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Natural Resources (NR) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in natural resources throughout the world. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and engineers (on all academic and professional levels) all over the world to promote, discuss and share various new issues…
Dingtian Yang, Xiujuan Shan, Sumin Liu
Seagrass ecosystem is a potential bank for carbon sink. In the paper, we compared the distribution of bacterioplankton, picoeukaryotes and Synechococcus in seagrass ecosystem in Xincun Bay and coral ecosystem in Sanya Bay and found that quantity of bacteriopl…
Cecilia Alfonso-Corrado, Ricardo Clark-Tapia, Alejandro Monsalvo-Reyes, Carlos Rosas-Osorio, Gabriel González-Adame, Francisco Naranjo-Luna, Crystian-Sadiel Venegas-Barrera, Jorge E. Campos
This study examines the distribution, ecology and genetic diversity of Quercus sideroxyla Humb. Bonpl, with an emphasis on its conservation on the Natural Protected Area of Sierra Fría in North Central Mexico. Twenty-nine locations were selected, and in each…
Silvera Scaccia, Stefano Stendardo, Giuseppina Vanga, Leandro Pagliari, Stefano Cassani, Mirko Nobili, Giuseppe Messina, Andrea Assettati, Giuliano Guidarelli, Salvatore Attanasi, Caterino Stringola, Andrea Grasso, Ivano Cassani, Antonio Calabró, Pier Ugo Foscolo
The Italian Zecomix platform is a gasification pilot-scale plant integrated CCS technology, whose flexibility allows operating each unit alone. For quantitative analysis of the gaseous species an analytical system based on commercially available instruments a…
Fernando J. B. Gomes, Fernando A. Santos, Jorge L. Colodette, Iara F. Demuner, Larisse A. R. Batalha
Biorefinery is a new term to designate two main subjects, bioproducts and bioenergy, which play important roles towards a more bio-based society. This paper reviews the current biorefineries model as well as its future importance focusing on pulp mill opportu…
Elena Salerni, Claudia Perini, Lorenzo Gardin
Tuber borchii is an ectomycorrhizal edible truffle, commonly called “bianchetto” (whitish truffle) to distinguish it from the more valuable white truffle found in Italy ( T. magnatum ). Although Tuber borchii also has a fairly high commercial value, informati…
Grace W. Ngaruiya
Controversial climate change studies purport that predicted food insecurity and resource scarcity will intensify resource conflicts in developing nations. This belief is based on a prevalent assumption that African agricultural production systems are rigid an…
Moses Makonjio Okello, John Warui Kiringe, Fiesta Warinwa
Human-carnivore conflicts represent the most common negative form of interactions between humans and wildlife. Most carnivores involved in such conflicts are: lion, hyena, leopard and cheetah. Three strategies are normally used in Kenya to mitigate such confl…
Olawamiwa Reuben Adeniyi, Busola A. Adeyemo
This research assessed empirically the quantitative analysis of some selected food imports of Nigeria (rice, wheat and sugar). Time series data were used to examine the determinant of total food imports and the trend in the quantity of the food imported. The…
Maria José Mota Ramos, Leandro Glaydson da Rocha Pinho
The deficiencies of mineral elements, change the development of plants in a broad sense, and therefore may alter the growth and fruit quality. The objective of this work was to evaluate the influence of macronutrient and boron deficiencies on morphological ch…
Antonio Nieto, Yu Bai, Jeffrey Brownson
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a comprehensive method to evaluate all attributes or aspects of potential environmental impact throughout a product’s lifecycle. Financial impacts are often added to the systemic evaluation process to reflect both environmental…
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