A Tree by Any Other Name? E ...

The Washington Post;  January 3, 2005 ;     93 words ......To be a tree, a plant must: Be a woody plant. Have a single, straight trunk that...confuse a tree with a shrub, a short, woody plant that has a lot of stems instead of one trunk. And a vine is a woody plant that grows on a single stem, but...

Response of herbaceous vegetation to summer fire in the western South...

The Texas Journal of Science;  August 1, 2002 ;   Ruthven, Donald C., III Synatzske, David R.;   787 words ......increases in wildlife related enterprises and ecological restoration efforts in southern Texas, there is an increased...manipulation practices can significantly reduce woody plant cover while increasing herbaceous vegetation...rangelands are revegetated by woody species, woody plant ...

Response of herbaceous vegetation to summer fire in the western south...

The Texas Journal of Science;  August 1, 2002 ;   Ruthven, Donald C., III Synatzske, David R.;   787 words ......increases in wildlife related enterprises and ecological restoration efforts in southern Texas, there is an increased...manipulation practices can significantly reduce woody plant cover while increasing herbaceous vegetation...rangelands are revegetated by woody species, woody plant ...

Temporal and spatial patterns of woody plant establishment in Michigan old...

The American Midland Naturalist;  October 1, 1999 ;   Foster, Bryan L; Gross, Katherine L;   787 words ......investigated temporal and spatial patterns of woody plant establishment in the first 7 y of succession...mortality, density and species richness. Woody plant succession was characterized by increases...mode in controlling both the rate of woody plant succession and the development of ...

(book reviews)

Alternatives Journal;  March 22, 1997 ;   Bell, Anne;   572 words ......of the possibilities inherent in ecological restoration. This book, she explains, is about...sense of what has been lost and why ecological restoration is so necessary. Such research...broad and radical implications of ecological restoration for the future of humanity in nature...

HERBACEOUS VEGETATION DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE BENEATH HONEY MESQUITE...

The Texas Journal of Science;  May 1, 2001 ;   Ruthven III, Donald C.;   787 words ......rangeland sites with varying degrees of woody plant cover utilizing 20 by 50 cm quadrats...glandulosa and on sites with light woody plant cover. Forb richness was greater on sites with light woody plant cover and was not affected by P. glandulosa...

REFERENCE CONDITIONS AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION: A SOUTHWESTERN PONDEROSA...

Ecological Applications;  November 1, 1999 ;   MOORE, MARGARET M. COVINGTON, W. WALLACE FULE, PETER Z.;   787 words ...Abstract. Ecological restoration is the process of reestablishing...to undisrupted sites. Ecological restoration treatments are designed...various settings. Key words: ecological restoration; ecosystem management...

SHRUB INVASION OF GRASSLAND: RECRUITMENT IS CONTINUOUS AND NOT REGULATED...

Ecology;  October 1, 1999 ;   Brown, Joel R. Archer, Steve;   787 words ...INTRODUCTION Trends toward increasing woody plant abundance in temperate and tropical...livestock grazing may interact to promote woody plant seedling establishment in grass communities...increase grassland susceptibility to woody plant encroachment, these potential controlling...

ECOLOGICAL EFFORTS RESTORE 20 SITES IN DELAWARE IN 2006

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 22, 2007 ;     741 words ......following news release: In 2006, twenty ecological restoration and protection projects were completed...important benefits to the state. "Ecological restoration is a cornerstone of our programs...said Stephen N. Williams, DNREC ecological restoration coordinator. "But without the ...

Websites on fire

Fire Management Today;  October 1, 2002 ;   Anonymous;   287 words ...Ecological Restoration Institute Established in 1998, the Ecological Restoration Institute (ERI), in the School of Forestry...Northern Arizona University (NAU), supports ecological restoration through education, research, and a common...

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION: TWO RECENT STUDIES

Fire Management Today;  July 1, 2005 ;   Brown, Hutch;   454 words ...In Federal land management, ecological restoration has emerged in recent years as...environmental groups. Growing interest in ecological restoration is reflected in recent research...restoration forestry facilitates ecological restoration-restoring fire-adapted ecosystems...

Plants for ME are sure to grow

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  February 13, 2005 ;   Tom Atwell Staff Writer;   787 words ......flower) PERENNIAL: Aster divaricatus WOODY PLANT: Vaccinium angustifolium (lowbush blueberry...Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed) WOODY PLANT: Fothergilla gardenii (dwarf fothergilla...Dicentra exima (fringed bleeding heart) WOODY PLANT: Microbiota decussata (Siberian carpet...

(periodical review)

Whole Earth;  March 22, 2001 ;   PW;   315 words ...Ecological Restoration David Egan, ed. $37/year...67) in the Society for Ecological Restoration, 1955 West Grant Road, Tucson...conferences .... I might add that Ecological Restoration has grown. Its young spirit...

YALE: Next talk in plant restoration series will focus on case studies...

M2 Presswire;  March 10, 1999 ;     470 words ......in Florida that specializes in ecological restoration, will be the next speaker in the...past-president of the Society for Ecological Restoration, who will explore the controversy...Florida Panhandle, he has designed 20 ecological restoration projects comprising 3,100 acres...

Restoration revolution

High Country News;  February 2, 2004 ;   Anonymous;   248 words ..."Ecological restoration" has a good ring to it...book, The Sunflower Forest: Ecological Restoration and the New Communion with...environmental ethic, with ecological restoration at its core. While he admits...