Mediterranean central Chile is globally recognized as a hotspot for terrestrial biodiversity due to its high endemism and massive habitat loss. However, within the rural landscape of Chile, significant extents natural areas remain, especially on less productive, steep slopes, vegetation strips extending from surrounding hills agricultural areas. Accordingly, or corridors, lowland farms, constit...

Knowledge of variations in soil biological and biochemical indicators with grazing seasonal changes is important for assessing quality required management. Lack proper management could induce irreversible damage to the structure; therefore, a experiment was carried out Salook National Park, Iran; arranged factorial-based randomized complete block design (RCBD) all seasons year. The study area h...

This study was aimed to identify optimal indicators for microtopography-oriented soil quality assessment. Twenty-two soil physicochemical and biological parameters were investigated at 93 sampling points in five different microtopographic units in semiarid regions of the Loess Plateau, where the principal functions of eroded agriculture soils are related to productivity and anti-erosion ability...

Forests are the most diverse terrestrial ecosystems and their biological diversity includes trees, but also other plants, animals, and micro-organisms. One-third of the forested land is in boreal zone; therefore, changes in biological diversity in boreal forests can shape biodiversity, even at global scale. Several forest attributes, including size variability, amount of dead wood, and tree spe...

Hodnotenie a charakterizácia vybraných škodlivín v prípade zdrojov povrchovej vody High quantities of organic matter can reduce the chemical and biological quality of river water. The key indicator of the oxygenation status of water bodies is the biological oxygen demand (BOD) and ammonium. These are main indicators for the water quality classification. Although countries have different river c...

housing can be considered as one of the most important needs of each family and the provision ofsuitable housing for people has always been considered as one of the indicators of progress in any country. because ofthe specific attitude to the issue of housing in iran, in other words, turning it into an investment, the major part of thehouseholds' income has been accounted for housing. given the...

housing can be considered as one of the most important needs of each family and the provision ofsuitable housing for people has always been considered as one of the indicators of progress in any country. because ofthe specific attitude to the issue of housing in iran, in other words, turning it into an investment, the major part of thehouseholds' income has been accounted for housing. give...

There is considerable evidence that essential hypertension is closely linked to the growth, development, and aging of human beings. It is imperative, therefore, to introduce biological indicators of growth and aging into models developed to provide a better understanding of the etiology of essential hypertension. One of these indicators may well be the age-dependent telomere attrition rate in s...

Soil quality indices can help ensure that site productivity and soil function are maintained. Biological indices yield evidence of how a soil functions and interacts with the plants, animals and climate that comprise an ecosystem. Soil scientists can identify and quantify both chemical and biological soil-quality indicators for ecosystems with a single main function, such as agricultural lands ...