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Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Coevolutionary arms races between plants and insects, in which gains of novel plant defences select for counteradaptations in herbivores, are key drivers of biodiversity.
Broti Biswas +5 more
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The effect of claying upon the settling of the soil surface on cultivated Sphagnum bogs
The present investigation concerns a Sphagnum bog area that has been under cultivation for 35 years. According to the results, the effect of the claying during this time has been the settling of the surface of the soil on an average 12.5 cm more than in ...
Yrjö Pessi
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Early ecosystem establishment using forest floor and peat cover soils in oil sands reclamation
Heather A. Archibald +2 more
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Including Harvested Grain Biogenic CO2 to Address a Critical Flaw in Climate Accounting
ABSTRACT The international climate accounting system excludes both the biogenic CO2 sequestered in harvested crops and the biogenic CO2 emissions that occur when grain is digested or burned as biofuel. Despite being described in the literature as a critical flaw in climate accounting all parties within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Richard S. Gray
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Results from a soil improvement and fertilizing test on fen land at Leteensuo
Clay and sand, used as soil improving agents, have increased the hay crops as well as the cereal crops. When the fertilization contained phosphates only, the increases in crop yield produced by the soil improvement were quite high.
Yrjö Pessi
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And then there was us Et puis nous sommes apparus
In 1987, the academic conference ‘Origins and Dispersals of Modern Humans: Behavioural and Biological Perspectives’ was held in Cambridge, UK. Subsequently referred to as the ‘Human Revolution’ conference, this meeting brought together the most prominent academics working in the field of human origins, including archaeologists and palaeoanthropologists,
Emma E. Bird +2 more
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The ash content of the plough layer of peat lands cultivated by different methods
The results of this investigation justify the conclusion that the ash content of peat increases under cultivation through the effects of the administered fertilizers and soil improving agents.
Yrjö Pessi
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Soil compaction of peat under the influence of electrokinetic stabilization (EKS) treatment [PDF]
This study aims to enhance the properties of peat such as, (shear strength, compressibility, permeability and liquid limit). Peat is considered as one of the problematic soil in construction projects all over the world, which covers about 4% land of the ...
Abdul Hadi, Abdul Wahab
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Influence of Groundwater Level and Humidity on the Development of Peat Fire
Г.В. Куксин
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