Just a quick one to ask ConservationBytes.com readers to vote for the blog in ResearchBlogging.org‘s 2010 Research Blogging Awards.
ConservationBytes.com has been placed as a finalist in the ‘Best Blog – Conservation or Geosciences’ category.
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Non-native species introduced mainly via increasing trade of goods and services have huge economic, health, and environmental costs. These ‘biological invasions’ involve the intentional or unintentional transport and release of species beyond their native biogeographical ranges, facilitating their potential spread. Over the last few decades, invasive species have incurred an average cost of at least…
Wildfire burns between 3.94 million and 5.19 million square kilometres of land every year worldwide. If that area were a single country, it would be the seventh largest in the world. In Australia, most fire occurs in the vast tropical savannas of the country’s north. In new research published in Nature Geoscience, we show Indigenous…
Australia is home to about one in 12 of the world’s species of animals, birds, plants and insects – between 600,000 and 700,000 species. More than 80% of Australian plants and mammals and just under 50% of our birds are found nowhere else. But habitat destruction, climate change, and invasive species are wreaking havoc on Earth’s…
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I am unsure if I can vote on this or not. I did try. I absolutely love your blog. It is written in layperson language and helps us common folks understand climate change and affect on biodiversity. Thank you Corey.
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Many thanks for the kind words of support. You need to be registered on researchblogging.org to vote – so go ahead and register!
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