What is Ecosystem Structure?

MYSTER, RANDALL W.
Date: 2001

Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 37, No. 1-2, 132-134,

Ecosystems were originally defined as units of the earth’s surface, that is the whole system including the organisms and the physical factors that form the environment (Tansley, 1935). As the study of ecosystem ecology evolved, ecosystems came to be categorized […]

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Ecosystem destruction costing hundreds of billions a year | Environment | guardian.co.uk

John Vidal
guardian.co.uk,
Friday May 30 2008

The steeply accelerating decline of the natural world is already costing hundreds of billions of pounds a year, […]

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Invasive Snails Take a Toll on Native Ducks : NPR

by Sea Stachura

The number of lesser scaup ducks is dwindling, and it could be an invasive species that does them in. Invasive snails and parasites are attacking these and other ducks on the Upper Mississippi.

All Things Considered, May 26, 2008 ·

Nearly 150 invasive species live […]

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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Environmental Defense Fund Announce First-of-Its-Kind ?Green Portfolio? Partnership - Environmental Defense Fund

Leading Private Equity Firm to Improve Environmental Performance of Portfolio Companies and Internal Operations

Posted: 01-May-2008; Updated: 01-May-2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(New York, NY - May 1, 2008) Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts […]

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Warming threat worse in tropics - Los Angeles Times

 
Scientists say many species can’t tolerate small temperature rises.
From the Associated Press
11:47 AM PDT, May 5, 2008
WASHINGTON — While global warming is expected to be strongest at the poles, it may be an even greater threat to species living in the tropics, scientists […]

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