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Study provides insights into how climate change might impact species' geographic ranges
Jun 23, 2009 |
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A new study by a team of researchers led by Jessica Hellmann, assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame, offers interesting insights into how species may, or may not, change their geographic ...
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Honeybees are on the rise but demand grows faster
May 07, 2009 |
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The notion that a decline in pollinators may threaten the human food supply - producing a situation that has been referred to as a "pollination crisis" - can be considered a myth, at least where honey bees ...
Pollinator decline not reducing crop yields just yet
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Nov 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The well-documented worldwide decline in the number of bees and other pollinators is not, at this stage, limiting global crop yields, according to the results of an international study published ...
How to share a bat
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Aug 22, 2007 |
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New research shows how different species of plants evolve unique floral adaptations in order to transfer pollen on different regions of bats’ bodies, thus allowing multiple plant species to share bats as pollinators.
Beekeepers call for pesticide ban
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Environmentalists have joined Italian beekeepers in calling for a ban on the use of neonicotinoids after more than 40,000 bees died in recent months.
Tracking Genes for Self-pollination in Arabidopsis
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Apr 27, 2007 |
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Some plants need a partner to reproduce. Pollen from one plant pollinates the stigma of another, and a seed is formed. But other plants can self-pollinate, a handy survival mechanism for a lonely plant.
Living fossils have hot sex
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Oct 04, 2007 |
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University of Utah scientists discovered a strange method of reproduction in primitive plants named cycads: The plants heat up and emit a toxic odor to drive pollen-covered insects out of male cycad cones, ...
Wild bees make honey bees better pollinators
Aug 29, 2006 |
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When honey bees interact with wild native bees, they are up to five times more efficient in pollinating sunflowers than when native bees are not present, according to a new study by a pair of researchers at ...
Researcher to Study Gene Flow 'Hot Spots' in Canola
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Apr 24, 2008 |
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A University of Arkansas researcher and her colleagues have won a joint grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency to look at the combined effects of global climate change on weed ...
Simulating kernel production influences maize model accuracy
Sep 21, 2007 |
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Recently, researchers at Iowa State University discovered a way to increase the accuracy of a popular crop model. By zeroing in on early stages leading up to kernel formation, scientists believe they can help improve yield ...
Shade coffee benefits more than birds
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Dec 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Here's one more reason to say "shade grown, please" when you order your morning cup of coffee. Shade coffee farms, which grow coffee under a canopy of multiple tree species, not only harbor ...
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