Native landscapes

Planting native species in the yard to replace turfgrass represents an effort to restore traditional and locally viable ecological communities on a small scale. Such species include not only historic and prehistoric forest species mixes (oak-hickory, and beech-maple for example), but also wddflower meadows, as well as tall and shortgrass prairie. The advantages of such landscapes are that they tend to be low-maintenance, resist weeds, and attract birds and other wildlife. Native landscaping also can be used to produce yards with fmit, nut and berry... 

Muller, P., The Dispersal Centres of Terrestrial Vertebrates in the Neotropical Realm A Study in the Evolution of the Neotropical Biota and its Native Landscapes, Junk, The Hague, 1973. 

Figure 4 The energy landscape of the pnon protein (Pi P) (residues 124-226) in vacuum, obtained by principal coordinate analysis followed by the minimal energy envelope procedure. Two large basins are seen. One basin is associated with the native Pi P conformation the other is associated with partially unfolded conformations.

A Kitao, S Hayward, N Go. Energy landscape of a native protein Jumpmg-among-mimma model. Proteins 33 496-517, 1998. 

But there was another view of the West that of the native inhabi-(10) tants of the land. Their understandings of landscapes, peoples, and resources formed both a contrast and counterpoint to those of Jefferson s travelers. One of Lewis and Clark s missions was to open diplomatic relations between the United States and the Native American nations of the West. As Jefferson told Lewis, it will now be proper (15) you should inform those through whose country you will pass. .. that henceforth we become their fathers and friends. When Euro-Americans and Native Americans met, they used ancient diplomatic protocols that included formal language, ceremonial gifts, and displays of military power. But behind these symbols and rituals there were often (20) very different ways of understanding power and authority. Such differences sometimes made communication across the cultural divide difficult and open to confusion and misunderstanding. 

Dunham JB, Young MK, Gresswell RE, Rieman BE (2003) Effects of fire on fish populations landscape perspectives on persistence of native fishes and nonnative fish invasions. Forest Ecol Manag 178 183... 

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