Grassland News

Posted May 13, 2013:

• Land Management Options Outlined to Address Cheatgrass Invasion

Posted May 12, 2013:

• Invasion of the Slugs; Halted by Worms

Posted May 5, 2013:

• As Climate Changes, Boreal Forests to Shift North and Relinquish More Carbon Than Expected

Posted May 2, 2013:

• Dustless Chalk May Cause Allergy and Asthma Symptoms in Students With Milk Allergy, Study Finds

Posted May 1, 2013:

• Traditional Ranching Practices Enhance African Savanna

Posted April 25, 2013:

• New Grass Hybrid Could Help Reduce the Likelihood of Flooding

Posted April 22, 2013:

• For Development in Brazil, Two Crops Are Better Than One

Posted April 5, 2013:

• Seeds of Model Cereal Plant Now Available

Posted April 1, 2013:

• Southern California Sagebrush Better Suited to Climate Change, Study Finds
• Soils in Newly Forested Areas Store Substantial Carbon That Could Help Offset Climate Change

Posted March 25, 2013:

• Research Documents Lesser Prairie Chickens

Posted March 21, 2013:

• Global Nitrogen Availability Consistent for Past 500 Years Linked to Carbon Levels

Posted March 17, 2013:

• Catastrophic Loss of Cambodia's Tropical Flooded Grasslands

Posted March 7, 2013:

• Prairie Dogs Disperse When All Close Kin Have Disappeared

Posted March 5, 2013:

• Assembling the Transcriptome of a Noxious Weed: New Resources for Studying How Plants Invade

Posted February 6, 2013:

• Biodiversity Helps Protect Nature Against Human Impacts

Posted January 31, 2013:

• Vegetation Changes in Cradle of Humanity: Study Raises Questions About Impact on Human Evolution

Posted January 22, 2013:

• Plant Water Demands Shift With Water Availability

Posted December 26, 2012:

• Fluctuating Environment May Have Driven Human Evolution

Posted December 19, 2012:

• Invasive Plant Species May Harm Native Grasslands by Changing Soil Composition

Posted December 7, 2012:

• Haymeadows Are Good for the Environment Say Researchers

Posted November 26, 2012:

• Using Biomarkers from Prehistoric Human Feces to Track Settlement and Agriculture

Posted November 6, 2012:

• Saber-Toothed Cats and Bear Dogs: How They Made Cohabitation Work

Posted October 10, 2012:

• Eliminating Sagebrush May Hurt Rather Than Help Wildlife

Posted October 4, 2012:

• How to Restore Native Grasslands in the Interior Pacific Northwest, U.S.

Posted September 20, 2012:

• Satellite Imagery Leaves Questions About Forage for Wildlife

Posted September 13, 2012:

• Negative Cross-Resistance Helps Scientists Outmaneuver Herbicide-Resistant Weeds

Posted August 16, 2012:

• 2,4-D Resistance Found in Weeds Could Limit the Herbicide’s Future Usefulness

Posted August 8, 2012:

• Diversity Keeps Grasslands Resilient to Drought, Climate Change

Posted August 7, 2012:

• Preserving an Icon: Impact of Historical Domestic Cattle Hybridization With American Bison Revealed

Posted July 17, 2012:

• Soil Moisture and Hot Days Examined Globally

Posted June 28, 2012:

• Africa's Savannas May Become Forests by 2100, Study Suggests

Posted June 27, 2012:

• Ancient Human Ancestors Had Unique Diet

Posted May 31, 2012:

• Grazing Snails Rule the Waves

Posted May 3, 2012:

• Plant Diversity Is Key to Maintaining Productive Vegetation

Posted April 11, 2012:

• Exotic Manure Is Sure to Lure the Dung Connoisseur

Posted April 10, 2012:

• Fish, Bugs and Mercury Contamination in Small Ponds: Why We Should Worry About Aquatic Insects and Hg Contamination

Posted April 9, 2012:

• Climate Change Helps, Then Quickly Stunts Plant Growth, Decade-Long Study Shows

Posted March 28, 2012:

• Making the Most of Colostrum
• How to Save Europe's Most Threatened Butterflies

Posted January 29, 2012:

• Grasslands Soils Offer Some Insurance Against Climate Change

Posted January 26, 2012:

• Overgrazed Grasslands Tied to Locust Outbreaks

Posted January 24, 2012:

• Global Research Consortium Presents Findings on Safety of Genetically Modified Food

Posted January 8, 2012:

• Better Way to Gauge Climate Costs of Land Use Changes

Posted December 18, 2011:

• Climate Change May Bring Big Ecosystem Shifts, NASA Says

Posted December 5, 2011:

• Farming Crucial for Threatened Species in Developing World

Posted November 18, 2011:

• Great Plains River Basins Threatened by Pumping of Aquifers

Posted October 31, 2011:

• Savannas and Forests in a Battle of the Biomes

Posted October 20, 2011:

• Visual Tour of Earth's Fires

Posted October 18, 2011:

• From Tropics to Poles: Study Reveals Diversity of Life in Soils

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