Sustainability of small reservoirs and large scale water availability under current conditions and climate change [PDF]
, 2011 Semi-arid river basins often rely on reservoirs for water supply. Small reservoirs may impact on large-scale water availability both by enhancing availability in a distributed sense and by subtracting water for large downstream user communities, e.g ...
Carlos de Araújo, José +3 more
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Mucorales from the semiarid of Pernambuco, Brazil [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2013 Nineteen taxa of Mucorales, belonging to Absidia, Apophysomyces, Cunninghamella, Fennellomyces, Lichtheimia, Mucor, Mycotypha, Rhizopus and Syncephalastrum were isolated from 36 composite soil samples in three semiarid areas in the State of Pernambuco (Triunfo, Cabrobó and Belém de São Francisco), Northeast Brazil, which are characterized by Caatinga ...
Santiago, André Luiz Cabral Monteiro de Azevedo +2 more
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Evaluation of vegetative growth of forage palm in the Alagoas Semiarid Region
Diversitas Journal, 2021 The forage palm is adapted to regions with a semi-arid climate, constituting an important source of food for herds in the dry season, especially in Northeast Brazil.
Francisca Márcia França Soares +2 more
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Evaluation of Argentine wild sunflower biotypes for drought stress during reproductive stage [PDF]
, 2012 As in several regions where sunflower production has moved to areas with limiting water availability, the search for water-stress tolerant genotypes has been intensified. Helianthus annuus ssp. annuus L.
Cantamutto, Miguel Ángel +3 more
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Efficiency, profitability and carbon footprint of different management programs under no-till to control herbicide resistant Papaver rhoeas [PDF]
, 2020 The present work examines the effects of different integrated weed management (IWM) programs on multiple herbicide-resistant Papaver rhoeas populations in terms of effectiveness, profitability and carbon footprint.
Recasens i Guinjuan, Jordi +3 more
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Revista PrincipiaDue to its relatively low cost and good chemical stability, nonylphenol polyethoxylated with an ethoxylation degree of 9.5 (NPE95) is produced on a large scale and widely used in the industry as an emulsifier, detergent, and solubilizer.
Gecilio Pereira da Silva +5 more
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Root-associated fungal communities colonizing two dominant semiarid grasses: Hilaria sp. and Stipa sp. [PDF]
, 2009 We conducted a preliminary survey of the fungal communities associated with roots of Stipa hymenoides and Hilaria jamesii, two grasses native to the southwestern United States.
Andrea Porras-Alfaro +4 more
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Wildlife preservation in semiarid countries
La Terre et La Vie, Revue d'Histoire naturelle, 1958 Toschi Augusto. Wildlife preservation in semiarid countries. In: La Terre et La Vie, Revue d'Histoire naturelle, tome 12, n°4, 1958. pp. 276-281.
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American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Abstract Premise We examined the African arid corridor (AAC) disjunction pattern of vascular plants between northeastern and southwestern Africa in the context of geological and climatic events since the late Miocene. We developed a phylogenetic and biogeographical framework for the arid‐adapted genus Sesamothamnus (Pedaliaceae), a classic example of ...
John G. Zaborsky +6 more
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Soil structural degradation and nutrient limitations across land use categories and climatic zones in Southern Africa [PDF]
, 2019 Although soil degradation is a major threat to food security and carbon sequestration, our knowledge of the spatial extent of the problem and its drivers is very limited in Southern Africa.
Kihara, Job +6 more
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