Grassland News

Posted November 10, 2009:

• California's Ancient Kelp Forest

Posted October 29, 2009:

• Trees Facilitate Wildfires As A Way To Protect Their Habitat

Posted October 8, 2009:

• In Search Of Wildlife-Friendly Biofuels: Are Native Prairie Plants the Answer?

Posted October 6, 2009:

• Livestock Can Help Rangelands Recover From Fires

Posted October 2, 2009:

• Springtime Sheep Grazing Helps Control Leafy Spurge

Posted September 8, 2009:

• Butterflies Being Counted In China, Australia And Israel

Posted August 31, 2009:

• Creating The Ultimate Drought-Resistant Lawn/Pasture Grass

Posted August 5, 2009:

• Eating 'Ouch-Less' Vaccines Protects Prairie Dogs In The Lab Against Plague

Posted July 12, 2009:

• New Theory Gives More Precise Estimates Of Large-Scale Biodiversity

Posted July 10, 2009:

• Prairie Dogs: Influencing The Accumulation Of Metals In Plants?

Posted July 7, 2009:

• Nitrogen Research Shows How Some Plants Invade, Take Over Others

Posted June 13, 2009:

• African Bird Species Could Struggle To Relocate To Survive Global Warming

Posted June 1, 2009:

• Wiping Out The World's Mass Migrations: First Analysis Of The Effect Of Habit Changes On Migrating Grazers

Posted May 1, 2009:

• Why Fertilization Results In Loss Of Plant Biodiversity

Posted April 17, 2009:

• Changing Climate May Lead To Devastating Loss Of Phosphorus From Soil

Posted March 31, 2009:

• Wheat Curl Mite Might Require Non-Chemical Control

Posted March 11, 2009:

• Airborne Ecologists Help Balance Delicate African Ecosystem

Posted March 9, 2009:

• British Butterfly Reveals Role Of Habitat For Species Responding To Climate Change

Posted March 3, 2009:

• Birds In Flint Hills Of Kansas, Oklahoma Face Population Decline Despite Large Habitat

Posted February 26, 2009:

• Birds' Movements Reveal Climate Change In Action

Posted February 11, 2009:

• Grass Strips Help Curb Erosion, Herbicide Transport

Posted January 20, 2009:

• Five Invasive Plants Threatening Southern Forests In 2009 Identified

Posted January 19, 2009:

• Prairie Soil Organic Matter Shown To Be Resilient Under Intensive Agriculture

Posted January 14, 2009:

• Biodiversity Passes The Taste Test And Is Healthier Too

Posted January 13, 2009:

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

Posted January 8, 2009:

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

Posted January 6, 2009:

• Grazing Animals Help Spread Plant Disease

Posted December 8, 2008:

• Golf Course: Playing Fields, Wildlife Sanctuaries Or Both

Posted December 5, 2008:

• Replacing Corn With Perennial Grasses Improves Carbon Footprint Of Biofuels

Posted November 29, 2008:

• New National Survey Says Public Reveres Bison

Posted November 19, 2008:

• UK’s Biggest Ever Countryside Survey: Results Published

Posted November 5, 2008:

• Extreme Weather Postpones Flowering Time Of Plants

Posted October 28, 2008:

• Models Help Assess Biofuels' Sustainability

Posted October 23, 2008:

• Which Grass Is Greener? Study To Select Northeast Grasses That Can Power The Bioenergy Era

Posted October 21, 2008:

• Earth In Midst Of Sixth Mass Extinction: 50% Of All Species Disappearing

Posted October 16, 2008:

• Global Warming Threatens Australia's Iconic Kangaroos

Posted October 6, 2008:

• Field Of The Future: Ecological Experiment Simulates Conditions In 2100

Posted October 2, 2008:

• Vegetation Hardly Affected By Extreme Flood Events: Impacts On Flora And Fauna Of The Elbe Flood Of 2002

Posted September 29, 2008:

• Warming Of 4 Degrees Celsius Depressed Plant Growth And Reduced Land Carbon Absorption

Posted September 26, 2008:

• Are Fires More Important Than Rain For The Savannah Ecosystem?

Posted September 21, 2008:

• Global Warming's Ecosystem Double Whammy

Posted September 9, 2008:

• 'Smart Water' May Help Boost Production From Oil Wells By 60 Percent

Posted August 21, 2008:

• Future Impact Of Global Warming Is Worse When Grazing Animals Are Considered, Scientists Suggest

Posted August 5, 2008:

• Climate Change And Species Distributions
• Saving Our Bees: Implications of Habitat Loss

Posted July 25, 2008:

• Switchgrass May Mean Better Soil

Posted July 9, 2008:

• Some Plants Can Adapt To Widespread Climate Change

Posted July 7, 2008:

• Rabbits, Mice And Prickly Shrubs Help Establish Natural Diversity

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