Sentences with phrase «advantage over grasses»

As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels increase, it becomes easier for trees to gather carbon dioxide and gives them a growing advantage over grasses.

Not exact matches

Does grass - fed protein have any advantages over your standard protein products?

It's logical, then, to conclude that milk and — by extension — whey produced from grass - fed cows would have some significant advantages over the more conventional options.

But a new study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology and led by University of Pennsylvania doctoral candidate Bianca Charbonneau finds that the invasive plant does have one advantage over its native counterpart, Ammophila breviligulata, or American beach grass: the invasive is better at preventing erosion of dunes during big storms.

Though researchers knew that switchgrass and other perennial grasses have certain advantages over maize, the study is the first to look at multiple ecosystem services and animal populations at the same time, says Silvia Secchi, an agribusiness economist at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.