Publications
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2012
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Greet Ruysschaert J. Hammond Adam O´Toole R. Potsma J.-M Rödger E. Bruun V. Kihlberg V. Nelissen K. Zvart H. Hauggaard-Nielsen P. Boeckx R. Van HarenAbstract
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Greet Ruysschaert Victoria Nelissen Romke Postma Markus J. Roedger Jim Hammond Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen Adam O´Toole Pascal Boeckx W. Cornelis Rob Van HarenAbstract
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Jogeir N. StoklandEditors
Juha Siitonen Bengt Gunnar JonssonAbstract
Fossils document the existence of trees and wood-associated organisms from almost 400 million years ago, and today there are between 400,000 and 1 million wood-inhabiting species in the world. This is the first book to synthesise the natural history and conservation needs of wood-inhabiting organisms. Presenting a thorough introduction to biodiversity in decaying wood, the book studies the rich diversity of fungi, insects and vertebrates that depend upon dead wood. It describes the functional diversity of these organisms and their specific habitat requirements in terms of host trees, decay phases, tree dimensions, microhabitats and the surrounding environment. Recognising the threats posed by timber extraction and forest management, the authors also present management options for protecting and maintaining the diversity of these species in forests as well as in agricultural landscapes and urban parks.
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Felix Herzog Michaela Arndorfer Debra Bailey Katalin Balázs Peter Dennis Tetyana Dyman Wendy Fjellstad Jürgen Friedel Salah Garchi Ilse Geijzendorffer Philippe Jeanneret Rob Jongman Maximilian Kainz Luisa Last Gisela Lüscher Gerardo Moreno Charles Nkwiine Maurizio Paoletti Philippe Pointereau Jean-Pierre Sarthou Siyka Stoyanova Stefano Targetti Davide ViaggiAbstract
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This Technical brief is a short summary of the results obtained from the laboratory and field trials conducted by Climarice project team, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India to evaluate the potentials of microbial inoculants (biofertilizers) such as Blue Green Algae, Azolla and Phosphobacteria in minimizing the impacts of climate change in rice cultivation by nutrient supplementation, methane emission reduction and carbon sequestration. Cyanobacteria (Blue green algae) as a biofertilizer for rice in supplementing nitrogen is highly promising as the rice field ecosystem provides congenial environment for this self supporting diazotroph. Azolla is a floating water fern that also fixes atmospheric nitrogen. Azolla and Cyanobacteria have been identified as eco-friendly natural nitrogen fixers in the rice field ecosystem. A judicious use of these blue green algae could provide entire rice acreage of India as much nitrogen as obtained from 15-17 lakh tonnes of urea. Cyanobacterial nitrogen fixation helps to minimize the over dependence of chemicals, in particular, urea in rice farming and also enhances the use efficiency of nitrogen by releasing ammonia constantly to the rice crop.
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Inger HansenAbstract
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Margarita Novoa-Garrido Celine Rebours Ingunn Øvsthus Marte Meland Christian Guido Bruckner Pierrick Stevant Christian Uhlig Åsbjørn KarlsenAbstract
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Maria Magdalena Estevez Roar Linjordet John MorkenAbstract
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Alberto Santini Luisa Ghelardini Ciro De Pace Marie-Laure Desprez-Loustau Paolo Capretti Anne Chandelier Thomas Cech Danut Chira Stephanos Diamandis Talis Gaitnieks Jarkko Hantula Ottmar Holdenrieder Libor Jankovský Thomas Jung Dusan Jurc Thomas Kirisits Andrej Kunca Vaidotas Lygis Monika Malecka Benoit Marcais Sophie Schmitz Jörg Schumacher Halvor Solheim Alejandro Solla Ilona Szabò Panaghiotis Tsopelas Andrea Vannini Anna Maria Vettraino Joan Webber Stephen Woodward Jan StenlidAbstract
A large database of invasive forest pathogens (IFPs) was developed to investigate the patterns and determinants of invasion in Europe. Detailed taxonomic and biological information on the invasive species was combined with country-specific data on land use, climate, and the time since invasion to identify the determinants of invasiveness, and to differentiate the class of environments which share territorial and climate features associated with a susceptibility to invasion. IFPs increased exponentially in the last four decades. Until 1919, IFPs already present moved across Europe. Then, new IFPs were introduced mainly from North America, and recently from Asia. Hybrid pathogens also appeared. Countries with a wider range of environments, higher human impact or international trade hosted more IFPs. Rainfall influenced the diffusion rates. Environmental conditions of the new and original ranges and systematic and ecological attributes affected invasiveness. Further spread of established IFPs is expected in countries that have experienced commercial isolation in the recent past. Densely populated countries with high environmental diversity may be the weakest links in attempts to prevent new arrivals. Tight coordination of actions against new arrivals is needed. Eradication seems impossible, and prevention seems the only reliable measure, although this will be difficult in the face of global mobility.