Posts tagged James Cook University
Road Rage: The Real Reason Roads Are So Dangerous
Infrastructure ExpansionBill Lauranceroads, highways, infrastructure, Asia, Africa, Amazon, poaching, deforestation, land-use planning, land-use change, climate change, global warming, James Cook University, TESS, ALERT, developing countries, developing nations
Stealing the Rain from a Rainforest
Martine Marondrought, rainforest, Daintree Drought Experiment, Susan Laurance, James Cook University, Daintree Rainforest Observatory, tree survival, plant physiology, big trees, fires, canopy crane, Godzilla
Could disease be driving extinctions of Australian mammals?
Bill LauranceAustralian mammal declines, Northern Australian mammal declines, disease, epidemic disease, foreign pathogen, bettongs, northern bettong, brush-tailed bettong, chytrid fungus, frog declines, rinderpest, white-nose disease, ebola, feral cats, overgrazing, fire regimes, Sandra Abell, Penny van Oosterzee, Noel Preece, James Cook University, Peter Daszak, Tasmanian Devil, facial tumor disease, Trypanosomiasis, Christmas Island, Northern Bettong, Woylie, Brush-tailed Bettong, Saiga antelope
Mysterious black leopards finally reveal their spots
Bill Lauranceblack leopard, leopard, Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia, leopard spots, automatic cameras, infrared flash, Gopalasamy Reuben Clements, Laurie Hedges, William Laurance, melanism, poaching, illegal wildlife trade, wire snares, James Cook University, University of Nottingham-Malaysia
Deadly Australian drop bears are much more abundant than previously thought
Bill LauranceDrop Bears, Thylarctos plummetus, Koala Bear, Australia, forests, predators, tourists, Australian Geographer, Volker Janssen, human attacks, James Cook University
Momentous changes ahead for the tropics
Bill Laurancepopulation growth, tropical nations, deforestation, global change, James Cook University, Aung San Suu Kyi, State of the Tropics, global trends, Sandra Harding, food demand, biofuels
