How many endangered species are there in the United States?
With only 15 percent of known species in the United States studied well enough to determine if they are imperiled or not, David Wilcove (Princeton University, US) and Lawrence Master (NatureServe, US) review and extrapolate the actual number of species in danger, based on the numbers we do have. Reviews in Frontiers Reviews in the October issue of Frontiers include merging land and sea conservation by considering the ecological interactions between the two in “Integrated coastal reserve planning: making the land-sea connection,” and the conservation of cultural resources in “Microbial deterioration of historic stone.” From Ecology Wandering albatrosses Wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) soar across the Indian Ocean for thousands of kilometers in a single trip, scouring the ocean for food. Henri Weimerskirch and colleagues from the National Scientific Research Center and the Natural History Museum of France, tracked the foraging behavior of the birds in “Prey Distribution and Patc
