Category: Ecosystems
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Killers Of Pollinators Take Over Their Pollination Tasks
The rats, which are responsible for devastating the native pollinator populations, are attracted to the flowers for their nectar. The results could mean that the decline of pollinating animals worldwide does not spell the end for all native plants.
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Ants On Strike Against Global Warming
If the temperature increases by just a half a degree Celsius, the most important seed-dispersing ants basically shut down. They do not go out and forage and do the things they normally do.
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Seaweed Attacks Already Weakened Corals
ow our research suggests that, once corals decline due to a combination of global and local stresses, some seaweeds use chemical warfare to suppress the recovery of remnant adult corals and new coral recruits
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Where Would We Be Without Weeds?
Since many weeds produce flowers and seed, they are an integral part of our ecosystem and together with other crop and non-crop seeds found on farms, they provide food for over 330 species of insects, birds and animals.
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Can Green Roofs Replace Lost Habitat?
It is worth considering whether other, cheaper, wildlife friendly alternatives can offer the same or greater benefits to wildlife.
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300 Year Old Plants Predict Our Climate Future
A strong relationship between mountain plum pine growth and snow cover means we may be able to estimate annual snow conditions well before European settlement, which is important because it will tell us whether the current declining snow conditions have precedent.
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How Ancient Forests Created The World We Know And Created US
Only when tree-like plants with deep roots took hold some 330 million years ago did river banks finally come under control, say researchers… When the change occurred, rivers became single, deeper channels that meandered slowly across the floodplain, and only occasionally breaking their banks and carving out new channels.
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Those Disposable Chopsticks Harm Biodiversity
The rapid growth in demand for bamboo resources over the last two decades has caused excessive exploitation of forest resources in the province. This has resulted in serious disturbance and destruction of the biodiversity of ecosystems in natural bamboo forests.
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Can viruses protect orchid species against climate change?
The work will open the floodgates on new virus discoveries in our region, with the techniques developed being applicable to a wide range of other biological systems worldwide
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When An Iconic Centuries-Old Plant Isn’t Welcome Anymore
Over the millennia, the Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) has evolved to thrive in the dry and hot Southwestern desert conditions and barren soils that a less specialized plant species could not tolerate. Now, two recent papers detailing future climate scenarios for Joshua Tree National Park and the Joshua tree's natural range are projecting tough times for this venerable Southwest icon.