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  Biodiversity Passes The Taste Test And Is Healthier Too

  January 13, 2009 — Cattle and sheep grazed on natural grasslands help maintain biodiversity and produce tastier, healthier meat, according to a new study. The research, which draws together the social and natural ... > full story
• Exotic Species
  Nature
  Rainforests
  Ecology Research
  Ecology
  Invasive Species
   
  

  Five Invasive Plants Threatening Southern Forests In 2009 Identified

  January 12, 2009 — Ecologists have identified the invasive plant species they believes pose the biggest threats to southern forest ecosystems in ... > full story
• Veterinary Medicine
  Grassland
  Cows, Sheep, Pigs
  Mammals
  Agriculture and Food
  Environmental Policy
   
  

  Study Of Disease Risk Suggests Ways To Avoid Slaughter Of Yellowstone Bison

  January 12, 2009 — Last winter, government agencies killed one third of Yellowstone National Park's bison herd due to concerns about the possible spread of a livestock disease to cattle that graze in areas around the ... > full story
• Virology
  Endangered Plants
  Nature
  Agriculture and Food
  Ecology
  Exotic Species
   

  Grazing Animals Help Spread Plant Disease

  December 29, 2008 — Researchers have discovered that grazing animals such as deer and rabbits are actually helping to spread plant disease -- quadrupling its prevalence in some cases -- and encouraging an invasion of ... > full story
• Endangered Plants
  Seeds
  Agriculture and Food
  Exotic Species
  Nature
  Botany
   
  

  Asian Grasslands May Hold Global Promise To Restore Grasslands In Arid Areas

  December 28, 2008 — Grazinglands in the Asian steppes and the rangelands in the western United States share similar climates, vegetation, land-use practices and problems. So an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ... > full story
• Nature
  Ecology
  Ecology Research
  Wild Animals
  Biodiversity
  Sustainability
   

  Golf Course: Playing Fields, Wildlife Sanctuaries Or Both

  December 3, 2008 — Researchers are examining the effect of golf courses on salamander populations. Working with 10 golf courses in North Carolina, they are measuring stream salamanders' abundance and diversity in order ... > full story
• Soil Types
  Organic
  Global Warming
  Agriculture and Food
  Forest
  Air Quality
   
  

  Replacing Corn With Perennial Grasses Improves Carbon Footprint Of Biofuels

  December 2, 2008 — Converting forests or fields to biofuel crops can increase or decrease greenhouse gas emissions, depending on where -- and which -- biofuel crops are used, researchers ... > full story
• Nature
  Endangered Plants
  New Species
  Environmental Policies
  Soil Types
  Ecology Research
   
  

  UK’s Biggest Ever Countryside Survey: Results Published

  November 19, 2008 — The results of the biggest and most comprehensive survey of Britain's countryside and its natural resources are unveiled in a report published this week by the Countryside Survey ... > full story
• Grassland
  Mammals
  Environmental Policy
  Nature
  Geography
  New Species
   
  

  New National Survey Says Public Reveres Bison

  November 18, 2008 — Americans are woefully out of touch with the fact that the American bison, or buffalo, is in trouble as a wild, iconic species, but they do love them as an important symbol of their country -- and as ... > full story
• Global Warming
  Weather
  Endangered Plants
  Nature
  Severe Weather
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Extreme Weather Postpones Flowering Time Of Plants

  November 5, 2008 — Extreme weather events have a greater effect on flora than previously presumed. A one-month drought postpones the time of flowering of grassland and heathland plants in Central Europe by an average ... > full story

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