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Changes in wood density, biomass, and carbon and nitrogen storage of Beech and Hornbeam CWD based on different decay grade in Khairud forest of Nowshahr [PDF]

open access: yesمجله جنگل ایران, 2021
Coarse woody debris (CWD) play important structural and biogeochemical roles in forest ecosystem processes. The aim of this study was to determine the wood density and biomass of beech and hornbeam and its relationship with different degrees of decay and
A. Khalili   +3 more
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Horizontal inequity in public health care service utilization for non-communicable diseases in urban Vietnam [PDF]

open access: yesGlobal Health Action, 2014
Background: A health system that provides equitable health care is a principal goal in many countries. Measuring horizontal inequity (HI) in health care utilization is important to develop appropriate and equitable public policies, especially policies ...
Vu Duy Kien   +4 more
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Ageism and the business cycle: an exploratory approach [PDF]

open access: yesThe European Journal of Comparative Economics, 2017
Addressing discrimination within the professional sphere is becoming ever more important in French public debate in both the legal and managerial fields.
Laetitia Challe
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Tropical Cellulolytic Bacteria: Potential Utilization of Sugarcane Bagasse as Low-Cost Carbon Source in Aquaculture

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Sugarcane bagasse (SB), as a major by-product of sugarcane, is one of the most abundant organic matter and characterized by cheap and easily available carbon source in Hainan Island, China. The objective of this study was to isolate tropical cellulolytic
Wei Ren   +25 more
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Estimating and explaining ethnic disparities in the cumulative risk of paternal incarceration in Denmark

open access: yesDemographic Research, 2020
Background: Paternal incarceration is a well-known risk factor for poor child outcomes. Although existing research documents the prevalence of paternal incarceration and racial/ethnic disparities in this risk, research in this area is still sorely ...
Anne Sofie Tegner Anker   +2 more
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Fine root dynamic characteristics and effect on plantation’s carbon sequestration of three Salix shrub plantations in Tibetan Plateau alpine sandy land

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2021
Desertification land in Gonghe Basin of Tibetan Plateau, China accounts for 91.9% of the total land area. Vegetation restoration and reconstruction with desert shrubs in degraded ecosystem are effective ways to prevent and control desertification ...
Lingxianzi He   +6 more
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Refining Estimates of Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Salt Marsh “Blue Carbon” Erosion and Decomposition

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Coastal wetlands have sediments that contain organic matter preserved against decomposition for timespans that can range up to millennia. This “blue carbon” in wetland sediments has been proposed as a sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide and a potential ...
Nathan D. McTigue   +3 more
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Come Rain, Come Shine: Peatland Carbon Dynamics Shift Under Extreme Precipitation

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2021
Precipitation patterns are becoming increasingly extreme, particularly at northern latitudes. Current climate models predict that this trend will continue in the future. While droughts have been repeatedly studied in many ecosystems over the last decades,
Janna M. Barel   +4 more
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Turning Volcanic Ash into Fertile Soil: Farmers’ Options in Coffee Agroforestry After the 2014 Mount Kelud Eruption

open access: yesAGRIVITA Journal of Agricultural Science, 2020
Post eruption land reclamation consists of hoeing, mixing volcanic ash with soil, adding external organic and/or in-organic fertilizers and making infiltration-pits (‘rorak’).
Rizki Maulana Ishaq   +6 more
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Drought legacies mediated by trait trade‐offs in soil microbiomes

open access: yesEcosphere, 2021
Soil microbiomes play a key role in driving biogeochemical cycles of the Earth system. As drought frequency and intensity increase due to climate change, soil microbes and the processes they control will be impacted.
Bin Wang, Steven D. Allison
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