Month: March 2014

Upcoming CSS Events

April 3, 2014 – Adapt-N Training Webinar. Sites throughout NE and Midwest or online.  For information: http://adapt-n.cals.cornell.edu/index.html May 8, 2014 – Invasive Weed Seedling Identification, Ithaca, NY. For information: https://reg.cce.cornell.edu/weed_seedling_workshop_104 June 5, 2014 – Small Grains Management Field Day, Musgrave Farm, Aurora, NY. For information contact Jenn Thomas-Murphy at:  jnt3@cornell.edu….Continue Reading Upcoming CSS Events

Deer proliferation disrupts plant composition in natural areas

In a recently published study co-authored by CSS Professor Toni DiTommaso, Cornell investigators concluded that deer proliferation disrupts plant populations in natural areas.  DiTommaso’s group gathered soil cores – from both within and outside of fenced “deer exclosures” – and germinated the seed. They found the soil cores from outside of the exclosures contained many…Continue Reading Deer proliferation disrupts plant composition in natural areas