Table of Contents

January-March 2006 (Vol. 7, No. 1)



FEATURES


CONNECTING FLIGHTS Cover Story

Never mind the road map for peace. An unlikely marriage between bird conservation and military aviation is thriving on one of the most divisive pieces of real estate on Earth.

By Frances Cairncross


BON APPÉTIT Print Only

Ecologists are devising invasive species control strategies that would make Julia Child proud.

By Joe Roman

WHERE THE WILD THINGS WERE

The recent Nature paper proposing to bring cheetahs, lions, and elephants to North America raised a wild rumpus. But are the critics missing the point?

By William Stolzenburg


INNOVATIONS


HIGH SEAS GARBAGE PICKUP

Satellite data hone in on ghost nets in the Pacific.

By Nancy Bazilchuk

RIGHT BRAIN-LEFT BRAIN CONSERVATION

Scientists and creative writers converge on long-term research.

By Nancy Bazilchuk

STALKING THE WILD HOUSE WREN

Smithsonian ornithologists delve deep into the concrete jungle.

By Joshua Brown

RAISING THE BAR ON KYOTO

New standards require projects to save more than just carbon.

By Adelheid Fischer


NUMBERS IN CONTEXT


DO YOU TRUST THE SOURCE?

Scientists, government, NGOs . . . or TV. Where do Europeans and Americans turn for reliable environmental information?


ESSAYS


BREATHEPrint Only

by Joan Maloof



JOURNAL WATCH


Hotspots Not Necessarily So Hot

Road Salt Turns Streams Toxic

Biodiversity May Curb West Nile Virus

Highways Are a Genetic Barrier for Bighorns

Phosphorus Pollution Limits Plant Diversity

Black Bears Wiped Out by Introduced Deer

Selective Logging Doubles Amazon Forest Damage



BOOKS


BOOK REVIEWS


FROM READERS


YOUR LETTERS AND COMMENTS


UNEASY CHAIR


WHAT DOES “WILD” REALLY MEAN?

by Jon Christensen