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  Digital repository for algal biodiversity

  The Hawaiian Freshwater Algal Database is a comprehensive and searchable publicly-available database containing photographs and micrographs of samples and collection sites, geo-referenced collecting information, taxonomic data and standardized DNA sequence data for Hawaiian non-marine algal data.

  BMC Ecology 2012, 12:22
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  Community phylogenetics of fire-prone shrubs

  Fire-killed and fire-resistant Banksia species show different community phylogenetic patterns, suggesting that analyses based on pairwise species co-occurrence may be more informative than those based on whole community structure metrics.

  BMC Ecology 2012, 12:21
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  Silent Spring at 50

  David Pimentel offers a personal reflection on the impact of Silent Spring, Rachel Carsons landmark book about the environmental effects of pesticides, on the 50th anniversary of its publication.

  BMC Ecology 2012, 12:20
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  Biodiversity in the Coral Triangle

  A new biodiversity inventory of marine fish in the Bootless Bay ecosystem of Papua New Guinea provides an important baseline for future surveys in the Coral Triangle, and highlights low levels of fish diversity in the region.

  BMC Ecology 2012, 12:15
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  Penguins put up with presence of people

  King penguins living in areas of chronic human disturbance are less stressed by noise compared to those living in undisturbed areas, although their responses to being handled by humans were about the same.

  BMC Ecology 2012, 12:10
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