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A new long-term study from Hungary shows that seeding native plants can effectively reduce annual invasive species in ...
Ecosystem responses to global change are often nonlinear. Ecological thresholds are tipping points beyond which small changes ...
A drive through Niagara County’s rural areas in June offers waves of tall, wispy grasses swaying in the breeze. While there may seem to be open green spaces everywhere, environmentalists say ...
Sensitive approaches, such as light grazing or a late harvest of hay, means that these wildflowers and their dependant ...
Grasslands, covering more than 40% of Earth's terrestrial surface, are key ecosystems for global carbon storage, biodiversity ...
When water is scarce, increases in grassland productivity are more valuable because there isn’t as much around. Therefore, ...
Michigan's ecosystem is diverse, stunning and perhaps deadly. Growing in the state's woodlands are poisonous plants. Here are ...
The placement of solar panels in Colorado’s grasslands could help decrease water stress and increase plant growth by about 20 percent during dry years, a new study has found. In these semi-arid ...
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Symptoms of climate change include extreme heat, drought and extreme weather, all of which can significantly impact plant ...