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In 2015, Texas Senator Carlos Uresti passed legislation to create a program to eradicate Arundo donax using herbicides and the Arundo wasp. [29] In New Zealand's northernmost region, Arundo donax crowds out native plants, [30] reduces wildlife habitat, contributes to higher fire frequency and intensity, and modifies river hydrology. [31]
Biomass is the mass of living biological organisms in a given area or ecosystem at a given time. Biomass can refer to species biomass, which is the mass of one or more species, or to community biomass, which is the mass of all species in the community. It can include microorganisms, plants or animals. [3]
Herbivory is of extreme ecological importance and prevalence among insects.Perhaps one third (or 500,000) of all described species are herbivores. [4] Herbivorous insects are by far the most important animal pollinators, and constitute significant prey items for predatory animals, as well as acting as major parasites and predators of plants; parasitic species often induce the formation of galls.
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Alpine ibex. C. ibex Linnaeus, 1758: The Alps: Size: 130–140 cm (51–55 in) long, plus 12–15 cm (5–6 in) tail [155] Habitat: Grassland, and rocky areas [156] Diet: Grass and herbs, as well as woody plants and cryptogams [156] LC 53,000 ...
Texas electricity generation by type, 2001-2024. This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Texas, sorted by type and name. In 2022, Texas had a total summer capacity of 148,900 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 525,562 GWh. [2]
Biomass (in the context of energy generation) is matter from recently living (but now dead) organisms which is used for bioenergy production. There are variations in how such biomass for energy is defined, e.g. only from plants, [8] or from plants and algae, [9] or from plants and animals. [10]
Bioenergy is a type of renewable energy that is derived from plants and animal waste. [1] The biomass that is used as input materials consists of recently living (but now dead) organisms, mainly plants. [2] Thus, fossil fuels are not regarded as biomass under this definition.
Over 150 species damage crop plants at different stages of development, resulting in significant biomass loss. [44] Stored sorghum grain is attacked by other insect pests such as the lesser grain borer beetle. [45] Sorghum is a host of the parasitic plant Striga hermonthica, purple witchweed; that can reduce production. [46]