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onstraints. research is requested: 1 to provide relevant modeling methods to assess changes in the management of rural areas and agricultural production; 2 to contribute to the development of innovative solutions, from the plot scale up an integrated natural resource
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| 10031 |
1
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summary peats and other organic soils provide a major global store of carbon could provide an
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| 11825 |
1
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peats and other organic soils provide a major global store of carbon could provide an
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| 7051 |
1
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d aphid control one step further, as it will provide a clearer understanding of how plant fertilization affects whole aphid-parasitoid food webs in both simple and complex landscapes, allowing for further improvements in natural pest control
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| 10639 |
1
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soil treatment of uk soils is likely to lead to successful carbon sequestration and the consequ
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| 7413 |
1
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and ecological. this call for projects will allow our project to mobilize the necessary resources
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| 2522 |
1
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er through genetic studies.this project will provide knowledge of introduction routes, establishment, population development of pacific oyster and its effects on native fauna and flora that will help natural resource managers to develop monitoring and action plans for this invasive species
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| 13743 |
2
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natives for this service. this project will investigate how a native flora is affected by the mutualisms established between alien plants and native pollinators
rge amount of alien plant species. this will allow us to investigate how alien plants integrate into a native plant pollination network
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| 11235 |
1
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resources. these forest biospheres also provide the world with some of its most important ecosystem services in terms of forest and food resources, current and potential new medicines, rainfall regulation and a global carbon
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| 12241 |
1
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ic database cataloguing this data would provide a unique resource from which new nutrient response models and fertiliser recommendation systems, including rb209, could be developed and evaluated, and would be an invaluable source
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| 15038 |
1
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bution models. these predictive studies allow the development of early detection systems to estimate the risk of invasions in the present climatic scenario and in new climatic scenarios of global warming, identifying special sensitive regions to invasive species
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| 13415 |
1
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ms to prevent process of extinction, to provide descriptive information about the performance and to develop a sustainable production system of angora goats in rural areas within the context of conservation and sustainable utilization of animal genetic resources
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| 15575 |
2
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nd alternative prey are determined, can lead to a mechanistic understanding of how land-use and natural enemy diversity affects biological control
conduct interaction network analyses to investigate how land-use at different scales affects trophic linking and biological control
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| 12490 |
1
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ammonia emissions from the soil to air could potentially lead to the nitrogen emerging as nitr
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| 12516 |
1
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ground cover plants within the crop to provide attractive vegetation both in terms of refuges and alternative food sources
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| 10429 |
1
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2o fluxes from upland andean ecosystems will also help us evaluate whether other tropical uplands are likely to be sources
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| 10967 |
1
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2o fluxes from upland andean ecosystems will also help us evaluate whether other tropical uplands are likely to be sources
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| 11699 |
1
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2o fluxes from upland andean ecosystems will also help us evaluate whether other tropical uplands are likely to be sources
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| 11362 |
1
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f the cue to barnacle settlement and to provide information on the source of the cue as a prelu
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| 12590 |
1
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roject . • use of this decision tool to provide an understanding of the effects of land/use management on processes driving the spatial and temporal properties of carbon
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| 10156 |
1
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en these within host network approaches may provide a vital tool for developing long-term disease control
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| 11676 |
1
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en these within host network approaches may provide a vital tool for developing long-term disease control
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| 12272 |
2
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generated from these annual surveys now provide defra with statistically sound data sources tha
thought to be unconnected. this project will provide the only impartial and statistically robust source
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| 12295 |
1
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land use issues in england. the project will provide a readily available resource for decision
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| 7666 |
1
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global change is expected to progressively drive crop genetic resources
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| 10002 |
1
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ion and sediment mixing. that knowledge will provide important insight into how spatially pervasive temporal climate change impacts might be, a significant input for ecosystem and carbon
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| 13501 |
1
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poor ecosystems. peak richness is thus expected to shift from low to high nutrient supply depe
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| 400 |
1
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election is a serious threat that might lead to lower fish production if management does not ta
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| 14974 |
1
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the form of innovation or learning, can help animals survive in novel environments, for example by enabling them to find appropriate food resources
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| 7249 |
1
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measurements of micropollutants do not allow to evaluate a potential impact on organisms in so far as sampling can not reflect the temporal variability of contamination, invasive species
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| 10724 |
1
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se and abundant. these results combined will help scientists and environmental agencies to assess the health and carbon budgets of soil and
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| 451 |
1
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lux of larvae within and between atolls allow the renewal of resources in the exploited areas s
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| 7211 |
1
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tra-larval flow between atolls and they allow the renewal of these resources in sites operated
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| 11672 |
1
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nderstand their importance globally. we intend to measure the rates of these important processes in several tropical coastal sediments, and the relative importance of the different endproducts of n cycling
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| 11794 |
1
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nderstand their importance globally. we intend to measure the rates of these important processes in several tropical coastal sediments, and the relative importance of the different endproducts of n cycling
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| 10398 |
1
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ochemical analyses on the samples. this will provide both fundamental data on the microbiota of a rarely explored environment and geochemical data that will provide clues to the source
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| 15281 |
1
