[MPWG] NEWS: Research Ties Human Acts to Harmful Rates of Species Evolution

[MoonBranch Botanicals]

Thanks for the great article Olivia. It is interesting to note that these findings support the traditional herbalists' practice of leaving the "grandmother/father" plants  when wild harvesting.

All the best!
Robin

-----Original Message-----
>From: Olivia Kwong <plant at plantconservation.org>
>Sent: Jan 13, 2009 10:53 AM
>To: native-plants at lists.plantconservation.org, mpwg at lists.plantconservation.org
>Subject: [MPWG] NEWS: Research Ties Human Acts to Harmful Rates of Species	Evolution
>
>Mostly about animals, but includes mention of some plants such as ginseng.
>
>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/science/13fish.html?_r=1&ref=science
>
>Research Ties Human Acts to Harmful Rates of Species Evolution
>By CORNELIA DEAN, The New York Times
>Published: January 12, 2009
>
>Human actions are increasing the rate of evolutionary change in plants and 
>animals in ways that may hurt their long-term prospects for survival, 
>scientists are reporting.
>
>See the link above for the full article text.  The actual study can be 
>found on The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science website at 
>http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/01/12/0809235106 Full text of the 
>study requires a paid subscription.
>
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