Archive for the ‘Biodiversity and pest control’ Category

Native habitats and evolving lawn and landscape cultures

Lawn Culture Everyone loves a beautiful, freshly cut green lawn, well, almost everyone. More and more people are moving away from the traditional large grass covered areas, opting instead to use more trees, shrubs, and other plants, and they are “going native” with the varieties. I suspect that this trend will continue, as water use [...]

August 30, 2009 В· james В· 2 Comments
Tags: , , , ,  В· Posted in: Backyard habitat, Backyard habitat information, Biodiversity, Biodiversity and pest control, Environment, Exotic plants, Habitat, Habitat Management, Invasive plants, Landscapes, Lawns, Native habitat, Native landscapes, Native plants, Non native plants, Preserving biodiversity, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat

Value of Natural Biodiversity Services

Biodiversity can seem to be a complicated issue. The seeming complexity can be furthered by oversimplification leading to misunderstanding at one point, and the exaggeration of the complexity at another. Nowhere is this more evident than in the valuation of biodiversity services. Biodiversity services, that is, natural biodiversity services as opposed to human efforts to [...]

September 28, 2008 В· james В· One Comment
Tags: , , , , ,  В· Posted in: Biodiversity and pest control, Biodiversity Services, Ecology, Environment, Environmental services, Exotic plant migration, Exotic plants, Exotic Vegetation Management, Green services, Invasive species, Native habitat, Natural biodiversity services, Nature, Pest control, Preserving biodiversity, Valuing biodiversity services