thinner towards the north-east and on the northern side of Rakino Island is about 7 in. thick-'--probably a thin dusting of it has influenced' soil fertility on the Noisies Is. further north. On both islands, it covers fossil yellow-brown earths which,' on Motutapu, appear' to have been podzolised in places, indicating that at some stage prior to the eruption kauri had been a component of the v...

our country, iran is one of the countries in the world population it has become a social problem. iran's population growth despite decreased rate in recent years is still relatively high and due to the young population, there is also the possibility of increased population growth in the coming years. this study aimed to assess the reproductive status of working women (in education and training ...

background: infertility affects various aspects of personality and psychology, familial and career performances, and relationships. studies show that stress, anxiety, life dissatisfaction, and other psychological problems follow infertility . infertility issue, its tests and remedy are stressful and may lead to anxiety and depression and have destructive effects on couple relationships. objecti...

background: fertility as one of the factor affecting population growth itself is affected by various factors. therefore, identifying factors which can influence this component is very vital. the purpose of this study was comparative investigate fecundity rate of 15-49 year old and married women under imam-emdad-committee and rehabilitation organizations’ protection and 15-49 year old women who ...

Soil fertility degradation has been accelerated by the heavy use of inorganic fertilizers for a long time, especially in agroforestry lands Sumbermanjing Wetan, Malang, East Java. This study was aimed to find out arbuscular mycorrhizae that can be used improving soil fertility. conducted purposive random sampling continued randomized block design with measured variables were basal area, canopy,...

Long-term measurements of ecological effects of warming are often not statistically significant because of annual variability or signal noise. These are reduced in indicators that filter or reduce the noise around the signal and allow effects of climate warming to emerge. In this way, certain indicators act as medium pass filters integrating the signal over years-to-decades. In the Alaskan Arct...

The great Pacific groups of atolls are such archipelagoes as the Tuamotus, Carolines, Marshalls, Gilberts, the Phoenix-Ellice group, and those scattered clusters and individual islands collectively termed the Pacific Equatorial or Line Islands. The observations forming the basis of this paper were made on visits to all these groups, except the Phoenix-Ellice and Gilberts, as well as to the Aust...

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The theory of convergence predicts that, given similar selective regimes, both present and past, unrelated ecological communities will show similar attributes. Mild Pleistocene climate, highly infertile soils, and similar fire regimes explain the remarkable convergence between mediterranean-type vegetation from South Africa (fynbos) and Australia (kwongan). Heathlands in the Aljibe Mountains, a...