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Comparative performance of six carbon footprint models for use in Ireland.
(2009)Carbon footprint models are increasingly being used to manage personal and household carbon dioxide emissions. Six models were compared for their suitability for use in Ireland using typical data for a household of three ... -
Increased soil emissions of potent greenhouse gases under increased atmospheric CO2
(Nature, 2011)Increasing concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) can affect biotic and abiotic conditions in soil, such as microbial activity and water content1, 2. In turn, these changes might be expected to alter the ... -
A catalogue of Irish pollen diagrams
(2013-09-04)The first Irish pollen diagram was published by Gunnar Erdtman in the Irish Naturalists? Journal in 1927. Since then over 471 pollen diagrams have been produced from locations throughout Ireland from a range of sites and ... -
Papaveraceae
(Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 2011)The Internet-accessible account of Papaveraceae for the Flora of Nepal includes all native and fully naturalized species, detailed taxonomic information and distribution maps, and brief references to agricultural and ... -
Organic farming and landscape structure: Effects on insect-pollinated plant diversity in intensively managed grasslands
(2012)12 Hide Figures Abstract Introduction Methods Results Discussion Supporting Information Acknowledgments Author Contributions References Reader Comments (0) ... -
Marriage exchanges, seed exchanges, and the dynamics of manioc diversity
(2011)The conservation of crop genetic resources requires understanding the different variables-cultural, social, and economic-that impinge on crop diversity. In small-scale farming systems, seed exchanges represent a key mechanism ... -
A 1000-year reconstruction of summer precipitation from Ireland: Calibration of a peat-based palaeoclimate record
(2012)Calibration of proxy climate records is well-established for annually resolved proxies such as tree rings, but it has not been attempted for non-annually resolved proxies such as those from peatland surface wetness records. ... -
An agronomic assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from major cereal crops
(2012)Agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions contribute approximately 12% to total global anthropogenic GHG emissions. Cereals (rice, wheat, and maize) are the largest source of human calories, and it is estimated that world ... -
Hondurodendron, a new monotypic genus of Aptandraceae from Honduras.
(2010)Hondurodendron C. Ulloa, Nickrent, Whitef. & D. Kelly, a new monotypic genus endemic to Honduras, is here described and illustrated. The new species, H. urceolatum C. Ulloa, Nickrent, Whitef. & D. Kelly, is a dioecious ... -
Testing DNDC model for simulating soil respiration and assessing the effects of climate change on the CO2 gas flux from Irish agriculture
(2011)Simulation models can be valuable to investigate potential effects of climate change on greenhouse gas emissions from terrestrial ecosystems. DNDC (the DeNitrification-DeComposition model) was tested against observed soil ... -
Organic dairy farming: impacts on insect flower interaction networks and pollination
(2011)1. Pollination interactions comprise a network of connections between ?owers and insect visitors. They are crucial for reproductive success in many angiosperms but are threatened by intensive agricultural practices. ... -
Dissolved carbon leaching from soil is a crucial component of the net ecosystem carbon balance
(Wiley, 2011)Estimates of carbon leaching losses from different land use systems are few and their contribution to the net ecosystem carbon balance is uncertain. We investigated leaching of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), dissolved ... -
Meconopsis autumnalis and M. manasluensis (Papaveraceae), two new species of Himalayan poppy endemic to central Nepal with sympatric congeners
(2011)Two new species from Nepal, Meconopsis autumnalis and M. manasluensis, are described and illustrated with notes on diagnostic characters used to distinguish them from allied species. Sympatric speciation and the mechanisms ... -
Pollination ecology in the 21st century: Key Questions for future research
(2011)To inspire new ideas in research on pollination ecology, we list the most important unanswered questions in the field. This list was drawn up by contacting 170 scientists from different areas of pollination ecology and ... -
Evaluating the Measurement of Activated Sludge Foam Potential.
(MDPI, 2011)The most widely used technique for assessing the propensity of activated sludge to suffer from biological foaming is to measure foam potential. This involves measuring the amount of foam produced from sludge under conditions ... -
The effect of anoxia and anaerobia on ciliate community in biological nutrient removal systems using laboratory-scale sequencing batch reactors (SBRs)
(2011)Little is known about the effect of anaerobic and anoxic stages on the protozoan community in the activated sludge process and how this subsequently affects performance. Using a laboratory-scale BNR system the effect of ... -
Soil respiration in European grasslands in relation to climate and assimilate supply
(Springer Verlag, 2008)Soil respiration constitutes the second largest flux of carbon (C) between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere. This study provides a synthesis of soil respiration (Rs) in 20 European grasslands across a climatic ... -
Testing DayCent and DNDC model simulations of N2O fluxes and assessing the impacts of climate change on the gas flux and biomass production from a humid pasture.
(2010)Simulation models are one of the approaches used to investigate greenhouse gas emissions and potential effects of global warming on terrestrial ecosystems. DayCent which is the daily time-step version of the CENTURY ... -
Carbon dioxide emission savings potential of household water use reduction in the UK.
(ccsenet.org, 2009)The relationship between household water use and energy consumption was examined to establish whether the conservation of water within a domestic environment offers significant potential for saving energy, thereby ... -
Energy crops in Ireland: An economic comparison of willow and Miscanthus production with conventional farming systems
(Elsevier, 2008)Recent full decoupling of EU agricultural subsidy payments from production in Ireland is forecast to result in substantial destocking of grassland over the coming decade. In conjunction with increased energy prices, this ...