Gardeners tend to look at earthworms as good helpers that break down fallen leaves and other organic matter into nutrients plants can use.
Ecology
Sep 8, 2016
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Over the past 35 years, state and federal agencies have spent millions of dollars and dumped untold quantities of herbicides into waterways trying to control the invasive water chestnut plant, but the intruder just keeps ...
Ecology
Aug 31, 2016
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Gardeners turning to the internet for advice about Japanese knotweed are likely to find a wide range of sometimes contradictory and potentially misleading advice that could put them on the wrong side of the law, scientists ...
Ecology
Jul 4, 2016
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Invasive plants are often characterized as highly aggressive, possessing the power to alter and even irreversibly change the ecosystems they invade. But a recent University of Illinois study shows that one such invader, garlic ...
Ecology
Jun 14, 2016
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Growing up and dying, in constant and repeated cycles, is a key strategy for the success of the plant Carpobrotus edulis, an exotic and invasive species around the world, which invades new territories without leaving any ...
Ecology
Jun 2, 2016
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The reed, an abundant plant in riverbanks around the world, alters the ground arthropod communities and reduces the body size of these invertebrates in the natural habitats it colonizes, according to a study published in ...
Ecology
May 27, 2016
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Selective browsing by white-tailed deer likely is promoting the spread of some invasive plant species in northeastern U.S. forests, as deer avoid eating vegetation they find unpalatable.
Ecology
Apr 26, 2016
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A walk through most Midwestern state parks and nature preserves looks much different today than it did a century ago.
Ecology
Apr 22, 2016
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Botanists from Trinity College Dublin's School of Natural Sciences have discovered that the nectar from a common, non-native plant, is toxic to some Irish bees. These effects vary based on the species of bee consuming the ...
Ecology
Nov 9, 2015
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A federal appeals court ordered the government Monday to rewrite its regulations on ballast water discharges from ships, one of the leading culprits in the spread of invasive species across U.S. waterways.
Environment
Oct 6, 2015
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