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Improving Post-Fire Forest Management to Promote Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Ecosystems
May 4, 2011 — The occurrence of forest fires is a natural phenomenon in Mediterranean ecosystems. Researchers in Spain recently undertook a project in order to ascertain the extent to which forest fires and common ... > full story -
Genome Duplication Encourages Rapid Adaptation of Plants
May 3, 2011 — A biologist has found that at least some plant adaptations can occur almost instantaneously, not by a change in DNA sequence, but simply by duplication of existing genetic ... > full story -
Rotational Grazing in Native Pasturelands Benefits Wildlife
May 3, 2011 — Rotational grazing of cattle in native pasturelands in Brazil's Pantanal and Cerrado regions can benefit both cattle and wildlife, according to a new ... > full story -
When African Animals Hit the Hay: Fossil Teeth Show Who Ate What and When as Grasses Emerged
April 4, 2011 — Fossil teeth of African animals show that during the past 10 million years, different plant-eating critters began grazing on grass at different times as many switched from a salad-bar diet of tree ... > full story -
Calculating Livestock Numbers by Weather and Climate
March 29, 2011 — Ranchers in the central Great Plains may be using some of their winter downtime in the future to rehearse the upcoming production season, all from the warmth of their homes, according to soil ... > full story -
Managing Grazing Lands With Fire Improves Profitability, Agricultural Experts Say
March 28, 2011 — Recent fire and brush control studies in the Rolling Plains of Texas on a working ranch-scale showed the benefits and limitations of managed fires for reducing mesquite encroachment while sustaining ... > full story -
Natural Sequence Farming Could Affect Global Climate Change
March 15, 2011 — Improving land management and farming practices in Australia could have an effect on global climate change, according to a new ... > full story -
Fossil Bird Study Describes Ripple Effect of Extinction in Animal Kingdom
March 7, 2011 — A new study demonstrates extinction's ripple effect through the animal kingdom, including how the demise of large mammals 20,000 years ago led to the disappearance of one species of ... > full story -
Faster Method to Study Plant Ecology
March 7, 2011 — Cleaning up pollution, protecting soil from erosion and maintaining species-rich ecosystems are some goals of a computational ecology project. The work sheds light on a new method to speed up ... > full story -
Grazing of Cattle Pastures Can Improve Soil Quality
March 3, 2011 — Scientists have given growers in the Piedmont guidance on how to restore degraded soils and make the land productive. Researchers found that if cattle are managed so that they graze moderately, soil ... > full story
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