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The Invasive Grass-Fire Cycle in the U.S. Great Basin
Students will exercise critical thinking skills to form a hypothesis on how cheatgrass alters fire behaviors. Students will analyze data and answer questions based on their interpretation of field-based data and satellite data. Using this information, students will collaborate to create maps and graphs.
This activity is included in Volume 8 of Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology...
Publisher: EcoEd Digital Library
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Biofuels: Implications for Land Use and Biodiversity
This report explores the potential impacts on ecology and biodiversity associated with reallocating land use for biofuel production as well as how economics and farm policies may influence the land available for biofuel harvest. This report also discusses other factors relevant to designing bioenergy systems for optimum social, economic and ecological benefits.
This report is one of a...
Publisher: EcoEd Digital Library
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Sustainable Biofuels from Forests: Meeting the Challenge
This report examines how forest products could be used as biofuel and the availability of these products. To study the sustainability of this bioenergy source, this report reviews some of the forest practices and certification programs which have proven successful in other regions of the world.
This report is one of a four-part series based upon scientific manuscripts initially presented at a...
Publisher: EcoEd Digital Library
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Dry rivers, vibrant with culture and life: Press release
A press release for an article addressing the benefits of dry river beds. This article also explores how human manipulation of seasonal water sources for land use disrupts the natural cycle necessary to sustain and function for local biodiversity.
This press release is associated with the article When The River Runs Dry: Human and Ecological Values of Dry Riverbeds published in Frontiers in...
Publisher: EcoEd Digital Library
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https://www.esa.org/esa/dry-rivers-vibrant-with-culture-and-...
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Issues in Ecology, Issue 14: Press Release
This November 2011 press release can be used as an accessible reading assignment to accompany and introduce a discussion of the ecological concepts included in issue #14 of ESA's Issues in Ecology series, "Using air pollution thresholds to protect and restore ecosystem health."
Publisher: EcoEd Digital Library
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