News tagged with tree roots
Danger lurks underground for oak seedlings
Mar 03, 2009 |
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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.
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Getting to the root of science in a nutty way
May 26, 2009 |
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Dr. Leo Lombardini has gone underground to get the most top secret information in his field.
Long-term study of orchard ground cover management systems
Feb 27, 2009 |
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Orchard floor and groundcover management is important to fruit growers, affecting the efficiency of orchard operations, fruit tree performance, and soil quality.
Washington has new bounce in its step
Jul 03, 2006 |
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Pedestrians in a section of the nation's capital may notice a new bounce in their step as Washington experiments with rubber sidewalks.
Getting to the root of the matter
Aug 19, 2008 |
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Like most things that exist underground, plant roots are out-of-sight and easily forgotten, but while flowers, leaves, and other aboveground plant parts are more familiar, plant roots are equally deserving of our appreciation. ...
Termites eavesdrop on competitors to survive
Aug 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The drywood termite, Cryptotermes secundus, eavesdrops on its more aggressive subterranean competitor, Coptotermes acinaciformis, to avoid contact with it, according to scientists from CSIRO ...
Eco-architecture could produce 'grow your own' homes
Aug 21, 2008 |
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A bus stop that grows its own foliage as shade? A children's playground, made entirely from trees? A shelter made from living tree roots that could provide natural protection against earthquakes in California?
Urban trees enhance water infiltration
Nov 19, 2008 |
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Global land use patterns and increasing pressures on water resources demand creative urban stormwater management. Traditional stormwater management focuses on regulating the flow of runoff to waterways, but generally does ...
Can you rescue a rainforest? The answer may be yes
Mar 27, 2008 |
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Half a century after most of Costa Rica's rainforests were cut down, researchers from the Boyce Thompson Institute took on a project that many thought was impossible - restoring a tropical rainforest ecosystem.
Forest response project FACEs the end
Jul 28, 2009 |
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After 12 years, an experiment focused on forest growth and climate change comes to an end, and researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are eager to collect and analyze data to see if their predictions match results.
Rhododendron expansion may increase the chance of landslides on Southern Appalachian slopes
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Research by U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) scientists and partners suggests that the expansion of rosebay rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum) in Southern Appalachian mountain hollows may in ...
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