I studied the distribution and abundance of the plant species of forests in central Iowa, emphasizing the effect of cattle grazing on the vegetation. I used traits to identify groups of species that may function as guilds, and to address whether species' frequency was related to traits. To ...
Sassafras is native from southwestern Maine west to New York, extreme southern Ontario, and central Michigan; southwest in Illinois, extreme southeastern Iowa, Missouri, southeastern Kansas, eastern Oklahoma, and eastern Texas; and east to central Florida. It is now extinct in southeastern Wisconsin ...
High winds can cause power lines to fall into dry patches of vegetation, sparking a wildfire. Wildfires can also be the result of power lines contacting trees.READ MORE: Video Shows Thousands of Scorched Acres in the Texas Panhandle
Camping in the garden, riding bikes through the woods, climbing trees, picking wildflowers, running through piles of autumn leaves… these are the things childhood memories are made of. But for a whole generation of today’s children the pleasures of a free-range childhood are missing, and th...
Nests in old raptor nests, in tree cavities, and on top of broken off trees. Watches from a perch before flying down to catch small animals on the ground, at night. The Spotted Owl is a rare resident of mature forest, mostly in parts of the western and southwestern USA, including Calif...
Fires are most common in grasslands with high levels of plant productivity. Fires are important for keeping trees from encroaching into grasslands—many tree species are killed by fire because their active growing parts are aboveground. Grassland plants survive and even thrive after fire because their...
In support, the coal mining company noted that the government issued an order prohibiting cutting down trees from the mining area, which prohibited the company from using its preferred mining method. Id. The company also claimed that a decline in the coal market has caused its inability to ...
A SWAT modeling framework has been constructed for the Boone River Watershed (BRW) in north central Iowa, to support further testing of SWAT and analyses o... PW Gassman 被引量: 29发表: 2008年 Insecurity of Land Tenure, Land Law and Land Registration in Liberia To implement the vision of...
Whilst some of the water bodies involved had overhanging vegetation, none were reported to have roosts of starlings above them, making it unlikely that birds had died in the trees and then fallen into the water after death. More than 50 starlings were submitted for PME from nine apparent ...
Impressively, Common Musk turtles are also great climbers (for a turtle). They can climb trees or rocky ledges that can be up to 2 meters above the water. Sometimes they can fall into passing boats or kayaks from these precarious perches. ...