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Pitcher plant uses power of the rain to trap prey
The Nepenthes gracilis pitcher plant, found in southeast Asia, has a unique, semi-slippery wax crystal surface on the underside of the pitcher lid. Researchers have
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Stochastic modelling in ecosystems – progress but we are not there yet
Modelling of processes lets one understand the functions of interacting components, helps to identify parts of processes, and can predict outcomes of changes in the system.
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Tales of tethers and tentacles: golgins in plants
As plant Golgi bodies move through the cell along the actin cytoskeleton, they face the need to maintain their polarized stack structure whilst receiving, processing and
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Bullock Ploughing (plowing) in Ethiopia
I added a new skill to my CV last week. Most of the farmland of Ethiopia is ploughed with bullock ploughs (plows). One man and two
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Ethiopian cereal and chilli mills: making flour in the market from corn, tef, wheat and chilli
See on Scoop.it – AnnBot Flour milling in the west happens out of view! Here we can see three different grains being milled in two larger
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FAO Statistical Yearbook 2012: all you ever wanted to know about world crop yields and tonnages
See on Scoop.it – AnnBot “The 2012 edition of the FAO Statistical Yearbook presents a visual synthesis of the major trends and factors shaping the global
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Plants with ants
Ant-plant mutualisms play key roles in the functioning of tropical ecosystems, and are often important components of trophic webs but the net benefits to each
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GM crops – OMG?
Genetically-modifed crops have never found the acceptability in Europe that they have in other parts of the World, notably the USA. There lots of reasons
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Stochastic Modelling in Ecosystems
Predicting ecosystems responses under changing environment conditions is one of the major challenges in ecology. It is rendered more complex by the non-linear dynamics which
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Inspiring the Next Generation of Plant Science Researchers
A single well-designed and timely intervention can influence future student behavior and offers a framework of potential use.
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RuSource: Economic evidence for investing in the environment
See on Scoop.it – AnnBot There are many examples where green infrastructure offers much better value for public investment than the alternative, for example natural water
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People and the planet – A report from the Royal Society
There are two important pieces of ‘grey literature’ today: the first, from the Royal Society, is a report on how global population and consumption are linked,