The new species were discovered as part of a CI program aimed at assessing the ecological health of a given area.
Individual country trends: Algeria experienced the largest change in national ecological assets balance, moving from a large reserve in 1961 to a large ecological deficit in 2008.
As scientists scramble to understand the ecological fallout, a massive research effort is ramping up.
The math translates into an ecological windfall for a necessarily critical mass of soil turnover, nutrient recycling, and various GHG sequestration, not to mention nitrification.
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"You basically have two ecological universes - a system with dingoes and a system without dingoes - they are completely different places, " Dr Letnic told BBC News.
At the rollout, though, the ecological benefits took a backseat to the potential pocketbook savings and an appeal to younger and more affluent Indians who might appreciate some pizazz in what is usually a utilitarian fixture.
We don't yet know which species will benefit, and which will suffer in response to the changes, but because each species plays a specific ecological role on the tundra, the downfall of one species or proliferation of another could have a domino effect that disrupts the tundra's delicate food web.
Miyazaki has fashioned a complex ecological fable about the conflict between industrial progress and nature, town and countryside.
The authority rates all but three of the basin's 23 river valleys as being in a poor ecological state.
But ignoring ecological concerns can have a real, tangible cost - one that may outweigh any extra benefits from untrammeled development.
The key to creating a society with a sustainable ecological footprint is to be found not in individual action but in these sorts of redesigned systems.
Renowned American choreographer and anthropologist Katherine Dunham later bought the property, and in the 1970s, built a chic ecological resort among the mahogany and breadfruit trees.
While some are saying that this is a harbinger of things to come, others are cautioning that such technology is not only expensive but also a potential ecological hazard.
However, the fisheries ministry believes there is no ecological reason to cancel a hunt for 40 minkes when the population in the North Atlantic is believed by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to number about 174, 000.
There is a genuine commitment to the ecological cost but I suppose the fact that we have a very strong economic reason to take action adds to the urgency.
Local people usually have a better knowledge of local ecological conditions than experts in faraway capitals, as well as a direct interest in improving the quality of life in their village.
Syria, Tunisia and Turkey also shifted from ecological creditor to debtor status during this period, while the other Mediterranean countries saw a worsening of their ecological deficits.
Currently, Loch Fitty is classed as having a "poor ecological status", largely due to excess levels of phosphorus.
Dr Olsen and his colleagues suggest that the explanation for this rapid increase in size may be a phenomenon called ecological release.
He went on to become a famous support of ecological programs and was elected as representative of the Socialist party.
Hidden deep in a remote corner of eastern Nepal, Kanchenjunga rises to 8, 586m and encompasses a conservation area and ecological hotspot the size of Mauritius.
"This lake to me is a bit of an ecological disaster because we really don't understand how it's affecting all the various species that do live naturally within this environment, " she said.
And when they responded to ecological concerns, it was with a statement from a reef-monitoring group that had to be corrected a half-dozen times over petty matters, like the titles of the people involved.
For instance, product-service systems like car sharing and tool libraries--in which a product we used to buy and take home becomes a service we use only as needed--offer us access to the products we want at a fraction of the ecological impact.
Perhaps now is the time for me to consider a more formal return to ecological study?
As one of the foremost science and research organizations in the world the Smithsonian is a champion of many critical ecological frontiers.
But if this year's floods have shown anything, it is that development must be accompanied by a careful consideration of its ecological impact.
Iraq would not enjoy immunity from claims on its oil and revenues in the case of ecological accidents such as oil spills - a concession to France and Spain.
She also suggested that exploiting oil reserves in the area was not a realistic option as a spill would be an ecological disaster without access to logistical support from Argentina.
In this model framework, existing ecological and biogeochemistry concepts are extended with a balanced approach for assessing nutrient and sediment delivery on the one hand, and nutrient in-stream retention on the other hand.
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