Sentences with phrase «biodiversity in grasslands»

A UW College of Business researcher has helped quantify the economic value of biodiversity in grasslands for the purpose of carbon storage.

«Flowering meadows benefit humankind: Greater biodiversity in grasslands leads to higher levels of ecosystem services.»

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On a larger scale, communities and even corporations are doing their part to create areas of restored prairies which in turn will store organic carbon in the soil and help maintain the biodiversity of 3000 plus species that count on the grasslands for food and shelter.

«The data was collected as part of a programme supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in 150 grasslands across Germany, the so called «Biodiversity Exploratories»,» says Professor Wolfgang Weisser of the Chair for Terrestrial Ecology at the Technical University of Munich (TUM)-- «it constitutes the most extensive ecological sampling in Europe.»

In this new study, the researchers therefore used data from 46 experiments on grassland plant diversity in order to test the hypothesis of a positive effect of biodiversity on the resistance and resilience of ecosystems to various climate events, from drought to extreme rainfalIn this new study, the researchers therefore used data from 46 experiments on grassland plant diversity in order to test the hypothesis of a positive effect of biodiversity on the resistance and resilience of ecosystems to various climate events, from drought to extreme rainfalin order to test the hypothesis of a positive effect of biodiversity on the resistance and resilience of ecosystems to various climate events, from drought to extreme rainfall.

Using livestock to combat desertification and restore grasslands is one example, and the ongoing efforts of people in places such as Madagascar and Haida Gwaii to find win - win solutions that restore and enhance marine biodiversity and support local food security is another.

The reserve's remarkable biodiversity includes one of the last remaining montane grassland areas in the province... more information

No matter, eco-restoration of grasslands has such remarkable and widespread benefits — for carbon and water cycles, for biodiversity, for food production (especially in poorer countries)-- that we should proceed full speed ahead regardless of carbon - number specifics.

From the atmosphere, it generally falls to the surface in atmospheric deposition, generating a series of effects — corrosion of buildings, bridges and other human - made structures, acidification of soils and water bodies, and inadvertent fertilization of trees and grasslands, creating unnatural growth rates, nutrient imbalances and decreasing or altering biodiversity.

[benefits of] perennials: Whirling, Ben P., et al. «Perennial Grasslands Enhance Biodiversity and Multiple Ecosystem Services in Bioenergy Landscapes.»

The Guardian reports, «The dramatic decline in butterfly numbers indicates a wider loss of biodiversity, with other insects such as bumblebees, hoverflies, spiders and moths, as well as many plants and birds, disappearing along with the loss of traditional grassland.»

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But now scientists in Switzerland have identified why all that fertilizer use is decreasing biodiversity more broadly: Fast - Growing Plants Overwhelm Grasslands The results of research done at the University of Zurich have been published in the latest issue of Science show that, looking at grasslands, the main reason is that all those extra nutrients allow faster growing plants to overwhelm an area, blocking sunlight from reaching smaller, slower - growiGrasslands The results of research done at the University of Zurich have been published in the latest issue of Science show that, looking at grasslands, the main reason is that all those extra nutrients allow faster growing plants to overwhelm an area, blocking sunlight from reaching smaller, slower - growigrasslands, the main reason is that all those extra nutrients allow faster growing plants to overwhelm an area, blocking sunlight from reaching smaller, slower - growing plants.

Fertilizer Pollution / Dead Zones: Factory farming deposits high amounts of nitrogen, phosphorous, and other fertilizers, which end up in drinking water, and is also linked to decreasing grassland biodiversity.