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Early detection sought for aquatic invasive weed Eurasian Watermilfoil
Jul 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Battling invasive plants is nothing new to Montanans, but a newcomer on the scene dwells in the water. This aquatic invader is called Eurasian watermilfoil. Fortunately, Montanans can take preventive action ...
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Woody and aquatic plants pose greatest invasive threat to China
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May 01, 2008 |
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Although China currently has fewer invasive woody plants than the United States, China’s potential for invasion by nonnative trees and shrubs is high, according to an article in the May 2008 issue of BioScience.
Who influences purchases of native plants?
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Native plants are a growing niche market in the southeastern United States. Researchers have documented recent trends toward increased interest in native plants by landscape architects, wholesale and retail ...
Billion-year revision of plant evolution timeline may stem from discovery of lignin in seaweed
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Jan 27, 2009 |
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Land plants' ability to sprout upward through the air, unsupported except by their own woody tissues, has long been considered one of the characteristics separating them from aquatic plants, which rely on water to support ...
Study assesses impact of fish stocking on aquatic insects
Mar 26, 2009 |
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The impact fish stocking has on aquatic insects in mountain lakes can be rapidly reversed by removing non-native trout, according to a study completed by U.S. Forest Service and University of California, Davis, scientists.
Study: Drugs from sewage not dangerous
Jul 14, 2006 |
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A Canadian study has suggested adverse effects are unlikely on aquatic life from drugs passed through human waste released from sewage treatment plants.
Researchers examine use of native southern African plants in veterinary medicine
Mar 30, 2009 |
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When animals in southern Africa are sick, often the first place their caretakers look for help is from native plants.
Climate change opens new avenue for spread of invasive plants
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Nov 19, 2008 |
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Plants that range northward because of climate change may be better at defending themselves against local enemies than native plants.
Killer bees may increase food supplies for native bees
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Aggressive African bees were accidentally released in Brazil in 1957. As "killer bees" spread northward, David Roubik, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, began a 17-year study ...
Lake Michigan fish populations threatened by decline of tiny creature
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Feb 19, 2009 |
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The quick decline of a tiny shrimp-like species, known scientifically as Diporeia, is related to the aggressive population growth of non-native quagga mussels in the Great Lakes, say NOAA scientists. As invasive mussel numbe ...
Exotic timber plantations found to use more than twice the water of native forests
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Ecologists have discovered that timber plantations in Hawaii use more than twice the amount of water to grow as native forests use. Especially for island ecosystems, these findings suggest that land management ...
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