From microbes to mammals - invasive species
Articles from the July/August issue of People,Land & Water, the employee news magazine of the Dept. of the Interior, on lost natural resouces, loss of biodiversity, and damage to our biological heritage by invasive plants, animals, and microbes.
(Score: 0.690)
Nonindigenous species
Article from Status and Trends of the Nations Biological Resources on problems and legal issues of the human introduction of nonindigenous species including economic losses and loss of biodiversity with the extinction of native species.
(Score: 0.690)
Genetics and molecular tools
Describes the value of molecular biology genetic tools in enhancing the delineation of the genetic diversity and the effects of environmental degradation on living species. Links to study which differentiated two species of sage-grouse.
(Score: 0.461)
Definition:
Gradual process of change in the number of individuals of each species in a community and by the establishment of new species which may gradually replace the original inhabitants. [Adapted from McGraw Hill Dic. of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed.]
