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- Could more intensive farming practices benefit tropical birds?
- Crop rotation boosts soil microbes, benefits plant growth
- Loons return faithfully to the same wintering sites year after year
| Could more intensive farming practices benefit tropical birds? Posted: 03 Sep 2015 10:14 AM PDT Does it help when farms share the land with birds and other animals? The short answer is 'no,' based on the diversity of bird species. If the goal is to preserve more bird species, representing a greater span of evolutionary history, then it's better to farm more intensively in some areas while leaving more blocks of land entirely alone. In other words, land-sparing wins out over land-sharing, experts say. |
| Crop rotation boosts soil microbes, benefits plant growth Posted: 03 Sep 2015 07:36 AM PDT In the first study of its kind, new research shows that crop rotations, in isolation from other management factors, can increase the functions performed by soil microbial communities that benefit plant growth. |
| Loons return faithfully to the same wintering sites year after year Posted: 02 Sep 2015 04:13 PM PDT Common Loons nest on lakes across Canada and the northern US, but every winter they disperse, many to the open ocean where they're difficult to track. It's been well established that many loons return to the same nesting sites every spring, but new research shows for the first time that they are similarly faithful to their wintering sites. |
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