This study investigated the effects of long-term enhanced UV-B, and combined UV-B with elevated CO2 on dwarf shrub berry characteristics in a sub-arctic heath community. Germination of Vaccinium myrtillus was enhanced in ...

Scoping the impacts on the environment of proposed development projects is key to the good practice of environmental impact assessment (EIA). The Environment Agency is the most important environmental advisor and regulator ...

Genetic variation within populations depends on population size, spatial structuring, and environmental variation, but is also influenced by mating system. Mangroves are some of the most productive and threatened ecosystems ...

This chapter explains how increased consumption of long-chain n-3 polyenoic fatty acids (PUFA) would be beneficial in reducing the incidence of chronic disease. It discusses how production systems, including organic, ...

The Platyhelminthes (flukes/flatworms) are a large group of derived metazoans beautifully adapted for existence in diversely challenging ecosystems. As tractable examples of development and self-regeneration or as causative ...

Provides a detailed reference on the subject and covers its historical development, relevant equine physiology, current practices and future possibilities.

The third edition of this highly successful textbook is updated throughout and includes more recent experimental work and updated references, including a new chapter on the significant developments in embryo technology. ...

IN 1967, a pig unit was established at Wangchutaba, near Thimphu, the capital of the Royal Kingdom of Bhutan. The principal objective of the pig unit was to produce and distribute robust young breeding pigs to farmers in ...

Silvopastoral agroforestry can satisfy some objectives required of European land-use systems: reduced agricultural production, increased timber production, increased product diversity and environmental enhancement. A ...