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Herbivore and mesocarnivore carcasses trigger divergent short‐term changes in soil properties

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Scavengers reshape nutrient cycles in soils under carrion. Compared to herbivore carcasses, smaller but longer‐lasting carnivore remains boost nutrient levels and microbial activity in dry soils. Abstract Animal corpses act as pulses of organic matter (OM) and serve a key zoogeochemical role by providing localized nutrient inputs to soils and thereby ...
Adrián Colino‐Barea, Fuensanta García‐Orenes, Zebensui Morales‐Reyes, Moisés Gonzálvez, Carlos Martínez‐Carrasco, Marcos Moleón, Daniel Redondo‐Gómez, Evan A. N. Marks, Minerva García‐Carmona, Victoria Arcenegui, José Carlos Huerta‐del‐Bosque, Adrián Orihuela‐Torres, Santiago Soliveres, Sofia Albolafio, Esther Sebastián‐González, José Antonio Sánchez‐Zapata   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heterogeneous Effects of Income on Physical and Mental Health of the Elderly: A Regression Discontinuity Design Based on China's New Rural Pension Scheme. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health
Ju T, Pan M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Great (Retirement) Expectations: A Review of Retirement Income Policy and Changes to Expected and Preferred Retirement Age of Australian Workers

Australian Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research Question/Issue Retirement age expectations and preferences are shaped by individual, social, and government policy influences. Our paper reviews major policy changes in the Australian Retirement Income System over the past two decades and documents changes in Australian workers' expected and preferred retirement age. Research Findings/
Paul Gerrans, Ingebjorg Kristoffersen, Joanne K. Earl   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Barriers to rural women's participation in social insurance for farmers, villagers, and nomads: the case of Iran. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Ghadermarzi H.
europepmc   +1 more source

A Small Act Towards Circular Bioeconomy: Adoption of Integrated Crop‐Livestock System and Its Impacts on Fertiliser Use

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The integrated crop‐livestock system (ICLS) involves rural households simultaneously engaging in crop cultivation and livestock rearing, embodying the principles of a circular bioeconomy. In this system, crop cultivation produces straw as livestock feed, while livestock rearing generates manure that enriches the soil for crop production.
Hongyun Zheng, Wanglin Ma, Dil Bahadur Rahut, Liangang Zhang, Xiaoshi Zhou   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Scoping Review on the Impact of the Environment on Racialized Immigrant Older Adults' Social Connectedness and Sense of Belonging. [PDF]

J Aging Res
Puplampu VA, Ho AHY, Kazi M, Baffour-Awuah A, Dalidowicz M, Bushi J, Salma J, Osuji J, Moasun FY, Chipanshi M, Luhanga F, Falihi A, Nsaliwa C, Pierson J, Mambu LM, Salami B.   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Pension Fund Regulation and Risk Management: Results from an Alm Optimisation Exercise

, 2007
S. Blome, Kai Fachinger, D. Franzen, G. Scheuenstuhl, Juan Yermo   +4 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Urban Water Demand: Income and Price Elasticities

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We use bimonthly water consumption data from 580,000 households in the metropolitan region of Western Australia over the period 2015–2020 to analyse urban residential water demand. A generalised two‐stage least squares (G2SLS) approach is used to estimate water consumption as a function of price, household income, weather variables, property ...
Alemken Jegnie, Atakelty Hailu, Md Sayed Iftekhar, James Fogarty   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sweeping Changes for Pension Plan Funding and Other Rules, Part 1 - Defined Benefit Plans

, 2007
Stanley Baum
openalex   +1 more source

Prudent Person Rule Disclosure and Pension Fund Performance: Information From Annual Reports

Marco Almbauer, Kris Boudt, Annick van Ool   +2 more
openalex   +1 more source