The North American prairie rivals the Amazon rainforest in its biological ... perfectly adapted to a place that was dry and windy. The roots of prairie plants such as switchgrass, big bluestem, and ...

Ecosystem responses to global change are often nonlinear. Ecological thresholds are tipping points beyond which small changes ...

A drive through Niagara County’s rural areas in June offers waves of tall, wispy grasses swaying in the breeze. While there may seem to be open green spaces everywhere, environmentalists say ...

Here are 11 native prairie plants that will bring life, color, and ecological benefits to your Midwest garden. 'American Pickers' star Mike Wolfe makes ‘tough decision’ to shutter Nashville ...

They found the Eurasian grasslands saw a 43% reduction in annual productivity -- plant growth each year ... Meanwhile, the North American system was able to stabilize in the second year of ...

Until last fall, when PBS screened “The American Buffalo,” a ... nearly all the other types of Southern grassland ecosystems, and nearly all the plants and animals they supported — are ...

When water is scarce, increases in grassland productivity are more valuable because there isn’t as much around. Therefore, ...

Meanwhile, the North American system ... and maintain plant diversity to enhance resistance to extreme drought events under future climate change scenarios. “Dryer grassland tends to be where ...