Recent studies on risks in land use

Monitoring and assessment of land use/land cover changes in Kashkan basin using futures studies approach in managing ecosystem services

Land use/cover change is one of the main factors in environmental changes. The changes directly affect the value of ecosystem services. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the effect of land use/land cover change in the Kashkan area on its ecosystem services. This research was carried out in three stages, including the analysis of land cover changes, prediction of changes, and carbon st...

Climate Variability Impacts on Land Use and Livelihoods in Drylands

This edited volume is devoted to the examination of the implications of the inevitable changes wrought by global change on the welfare and livelihoods of tens of millions of people who live in dryland regions. Global change is more than just climate change and the ramifications of changing trade patterns (geopolitical and economic aspects), the shift to the market economy, demographic factors (...

Land Use Specific Ammonia Deposition Velocities: a Review of Recent Studies (2004–2013)

Land use specific deposition velocities of atmospheric trace gases and aerosols-particularly of reactive nitrogen compounds-are a fundamental input variable for a variety of deposition models. Although the concept is known to have shortcomings-especially with regard to bi-directional exchange-the often limited availability of concentration data and meteorological input variables make it a valua...

Risks from CT scans--what do recent studies tell us?

A Review on Recent Findings on Amino Acids Requirements in Poult-Studies

Amino acids (AA) are important in poultry nutrition not only for protein deposition, but also for other metabolic functions; such as improving immune and gut functions. Although, some table values are available on amino acids requirement, AA requirements may vary due to changes in dietary composition and breeding selection. Thus amino acids requirements have remained an ongoing research topic. ...