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Volume 49, Number 6
News and opinion
Incentives can be modified to reconcile continued profitability of the agricultural industry with sustaining the current biological diversity.
Incentives can be modified to reconcile continued profitability of the agricultural industry with sustaining the current biological diversity.
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Biological diversity: What is it and why do we care?
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Strips of natural landscape along riverbanks can provide wildlife habitat for endangered species such as least Bell's vireo, shown here in the Prado Basin of Southern California. Photo by B. Moose Peterson/WRP
Oak rescue efforts: What have we learned?
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UC natural resources specialist Doug McCreary inspects plastic tree tubes shielding small oaks, willows and cottonwoods from rodents and grazing cattle. The goal is to restore more natural vegetation to this river bed at the Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center. Photo by Jack Kelly Clark
If medfly were here to stay...Costs of a trade ban
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If an infestation of the Mediterranean fruit fly triggered a trade embargo of California produce, many commodities would suffer revenue losses, particularly citrus. UC economists estimate that it would cost the state $1.2 billion in Gross State Product and more than 14,000 jobs. Photo courtesy of Sunkist Growers, Inc.
How will disaster aid reform affect California farms?
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Toppled almond trees were a common sight in the Central Valley after March storms wreaked their havoc. Almonds were just one of many commodities damaged by the wind, rain and cold.
Almond trees had more leaves out in March than other trees. The leaf canopy acted like a sail, catching the 40 to 60 mile an hour winds and rocking the trees in saturated soils until their shallow roots pulled loose. Photo by Jack Kelly Clark
Lady bugs suppress aphids on potted plants
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Lady beetle preys on aphids on potted plants. Photo by Jack Kelly Clark
Building habitats for beneficial insects
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Almond growers Glenn Anderson, left, and Ron Anderson, center, discuss the performance of cover crops with Merced County farm advisor Lonnie Hendricks Photo by Jack Kelley Clark
November-December 1995
Volume 49, Number 6 News and opinionPEER-REVIEWED
How economic incentives for growers can benefit biological diversity
Incentives can be modified to reconcile continued profitability of the agricultural industry with sustaining the current biological diversity. |
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