Research
http://www2.essex.ac.uk/ces/ResearchProgrammes/SAFEWexecsummfinalreport.htm
This Executive Summary produced by Jules Pretty and Rachel Hine of the University of Essex in February 2001 provides a summary of evidence from the SAFE-World Research Project. This extensive report includes background reasons for the study such as global food security challenges, information about sustainable agriculture, project methodology, summary of projects and evidence, and conclusions. A sustainable agriculture database, developed through the project, "contained information on 208 cases from 52 countries" as of October 1, 2000 which made it the "largest known survey of worldwide sustainable agriculture." [NL]
http://migratorybirds.fws.gov/reports/rossgeese/rossgeese.htm
This U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report is "a special publication of the Arctic Goose Joint Venture of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan" and is edited by Timothy J. Moser of the USFWS. Increasing "numbers of light geese have been implicated in serious ecological and economic damage" prompting two previous reports on continental light geese which focused on lesser snow geese and greater snow geese. This website presents a report that "compiles information on the Ross's goose, the third and least conspicuous taxon of North American light goose." The Report includes chapters on Species Descriptions and Biology, Distribution and Abundance, Interaction with Arctic and Subarctic Habitats, Disease Mortality Events, Harvest, and Population Dynamics of Ross's Geese. [NL]
http://www.nature.com/nature/links/040108/040108-1.html
Global warming is a sometimes heated debate between scientists as they seek to pinpoint causes and effects. This January 2004 article from Nature seems to help clarify what the future may bring. Essentially, Chris Thomas of the University of Leeds and his colleagues posit that with the unstoppable rise in global temperature will come an unstoppable species extinction. As a result of the warming, species will either not have any remaining habitat or they won't have the means to find it. Depending on the criteria, 15-37% of the species examined in the study will be extinct by the year 2050. While a somewhat unsettling forecast, the authors note that with technical advances towards lessening human impact on global warming, fewer species may ultimately perish. This link leads to the article as well as a News and Views response to the article titled Ecology: Clouded Futures and written by J. Alan Pounds and Robert Puschendorf. [JPM]
In what looks to be an incredibly successful partnership, the universities of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon have teamed up in an "investigation of the neural mechanisms that give rise to human cognitive abilities..." This site, the online home for the center is packed full of interesting resources for researchers, prospective students, and graduate students alike. The Research section is immensely well organized and fruitful. There is even a way to search for research based on Methods, Topics, or the Department / Program of interest. Topics include perceptual processing, working memory, perceptual stability, Alzheimer research, and much more. Interested students should check out the Graduate Training link for application details and post-docs should visit the Other Training link. [JPM]
http://www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/variety.htm
Just about every mid-western state has its share of agricultural research going on and Indiana is no exception. At this Purdue University Agronomy Department website, visitors can access all sorts of raw data (dating back to 1997) on Corn, Sorghum, Soybeans, Small Grains, and Forages from variety trials across the state. Provided in both pdf and html formats, there are several tables of raw data available for almost all years and plant type. In addition to the raw data, visitors to the site can view and download the specific year's entire report. This site may be of interest to researchers in related fields and students looking for data of this type. [JPM]
