Desert Plants

Data on ecology reported by L. Gomezaparicio and co-researchers.
Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 12/25/2009; 798 words; ...plantations as ''biological deserts'' to studies showing positive effects on plant diversity and dynamics. This...large-scale assessment of plant regeneration and diversity...seedling and sapling density, plant species richness, and Shannon...

ICL Improves its Environmental Profile With Conversion to Natural Gas.
Energy Weekly News; 12/25/2009; 864 words; ...initiated the flow of natural gas to its power plant located at Sdom in Israel's Negev Desert, the facility which generates the majority of...Chemicals Ltd, Natural Gas, Oil & Gas, Power Plant. This article was prepared by Energy Weekly...

New wildlife diseases research from University of Florida discussed.
Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 12/25/2009; 1068 words; ...moribund, wild adult male desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii...66 additional cases of wild desert tortoises was conducted to...from the Mojave and Sonoran deserts, were necropsied between...between age classes, or between desert region, and their presence...tortoises are herbivores, and ...

Federal waste dump sells tons of excavated salt
AP Online; 12/24/2009; 928 words; ...up to 300,000 tons of salt from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, known as WIPP. Magnum Minerals has contracted for $600...needed in the ancient salt beds 2,150 feet below the New Mexico desert. WIPP eventually is expected to receive about 38,000 shipments...

2010 LANDSCAPE CLASS LINEUP SET
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/24/2009; 528 words; ...Speaker: Kris Coates, certified Desert Landscaper and Master Gardener...years of experience with native and desert adapted plants. "Irrigation Basics: What...landscape, lots of photos of possible plants design ideas, and how to develop...