Sentences with phrase «help plant populations»

On the basis of these results, it seems that global warming accelerates the spread of plants, but it will not alone be sufficient to help plant populations to relocate to new vegetation zones.

Not exact matches

Phytic acid (phytate), concentrated in food such as beans, whole grains, and nuts, may help explain lower cancer rates among plant - based populations.

So the best way to help declining monarch populations — and to preserve their epic, multi-generational migration — is to plant milkweed.

«Demographic compensation may buy these endangered populations some precious time for climatic conditions to improve or to allow evolutionary processes to help the plant adapt to unfavorable conditions.»

Desalination plants could help provide water in large population centers, but they also increase carbon pollution, Davies said.

But while a decade - long slump in tourism has resulted in scant state support for conservation programs, not all the news from the front lines is bad: For instance, managers are making inroads against a particularly nasty invasive plant called miconia, and fences erected around preserves have helped reduce populations of pigs, goats, and other unwanted animals.

Monitoring hummingbird populations during the peak of fall migration in the Chiricahua Mountains helps scientists foresee how these primary pollinators of more than 150 U.S. flowering plant species respond to changes in climate

«All the research (and research funding) in the world will not help pollinator populations if there are no financial incentives to plant pollinator habitat and there is continued overuse of pesticides,» Marla Spivak, an entomologist at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, tells

Understanding the molecular basis of interactions between plants and nematodes could lead to the development of new strategies to control these major agricultural pests and help feed a growing global population.

The researchers also found species loss could be offset by maintaining areas of forest that contain distinctly different populations of plants and animals that, while different, complement and help sustain each other.

With the help of volunteers, Alsos, Christian Brochmann of the University of Oslo, and colleagues collected 4439 samples, representing nine plant species, from more than 500 Arctic populations in Greenland, Russia, Scandinavia, and Svalbard.

Several years ago, Chandran helped New York City officials expand the capacity of five of its existing 14 wastewater treatment plants, in anticipation of the area's burgeoning population.

Over evolutionary time, the bacterial and plant populations have engaged in an arms race, where the bacteria evolve new effector proteins to help them sneak in, while the plant acquires new defense proteins to uncover and respond to the attack.

Counting bees on a particular plot can show how many individual bees and bee species are visiting flowers there, but it won't tell ecologists what they really want to know: whether these plantings are helping to reverse population declines.

Plant fiber can also increase bacterial populations for optimal gut health, to ultimately help boost your immune system and help fight inflammation.

Phytic acid (phytate), concentrated in food such as beans, whole grains, and nuts, may help explain lower cancer rates among plant - based populations.

Some motivated employees at Ford's Rouge Plant are helping our declining honeybee population.

In the wild, rabbits stay trim, fit and healthy because they are surrounded by the foods they evolved to eat — rabbit populations thrive in areas that are full of hay, grasses, and other plants that help them reproduce successfully.

You'll do things like remove invasive plants, collect seeds, and help count native animal populations.

They help keep the populations of many insects that damage your plants in check.

It turns out, hunting fires can actually help boost kangaroo populations by increasing ecosystem diversity and creating a landscape with plants at varying stages of growth.

Preferred habitat: edges of forests, lowland areas, fields, thickets; requires deep, moist, but well - drained bottomlands + + + + Foliage / winter appearance: evergreen + + + + Soil conditions: loam, clay loam, well drained + + + + Light conditions: partial shade to full sun + + + + Plant spacing: 8 to 15 feet + + + + Wildlife value: Seeds attract American Robin, Cedar Waxwing, Eastern Bluebird, Mickingbird; it is a butterfly nectar and larval food plant + + + + Note: plant will reseed itself prolifically with the help of robins; do not be surprised if a small number of your cherry laurel population die during changing climatic condiPlant spacing: 8 to 15 feet + + + + Wildlife value: Seeds attract American Robin, Cedar Waxwing, Eastern Bluebird, Mickingbird; it is a butterfly nectar and larval food plant + + + + Note: plant will reseed itself prolifically with the help of robins; do not be surprised if a small number of your cherry laurel population die during changing climatic condiplant + + + + Note: plant will reseed itself prolifically with the help of robins; do not be surprised if a small number of your cherry laurel population die during changing climatic condiplant will reseed itself prolifically with the help of robins; do not be surprised if a small number of your cherry laurel population die during changing climatic conditions

It also indirectly transformed Pasadena into the «Strawberry Capital of the World» because, in the wake of the great flood, the American Red Cross sent 1.5 million strawberry plants our way to help feed the starving population.

Be a friend to the honey bee The world's bee population is under threat, so help them thrive in the garden by growing their favourite nectar - rich flowering plants — try broad beans in the veg plot and marjoram and borage in pots or window boxes.

Depending on where you live and the exposure of your balcony, suggested plant life will vary, but if you choose plants native to your region, and those labeled as attracting butterflies (for example, bee balm, Echinacea, pin cushion flower or scabiosa, butterfly bush, to name a few), you'll be able to help nature by providing a source of nectar for the much - beleaguered bee and butterfly population.