The location of and threats to biodiversity are distributed unevenly, so prioritization is
essential to minimize biodiversity loss. To address this need, biodiversity conservation …

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is the most comprehensive resource detailing the
global conservation status of plants and animals. The 2004 edition represents a milestone …

Ethanol can be prepared from agricultural residues and hence is a renewable resource. Its
production is simple and cheap and hence steam reforming of ethanol to produce hydrogen …

Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows:
Antarctica, Apenidiella antarctica from permafrost, Cladosporium fildesense from an …

Using data for 25,780 species categorized on the International Union for Conservation of
Nature Red List, we present an assessment of the status of the world’s vertebrates. One-fifth of …

Background Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disorder that requires lifelong treatment. We aimed
to assess whether intensive weight management within routine primary care would achieve …

The Fifth World Parks Congress in Durban, South Africa, announced in September 2003 that
the global network of protected areas now covers 11.5% of the planet's land surface 1 . This …

Background High-density lipoprotein (HDL) may provide cardiovascular protection by promoting
reverse cholesterol transport from macrophages. We hypothesized that the capacity of …

The first global assessment of amphibians provides new context for the well-publicized
phenomenon of amphibian declines. Amphibians are more threatened and are declining more …

An automated procedure for the analysis of homologous protein structures has been developed.
The method facilitates the characterization of internal conformational differences and …