Spatio-temporal variation in dry season determines the Amazonian fire calendar
Fire is one of the main anthropogenic drivers that threatens the Amazon. Despite the clear link between rainfall and fire, the spatial and temporal relationship between these variables is still poorly understood in the Amazon.
Nathália S Carvalho +9 more
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Species Listing And Seasonality Of Macrofungi In The Campus Of Isabela State University, Philippines
Macrofungi are important decomposers abundant in forested areas around the world. However, its diversity and seasonality are poorly known in the Philippines. Isabela province is located at the northern part of the Philippines.
Jose B. Abucay, Sofronio P. Kalaw
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A meta-analysis was undertaken to examine the effects of different supplementation strategies on production of beef cattle grazing tropical pastures during the wet and dry seasons in Brazil.
Antônio Augusto Cortiana Tambara +3 more
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Fire carbon emissions over Equatorial Asia reduced by shortened dry seasons
Fire carbon emissions over Equatorial Asia (EQAS) play a critical role in the global carbon cycle. Most regional fire emissions (89.0%) occur in the dry season, but how changes in the dry-season length affect the fire emissions remains poorly understood.
Sifan Wang +20 more
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Seasonal Variation in Dry Eye [PDF]
Dry eye (DE) is a common disease whose symptoms of pain (described as discomfort, burning, and dryness) and blurry vision negatively impact quality of life.1 We previously demonstrated that approximately 1 in 6 United States (US) veterans carried a diagnosis of DE and that environmental factors (air pollution coupled with weather conditions) affected ...
Naresh, Kumar +4 more
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General procedure to initialize the cyclic soil water balance by the Thornthwaite and Mather method [PDF]
The original Thornthwaite and Mather method, proposed in 1955 to calculate a climatic monthly cyclic soil water balance, is frequently used as an iterative procedure due to its low input requirements and coherent estimates of water balance components ...
Dourado-Neto, D. +4 more
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TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF RICE FARMING DURING RAINY AND DRY SEASONS IN NGAWI DISTRICT OF EAST JAVA PROVINCE, INDONESIA [PDF]
The aim of this study is to analyze the level of technical efficiency of rice farming in the rainy and dry seasons in Ngawi Regency, East Java Province. And compare the level of technical efficiency in the rainy and dry seasons. Respondents in this study
Saeri M. +3 more
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Inaccessibility to information could hinder the adoption of dry season agriculture which is very significant to ending the spate of food insecurity in Nigeria.
Charity A. Ben-Enukora +4 more
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Resource partitioning among African savanna herbivores in North Cameroon: the importance of diet composition, food quality and body mass [PDF]
The relationship between herbivore diet quality, and diet composition (the range of food plants consumed) and body mass on resource partitioning of herbivores remains the subject of an ongoing scientific debate.
Brunsting, A.M.H. +6 more
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Behavioral aspects of Santa Inês sheep kept in pasture in a tropical rainforest climate
: This study aimed to evaluate behavioral aspects of Santa Inês sheep in pasture in humid tropical climate. In order to do so, nine Santa Inês sheep were kept on pasture, exposed to the climate directly, without shade, for 24 days, with 12 alternate ...
Maria Cristina Manno +7 more
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