Population pressure shapes urban parks
...vironments. Loeb suggests that the long history of plantings in the parks appears to have resulted in greater species similarity among the parks in Baltimore, Washington, D.C. and The Bronx than among the parks in the Gateway National Wildlife Refuge, New York and Bronx, New York. Dividing the 13 species fou...Grizzly bears feast on diverse diet
...side plantings, said Boyce. Because these roadside plantings are attractive to bears, this can put the bears at risk of contact with humans. Nearly all new roads being constructed in the province are built by industry, either for timber harvest or oil and gas development. We should encourage industry to avoi...Study suggests earlier crop plantings could curb future yields
...the trend can only continue for so long. "Earlier plantings really can't continue forever because ultimately, ...it is accustomed to," he says. While earlier corn plantings have helped crops grow more plentiful over the years, Kucharik hopes the agricultural community will...Shade trees getting 'scorched' by plant disease
...ting highly susceptible trees, and design new tree plantings with a diverse complement of tree species. More on the symptoms of BLS and disease management options is available in this month's APSnet feature article at http://www.apsnet.org/online/feature/bls/ .......ma for coffee farmers who have to grow it in mixed plantings so that cross-pollination takes place but which varieties to cross with which? Sylvester Tumusiime (University of Nottingham, UK) will be presenting his work on coffee breeding on Monday 11th July at the Society for Experimental Biology Annual Main...Shift of weather patterns necessitates rethinking of reforestation methods
...lings were only slightly larger than the bare root plantings after two years. "And we did everything right pla...d. If everything is done correctly, containerized plantings have little or no economic advantage over bare root seedlings if planting in the spring, he noted. ...