Windbreaks Diversified

Tree diversity curbs disease, insect problems
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL; 7/18/2009; 648 words; ...Diversity is especially recommended when establishing a windbreak. Tree losses from the emerald ash borer, chestnut blight...ash trees have fallen victim to the emerald ash borer. A diversified planting of trees also increases the visual interest of your...

Dry run for expanding shop ; The Brixham fishing net-supply company which diversified into vulture compounds and set up a branch office in South America last year is now targeting Lithuanian spinach-pickers and active toddlers who need waterproofs.
Herald Express (Torquay UK); 11/22/2007; 607 words; The Brixham fishing net-supply company which diversified into vulture compounds and set up a branch office in South...Providing netting for domestic fruit cages and garden windbreaks brings in some seasonal orders. They've even had a...

Tree farming in paradise: an old industry has a new look in Hawaii, featuring exotics like rainbow eucalyptus.
American Forests; 6/22/2007; 3333 words; ...mangos, ironwoods, clumping bamboos, and bananas serve as windbreaks, sheltering the forest. As participants in the state...garden tours pass through. "As one of the older and most diversified tree farms in the state, Kilohana Plantation has been a...

Density and diversity of overwintering birds in managed field borders in Mississippi.
Wilson Bulletin; 9/1/2005; 8793 words; ...of grassland birds. Most notable has been the shift from diversified, small-scale farms to large-scale, highly specialized...filter strips, riparian buffers, crosswind trap strips, windbreaks, and shelterbelts are conservation buffer practices used...

Set-aside plots - source of small mammal pests?
Folia Zoologica; 1/1/2005; 6145 words; ...with other elements in agricultural landscape, such as windbreaks, small forests, riparian strips, road verges and...Schwartz & Whitson 1987, Sotherton 1998). More diversified vegetation might provide more variable food resources...