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		<title>Does wolf recovery trigger trophic cascades?: New research from Yellowstone, the Great Lakes, and Europe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Carroll</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of media attention continues to be focused on the question of whether and how wolves trigger trophic cascades in ecosystems, by suppression of herbivory by ungulates and consequent release of vegetation and species such as birds that are &#8230; <a href="http://www.klamathconservation.org/scienceblog/?p=505">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New paper and software for detecting dispersal barriers and restoring habitat connectivity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Carroll</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting new paper by Brad McRae and colleagues has been published in the journal PLoS One. Entitled &#8220;Where to Restore Ecological Connectivity? Detecting Barriers and Quantifying Restoration Benefits&#8221; (download link), the research uses techniques to identify connectivity barriers that &#8230; <a href="http://www.klamathconservation.org/scienceblog/?p=498">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Do top predators increase the amount of carbon stored in ecosystems?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Carroll</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a new paper in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Chris Wilmers and colleagues examine how much carbon is stored (in the form of kelp) in North Pacific coastal ecosystems which either have or lack sea otters. &#8230; <a href="http://www.klamathconservation.org/scienceblog/?p=485">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) overhauls its website to provide more resources for conservation scientists</title>
		<link>http://www.klamathconservation.org/scienceblog/?p=476</link>
		<comments>http://www.klamathconservation.org/scienceblog/?p=476#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Carroll</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Society for Conservation Biology recently completed a major overhaul of the SCB website. The new website provides a wealth of information on recent issues in conservation policy. You can access regular updates on conservation policy news by subscribing to &#8230; <a href="http://www.klamathconservation.org/scienceblog/?p=476">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Citizen involvement strengthens Endangered Species Act implementation</title>
		<link>http://www.klamathconservation.org/scienceblog/?p=471</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Carroll</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study published in Science by Brosi and Biber compares species listed under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA) in response to citizen petitions versus initiatives from within the agencies (FWS and NMFS). The authors asked whether citizen involvement, &#8230; <a href="http://www.klamathconservation.org/scienceblog/?p=471">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ecological implications of complex trophic cascades among carnivores</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 17:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Carroll</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new paper by Levi and Wilmers in the journal Ecology uses a 30-year time series of wolf, coyote, and fox relative abundance from the state of Minnesota, USA, to show that wolves suppress coyote populations, which in turn releases &#8230; <a href="http://www.klamathconservation.org/scienceblog/?p=459">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Grizzly bears as surrogates for balancing trade-offs between fisheries and ecosystem services</title>
		<link>http://www.klamathconservation.org/scienceblog/?p=448</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Carroll</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Endangered species management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new paper in PLoS Biology by Levi and colleagues (here) describes a new approach for assessing trade-offs between economic and ecological goals in &#8220;Ecosystem Based Management&#8221; (EBM). The paper concludes: &#8220;Commercial fisheries that harvest salmon for human consumption can &#8230; <a href="http://www.klamathconservation.org/scienceblog/?p=448">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Inadvertent advocacy and scientific integrity</title>
		<link>http://www.klamathconservation.org/scienceblog/?p=438</link>
		<comments>http://www.klamathconservation.org/scienceblog/?p=438#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Carroll</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conservation biologists have long debated whether and how it is appropriate for scientists to influence policy decisions. A pair of essays in the journal Conservation Biology (one published, another in press) asks whether it&#8217;s appropriate for scientists to review and &#8230; <a href="http://www.klamathconservation.org/scienceblog/?p=438">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Interaction of herbivore and climate impacts on bird and plant communities</title>
		<link>http://www.klamathconservation.org/scienceblog/?p=428</link>
		<comments>http://www.klamathconservation.org/scienceblog/?p=428#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Carroll</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new paper in the journal Nature Climate Change finds evidence that declining snowfall in the southwestern US indirectly influences plants and associated birds by allowing greater over-winter herbivory by elk. Abundances of deciduous trees and associated songbirds have declined &#8230; <a href="http://www.klamathconservation.org/scienceblog/?p=428">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New version of Connectivity Analysis Toolkit software released</title>
		<link>http://www.klamathconservation.org/scienceblog/?p=420</link>
		<comments>http://www.klamathconservation.org/scienceblog/?p=420#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Carroll</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Connectivity Analysis Toolkit is a software interface that provides conservation planners with tools for both linkage mapping and landscape-level &#8216;centrality&#8217; analysis. 450 people from around the world have downloaded the CAT since it became available in 2010. We have &#8230; <a href="http://www.klamathconservation.org/scienceblog/?p=420">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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