Two concepts of vegetation function and organization are examined in this paper. The first concerns the possible relationship between energy acquisition and species dominance in a given growth form ...

Utilitarian and fundamental, floristic and structural classifications of forest and scrub communities are compared. Their advantages and disadvantages and their interrelations are discussed. The ...

Beetles: it's what's for breakfast -- at least for the red widow spider of Florida's 'scrub' habitat, according to a study that provides a first glimpse at the diet of this mysterious spider, ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Job well done; the goats at O'Hare International Airport are finished with their summer job, chowing down on overgrown vegetation around the airfield. This was the 9th year that goats ...

March 14 (UPI) --The desertification of the Sahara, which began 10,000 years ago, may have been at least partially caused by humans. Most studies suggest the formation of the Sahara Desert, the ...