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Adoption of Soil Conservation Practices in Olive Groves: The Case of Spanish Mountainous Areas

This paper presents some results from a survey carried out in 2004 among 223 olive tree farmers from mountainous areas in the Spanish Southern provinces of Granada and Jaen regarding the adoption of soil conservation and management practices.
Gonzalez-Roa, Maria del Carmen, Calatrava-Leyva, Javier, Franco, Juan Agustin   +2 more
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Novelty for the flora of Espírito Santo, Brazil: a new species of Ouratea Aubl. (Ochnaceae)

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Here, we describe and illustrate the new species Ouratea oberdanii Fraga & Deccache, which is named after Dr Oberdan José Pereira. This new species is found in the mountainous regions of the evergreen Atlantic Forest in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. Ouratea oberdanii is similar to O. linearis (A.Gray) Sastre & Offroy and O.
Lara Serpa Jaegge Deccache, Sabrina Vasconcelos Caram, Karen Lúcia Gama De Toni, Leandro Lacerda Giacomin, Claudio Nicoletti de Fraga   +4 more
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Conservation tillage facilitates the accumulation of soil organic carbon fractions by affecting the microbial community in an eolian sandy soil. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Li YM, Wang YM, Qiu GW, Yu HJ, Liu FM, Wang GL, Duan Y.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Conservation tillage supports soil macrofauna communities, infiltration, and farm profits in an irrigated maize-based cropping system of Colorado. [PDF]

Soil Sci Soc Am J, 2020
Deleon E, Bauder TA, Wardle E, Fonte SJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

Unveiling human–wildlife interactions in the context of livestock grazing abandonment and the return of large carnivores, ungulates and vultures: A stakeholder perspective

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Pastoral practices remain a widespread economic activity across European mountain regions. However, the viability of this activity may be threatened by the recovery of large wild vertebrates associated with passive rewilding, leading to the so‐called human–wildlife conflicts.
P. Acebes, F. J. Muñoz‐Gálvez, Z. Iglesias‐González, M. García‐Llorente, D. López‐García   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil Bacterial Diversity and Potential Functions Are Regulated by Long-Term Conservation Tillage and Straw Mulching. [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2020
Liu C, Li L, Xie J, Coulter JA, Zhang R, Luo Z, Cai L, Wang L, Gopalakrishnan S.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Risk Analysis of Carbon Sequestration in Claypan Soil with Conservation Tillage Systems and Nitrogen Fertilizers for Grain Sorghum and Soybean

Replaced with revised version of paper 02/15/06.carbon sequestration, carbon credits, nitrogen, risk, tillage, Crop Production/Industries, Risk and Uncertainty, Q12,
Williams, Jeffery R., Nelson, Richard G., Rice, Charles W., Sweeney, Daniel, Pendell, Dustin L.   +4 more
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Drivers of human attitudes towards wolves Canis lupus in Kazakhstan

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Kazakhstan is recognized as a key stronghold for the grey wolf (Canis lupus). Nonetheless, the wolf status and the dynamics of human‐wolf coexistence in the region remain poorly understood. This study aims to fill that gap by exploring current attitudes towards wolves in Kazakhstan and identify the underlying drivers of these attitudes.
Alyona Koshkina, Svitlana Kudrenko, Andrés Ordiz, Saltanat Kamiyeva, Adam Devenish, Johannes Kamp   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Conservation Tillage on Soil Physicochemical Properties and Crop Yield in an Arid Loess Plateau, China. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2020
Li J, Wang YK, Guo Z, Li JB, Tian C, Hua DW, Shi CD, Wang HY, Han JC, Xu Y.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Investigating conservation performance payments alongside human–wildlife conflicts: The Swedish lynx and wolverine protection policies

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Conservation performance payments are becoming an increasingly popular instrument to tackle human–wildlife conflicts. In Sweden, Sámi communities practicing reindeer husbandry receive performance payments as compensation for reindeer losses caused by lynxes and wolverines.
Josef Kaiser, Thomas Hahn, Tobias Krueger, Dagmar Haase   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source