@grasscraig

Mad about eating and studying grass and the fascinating ecology it supports. I still admire trees, despite having stupidly fallen out of one.

 Pietermaritzburg
thegrassisgreenerontheudderside.blogspot.com/
Joined June 2011
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This study blows apart the Alan Savory myth that Holistic Planned Grazing replicates natural wild herbivore grazing patterns "Informing the Grazing Debate With Empirical Data on Black Wildebeest ( Connochaetes gnou ) Patch Use" — @ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication…

(PDF) Informing the Grazing Debate With Empirical Data on Black Wildebeest ( Connochaetes gnou )...

PDF | High-density short-duration grazing (SDG) is widely suggested to increase productivity. Among various SDG practices, the most widespread and... | Find, read and cite all the research you need...

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Grassroots - Vol 24 No 1 joom.ag/QwAd
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I will never recover from this student email.
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Can #fungi influence the value of their nutrients? We mimicked an economic ‘crash’ and ‘boom’, and tracked trade to roots over a 3-wk period using quantum-dots. ‘Bargaining’ position allows fungi to mediate value van’t Padje & @Gijsbertwerner @NewPhyt nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…
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Is high-density stocking/ regenerative grazing good for mesic grasslands – does the “hoof effect” harm or benefit the soils and plants and why? @ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication…

(PDF) Is high-density stocking/ regenerative grazing good for mesic grasslands – does the “hoof...

PDF | Over the past decades, high-density, short-duration grazing (HDG) also known as regenerative grazing has become popular because of the contended... | Find, read and cite all the research you...

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Dominant species of mid-elevation grasslands of the uKhahlamba- Drakensberg Park are predicted to be largely immune to climate change @ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication…

Dominant species of mid-elevation grasslands of the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park are predicted to be...

Request PDF | Dominant species of mid-elevation grasslands of the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park are predicted to be largely immune to climate change | Anticipating global change impact on natural...

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"Continuous remobilization from below‐ground provides more than half of all carbon and nitrogen in regrowing shoots after grassland defoliation" — Read it on @ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication…

(PDF) Continuous remobilization from below‐ground provides more than half of all carbon and...

PDF | Remobilization of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) from roots and crowns to regrowing shoots is an important strategy for grassland plants to tolerate... | Find, read and cite all the research you...

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Why did the Mafia boss requested he be buried in his favourite Armani 3-piece? Because he thought it would suit him down to the ground.
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I hope he wasn't late - Don't dally, llama!!
Farmers Weekly@FarmersWeekly5 Jul 2023
😂🦙 A farm in America hires out its llamas to be your wedding groomsman… 📸 Llama Adventures
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So try this @home this weekend and report back.
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The swings between El Niño and La Niña have been bigger in recent decades than earlier ones. Our guest blogger at the ENSO Blog covers new research pointing the finger at human-caused climate change. climate.gov/news-features/bl…
Cartoon. Top image shows two children swinging on swings. Second shows an ogre dressed in red with climate change on shirt pushing the two children even higher on the swings.

ALT Cartoon. Top image shows two children swinging on swings. Second shows an ogre dressed in red with climate change on shirt pushing the two children even higher on the swings.

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Final year of a PhD be like xitter.cf/Enezator/status/168392…
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How to upset the academic apple cart. Unknown: Cave of Bones on Netflix ticks off a whole pedantry of pernickety academics nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Sharp criticism of controversial ancient-human claims tests eLife’s revamped peer-review model

Nature - High-profile researchers say small-brained Homo naledi exhibited advanced behaviours such as burials, but peer reviewers say there’s no evidence.

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Can you spot the inconvenience?
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Tried and tested Recipe for preserving children Via Earthmonk
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Have you learned the toe-tapping song for the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP)? Igshaan Samuels presented the worldwide efforts, including the GSSA, to promote rangelands and pastoralist @GSSACongress58 @GrasslandSocSA
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