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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Road verge"”.
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Plant communities along Irish roads: the impact of humans and potential to improve biodiversity
… soil nutrients and soil seed banks of road verges (located along a national road scheme in the south of the Republic of Ireland) were examined along with their adjacent fields plus reference points in the non-road landscape. In addition, a controlled experiment was undertaken to assess …
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Roads and wildlife: a study of the effects of roads on mammals in roadside habitats
… concern about the adverse effects of the road network on wildlife. The impacts of roads in the ecological landscape include habitat loss, habitat fragmentation and habitat degradation. These interrupt and modify natural processes, altering community structures and population dynamics. The …
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Determining the potential drivers of invasive C4 grasses at De Hoop Nature Reserve, South Africa
… region. I first explored the role of roads as a conduit for grass invasion by sampling sites adjacent to and further away from the road verge. This was done by identifying all species in plots 5 m (Roadside pots) and 100 m (Adjacent plots) from the road verge every 500 m along a 14 km …
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Ecology and Reproductive Biology of Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T in some parts of Mopani District Limpopo Province
… W.T., is encroaching upon several villages and roadside areas in the Limpopo Province of South Africa, where it has been classified as an invasive species. This shrub, ranging from 2.5 to 6 meters in height, has proliferated across various regions of South Africa. This study was conducted in six …