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Mayford Heritage Pond

Rated Aug 23 • 1 review • ecology, community, ponds, nature, wildlife • mayfordpond.org.uk

Mayford Heritage Pond

In 1997, the World Wide Fund for Nature set up a national pilot scheme to re-establish lost village ponds and Mayford was chosen as one of the first ten villages to take part.

This site records the development of a once-lost village pond. Fascinating and inspiring.
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UC Berkeley Press Release

Rated Oct 28 2008 • 11 reviews • biology, ants, ecology, zoology • berkeley.edu
"Inland ants prefer salty snacks to sweet"
Mammals are limited by the availability of salt, and now researchers have shown that ants are too. In experiments in North, Central and South America, ecologists have shown that plant-eating and omnivorous ants living more than 60 miles inland are more interested in salt than sugar, with the preference greater the farther they live from the coast. Carnivorous ants show no such preference.

"Ants will always go for the sugar because they need sugar to provide the basic energy for life and for their activity, but when you see ants spending increasing amounts of time or employing increasingly large numbers of individuals foraging for salt, it suggests that salt is a resource that is limiting to them. Their ability to be competitive and maintain themselves in different environments could be limited by a resource like salt." ~ Steve Yanoviak, co-author.

The researchers suggest that what holds true for ants may well be true of all insects and even microbes - pointing to a role for salt, or sodium chloride, in the ecosystem that has not been recognized before.
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Global Warmings Ecosystem Double Whammy

Rated Sep 21 2008 • 0 reviews • ecology • sciencedaily.com
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When glaciers disappear, the bugs move in - environment -...

Rated Aug 27 2008 • 1 review • ecology • newscientist.com
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Insect Biodiversity In Amazon May Be Result Of Ice Age...

Rated Jul 29 2008 • 0 reviews • ecology • sciencedaily.com
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Great British Wildlife - Home - Wildlife website...

Rated Apr 13 2008 • 1 review • ecology, nature, wildlife, photography • gbwildlife.co.uk

GB Wildlife

"The site is dedicated to the fantastic array of wildlife and natural history that our diverse islands have to offer."

A very new wildlife site - still under development, but looks promising.

Quite flash-heavy.
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4.10.2008 - Madagascar conservation map protects species...

Rated Apr 11 2008 • 3 reviews • ecology, biodiversity, madagascar, wildlife, conservation • berkeley.edu
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Enemies and diseases of snails

Rated Jan 16 2008 • 1 review • ecology, snails, molluscs • gireaud.net
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | London ladybirds top sex...

Rated Oct 17 2007 • 0 reviews • ecology, nature, ladybirds • bbc.co.uk
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hedgerows of Britain and Ireland home page

Rated Sep 09 2007 • 2 reviews • ecology, environment, nature, hedgerows • hedgerowmobile.com
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