Restoring steppe landscapes: patterns, drivers and implications in Russia’s steppes [PDF]
Landscape Ecology, 2020 AbstractContextAgricultural land abandonment across the steppe belt of Eurasia has provided an opportunity for the restoration of steppe landscapes in recent decades. However, global food demands are about to revert this trajectory and put restored steppe landscapes at risk.ObjectivesWe analysed steppe development in southern Russia in the last 40 ...
Sergey V. Levykin +14 more
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Patterns in steppe meadow vegetation at the border of Forest-steppe and Steppe zones of the Southern Ural [PDF]
Samara Journal of Science, 2020 The patterns (mosaicity) in steppe meadow vegetation were characterized at the border of Forest-steppe and Steppe zones of the Southern Ural by hierarchical continuum concept theory for Troitskiy state natural complex preserve example. It has been established that the discordant natural region bring about mosaicity destruction micro-patterns are fuzzy,
Alla V. Pirozhenkova +3 more
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Water ascends in woody plants : so what? [PDF]
, 2013 Woody plants are often considered as static individuals, taking up water via the root system and losing it again via leaf transpiration. Quite boring one might conclude when considering that more than 95% of the water taken up by the roots is transpired ...
Steppe, Kathy
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Assemblages of herb-dwelling spiders (Araneae) of various steppe types in Ukraine and the Central Chernozem region of Russia [PDF]
, 2012 A total of 107 spider species from 15 families were recorded in the herbaceous vegetation of the steppe ecosystems of Ukraine and the Central Chernozem region of Russia. Araneidae, Thomisidae, Salticidae and Theridiidae were the most species-rich.
Polchaninova, Nina Y.
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Putting two water transport models to the test under wet and dry conditions [PDF]
, 2013 In order to improve fruit quality and quantity, accurate monitoring of the water status is necessary. The water status can be continuously predicted by using a mechanistic water transport and storage model (e.g. Steppe et al., 2006; 2008).
Baert, Annelies, Steppe, Kathy
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Long-term observations of Uranus and Neptune at 90 GHz with the IRAM 30m telescope - (1985 -- 2005) [PDF]
, 2008 The planets Uranus and Neptune with small apparent diameters are primary calibration standards. We investigate their variability at ~90 GHz using archived data taken at the IRAM 30m telescope during the 20 years period 1985 to 2005.
A. Greve +19 more
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Metallurgy in the Early Steppes [PDF]
Artibus Asiae, 1970 In Europe copper appeared in the middle of the third millennium B.c. in the framework of a developed technology in two marginal regions, in Spain and Portugal and on the shores of the Aegean. From both centers ready-made implements were exported over large areas mostly by sea trade.
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A Mariotte-based verification system for heat-based sap flow sensors [PDF]
, 2012 Determination of the accuracy of commonly used techniques for measuring sap flux density in trees often presents a challenge. We therefore designed and built a verification system for heat-based sap flow sensors typically used at stem level.
De Pauw, DJW, Steppe, Kathy, Teskey, RO
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Steppe by Steppe: Exploring Environmental Change in Southern Ukraine [PDF]
Global Environment, 2016 Abstract This article examines the environment of the steppe of Southern Ukraine. It is based on a journey across the steppe; what I learned from people, especially scientists, I met; and research in printed sources. The article aims to be an example of how environmental historians can integrate fieldwork with more conventional historical ...
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Understanding plant responses to drought: how important is woody tissue photosynthesis? [PDF]
, 2013 Within trees, it is known that a part of the respired CO2 is assimilated in chlorophyll-containing stem and branch tissues. However, the role of this woody tissue photosynthesis in tree functioning remains unclear, in particular under drought stress ...
Bloemen, Jasper +2 more
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