Grasses can be important regulators of species diversity and ecosystem processes in prairie systems. Although C4 grasses are usually assumed to be ecologically similar because they are in the same functional group, there may be important differences among species or between seed sources that could impact restorations. I tested whether C4 grass species identity, seed source, or grass species ric...

Psittacines are often classified as seed eaters despite studies that have established great di versity in food habits in the wild. While seeds are con sumed, so are flowers, buds, leaves, fruits and cam bium. Some psittacines consume parts of >80 species of grasses, forbs, shrubs and trees. In addition, insects may be important. Although there are few controlled studies of the requirements of p...

Abstract Aim Local seed mixtures are frequently used to restore species‐rich grasslands. However, it has hardly been tested whether local can actually be applied successfully in grassland restoration practice at larger scales and long‐term. To close this gap, we report the results of a large‐scale study which grasslands were restored about 15 years ago using different mixtures. Location Bavaria...

this study was conducted in order to evaluate the effects of long term ageing on toughness andresilient modulus of asphalt concrete mixtures containing electric arc and basic oxygen furnacesteel slags. after initial evaluation of the properties of steel slags using x-ray diffraction andscanning electric microscope, eleven sets of laboratory mixtures were prepared. each set wastreated replacing ...

We prepared various types of yuja powders from juice, fruit, and seed (to maintain the unique flavor) by using different homogenization drying methods investigated their physicochemical properties. To this end, ultrasonic high-pressure homogenization, were carried out to obtain mixtures. These mixtures subjected via spray-drying, freeze-drying, microwave vacuum-drying spray-dried, freeze-dried,...

Soils are arguably the most microbially diverse ecosystems. Physicochemical properties have been associated with the maintenance of this diversity. Yet, the role of microbial substrate specialization is largely unexplored since substrate utilization studies have focused on simple substrates, not the complex mixtures representative of the soil environment. Here we examine the exometabolite compo...

The research aimed to compare the yields and yield components of mixtures oats with common vetch grown for seeds in organic conventional farming systems. Moreover, selection oat cultivars mixture its performance a crop rotation experiment different growing years was analyzed. Additionally, leaf area index (LAI) relative content chlorophyll (SPAD) were assessed. field four-field or systems carri...