A combination of genomic approaches applied to ecological model systems of evolutionarily young and ecologically distinct lineages of nonmodel organisms (e.g. Bernatchez et al. 2010; Jones et al. 2012) will continue to lead to important insights into the mechanisms underlying adaptive evolution.
As the world becomes more brutal for our young (economically, ecologically, morally, ethically), we want them to know and to act on their knowledge.
Partners identified a mutual goal of restoring young forests to ecologically resemble and function similarly to late-seral forested landscapes of the region.
Ecologically sensible despite her very young age, she tries to be environment-friendly by informing others about the negative effects of global warming (she limits her usage of air conditioning) and teaching Yotsuba the benefits of recycling.
Our results indicate that second-growth forests, while not as structurally developed as old-growth, are developing some ecologically important structural characteristics at relatively young ages (80 100 years) and as such, contribute towards ecological integrity and biodiversity of the coastal temperate rainforest landscape.
This study supports the use of ecologically-valid sampling methods for characterizing young adults' prescription drug misuse in daily life and relationship contexts.
Under the soft light of energy-saving bulbs in the large, open dining room (painted a chemical-free off-white), chic young Danes were gathered at ecologically logged oak tables, eating happily.
"It is an ecologically fragile region and the Himalayas are young mountains, but there is haphazard construction to serve increasing numbers of tourists and pilgrims," said Ashish Kothari, an Indian environmentalist and a co-author of "Churning the Earth: The Making of Global India".
Before severe habitat destruction since the 17th century, Mauritius was homogenously covered by semi-dry palm forest and moist tropical rain forest [ 8], but the much younger Mauritius might have been ecologically more diverse.
If representing a functional locus, it is possible that these low-frequency alleles are slightly deleterious alleles fixed because of founder effect and drift in the ecologically open environments of the volcanically active youngest island.
