Butterflies by Two

Findings from Stockholm University in biodiversity reported.(Report)
Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 11/20/2009; 868 words; ...threat indicator taxon, the butterflies, results from a study on...suggested that threatened butterflies on average have narrower...threatened and non-threatened butterfly species at two different geographical scales...Conservation (Threat status in butterflies and its ecological ...

New biodiversity study results from Charles University described.
Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 11/20/2009; 780 words; ...results. We compare patterns of species richness of European butterflies and dragonflies using regional species lists (varying grain...environmental correlates of species richness. We generated two equal-area grids (220 x 220 km and 440 x 440 km) to map...models while accounting for differences in area. ...

Findings from Nankai University broaden understanding of metals.
Journal of Technology; 11/17/2009; 891 words; ...studies on biomimetic chemistry and butterfly cluster chemistry, two series of ''closed'' and ''open'' butterfly [2Fe2Se] cluster complexes have...reflux gave the expected ''closed'' butterfly [2Fe2Se] cluster complex [(mu...

Time to build up the reservoir walls before our rivers run dry; I never again want to see the River Brenig dry up as in 1976.(Features)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 11/17/2009; 1216 words; ...more and more water will come soon, especially if we are to have summers like the butterfly summer of 1976. Then we had a Sahara-style drought which lasted for two months or so and some Welsh rivers dried up completely. That year was a warning...

New experimental biology study findings have been published by scientists at University of Bristol.(Report)
Science Letter; 11/17/2009; 1114 words; ...neural signal." "The tropical butterfly Morpho peleides has an oval...membrane was found to vibrate in two distinct modes, depending on...maximum deflection points of the two vibrational modes correspond...vibrational properties of the two membrane components. Extracellular...