Sentences with phrase «on plant biodiversity»

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From our broad range of collections down to specific case studies on animals, plants and ecosystems, we're studying a range of Australian animals and plants to better understand, protect and strengthen our rich biodiversity.

The use of herbicide resistant plants can result in greater use of herbicides, increasing the negative effects of intensive farming on natural biodiversity.

Being that Limahuli is a treasure trove of biodiversity (nearly 50 plants and birds on the verge of extinction) and archaeological sites, there is a lot of potential and desire to do research here.

Crowley points out that several organizations — including Madagascar Biodiversity Partnership, WeForest.org and natureisspeaking.org — have put forth a great effort to plant trees and vegetation on the island.

«Mistaken identities of tropical plants raise questions on biodiversity data.»

«A Wild Weedy Scourge,» page 24 «Resource Heterogeneity, Soil Fertility and Species Diversity: Effects of Clonal Species on Plant Communities,» by J. Alexander Eilts and colleagues in May issue of The American Naturalist describes how plants like cogon grass, which spread through expansive underground networks, reduce biodiversity even in soils that are thought to boost it.

You know, that is, we could create a world, where we combated and mitigated climate change but without paying attention to what's going on in the realm of biodiversity, we could save the climate and wake up in a world with so many fewer plants and animals.

Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) have now revealed, on the basis of historical data, how plant diversity in the region of Halle an der Saale has changed in over 300 years of urbanization, and have also made predictions about the future.

«While urbanization has caused cities to lose large numbers of plants and animals, the good news is that cities still retain endemic native species, which opens the door for new policies on regional and global biodiversity conservation,» said lead author and NCEAS working group member Myla F. J. Aronson, a research scientist in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Conover hopes that instead of using non-native invasive landscape plants like Chinese silvergrass, homeowners and horticulturists will use one of this area's beautiful native tall grasses such as prairie dropseed, little bluestem, big bluestem, switch grass or Indian grass because, «restoring the flora to its native species will enhance the biodiversity of native plants and the native animals, including butterflies that depend on them.»

Therefore, climate change may have a more negative effect on the biological diversity of animals than previously assumed,» says Schleuning, and he adds, «A consideration of biotic interactions between animals and plants is therefore important for predicting the impacts of climate change on biodiversity.»

When studying the effect of climate change on biodiversity, it is important to consider the climate near the ground (microclimate) which a plant or an animal actually experiences.

Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, who began to be interested in the role of cooperation in evolution since 2011, when he published a controversial paper titled «Evolution is a cooperative process: the biodiversity - related niches differentiation theory (BNDT) can explain» concluded: «These theoretical findings, confirmed by empirical approaches, should motivate our species to think before it is too late about how human competition, for the first time in the history of life on Earth, has been systematically leading to the extinction of animals and plants.

These studies looked at how replacing meat and dairy with plant - based foods can have a positive impact on greenhouse gas emissions, energy, water, and biodiversity.

On the other hand, ecosystem productivity had either regained or exceeded its normal level a year after a climate event, regardless of plant diversity, showing that biodiversity has no effect on ecosystem resilience, at least on annual timescaleOn the other hand, ecosystem productivity had either regained or exceeded its normal level a year after a climate event, regardless of plant diversity, showing that biodiversity has no effect on ecosystem resilience, at least on annual timescaleon ecosystem resilience, at least on annual timescaleon annual timescales.

Entitled «Plant diversity in Southeast Asia» the special issue hosts twelve articles devoted to the cause of promoting awareness the biodiversity richness of the region while raising concerns on its conservation.

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.

When winter comes and outdoor plants go dormant, students will investigate biodiversity in the world's tropical regions, simulate how animal species depend on rainforest plants for survival, and make clones from common houseplants.

Biodiversity and food security both depend on pollination of native plants and crops.

The biochemists conducted bioassays on Kingston's collection of plants from Madagascar, collected as part of the Madagascar International Cooperative Biodiversity Group.

«This Biodiversity Library includes information on bacteria that are model microorganisms for studying photosynthesis, carbon and nitrogen assimilation, evolution of plant plastids, and adaptability to environmental stresses.

It is also ranked among the «100 of the worst» invasive animal and plant species in Central Europe that are thought to have a significant negative impact on biodiversity, economy and health.

Her research is focused on the biodiversity and function of complex communities of flowering plants and pollinators.

The focus is on molecular microbiology and virology, and includes topics such as genomics, the gamut of plant and animal host - pathogen interactions, host immune responses, characterization and evolution of virulence determinants, cell cycle and differentiation, symbiosis in plant and animal associations, environmental microbiology, biodiversity and evolution, population dynamics, sex and mutagenesis, antibiotic resistance and production, drug and vaccine targets, as well as aspects of prion diseases and of fungal and protozoan biology.

