Agricultural ecosystem

Ebook "Resilient Asia: Fusion of traditional and modern systems for a sustainable future" summarizes three years of extensive research conducted in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Vietnam as part of the CECAR – Asia project, which was intended to enhance resilience to climate and ecosystem changes by developing mosaic systems to strengthen resilience of bio-production systems through the integration of large-scale modern agriculture systems with traditional, decentralized small-scale systems.

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Ebook "Sabkha ecosystems - Volume IV: Cash crop halophyte and biodiversity conservation" contains a number of articles dealing with halophyte ecology, bio-geography, ecophysiology, hyper-saline soils, biofuels, biosaline agriculture, biosaline landscaping, climate change mitigation, and biodiversity. It also contains the communication of innovative ideas, such as the research into floating mangroves, seagrass terraces, as well as a World Halophyte Garden containing all known salt-tolerant plant species.

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Ebook "Recarbonization of the biosphere: Ecosystems and the global carbon cycle" increasing amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) are added to the atmosphere by fossil fuel combustion but the biosphere is a potential C sink. Thus, a comprehensive understanding of C cycling in the biosphere is crucial for identifying and managing biospheric C sinks. Ecosystems with large C stocks which must be protected and sustainably managed are wetlands, peatlands, tropical rainforests, tropical savannas, grasslands, degraded/desertified lands, agricultural lands, and urban lands.

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Ebook "Trophic and guild interactions in biological control" origins from a symposium we organized in May 2005 at a joint meeting of the Biocontrol Network of Canada and the International Organization for Biological Control in Magog, Québec, Canada. During this symposium, we discussed concepts of direct and indirect interactions among natural enemies of herbivores in natural and agricultural ecosystems — a field of growing interest in ecology and biological control.

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Ebook "Virus diseases and crop biosecurity" presented at the workshop, we take this opportunity to thank the sponsors including particularly the NATO Science committee and also the contributors for making the discussions - retraining and beneficial. Under United Nations FAO auspices, the International Plant Protection Convention aimed to secure common and effective activities against pests and pathogens.

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Ebook "Carbon and nitrogen in the terrestrial environment" provides an integrated and wholesome view of the C and N cycling and interrelationships between different aspects in terrestrial ecosystems. Highlights issues related to C and N management in different ecosystems and their implications for the environment and global climate change, and the approaches to mitigate emission of greenhouse gases.

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Ebook "Challenges to marine ecosystems: Proceedings of the 41st European marine biology symposium" presents a representative sample of contributions to the 41st European Marine Biology Symposium held in September 2005 in Cork, Ireland. The theme of the symposium was ‘Challenges to Marine Ecosystems’ and this was divided into four sub themes; Genetics, Marine Protected Areas, Global Climate Change and Marine Ecosystems, Sustainable Fisheries and Agriculture.

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In ebook "Carbon sequestration in urban ecosystems" Urbanization drastically alters the ecosystems structure and functions, disrupts cycling of C and other elements along with water. It alters the energy balance and influences climate at local, regional and global scales. Judicious planning and effective management can enhance C pool in urban ecosystems, and off-set some of the anthropogenic emissions. Principal components with regards to C sequestration include home lawns and turfs, urban forests, green roofs, park and recreational/sports facilities and urban agriculture.

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Part 1 book "Wildlife toxicology - Emerging contaminant and biodiversity issues" includes content: Introduction and overview, environmental toxicology of munitions related compounds - nitroaromatics and nitramines; agriculture - pesticides, plant genetics, and biofuels; influence of pesticides and environmental contaminants on emerging diseases of wildlife; impacts of contaminants and pesticides on biodiversity and ecosystem structure and function.

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Continued part 1, part 2 of ebook "Encyclopedia of the social and solidarity economy: A collective work of the United Nations Inter-Agency task force on SSE (UNTFSSE)" provides readers with contents including: linkages to development; care and home support services; culture, sports and leisuresectors; energy, water and wastemanagement sectors; information and communication technology (ICT); enabling environment and governance; co-optation, isomorphism and instrumentalisation; participation, governance, collective action and democracy;...

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The article was conducted to determine the factors that affect the innovative start-up intentions among 120 agricultural students at Nong Lam University (Ho Chi Minh City University of Agriculture and Forestry).

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Heavy metal contamination in the environment due to anthropogenic activities in industrial and agricultural areas represents stress for the living ecosystem including soil microorganisms. The adaptive response of bacterial communities to these pollutants can be observed through the increasing proportion of resistant bacteria.

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Payment for forest environmental services (PFES) has been widely implemented in Vietnam for enhancing the reforestation and conservation of natural resources. However, fairness and transparency in the implementation of PFES programs have not been given due attention.

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Vietnam is considered to have a sound legal systems for water resources management but the enforcement of these systems remains limitations. This weakness and its causes were reported in various studies on institutional arrangements. However, the clear relations among stakeholders with respect to water resources, or water tenure, and level of implementation of water tenure governance which are related to these limitations remain undocumented.

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In this study, we propose a modelling method for assessment the long-term change of 226Ra activity in agricultural soil under the irrigation of the well water. The model was discussed in our previous publications.

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Siberian stone pine (Pinus sibirica Du Tour) is a cone-bearing species with outstanding nutritious seeds, health-supporting properties, and nut oil. Currently, the main volume of pine nuts is harvested in natural forests, which causes damage to ecosystems. The best solution to this problem would be harvesting nuts on special pine nut plantations established on the basis of high-seeding clones. However, it is hampered by the low efficiency of the existing methods for assessing plus-tree productivity.

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Iron oxide nanoparticles have been known to be non-toxic and are among the most widely used nanomaterials in life, from the medical, agricultural to environmental fields. However, so far, the understanding of the interaction of nanoparticles, in general, and iron oxide nanoparticles, in particular, with the environment and the flora and fauna ecosystems is still limited.

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Abiotic factors viz., atmospheric temperature, relative humidity, sunshine hours, rainfall, soil temperature and moisture play a crucial role in the development and sustainability of the soil mesofauna population. An experiment was carried out in Guava (Psidium guajava L.) ecosystem from October, 2015 to September, 2016. Soil and litter samples were drawn and mesofauna were extracted at fortnightly interval.

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The rapid development and expansion of modern irrigation schemes across arid environments have radically transformed both natural environments and existing agricultural systems over the past century.

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The Marmara Sea has a large drainage basin that includes cities with heavy industrialisation and agricultural land use. Therefore, it is under the influence of significant anthropogenic activities that adversely affect the well-being of its ecosystem. The Marmara Sea is also an important fishing ground with many commercially important fish species. These fish species are also under the influence of the adverse impacts of anthropogenic activities. Fisheries catches in the Marmara Sea had experienced severe fluctuations since the onset of the 2000s.

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