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Moderate Biochar–Compost Mixture Is More Effective in Improving Biomass, Nutrient Fluxes, and Photosynthetic Outputs for Sustainable Land Restoration and Soil Fertility

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Soil nutrient depletion severely constrains crop productivity in degraded and saline environments. Strategies such as biochar–compost integration could be useful for sustainable agriculture and land restoration on a global scale. This study evaluated the effects of biochar (1% Bc), compost (1% Co), and their blends (0.5% Bc + 0.5% Co and 1% Bc 
Zainul Abideen, Maria Hasnain, Hans Werner Koyro, Brent L. Nielsen, Irfan Aziz, Nadia Sharif, Rabab Fatima Rizvi, Hamada E. Ali   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Microhabitat Quadrat Sampler—A 0.25-m²Quadrat Sampler for Microhabitat of Crayfishes

Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 2010
ABSTRACT A 0.25-m2 quadrat sampler was constructed to collect microhabitat data for the Nashville crayfish (Orconectes shoupi) in the Mill Creek watershed, Nashville, Tennessee. Studies of other crayfish species have used a 1.00-m2 quadrat sampler; however, due to the requirement of precise measurement for microhabitat variables, we needed to enclose a
Charles F. Walton, S. Bradford Cook
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Higher NO3−‐N Levels Under Mulberry (Morus alba L.) Planting Enhanced CAZyme Abundance, Increasing Soil Carbon Stability

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Afforestation is widely advocated for boosting carbon (C) sequestration. However, the stability of soil C pools in economically and culturally significant mulberry plantations remains poorly understood. The soil organic C (SOC) contents in different aggregates and the oxidizable OC fractions were measured.
Zi Yang, Weiguo Zhao, Jinjin Yang, Zhenjiang Wang, Weijun Zhu, Changyu Qiu, Qiang Lin, Meina Zhu, Mengdi Zhao   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Abundance and behavioural ecology of the blenny Ophioblennius trinitatis (Teleostei: Blenniidae) at an oceanic archipelago of Brazil (Atlantic)

Scientia Marina, 2014
Local patterns of fish density, microhabitat use, feeding behaviour, bite rate, territory area and agonistic interactions were recorded for Ophioblennius trinitatis at an oceanic archipelago (southwestern Atlantic).
Paulo R. Medeiros, Danilo P. Rada, Ricardo S. Rosa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modeling the dynamics of microhabitats

, 2016
The Integrate+ Conference took place in the Steigerwald Centre near Ebrach, Bavaria from 26 – 28 October 2016 and gathered nearly 80 participants with various professional backgrounds. Those included silviculture trainers, forest ecologists, conservation biologists, forest scientists and representatives from forest administrations and forest managers ...
Courbaud, Benoît, Larrieu, Laurent, Letort, Anthony, Rouault De Coligny, François   +3 more
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Synergistic Regulation of Soil Function and Wind Erosion Resistance by Sand Barriers, Vegetation, and Artificial Biological Crust in the Tengger Desert

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aeolian desertification poses a critical threat to ecosystem stability in arid regions worldwide. Although the combination of sand barriers and vegetation has been widely applied for sand fixation, its long‐term effectiveness is constrained by barrier degradation, slow natural development of biological soil crusts (BSCs), and the resulting ...
Bin Pan, Chen Meng
wiley   +1 more source

Petrocosmea wentsaii sp. nov. (Gesneriaceae) from Guizhou, China

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Petrocosmea wentsaii M.Q. Han, Miao.M. Wang & Yan Liu, a new species from Guizhou, China, is described and illustrated. Petrocosmea wentsaii was found on damp walls in a huge limestone cave. It is most similar to Petrocosmea hexiensis S.Z. Zhang & Z.Y. Liu in the conformation of the corolla.
Miao‐Miao Wang, Xiao Wang, Meng‐Qi Han, Yan Liu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pteris madhusoodananii (Pteridaceae), a new fern species from India

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Pteris madhusoodananii sp. nov. (Pteridaceae), from the Kolli hills of Eastern Ghats, India, is described. The new taxon is morphologically distinct, characterized by a unique lamina texture and coloration, specific pinna‐pinnule architecture and distinct spore micromorphology.
Kalathil Sethumadhavan Abhilash, Alex Philip Alen, Thekkekara Suresh Gayathri, Veerankutty Suresh, Jose Sojan, V. K. Sreenivas, Lakshmanan Leeja   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecophysiology and vulnerability to warming of Whorl-tail Iguanas (Tropidurinae: Stenocercus) from the Tropical Andes of Ecuador

Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science
IntroductionEnvironmental changes can significantly affect the performance of ectotherms, as nearly all aspects of their life history are intricately linked to temperature conditions in their habitats.
Estefany S. Guerra-Correa, Estefany S. Guerra-Correa, Juan M. Guayasamin, Juan M. Guayasamin, Richard A. Peters   +4 more
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Distribution of fish among Avicennia and Sonneratia microhabitats in a tropical mangrove ecosystem in South China

Ecosphere, 2019
Mangrove structural complexity plays an important role in the way fish using their habitat. However, the effects of structural attributes on fish spatial distribution remain uncertain.
Yamian Zhang, Yipeng Ding, Wenqing Wang, Yuanxi Li, Mao Wang   +4 more
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