American Grains

Finding Beauty in a Broken World.(Book review)
Earth Island Journal; 1/1/2010; 1094 words; ...on the ecology of prairie dogs in the American Southwest, the grassland ecosystem that...more than one thousand tons of poisoned grain in 1920 to eliminate them. The agency...Williams, the grassland ecosystem of the American West is a fragmented landscape of cities...

Competitive, trade-friendly nations weather volatile crop yields best.
NewsRx Science; 12/27/2009; 1249 words; ...events or other factors cause yields of grain and oilseed crops to become more volatile...this because yields of most rain-fed grains and oilseeds remain highly variable despite...forecasted how changes in yields of grain and oilseed crops would affect the inflation...when global demand for its crops ...

New science and technology research reported from University of Nottingham.
Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 12/25/2009; 779 words; ...quartz (13.5 wt %) of which 35-55% occurs as < 10 mu m grains. We propose the potential for silica-volatile interaction...information for the journal Environmental Science & Technology is: American Chemical Society, 1155 16th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036...

Scientists at University of Aveiro describe research in physical chemistry.
Chemicals & Chemistry; 12/25/2009; 815 words; ...Highly curved shapes such as winding, wormlike, and wheat grain-like particles were obtained by this direct synthetic method...contact information for the Journal of Physical Chemistry C is: American Chemical Society, 1155 16th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036...

Studies from D.R. Ratcliff and co-researchers update current data on fisheries research.
Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 12/25/2009; 822 words; ...California, managers plant cereal-grain grassbeds on exposed drawdown...published their study in North American Journal of Fisheries Management...Drawdown Reservoir. North American Journal of Fisheries Management...contact information for the North American Journal of Fisheries Management...