Comments on: Why Species Matter–Or Putting a Value on a Vulture

By: Johnnie Steach

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By: strange behaviors

strange behaviors — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 12:44:03 +0000

[...] recently posted a piece under the headline “Why Species Matter-Putting a Price on a Vulture.” It cited an example in India, where the inadvertent destruction of vultures has produced an [...]

By: Conor

Conor — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 03:56:45 +0000

Did you read that article a few weeks back in the New Yorker apparently advocating the elimination of disease carrying Mosquitos through genetic manipulation?

By: Saul Weisberg

Saul Weisberg — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:45:04 +0000

So many species…. let’s hope we have time to discover and learn a bit more about all our neighbors on this amazing home planet.

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air pollution and asthma| — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 01:31:05 +0000

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By: Burning Down the Library of Life « strange behaviors

Burning Down the Library of Life « strange behaviors — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:50:17 +0000

[...] often tried to explain why species matter, usually by emphasizing the ways they affect human health, though I am acutely aware that this is a [...]

By: How We Forget the World We Have Lost « strange behaviors

How We Forget the World We Have Lost « strange behaviors — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:19:54 +0000

[...] an article earlier this year about the hidden value of species, I wrote about how much, and in how many ways, the dramatic decline in its vultures had cost India. [...]

By: Cagan Sekercioglu

Cagan Sekercioglu — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 01:46:03 +0000

These articles summarize ecosystem services and the potentical ecological, economical and health consequences of species’ extinctions

http://www.stanford.edu/%7Ecagan/2010%20Sekercioglu%20OUP%20Conservation%20Book%20Ecosystem%20Services.pdf

Sekercioglu, C. H. 2010
Ecosystem functioning and services
Conservation Biology for All, pp. 45-72 (eds. N.S. Sodhi and P.R. Ehrlich). Oxford University Press

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2004/dec/14/biodiversity.highereducation

Sekercioglu, C.H. 2006
Ecological significance of bird populations
Handbook of the Birds of the World 11: 15-51

http://www.stanford.edu/%7Ecagan/Sekercioglu2006HBWForeword.pdf

Sekercioglu, C.H. 2006
Increasing awareness of avian ecological function
Trends in Ecology & Evolution 21: 464-471

http://www.stanford.edu/%7Ecagan/Sekercioglu_TREE2006.pdf

Sekercioglu, C. H., Daily, G. C. & Ehrlich, P. R. 2004
Ecosystem consequences of bird declines
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101: 18042-18047

http://www.stanford.edu/%7Ecagan/Sekercioglu_etal_PNAS_2004.pdf

By: stephanie bova

stephanie bova — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:40:51 +0000

This was so interesting–I’m afflicted with biophilia myself.

I think we’re on the upswing.

I’m looking forward to seeing Democrats sitting with Republicans at the State of the Union address.