Article: Population, ecology and morphology of Saga pedo (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) at the northern limit of its distribution

Article: Strobilanthes: panicled species from East Asia
Kew Bulletin;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Summary. The species of Strobilanthes from East Asia with a...form a readily identifiable cluster of species, which reaches its greatest diversity on the Indonesian Island of Sumatra. The 16 species are enumerated, described and discussed...

Article: A New Species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from Southwest China
Copeia;  December 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ...A new species of Amolops is described from a mountainous...of southern Yunnan Province, China. The species is unique in having a dark purple dorsum...Other characters that distinguish this species from other species of Amolops include...

Article: MODELING THE OCCURRENCE OF BIRD SPECIES: ARE THE ERRORS PREDICTABLE?(Brief Article)
Ecological Applications;  August 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......Typical assessments of models where many species occurrences are predicted (e.g., from species-habitat matrices or Gap Analyses) report overall omission and commission errors. Yet species' attributes suggest that we may predict a...

Article: Sequence Diversity, Reproductive Isolation and Species Concepts in Saccharomyces
Genetics;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Using the biological species definition, yeasts of the genus Saccharomyces sensu stricto comprise six species and one natural hybrid. Previous work...that reproductive isolation between the species is due primarily to sequence divergence...

Article: The number of the beasts. (counting species)
The Economist (US);  January 30, 1988 ;     700+ words ...CREATION'S 100m species of plants and animals are far from evenly...tropics are home to a wild profusion of species, there are a good few in temperate regions...population of a region is to count all the species. This is simple but time-consuming. So...

Article: Three new species of Cola (Sterculiaceae) from western Cameroon
Kew Bulletin;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Summary. Three new species of Cola, C. cecidiifolia Cheek, C. metallica Cheek...status is reviewed. A vegetative key to the 24 species of Cola known from Mt Cameroon, where all three species were originally discovered, is presented. INTRODUCTION...

Article: Trophic rank and the species-area relationship.
Ecology;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...INTRODUCTION The tendency for species richness to increase with area (the species - area relationship ) is one of the most robust...ecology (May 1975, Rosenzweig 1995). Most studies of species - area patterns have focused on particular taxa...

Article: The Species Problem & the Value of Teaching the Complexities of Species
The American Biology Teacher;  August 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...The species category plays a central role in many areas of biology...biology, and molecular biology all ultimately involve species taxa and therefore depend upon some conception of what species are, how to delimit them, and how they persist over...

Article: Modeling native-exotic species within Yellowstone Lake.
American Journal of Agricultural Economics;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Exotic species become a problem when they involve significant harm...exotic invaders contribute to the extinction of native species around the globe (Wilcove et al.). Exotic species disrupt both natural and human functions in many ecological...

Article: State poised to add to its protected species list; The Department of Natural Resources is planning its first revision of the list since it was created in 1984.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 21, 1996 ;     700+ words ...About 100 species of Minnesota animals and plants, including such...to the state list of endangered and threatened species. That will give the DNR legal authority to protect those species and, it hopes, prevent them from joining the passenger...

Article: British butterfly reveals role of habitat for species responding to climate change.
NewsRx Health & Science;  March 15, 2009 ;     614 words ...Most wild species are expected to colonise northwards as...habitat conservation in helping threatened species survive environmental change Published...offers hope for the preservation of other species. Conducted by the Universities of Exeter...

Article: A new species of Rhaptopetalum (Scytopetalaceae) from western Cameroon
Kew Bulletin;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Summary. A new species of Rhaptopetalum, R. geophylax, is described from western Cameroon...several floral characters. INTRODUCTION Rhaptopetalum Oliv with 11 species is the most species-rich genus of the predominantly African (one species in South...

Article: WHAT IS A SPECIES?(Brief Article)
Whole Earth;  September 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Since the all species inventory sits firmly on the art of describing species, we have included some short essays on how taxonomists...have subverted the last century's confidence in the species concept. This concept, around since the days of French...

Article: Is he worth saving?(controversy over Endangered Species Act)
U.S. News & World Report;  July 10, 1995 ;     700+ words ...The Endangered Species Act, a law passed with virtually no legislative...have effectively barred new endangered species listings for the remainder of the fiscal...interior the power to permit a listed species to go extinct. Ironically, many ardent...