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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…
Shahab Fazal, Stan C. M. Geertman, Fred J. Toppen
The sprawl-versus-containment debate relates to many different aspects of the broad concept of sustainability, and as such the answers found by research are rarely decisive, compact cities have advantages in some respects, but disadvantages in others. The pre…
Casim Umba Tolo, Enock Amos Majule, Joseph Perfect
In many respects, river basins are extremely convenient natural resources management units and hence calls for an integrated approach in case of transboundary nature. Environmental resources in Kagera basin are under great threat due to demographic factors le…
Yuyan Wang, Zhongwei Wang, Guichun Yang, Li Wang, Yi Zheng
By a pot experiment, two kinds of crop stubble (wheat, soybean) were added into continuous cropping soil of cucumber according to different quantity (0.5%, 1% and 2%), the effects of different kinds of stubble and quantity on the continuous cropping soil and…
Winston P. Smith, Keith M. Endres
We monitored 15 radio-collared raccoons ( Procyon lotor ) on Davies Island in March 1987 - May 1988 to determine the extent to which individual tree attributes or spatial configuration of plant associations (habitat types) across the landscape influenced den…
Hiroaki Onoda, Hironari Nakanishi
Oyster shells have received attention for use as a calcium resource. For this study, calcium phosphate was prepared from phosphoric acid and oyster shells. The influences of the concentration of phosphoric acid and pH in the preparation conditions were studie…
Qian Wang, Shuchai Su, Yanru Kou
In order to improve the yield and quality of new varieties Castanea mollissima cv. “Zipo”, Castanea mollissima cv. “Zunyu” and traditional Yan Mountain cultivars Castanea mollissima cv. “Duanci”, Castanea mollissima cv. “Yanhong”, Castanea mollissima cv. “Don…
Shuang Li, Christopher Potter, Cyrus Hiatt
In this study, we present results from the CASA (Carnegie-Ames-Stanford Approach) model to estimate net primary production (NPP) in grasslands under different management (ranching versus unmanaged) on the Central Coast of California. The latest model version…
Takashi Fujii, Kaori Endo, Satomi Nakagawa, Yoshiyuki Sato, Hiroshi Inomata, Shinsuke Nakao, Toshiyuki Hashida
For the assessment of the carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) storage potential of water-filled reservoir rocks (i.e., saline aquifers), it should be first important step for a thorough understanding of the effect of water content on CO 2 /water/rock interactions during C…
Antonio Carlos Gracias, Sérgio Ricardo Lourenço, Marat Rafikov
A mathematical model capable of providing a forecast of future consumption and import of natural gas is essential for the planning of the Brazilian energy matrix. The aim of this study is to compare three mathematical models, logistic model or model of Verhul…
Luis G. Torres, Sandra L. Carpinteyro-Urban
Prosopis laevigata and Opuntia ficus-indica grow in arid and semiarid regions of Mexico and other countries. Both produce biopolymers with interesting characteristics from the rheological point of view as well as because of their coagulating-flocculating capa…
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