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lawnsandturf, etc ; Pentaceraster; biomass; climate change; ocean acidification; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Sea stars (class Asteroidea) can play powerful and wide-ranging roles as consumers of algae and other prey in benthic ecosystems worldwide. In the Galápagos rocky subtidal zone, sea stars are abundant and diverse, but their distribution, feeding habits and ecological impacts have received little attention. We compared diets and distributions of the six most abundant sea star species to examine the ...
lawnsandturf, etc ; Antithamnionella; Chlorophyta; Scytosiphon; flora; littoral zone; macroalgae; turf algae; Azores; Show all 9 Subjects
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... The present study adds 19 species (15 Rhodophyta, one Chlorophyta and three Ochrophyta) to the Azorean marine macroalgal flora, increasing the current total of species recorded in this region to 521 (349 Rhodophyta, 76 Chlorophyta and 96 Ochrophyta), and showing that this isolated island group supports a relatively rich marine macroalgal flora. Some species fall within their known overall distribu ...
lawnsandturf, etc ; Cladophora; community structure; coral reefs; corals; marine pollution; particulates; taxonomy; turf algae; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Algal turfs trap and retain particulates, however, little is known about the relationship between particulate accumulation and taxonomic composition of algal turfs. We investigated how particulate mass related to algal turf structure (length and density) and community composition (taxonomic and functional) on two disparate reefs. Particulate mass was positively related to algal turf length. By con ...
lawnsandturf, etc ; Festuca gigantea; allotetraploidy; autogamy; diploidy; fish; forage; hybrids; loci; parentage; phylogeny; Morocco; Show all 12 Subjects
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... AbstractThe Schedonorus-Lolium complex of the subtribe Loliinae (Poaceae) includes several economically important forage and turf grasses. This complex encompasses Lolium Linnaeus, 1753, Festuca Linnaeus, 1753 subgenus Schedonorus (P. Beauvois, 1824) Petermann, 1849 and Micropyropsis Romero Zarco et Cabezudo, 1983. New FISH results of 5S and 18S–26S rDNA sequences are presented for three species ...
lawnsandturf, etc ; cognition; fertilizer application; fertilizers; lakes; land use change; outreach; water management; water quality; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Ward NK, Sorice MG, Reynolds MS, Weathers KC, Weng W, Carey CC. 2022. Can interactive data visualizations promote waterfront best management practices? Lake Reserv Manage. 38:95–108. Lake water quality management often requires private property owner engagement since land-use change generally occurs on private property. Educational components of lake management outreach must connect current proper ...
lawnsandturf, etc ; bricks; climate; diurnal variation; evapotranspiration; gardens; models; pavements; rain; soil; solar radiation; watersheds; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Low impact development (LID) facilities have been regarded to have important regulatory effects on urban evapotranspiration (ET). However, due to the influences of heterogeneity of underlying surfaces or facilities, solar radiation, building shading and rainfall conditions, the ET variations in outdoor space of urban buildings (OSUB) with various LID facilities are complex and have not been report ...
... The characterisation of microplastics is still a challenge, and the challenge is even greater for nanoplastics, of which we only have a limited knowledge so far. Herewith we employ Raman imaging to directly visualise microplastics and nanoplastics which are released from the trimmer lines during lawn mowing. The signal-noise ratio of Raman imaging is significantly increased by generating an image ...
... Mechanochemical modification of lignite in the presence of an eco-friendly oxidizer, sodium percarbonate, ensures one-step solvent-free oxidation of lignite organic matter. The product is characterized by high yield of humic acids and increases the content of phenolic and carboxyl groups. The study aimed to conduct in situ tests of mechanochemically oxidized lignite for restoring the highway divid ...
lawnsandturf, etc ; adults; carcinogenicity; circular economy; direct contact; human health; humans; risk assessment; rubber; volatilization; wastes; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Crumb rubber derived from end-of-life tires (ELTs) is frequently used as infill of synthetic turf pitches, promoting circular economy. Although important to reduce the accumulation of waste, the use of recycled ELTs can be a problem to human health and the environment, both by direct contact during pitch use and by the release of these elements to the surroundings, mostly via volatilization and le ...
... The western rock lobster (Panulirus cygnus [George 1962]) is the basis for Australia's most valuable single species wild caught fishery. The ability of early juvenile western rock lobster to select and settle onto suitable habitats is critical for the recruitment of this commercially important species. Many marine organisms, including the western rock lobster, have highly complex olfactory systems ...
lawnsandturf, etc ; fertilizers; grasses; guidelines; halophytes; irrigation; mists; nutrient uptake; plant growth; rhizomes; traffic; Australia; Chile; New Zealand; Show all 14 Subjects
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... Selliera radicans is a creeping halophyte herb native to Australia, New Zealand and Chile. It is being used on the lawn to replace traditional grass in gardens. It holds up well against foot traffic and does not need to be mown. It is grown in nurseries, but nutritional or fertilizing aspects are unknown. The aims of this study were to assess plant coverage, dry matter (DM) content and nutrient ac ...
