Functional groups with significant affiliation to the edge zone were nonnative grasses, woody vines, ferns/allies, and nonnative legumes; FGs affiliated with the interior zone were C-4 grasses, hemiparasites, nitrogen-fixing shrubs, and perennial forbs. One site was sampled three times following ...
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too, can influence the dynamics of beneficial insects using them17. It is often assumed that increased botanical diversity, whether as herbs/forbs, shrubs or trees, will automatically increase insect functional and species diversity and consequent ecosystem services such as pollination and pest regulatio...
“Well, I am removing the groundcover, along with the few overgrown shrubs, and then I can plant a few boxwood at the front of the porch entrance, and a redbud tree, you know, with the small purple flowers that bloom along the stem in the spring, oh, um, and I think some annuals...
(high, medium, and low-density settlements, dispersed settlements, infrastructures such as schools, hospitals, industries, bridges, and roads); vegetation (forest cover, trees outside forests, road plantation, shrubs, and herbaceous layer); and water (wet and dry rivers, river banks, waterlogged ...
1.Grassland: cleaning of dead grass, opening fire isolation zone; 2.Roads: pruning road green belts, side slopes, parks and other municipal green spaces, lawns, road snow removal, etc.; 3.Forestry: stubble shrubs, clean up combustibles under forests, and open up fire barriers; ...
different types of homes, a community pool, and various parks and playgrounds. It became the first nuclear-free zone in the United States, and it has its own newspaper, The Garrett Bugle, started in 1953 by two elementary school children. Its schools are ratedabove averagecompared to other ...
Most dwarf varieties of crape myrtles are compact flowering shrubs that grow in a mound shape. The Chickasaw variety of crape myrtle grows up to 3 feet and is perfect for container gardens because of its small size. Chickasaw grows small, lavender-pink flowers, has silvery bark and bronze-re...
Slope gradient is also a possible factor influencing the forest distribution. At elevations <2800 m a.s.l., the forested units occupy most of the sites with a slope gradient of 20–37° (Fig.9); while the gentler or steeper units are covered by grass or shrubs. This may be explained...
Trees and farming in the dry zone of southern Honduras I: campesino tree husbandry practices. Forest cover in the dry zone of southern Honduras has suffered drastic reduction, largely as a result of the marginalisation of small farmers onto formerly... AJ Barrance,L Flores,E Padilla,... -...