Well, that was interesting. Comments on a few highlights:
- The “hand in glove’ analogy for species in environments is archaic and
teleological. Assorted appendages in a bucket is probably a better
analogy, but still useless for practical purposes.
- I haven’t seen an attempt to sort
Wayne, it would seem to be as simple as this: a stand of junipers has
greater biomass and a deeper root system than a flora composed of grasses,
forbs and scattered shrubs. As a result the stand of juniper transpires
more water from more levels than its counterpart biota. However, the
observed ef
While we are still on invasive species in the US South Western Regions, what is
everyone's opinion about wild horses in the US?
They are apparently introduced and became invasive, yet are protected by law.
BLM manages them as invasive species, while there is a law suit in the 9th
circuit court o
You missed the point.
Environmental science has standardized terminology placed in the ASTM manual.
impairment has established peer-reviewed and accepted meaning.
Natural does not.
Impairment is used because that meaning holds up in court. Natural does not.
healthy is another one of these terms.
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Hello - Can anyone tell me the proper Latin name for Dungeness crab? I have
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Thanks!
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Yes, in our area as well it had been quite wet before the storm came.
Apparently when hurricane Bob (I think that was the one) passed through
Vermont, it came into the state during a severe drought. I get the
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[Note: I have concocted a revised (and ridiculously convoluted) subject-line
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For a good statement and some facts on feral horses and donkeys go The Wildlife
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http://joomla.wildlife.org/documents/policy/feral_horses_1.pdf
The most recent release of domestic horses into the wil
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Warren/Ecolog:
To further clarify and more fully respond to this post, I do agree that a
plant with a larger total biomass, especially with respect to
transpirational surface, will "use" more water than smaller plants (less
total biomass) with less transpirational surface. However, since much
All:
Ecologically speaking, horses are a true grasslands animal, adaptable to some
extent, but not adaptable enough; the Intermountain West and the Southwest have
few places truly suitable for horses. Dayton Hyde, who owned a big ranch in
southwestern Oregon, moved to the plains to care for "wi
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