News tagged with oak seedlings
Study explores effects of herbicide drift on white oak
Herbicide drift, which occurs when pesticides "drift" from the targeted application area to a nearby non-targeted area, is a particular concern in Midwestern regions of the United States. In the Midwest, where the topography ...
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Danger lurks underground for oak seedlings
Scientists trying to understand why oaks are starting to disappear from North American forests may need to look just below the surface to find some answers.
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Large birds with low-frequency songs are less likely to nest near noisy sites
A growing body of evidence shows that man-made noise is bad for birds, but some species are harder hit than others — particularly bigger birds with low-frequency songs, finds a new study.
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Tree rings reveal forest fires from hundreds of years ago
Like clues from an Agatha Christie mystery novel, trees can provide secrets about past events, and their rings are especially good at providing information about fires, some of which happened hundreds of years ago, according ...
Sep 07, 2011 |
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Yosemite to thin out young trees
National parks tend to be a tree hugger's paradise. Layers of federal laws, strict park service rules and even the disapproving scowls from some visitors prohibit so much as driving a nail into a tree, much less cutting one ...
Jul 31, 2011 |
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Old-growth tree stumps tell the story of fire in the upper Midwest
Researchers have constructed a 226-year history of fire in southern Illinois by looking at fire scars in tree stumps. Their study, the most in-depth fire history reported for the upper Midwest, reveals that ...
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Small rodents encourage the formation of scrubland in Spain
After two years of research over five degraded landscapes in the National Park of Sierra Nevada (Granada), scientists have established for the first time that field mice base their diet on holm oak and pine ...
Aug 27, 2009 |
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Scattered nature of Wisconsin's woodlands could complicate forests' response to climate change
If a warmer Wisconsin climate causes some northern tree species to disappear in the future, it's easy to imagine that southern species will just expand their range northward as soon as the conditions suit them.
Jul 14, 2008 |
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Case Western Reserve University biologists suspect lightning fires help preserve oak forests
Oak forests may be approaching extinction, but lightning fires may play a vital role in their regeneration, according to Case Western Reserve University biologists.
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Dec 13, 2006 |
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