Grassland News

Posted August 17, 2010:

• Can Cloned Plants Live Forever?

Posted August 10, 2010:

• Switchgrass Lessens Soil Nitrate Loss Into Waterways, Researchers Find

Posted July 15, 2010:

• Scientists Counter Brucellosis Threat to Livestock and Wildlife

Posted July 6, 2010:

• Changing Climate Could Alter Meadows' Ecosystems, Says Researcher

Posted June 28, 2010:

• Irish Hares Fall Foul of Modern Farming Trap

Posted June 21, 2010:

• Could Grasslands Help Fight Global Warming? Scientists Dig Deep for Carbon Solution
• Agricultural Scientists Take a Long Look at Livestock and Locoweed

Posted June 15, 2010:

• Outliving the Ice Age: Tale of a Rhinoceros
• Saving the Soil and Maintaining Corn Yields: Early Research Says Yes to Both

Posted June 7, 2010:

• Climate Change Linked to Major Vegetation Shifts Worldwide

Posted May 27, 2010:

• Feed Efficiency in Beef Production
• Out of the Woods for 'Ardi': Early Human Habitat Was Savanna, Not Forest, Scientists Argue

Posted May 25, 2010:

• Star of Africa's Savanna Ecosystems May Be the Lowly Termite: Regularly Spaced Termite Mounds Are Key to Maintaining Ecological Function

Posted May 18, 2010:

• How Grazing Lands Influence Greenhouse Gas

Posted May 11, 2010:

• No-Till Farming Improves Soil Stability, Research Finds

Posted May 5, 2010:

• A New Way to Use Herbicides: To Sterilize, Not Kill Weeds

Posted May 4, 2010:

• Returning Farmland to Wilderness in Tanzania

Posted April 30, 2010:

• Scientists Study Effects of Grazing on Grouse Habitat

Posted April 27, 2010:

• What Is a Grass? Chloroplast DNA Reveals That a Grass May Not Be a Grass

Posted April 4, 2010:

• Energy Crops Impact Environmental Quality, Review Finds

Posted March 22, 2010:

• Cup Plant Is Potential New Biomass/carbon Storage Crop

Posted March 19, 2010:

• Estimating Ethanol Yields from Conservation Reserve Program Croplands

Posted March 5, 2010:

• Healing Native Rangeland May Require Combination of Burning and Rotational Grazing

Posted March 4, 2010:

• Woody Plant Encroachment Has Increased Stream Flow in Edwards Plateau, Texas

Posted March 3, 2010:

• Cows Like Leaves Their Tongues Can Wrap Around Easily

Posted March 2, 2010:

• Bringing Bison Back to North American Landscapes

Posted February 26, 2010:

• E. Coli as Sole Indicator of Water Pollution Questioned

Posted February 24, 2010:

• Hares More Numerous in Irish Coursing Club Preserves Than Wider Countryside

Posted February 9, 2010:

• Thirty-Eight Percent of World's Surface in Danger of Desertification

Posted February 8, 2010:

• Biologist Solves Mystery of Tropical Grasses' Origin

Posted February 1, 2010:

• Disappearing Ducks?

Posted January 25, 2010:

• Biofuel Crop Diversity Adds Value, Researchers Say

Posted January 5, 2010:

• Multi-Paddock Grazing Provides Efficiency and Profits for Ranchers

Posted December 10, 2009:

• Old Hay and Alpine Ibex Horns Reveal How Grasslands Respond to Climate Change

Posted November 19, 2009:

• Sustainable Farming May Help Maintain Healthy Climate

Posted November 11, 2009:

• California's Ancient Kelp Forest

Posted October 28, 2009:

• Trees Facilitate Wildfires As A Way To Protect Their Habitat

Posted October 20, 2009:

• Tool-Making Human Ancestors Inhabited Grassland Environments Two Million Years Ago

Posted October 8, 2009:

• Early Hominid First Walked On Two Legs In The Woods

Posted October 2, 2009:

• Springtime Sheep Grazing Helps Control Leafy Spurge
• Livestock Can Help Rangelands Recover From Fires

Posted October 1, 2009:

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

Posted August 30, 2009:

• Creating The Ultimate Drought-Resistant Lawn/Pasture Grass

Posted August 14, 2009:

• Butterflies Being Counted In China, Australia And Israel

Posted August 3, 2009:

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

Posted July 9, 2009:

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

Posted July 6, 2009:

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

Posted June 23, 2009:

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

Posted June 19, 2009:

• Plant Communication: Sagebrush Engage In Self-Recognition And Warn Of Danger

Posted June 9, 2009:

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

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