Sentences with phrase «grassland plant diversity»

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 rainfall.

«In this study, we were asking a very simple question: is there a consistent «rule» governing how grassland plant diversity varies with local productivity?

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Findings reported in today's Science linking bison grazing to plant diversity in a Kansas tallgrass prairie offer hope to land managers trying to preserve the last remnants of native U.S. grasslands.

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In grasslands, growing plants in higher diversity fields may help alleviate the negative impacts of flooding.

Three years later, Tilman and his collaborators published findings2 from 289 grassland plots they had planted with varying numbers of species and levels of functional diversity.

Semi dry grasslands like this one are nutrient poor and home to a high diversity of many plants, animals and microrganisms.

Using large incubators to simulate grassland environments the researchers could regulate the diversity of plant species and time the introduction of earthworms and slugs.

A Lancaster University - led team of scientists from the UK, Netherlands and Germany has produced new evidence that increasing plant species diversity can protect soil in grasslands by improving soil structure, maintaining its overall health.