2013) doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2012.12.001Huang X, Lu T, Han BRice is a model system for crop genomics studies. Much of the early work on rice genomics focused on analyzing genome-wide genetic v...

10.01.2013 Article alert: High Bee and Wasp Diversity in a Heterogeneous Tropical Farming System Compared to Protected Forest PLoS ONE 7(12): e52109. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052109It is a globally important challenge to meet increasing demands for resources and, at the same time, protect biodiversity and ecosystem services. Farmi...

07.01.2013 Article alert: When ecosystem services interact: crop pollination benefits depend on the level of pest control Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2012) 280(1753)doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2243Lundin O, Smith HG, Rundlöf M, Bommarco RPollination is a key ecosystem service which most often has bee...

07.12.2012 Event alert: 2nd International Conference 'Science for the Environment' 2013 The second international conference 'Science for the Environment' will take place in Aarhus 3-4 October 2013. The conference theme is to map the research gap of the environmental challenges in Horizon 2020. The EU strategy f...

06.12.2012 Small patches of native plants help boost pollination services in large farms A combined team of scientists from Europe and South Africa (Luísa G. Carvalheiro (University of Leeds, UK & Naturalis Biodiversity Research Centre, Netherlands), Colleen Seymour and Ruan Veldtman (SANBI, South Africa) an...

04.12.2012 Article alert: Transcriptome and Gene Expression Analysis of the Rice Leaf Folder, Cnaphalocrosis medinalis PLoS ONE 7(11): e47401. Li S-W, Yang H, Liu Y-F, Liao Q-R, Du J, et al.Background The rice leaf folder (RLF), Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenee) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), is one of the most dest...

14.11.2012 Article alert: The Prevalence of Parasites and Pathogens in Asian Honeybees Apis cerana in China PLoS ONE 7(11): e47955. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047955Li J, Qin H, Wu J, Sadd BM, Wang X, et al.Pathogens and parasites represent significant threats to the health and well-being of honeybee species that ar...

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