Restoration Ecology

Many collective human activities, including violence, have been shown to exhibit universal patterns1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. The size distributions of casualties both in whole wars from 1816 to 1980 and terrorist attacks have separately been shown to follow approximate power-law distributions6, 7, 9, 10. ... (Read on Source)  

BUFFALO, N.Y., Dec. 16, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HIGHLIGHTS - Ecology and Environment, Inc., (Nasdaq:EEI) reported revenues for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 of $39.5 million, up 17% from the $33.7 million reported in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009. Net income for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 was $1.4 million or $.34 per share, consistent with the $1.5 million or $.35 per share reported in the prior year.  

Ecology: from Greek oikos ‘house’ + -logy. Economics: from Greek oikos ‘house’ in the form oikonomika referring to household management. It is a monumental irony that these terms, with their entourage of cognitive and practical meanings in mortal combat for our present and future world, have grown from the same root. The most basic conflict of [...]  

Fisheries Management and Ecology journal presents international papers that cover all aspects of the management, ecology and conservation of inland, estuarine and coastal fisheries including:• Fisheries policy, management, operational, conservation and ecological issues• Fisheries managers' and ecologists' need for information, techniques, tools and concepts• Integration of ecological studies with all aspects of fisheries management• Promoting...  

Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) is a not for profit non governmental organization that searches for better outcomes, including new solutions, to the management of knowledge resources. KEI is focused on social justice, particularly for the most vulnerable populations, including low-income persons and marginalized groups. There are probably 5 billion people who live in the margins of the global economy, and an entire planet that depends...  

Several interlinked shifts are leading to a whole new ecology within book publishing. First is the loss of jobs in the industry. Over the past year, for example, employment in print related industries, including book publishing, ...  

Ecological Metadata Language (EML) is a metadata specification developed by the ecology discipline and for the ecology discipline. It is based on prior work done by the Ecological Society of America and associated efforts (Michener et al., 1997, Ecological Applications). EML is implemented as a series of XML document types that can by used in a modular and extensible manner to document ecological data. Each EML module is designed to describe...  

Toby Weiss has already posted an excellent recap of last night's Anti-Wrecking Ball, but here's another. In short, we raised more money than we thought that we could, had more people attend than we expected and had a lot more dancing ...  

Washington's Blog, Global Research - Bloomberg notes that the carbon trading scheme will be centered around derivatives:The banks are preparing to do with carbon what they've done before: design and market derivatives contracts that will help client companies hedge their price risk over the long term. They're also ready to sell carbon-related financial products to outside investors.[] [Blythe] Masters says banks must be allowed to lead the way...  

Modifications enforcing a cleaner burn inside the engine. The result is a reduced carbon footprint exiting your engineGlendale,CA,USA -Engine Ecology (PR), by Dan Renner -18 Nov 2009: ... Engine Ecology brings about greenhouse gas pollution reduction very simply with our engine air intake system modifications... Burn more fuel inside of your engine rather than spitting it out of your exhaust with Engine Ecology's modifications to your...  

ANN ARBOR, Michigan — The Ecology Center's latest testing of children's toys and apparel is still finding lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic and other harmful chemicals in items on store shelves.For the past two years the annual toy test results have...  

Noted lagoon ecologist Peter Baye recently gave a presentation at Shelldance nursery about how lagoons function, evolve, and respond to climate change. The talk is illuminating to anyone interested in the past and future of Sharp Park golf course. Ian...  

This course presents the principles of evolution, ecology, and behavior for students beginning their study of biology and of the environment. It discusses major ideas and results in a manner accessible to all Yale College undergraduates. Recent advances have energized these fields with results that have implications well beyond their boundaries: ideas, mechanisms, and processes that should form part of the toolkit of all biologists and...  

The Ecology Center facilitates urban lifestyles consistent with the goals of ecological sustainability, social equity, and economic development. We seek to make these goals accessible by providing people with the information they need, the alternatives they seek, and the infrastructure necessary to make sustainable practices possible on a large scale. We aim to make the visionary mainstream.  

Ecology was originally split into two branches: autecology (ecology of species) and synecology (ecology of species assemblages, communities, ecosystems).A great challenge is to put the two together and work at multiple temporal and spatial scales: synecology