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Category Archives: BioInvasion
Invasive insects
Preface. Below is a by no means exhaustive list of insect scourges, just the ones I happen to run across in the magazines I subscribe to or online. To some extent these invasions are being suppressed by massive amounts of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bioinvasion, crops, insects, invasive species, pesticide
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The global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity
Molnar, J. L., et al. 2008. Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity. Frontiers in ecology and the environment #6 Although invasive species are widely recognized as a major threat to marine biodiversity, there has been no … Continue reading
Vines are taking over forests
Laurance, W. October 5, 2013. Planet of the vines: Climbing plants are taking over. NewScientist. Giant vines are beginning to strangle Earth’s tropical forests, and it’s not just due to climate change. Gaze out over a tropical rainforest and the … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity Loss, BioInvasion, Climate Change
Tagged biodiversity, carbon dioxide, climate change, forests, vines
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Let’s get rid of invasive species ASAP
[ Invasive species are very expensive to control, costing $1.4 trillion world-wide. The annual cost of impact and control are equal to 5 percent of the world economy. Invasive species reduce the yield … Continue reading
Posted in BioInvasion, Congressional Record U.S.
Tagged Bioinvasion, congressional record, house hearing, invasive species
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Climate change impacts on agriculture in the U.S.
[ I’ve added a senate hearing from 2013 on drought, fire, and freeze effects on agriculture below. Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation, 2015, Springer] Notes from 25 page: Hatfield, J., … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, BioInvasion, Drought, Extreme Weather, Heat, Soil, Soil, Water, Where to Be or Not to Be
Tagged climage change, disease, erosion, food production, pests, soil, water, weeds
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What Happens When Weed Killers Stop Killing?
Robert F. Service. September 20, 2013. What Happens When Weed Killers Stop Killing? Science (341):1329 “U.S. farmers are heading for a crisis,” says Stephen Powles of the University of Western Australia, Crawley. Powles is an expert on herbicide resistance, a … Continue reading
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Cost of Invasive Species in the United States
[ My note: It’s been 15 years since this paper was written, yet it is so thorough and well-written that it stands up well today and still cited by thousands of other papers as the best estimate of what invasive … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity, invasive species
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Land invasive species
25% of U.S. agricultural gross national product is lost to foreign plant invaders and the costs of controlling them. Exotic species have contributed to the decline of 42 percent of U.S. endangered and threatened species. The chestnut blight fungus, which … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity Loss, BioInvasion
Tagged biodiversity loss, Bioinvasion, invasive species, plants
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