This book presents a series of essays on the application of plant biodiversity monitoring and assessment to help prevent species extinction, ecosystem collapse, and solve problems in biodiversity conservation.

The book is aimed at any graduate students and researchers with a strong interest in plant biodiversity monitoring and assessment, plant community ecology, biodiversity conservation, and the environmental impacts of human activities on ecosystems.

At PBE2018 Peter B. Reich will give a talk on: «Functional biodiversity and biogeochemistry: linking plant traits and processes in a globally changing environment»

New ways for understanding the link between the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau and species diversity (08/05/2014) Researchers the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK - F), the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), from the University of Leipzig and the Leibniz - Institute of Freshwater Ecology has summarized the current state of knowledge on the diversification of Tibetan plants and animals....

We constructed algorithms for plant distribution on a global scale, using field - based data of individual plant occurrences for consequent numbers from the publicly stored multiple - interface portal of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (www.gbif.org, accessed December 2010).

Then there's Brazil's biodiversity: legendary in scope, its diverse ecosystems boast the greatest collection of plant and animal species found anywhere on earth.

Add to that, Brazil's biodiversity: legendary in scope, its diverse ecosystems boast the greatest collection of plant and animal species found anywhere on earth.

Floating islands covered with native plants serve as «biodiversity «life rafts»» for aquatic species, while aerial sculptures give hawks, owls, and eagles a safe place to roost and nest «in areas where taking off and landing on older power poles may result in electrocution, or areas where human disturbance may make nesting difficult.»

Increasingly, projects to restore peatlands and prevent carbon release are being urged to include a strong biodiversity component — focusing on reintroducing plant and animal life.

The above image shows the taxonomic representation of the IUCN Red List [that seems to place relative weight on «higher» animal biodiversity, considering the extent of plant biodiversity on Earth].

El Pueblito Iguazu's work in protecting the surrounding environment includes the release of butterflies to their natural habitat to enrich biodiversity, providing education on native tree species, tree planting, conserving energy by using candle lights at night, and more.

NOE Conservation, a French organization focused on preserving biodiversity, wrote the script in partnership The Gorilla Foundation for Koko and allowed her to improvise... They maintain Koko's main message is: «Man is harming the Earth and its many animal and plant species and needs to «hurry» and fix the problem.»

Biodiversity is affected by many agents including overharvesting, introduction of exotic species, land use changes, nitrogen fertilization, and direct effects of increased atmospheric CO2 on plant ecophysiology [43].

GBM tree nursery groups grew indigenous trees and planted them in strategic areas that will in time increase tree cover, having a positive impact on ecosystem services like water volume and biodiversity.

The response of the rich biodiversity in the region to change remains a major area of research, particularly because many of the plants and animals found on and around the islands are subject to numerous pressures.

Swiss researchers concluded that, because of rising carbon dioxide levels, «alpine plant life is proliferating, biodiversity is on the rise, and the mountain world appears more productive and inviting than ever.»

A special mixture of cover crops, such as wheat, barley, oats, clover, beans, seeds and other plants, are planted between the rows of vines to improve soil qualities, attract pests, and encourage biodiversity on the property.

With intermediate levels of biodiversity loss, the effect on plant productivity could be as bad as climate change.

This is an important number because it'll be used in all kinds of other research, such as climate models, studies on animal and plant habitats and biodiversity, etc..

Yet somehow we managed to miss one of the most potentially vibrant, versatile and engaging websites for buying, selling and swapping seeds that I, at least, have come across.Based out of Canada, SeedLiving was created with the express goal that «at some point in the future everyone with access to the internet can make a living or supplement their income from open pollinated, untreated seeds and live plants, while, at the same time, promoting and enhancing biodiversity on our planet.

A rich biodiversity on the property — birds, bats, frogs, fireflies, dragonflies, lizards, lots of plants and trees.

Tilman and his colleagues found that, in addition to producing more than twice the biomass than single - species planting (not less than 238 % more than switchgrass), multiple - species plantations restored biodiversity, grew on degraded land and — perhaps most importantly — could be carbon negative.

Rooftop farms may be stealing the lime light from green roofs, but there's still a lot to be said for putting plants on rooftops to filter rainwater, regulate building temperatures, promote biodiversity and counter the urban heat island effect.

Because once we start to see our compost bins, heaps or tumblers as the massive store of biodiversity that they are, we get a deeper understanding of the vast, mostly invisible networks of plants and animals that make life on earth possible.

Pilot Study on the Effects of Partially Restored Riparian Plant Communities on Habitat Quality and Biodiversity along First - Order Tributaries of the Lower St. Johns River