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The non-native invasion strategy was defined as the change in redundancy due to addition of non-native trees, with values below zero and values above zero indicating invasion via similarity and dissimilarity, respectively, to the native community. Diversity limits invasion severity We found that ...
I love trees, and I grow some very lovely non-native trees, which, as long as they show no signs of invasiveness, are welcome in our yard. One of these trees,Poliothyrsis sinensis, has produced a handful of seedlings, and this fall, I was able to give the curator of the University ...
Australia boasts hundreds of species of acacia (wattle trees), and most have edible seeds. Aboriginal communities have traditionally eaten the powerful native botanical raw, or ground the seeds into flour for making damper (bread). This remains a popular cooking technique today, with powdered seeds...
We've had an unusually colorful Christmas season this year due to the combination of drought and a couple of cold snaps. Normally rain and wind would have denuded all the trees on our streets that aren't evergreen, but this year almost every neighborhood was decked out in crimson. ...
planning our gardens. As we look through the catalogs and see those pictures of flowers and trees and shrubs and ferns, as we read the descriptions of how the plants grow, we find it easy to imagine our garden in spring and summer. And in little time at all, we feel the sunshine. ...
The Hotel El-Djazair, formerly known as the Hotel Saint-George, is an oasis of calm in the tense city of Algiers. A labyrinth of paved pathways winds through beds of hibiscus, cactuses and roses, shaded by palm and banana trees. In the lobby, bellhops in white tunics and re...
will place Native and European hives on their farm to increase crop yields. Using native bees for crop pollination is also an increasing practice. This particular Native bee hive spent the last few years at the Innovation Centre’s Butterfly Garden at the University of the Sunshine Coast. ...
Shenhen is a city with coast on the South side, so you can enjoy the sunshine and the beautiful beaches here. There are also many mountains here, so you can go hiking too. Shenhen is a beautiful city. You can see flowers and trees everywhere, even in winter. There are a lot of ...
where it has been used for various agricultural purposes dating back to the 1850s59. Such results highlight the idiosyncratic use of trees across the globe, leading to unique invasion trends relative to herbaceous plants. Nevertheless, at more local scales, this strong signal of anthropogenic activ...