Where precipitation decreases were projected, the results were more complex due largely to interactions
between plant biomass, runoff, and erosion, and either increases or decreases in overall erosion could occur.
Sixty - two scientists from 19 countries spanning six continents studied the relationships
between plant biomass production and species diversity, culminating in a paper appearing in Science, the world's leading journal for cutting - edge scientific research.
Findings in the paper, «Worldwide Evidence of a Unimodal Relationship between Productivity and Plant Species Richness,» reveal a consistent biological rule governing the link
between plant biomass and species richness in grassland ecosystems — plant species diversity is generally greatest at intermediate levels of plant biomass.
Not exact matches
In a first generation hybrid crossed
between C24 and Columbia - 0 (Col), the
plant has an increased
biomass.
«Kirk routinely assumes the responsibility of liaison
between cooperating programs and is responsible for data collections that range from soil sampling to
plant biomass sampling to taking physiological measurements with delicate instrumentation,» Xue said.
However, it is clear that in the world dominated by humans certain ecological «rules,» such as the correlation
between large mammal diversity and
plant biomass, no longer apply in the same way as they used to do for millions of years.
How would you propose to transport
biomass between generating
plants during periods when one region has crop failures and they need the
biomass to be shipped in from other regions to keep the
plant running?
It becomes an integrated CCGT when the fuel is syngas from a coal or
biomass gasification reactor with exchange of energy flows
between the gasification and CCGT
plants.
The Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) released a video this week revealing the cozy relationship
between the
biomass industry and legislators like Senator Susan Collins (R - Maine) who are pushing Congress to adopt laws that would classify
biomass power
plants as carbon neutral.