lawnsandturf, etc ; crows; grasses; research; soil; wildlife; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Urban crows feed mainly on food wastes, also often dig up plantations and uproot grass in search of soil invertebrates, locally leading to extended damages to flower and lawn beds. Lethal methods to reduce crow numbers are largely inefficient, because of the large spatial scale of metapopulation dynamics. We tested experimentally if the mowing management of lawns could reduce grass uprooting by fo ...
lawnsandturf, etc ; anthracenes; carcinogenicity; chemical composition; chemical hazards; coir; cork; environment; microplastics; phthalates; provenance; rubber; sports; tandem mass spectrometry; thermoplastics; ultrasonics; Show all 16 Subjects
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... Social and environmental concern about the use of crumb rubber from end-of-life car tires in the construction of different sport and recreational facilities is increasing due to the presence of hazardous compounds. The aim of this research was the assessment of 42 organic chemicals, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), phthalates, adipates, antioxidants and vulcanisation agents in a ...
lawnsandturf, etc ; evolution; humans; indigenous species; landscapes; Canada; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The design of urban yards is key to reducing natural resource consumption in cities. However, going from turf lawns and ornamental plants to more native vegetation with structural complexity is contingent on public acceptance. Addressing social/cultural values is important and landscape designers frequently point to the need for yards to be designed with human intent, or ‘cues to care’. Cues to ca ...
lawnsandturf, etc ; cities; fields; journals; psychology; spatial learning; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Field of view (FOV) allows us to perceive and learn our environment. Reducing the visual field impairs our ability to estimate distance and direction. It has been demonstrated that distance is estimated more accurately in outdoor environment (a lawn) than in indoors (hallway or lobby). This evidence suggests that features like width of environment, that is the openness of the environment that exte ...
lawnsandturf, etc ; agronomy; environmental stewardship; field experimentation; industry; irrigation management; rhizosphere; soil water; turf grasses; volumetric water content; water conservation; water stress; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Water is considered the most important natural resource utilized on managed amenity grasslands, and water conservation is an integral part of an overall program in environmental stewardship and best management practices. Measuring and monitoring the soil water content of turfgrass root zones has become an important and routinely accepted practice of golf courses and sports pitches. In recent years ...
Martin Jiroušek; Tomáš Peterka; Milan Chytrý; Borja Jiménez‐Alfaro; Oleg L. Kuznetsov; Aaron Pérez‐Haase; Liene Aunina; Idoia Biurrun; Daniel Dítě; Nadezhda Goncharova; Petra Hájková; Florian Jansen; Natalia E. Koroleva; Elena D. Lapshina; Igor A. Lavrinenko; Olga V. Lavrinenko; Maxim G. Napreenko; Pawel Pawlikowski; Valerijus Rašomavičius; John S. Rodwell; David Romero Pedreira; Elvira Sahuquillo Balbuena; Viktor A. Smagin; Teemu Tahvanainen; Claudia Biţă‐Nicolae; Lyubov Felbaba‐Klushyna; Ulrich Graf; Tatiana G. Ivchenko; Ute Jandt; Jana Jiroušková; Alica Košuthová; Jonathan Lenoir; Viktor Onyshchenko; Vítězslav Plášek; Zuzana Plesková; Pavel S. Shirokikh; Anna Šímová; Eva Šmerdová; Pavel N. Tokarev; Michal Hájek
lawnsandturf, etc ; correspondence analysis; data collection; vegetation; Iberian Peninsula; Show all 5 Subjects
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... AIMS: Classification of European bog vegetation (Oxycocco‐Sphagnetea class); identification of diagnostic species for the class and vegetation subgroups (orders and alliances); development of an expert system for automatic classification of vegetation plots; and production of distribution maps of the Oxycocco‐Sphagnetea class and its alliances. LOCATION: Europe. METHODS: A data set of vegetation‐p ...
lawnsandturf, etc ; Internet; cost effectiveness; energy; extension education; grounds maintenance; landscapes; motivation; soil texture; soil water content; water distribution; water supply; wildlife; California; Show all 14 Subjects
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... Conserving water in California landscapes is critical due to a limited water supply, recurring droughts, and the energy use and costs of transporting water from northern to southern California due to a water distribution and population imbalance. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD, Los Angeles, CA) spent more than $310 million between 2014 and 2016 on lawn removal rebates in a ...
lawnsandturf, etc ; climate; confidence interval; databases; ecosystems; forests; land use; longitude; soil depth; soil organic carbon; soil surveys; spatial distribution; topography; uncertainty; North Carolina; Show all 15 Subjects
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... Soil organic carbon (SOC) plays a critical role in major ecosystem processes, agriculture, and climate mitigation. Accurate SOC predictions are challenging due to natural variation, as well as variation in data sources, sampling design, and modeling approaches. The goal of this study was to (i) understand SOC stock distribution due to land use (restored prairie grass—PG; lawn grass—LG; and forest— ...
lawnsandturf, etc ; Erinaceus europaeus; gardens; juveniles; robots; wildlife; wildlife management; Show all 7 Subjects
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... We tested the effects of 18 models of robotic lawn mowers in collision with dead European hedgehogs and quantified the results into six damage categories. All models were tested on four weight classes of hedgehogs, each placed in three different positions. None of the robotic lawn mowers tested was able to detect the presence of dependent juvenile hedgehogs (<200 g) and all models had to touch the ...