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EFFICIENT USE OF SOME AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES IN THE WEST MEDITERRANEAN REGION OF TURKEY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ISPARTA PROVINCE [PDF]

Scientific Papers Series : Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development, 2013
In this study, the efficient use of some agricultural resources in the West Mediterranean region of Turkey with special reference to Isparta Province to improve agricultural productivity was examined.
Yalçın BOZKURT, Ahmet Ali IŞILDAR, Yusuf UÇAR, Sebahattin ALBAYRAK, Mevlut TURK, Stepan VARBAN   +5 more
doaj  

Biotic and abiotic drivers of ecosystem functioning differ between a temperate and a tropical region

Ecography, EarlyView.
Any single ecosystem will provide many ecosystem functions. Yet, we lack large‐scale, systematic studies of how abiotic factors can directly or indirectly – via effects on biodiversity – drive ecosystem functioning. In this study, we assessed the impact of climate, landscape and biotic community on ecosystem functioning in the temperate and tropical ...
Laura J. A. van Dijk, Andreia Miraldo, Dimby Raharinjanahary, Eric Tsiriniaina Rajoelison, Brian L. Fisher, Robert M. Goodsell, Elzbieta Iwaszkiewicz‐Eggebrecht, David Åhlén, Johanna Högvall, Erika Lundberg, Emma Rova, Piotr Łukasik, Fredrik Ronquist, Tomas Roslin, Ayco J. M. Tack   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The unknown 25% - What kind of grassland is not reported to IACS?

, 2019
Grassland is of great importance for biodiversity and climate protection. Against this background it is important to know where grassland is located and how much grassland exists.
Röder, Norbert, Ackermann, Andrea, Rudolph, Sebastian, Baum, Sarah   +3 more
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Taxon‐dependent multisite species turnover in fragmented habitats: comparing zeta diversity across birds, butterflies, and cursorial hunting spiders

Ecography, EarlyView.
Habitat fragmentation alters species diversity and reshapes community composition. However, conventional pairwise approaches to compositional variation (i.e. beta diversity metrics) do not explicitly characterize how species sharing or turnover change with the number of habitat patches.
Shirui Yu, Yufeng Zhou, Qiyu Jiang, Jie Xie, Yan Wang, Qiwen Du, Shang Sheng, Yaqian Cui, Kai Zhang, Zhixin Wen, Hao Yu, Yu Xu   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

The ecological effects of slope and aspect in chalk grassland [PDF]

, 2003
The microclimate of plants growing close to the ground is strongly influenced by the orientation of a soil/vegetation surface with respect to the sun's rays (slope and aspect).
Bennie, Jonathan James
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Aridity mediates the above‐ and below‐ground biodiversity–ecosystem stability relationship

Ecography, EarlyView.
Understanding the macroecological drivers of biodiversity and ecosystem stability, i.e. the ability of an ecosystem to maintain its structure and function, is crucial to inform how ecosystems can be managed and conserved effectively. Here, we conducted a field survey of plant and soil biota (bacteria, fungi, and nematodes) and estimated the temporal ...
Anning Zhang, Hanwen Cui, Hongxian Song, Zi Yang, Lizhe An, Yong Chen, Shuyan Chen, Sa Xiao, Yuxin Wang, André L. C. Franco   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global patterns of treeline predictability and the gap between the forest and the treeline

Ecography, EarlyView.
The alpine treeline is the highest elevation at which trees can grow, which is assumed to be controlled by temperature and globally predictable. However, many upper forest limits (UFLs) do not reach this elevation, due natural factors and human disturbance.
Erickson G. Urquiaga‐Flores, Michael Kessler, Maaike Y. Bader   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of heifers and sheep grazing on herbage production on a previously abandoned grassland

, 2016
Large areas of cultivated grassland are annually abandoned and no longer used for production in Norway. Such areas will over time be encroached by shrubs and trees, which is regarded as undesirable.
Steinshamn, Håvard, Lande, Unni Støbet, Adler, Steffen Andreas, Grøva, Lise   +3 more
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Nested Carbon Governance in Southeast Asia: Towards Just Nature‐Based Solutions?

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nature‐based solutions (NbS) have gained prominence as an integrated approach to addressing climate change and biodiversity loss while supporting sustainable development. Yet, their implementation across Southeast Asia remains fragmented and often contested.
Helena Varkkey, Michelle Ann Miller, David Taylor   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Governing Agriculture or Farmers? Problem Representations of Biodiversity and Farm Loss in Swedens Strategy for the Common Agricultural Policy

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT European Union (EU) strategies for food supply address challenges of increasing, or at least maintaining, today's level of agricultural food production. At the same time, European farmland biodiversity continues to deteriorate despite considerable investments in measures to promote environmentally friendly farming practices.
Johanna Tangnäs, Tuija Hilding‐Rydevik   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source