Impacts of deforestation and burning, and the role of bracken fern, on the properties of surficial or buried soil A-horizons [PDF]
, 2008 Bracken fern (Pteridium spp.) is an aggressive plant that commonly invades disturbed sites. Its success as an invader is attributable, in part, to its ability to produce abundant growth, both below ground in the form of rhizomes and fine roots and above ...
Lowe, David J., McDaniel, Paul
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The Cayo del Oso Site (41NU2) Volume II Results of Archeological Monitoring of Spur 3, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas 2000-2007 [PDF]
, 2009 This report is the second volume in a two volume set (see Jackson et al. 2004) detailing the archeological work conducted at site 41NU2 over several years. This volume focuses on the results of construction monitoring associated with road improvements to
Mauldin, Raymond P. +3 more
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Effects of past climate variability on fire and vegetation in the cerrãdo savanna of the Huanchaca Mesetta, NE Bolivia [PDF]
, 2015 Cerrãdo savannas have the greatest fire activity of all major global land-cover types and play a significant role in the global carbon cycle. During the 21st century, temperatures are projected to increase by ∼ 3 ◦C coupled with a precipitation ...
Iriarte, J. +4 more
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PlantsBamboo is an efficient silicon accumulator with diverse phytolith morphotypes and composition. The bamboo culm sheath, traditionally considered as a modified leaf, plays a key role in bamboo taxonomy and provides significant mechanical and physiological ...
Siyuan Duan +6 more
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HeritagePhytolith analysis was applied for the first time in Latvian archaeology to investigate plant use at the Abora I settlement, one of the key Late Neolithic sites in the Lubāns Wetland, eastern Latvia.
Normunds Stivrins +3 more
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AMS dates and phytolith data from mud wasp and bird nests at Carpenter's Gap, Northern Australia [PDF]
, 2002 This paper reports a small suite of AMS radiocarbon dates and phytolith data derived from mud nests collected at the Carpenter's Gap 1 rockshelter in the southwest Kimberley, a site which has a 40,000 year old human occupation sequence.
Wallis, Lynley Anne
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Eligibility Assessment of the Slippery Slope Site (41MS69) in TxDOT Right-of-Way in Mason County, Texas [PDF]
, 2015 A private landowner reported archeolgical materials were looted along a steep road cut on the southwestern side of Farm to Market (FM) road 1871 along the Llano River south of Mason, Texas (CSJ: 1111-04-002).
Frederick, Charles D. +3 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019 Phytolith-occluded carbon (PhytOC) can be preserved in soils or sediments for thousands of years and might be a promising potential mechanism for long-term terrestrial carbon (C) sequestration.
Xiaodong Zhang +5 more
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Preliminary ethnoarchaeological research on modern animal husbandry in Bestansur, Iraqi Kurdistan: integrating animal, plant and environmental data [PDF]
, 2014 This paper presents preliminary results from an ethnoarchaeological study of animal husbandry in the modern village of Bestansur, situated in the lower Zagros Mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan.
Aziz, Kamal Rauf +4 more
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Controls on phytolith stability upon exposure in paddy soils
GeodermaPhytoliths are an important component in the cycling of silicon (Si) in rice cultivation, yet little is known about their medium to long-term stability.
Nicolai Koebernick +6 more
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