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Biodiversity Conservation in Britain: Science Replacing Tradition
Other species have spread from cliffs and gaps to the devastated landscapes of calcareous grasslands - where forests have been reduced to a thin smear of life between rock and sun ... better able to explain the observed medium-term stability in nettle-beds, scrub, or rank calcareous grasslands, particularly in secondary successions. It has been found that an assemblage of plants and animals ...
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UK Annex I habitat interest features
Natural and semi-natural grassland formations 6130 Calaminarian grasslands of the Violetalia calaminariae 6150 Siliceous alpine and boreal grasslands 6170 Alpine and subalpine calcareous grasslands 6210 Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies: on calcareous ...
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Ben Nevis owned by the John Muir Trust
The Ben Nevis Special Area of Conservation (SAC) recognises the area's Alpine calcareous grasslands, acidic scree and plants which live in crevices on mainly acidic rocks. Ben Nevis's ...
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Breadalbane mountain range of the Scottish Highlands, is renowned for its outstanding flora. The alpine calcareous grasslands, treeline woods and rocky slopes support a diverse range of flowering plants, lichens and bryophytes ...
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Eco-Pros Coral Communities
Stony corals are the main builders of reefs, as their hard calcareous skeletons are self-produced. Coral structures are formed from live coral animals called polyps, which ... for Kids Non-Native Species Ocean Home Human Impact on Oceans Coral Communities Wetlands WaterWebs Grasslands and Prairies Insect Respect The Blue Planet Third from the Sun Sky Watch National Parks ...
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Papers - CO2 June 2003
Thurig et al. Elevated carbon dioxide and seed production in a calcareous grassland Vourlitis et al. Regional carbon dioxide exchange in the Kuparuk River, Alaska Vourlitis et ... forests Bond et al. Effect of low carbon dioxide and fire in the spread of grasslands Gielen et al. Effect of carbon dioxide enrichment on leaf characteristics in a Poplar canopy ...
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Great River Greening | Natural Plant Communities
The deciduous forests of the eastern United States, the conifer forests of Canada and the grasslands of the Great Plains all meet in Minnesota. The Twin Cities metro area lies in ... to occasional torrents of spring flooding. Also along the Minnesota River are many acres of calcareous seepage fen. These unique communities are found only where groundwater has seeped through limestone, sometimes ...
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NMPIF Grassland 1
Shrubs tend to occur on sites where the soil is calcareous, where grazing history has been relatively intense, and/or where there has not been ... Falcon (Steenhof 1998) Associated Species: Western Kingbird, Horned Lark, Eastern Meadowlark, Western Meadowlark open grasslands and shrub-grasslands most common nest sites are ledges or cavities in cliffs or bluffs availability ...
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NMPIF Grassland 2
Shrubs often occur where the soil is calcareous. Shrubs that may occur scattered through eastern shortgrass communities are soapweed yucca (Yucca glauca) ... , Say=s Phoebe, Western Meadowlark short- or mid-grass prairie, mid-grass grasslands, sagebrush grasslands late succession grasslands 4-12 in (10-31cm) high Nesting generally in sites with grass <3. ...
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The European context of British Lowland Grasslands - JNCC report 394
British Lowland Grasslands within a wider European perspective. There are five such priority habitats in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP): Lowland Calcareous Grassland, Lowland Dry ... Lowland Grasslands are included are somewhat narrower than in other EU member states, particularly for the Lowland Acid Grasslands and drier Lowland Meadows. Important threats to Lowland Grasslands ...
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