News tagged with deciduous trees
Dramatic links found between climate change, elk, plants, and birds
Climate change in the form of reduced snowfall in mountains is causing powerful and cascading shifts in mountainous plant and bird communities through the increased ability of elk to stay at high elevations over winter and ...
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Gray jays' winter survival depends on food storage, study shows
A new University of Guelph study shows that gray jays hoping to survive and reproduce through Canada's harsh winters need to be able to store food in the right kinds of trees.
Oct 07, 2011 |
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Trees invading warming Arctic will cause warming over entire region, study shows
(PhysOrg.com) -- Contrary to scientists' predictions that, as the Earth warms, the movement of trees into the Arctic will have only a local warming effect, University of California, Berkeley, scientists modeling ...
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Jan 12, 2010 |
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Study shows trees absorb less carbon than earlier thought; leaf activity drops during summer
(Phys.org) -- On the first day of summer – the longest day of the year – tree leaves are lush and green, luminous in the June sunlight.
May 15, 2012 |
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D.C. cherry trees: Blooms won't wait in warming world, research finds
Cherry trees in full bloom in our nation's capital – as well as the festival surrounding that event – could be as much as four weeks earlier by 2080 depending on how much warming occurs.
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Invasive alien predator causes rapid declines of European ladybirds
A new study provides compelling evidence that the arrival of the invasive non-native harlequin ladybird to mainland Europe and subsequent spread has led to a rapid decline in historically-widespread species ...
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Trees on tundra's border are growing faster in a hotter climate
Evergreen trees at the edge of Alaska's tundra are growing faster, suggesting that at least some forests may be adapting to a rapidly warming climate, says a new study.
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Holm oaks will gain ground in Northern forests due to climate change
Holm oaks and other forests in lowland areas of Mediterranean mountains could expand by up to 350% due to global warming. In contrast, those forest formations that are more adapted to cold and humid conditions, ...
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Colorful leaves: New chlorophyll decomposition product found in Norway maple
(PhysOrg.com) -- Autumn is right around the corner in the northern hemisphere and the leaves are beginning to change color. The cause of this wonderful display of reds, yellows, and oranges is the decomposition ...
Oct 10, 2011 |
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La Nina may dampen fall leaf colors
(PhysOrg.com) -- The weather in Pennsylvania this year won't soon be forgotten -- one of the wettest springs ever, followed by a record-breaking dry heat wave in July, followed by the remnants of a hurricane ...
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Entomologists begin to control winter moth infestation in eastern Massachusetts
A six-year campaign to control invasive winter moths with a natural parasite led by entomologist Joe Elkinton of the University of Massachusetts Amherst now has concrete evidence that a parasitic fly, Cyzenis ...
Sep 07, 2011 |
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Boom in Moroccan argan oil boosts rural economy but threatens forests
(PhysOrg.com) -- The booming demand for Morocco’s argan oil, now the most expensive edible oil in the world, is providing economic and social benefits for rural communities but appears to be threatening ...
Aug 29, 2011 |
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For the love of trees: Book tells all about forest hydrology, biogeochemistry
Delphis (Del) Levia, associate professor of geography at the University of Delaware, has always loved trees. Growing up on his parents' 93-acre farm in central Massachusetts, he and his brothers and sisters ...
Jul 25, 2011 |
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