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On-line Resources
International year of Biodiversity 2010
- In this video watch a team of Natural History Museum scientists on location in Borneo as they survey the incredible diversity of insects and other invertebrates
- Avery good plate tectonics animation from Phet
- Curiosity Online, from Discovery, outlines “10 ecosystems devastated by invasive species.”
- “Defeating dengue by releasing mosquitoes with virus-blocking bacteria” from Ed Yong
- “Fungus loaded with scorpion toxin to fight malaria,” from Ed Yong.
- “Value in non-native species,” article by Carl Zimmer. Interesting stuff!
Impacts of exotic invasive species on ecosystems
Cane Toads: The Conquest and then some cane toad humour!
Giant snails invade Miami
- “Should Pandas be left to go extinct?” from the Guardian.
- Are tigers less important than warblers? by Madhusudan Katti
- 1/3 of all plant species face extinction, from the Guardian.
- Recovery of ‘extinct’ fur seal populations, from the Guardian
- Back BioDiversity 100, save our wildlife, from Monbiot
- The longest-running, largest experiment in habitat fragmentation – since 1976 in Brazil – is a great example of real Ecology in action. Read about it here. What are the real impacts of breaking up habitats?
- Natural History Museum plant expert talks on this video about plant under pressure
Methods of conservation
In this TED Talk we discover how the activation of some the biggest stakeholders on the land in Namibia – the poachers –turned a huge problem into an effective in situ conservation effort that acts as a role model for active management to the rest of the world.
TED Talk highlights the importance of seed banks an example of ex situ conservation