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on and optimized procedures incubations allow discriminating between active and latent along the physico- chemical gradient vertically populations, providing useful data to evaluate the impact of these microorganisms in biogeochemical cycles
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| 15126 |
1
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iation processes, and the ecologic data may allow another potential area of research to be developed in the future: the use of these fungi as water quality
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| 7025 |
1
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ples are the methodological approach to investigate the regulation of nitrogen and carbon cycling and transfer at the sediment/water interface in retention areas of river ecosystems: h1: the hydromorphic structures of retention areas affect the nitrogen cycling
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| 10045 |
1
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ities rise. not only does deforestation lead to a loss of biodiversity, it also adds to the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and hence increases the rate of climate change: deforestation of tropical forests contributes 25% of all carbon
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| 14612 |
2
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ual variability of ecosystem fluxes. we will investigate aspects related to vegetation and soil such as plant biomass, spatial variability, and carbon
we will explore the integration of the expected results into current desertification models, in such a way that these could be used to improve current desertification models by incorporating variables that reflect possible changes in carbon
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| 12480 |
1
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ecosystems are natural resources that provide people with many essential goods and services, including for example, air, food, drinking water, landscape, recreation
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| 13615 |
1
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des is controlled in natural ecosystems may help to improve the biological control of nematodes
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| 13773 |
1
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ic plasticity in their breeding-time to allow them to co-ordinate breeding with seasonal fluctuations in resources
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| 2000 |
2
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ger time scales. on the other hand bogs provide some unique opportunities to analyse changes in species composition during longer time periods, since the peat forms a natural archive of the history of the vegetation and carbon sequestration
mposition and carbon sequestration;· to investigate the long-term effects of climate change on plant species composition and carbon sequestration
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| 12588 |
1
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rces and shortfalls in these data. this will provide up to date evidence to policy makers in relation to soil carbon
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| 15339 |
1
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efore trigger resource partitioning and allow flowers some control over their pollinators. beca
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| 15499 |
1
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ological strategies 2 has domestication lead to a general disruption of root mutualisms with mycorrhizal fungi and n-fixing bacteria and 3 did the evolution of novel plant strategies under domestication had consequences over ecosystem nutrient cycling dynamics specifically, do crop species have less efficient nutrient recycling
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| 12685 |
1
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this project will provide an assessment of the level of compliance with the environmental protection
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| 11302 |
1
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a on muscle activity and mechanics this will allow us to obtain a complete picture of internal and external energy storage
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| 11309 |
1
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a on muscle activity and mechanics this will allow us to obtain a complete picture of internal and external energy storage
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| 11831 |
1
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a on muscle activity and mechanics this will allow us to obtain a complete picture of internal and external energy storage
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| 10267 |
1
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ildlife management and conservation. it will also provide essential knowledge to crop managers and breeders in their attempts to develop strategies for secure food production
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| 2159 |
1
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ncrease the conservation efficiency and help reducing loss of biodiversity and cultural heritage
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| 6959 |
2
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certain biotopes, it has been shown to provide protection against invasive species. the aim of
ems will be possible. these results can provide support to nature conservation to better focus financial and human resources
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| 10436 |
1
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rvival and reproduction. food resources provide the energy, and refuge resources the opportunit
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| 15483 |
1
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about possible dangers. in addition, we will investigate whether social facilitation can help individuals to overcome neophobia, allowing crows to get faster access to new profitable resources
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| 12237 |
2
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of the output from project ar0503 , to provide defra with statistically sound data sources tha
thought to be unconnected. this project will provide the only impartial and statistically robust source
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| 12427 |
1
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by the msfd, it can be interrogated to help determine sources of marine litter and can be used
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| 12637 |
1
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yrs defra has commissioned research to provide evidence on which to base its soil protection s
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| 10764 |
1
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dues sorbed to archaeological artefacts provide a valuable source of information applicable to
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| 10968 |
1
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te production and its fate. the project will also provide a service to other components of the marine productivity
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| 12265 |
1
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ch genetic improvement of livestock can help to reduce emissions per unit of product, per head
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| 11779 |
1
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ange of soil processes, and in addition may provide a fundamental framework for the future use of biological indicators of soil quality
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| 10006 |
1
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project will be statutory agencies that provide advice and licensing for protected species; loc
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| 11536 |
1
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project will be statutory agencies that provide advice and licensing for protected species; loc
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| 11634 |
1
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of global facilities. the dieps project will provide uk science with a portal for knowledge transfer between and access to these resources
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| 9807 |
1
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ollinates the flower. these experiments will allow us to dissect the interaction between bee behaviour and a single plant gene, enhancing our understanding of the co-evolution of plants and their pollinators
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| 2022 |
1
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harbouring mangroves and seagrass beds provide important food sources for millions of people,
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| 11441 |
1
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on analysis and phospholipid fatty acid will allow the degree of utilisation of new and old carbon
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| 10944 |
1
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art tracer techniques in the field that allow us to see whether coexisting plant species use different nitrogen forms from each other, and whether soil microbes also use different nitrogen forms from the plants this will also allow us to test whether there is a relationship between the dominance of species in the field and the availability of their preferred nitrogen form in soil in other words, the most abundant plants preferentially use the most abundant nitrogen form, whereas rare species use the rarest nitrogen
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| 14371 |
2
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. this research has four objectives: 1. investigate how bayesian data fusion can derive high resolution reflectance values based on medium resolution observations using a multivariate approach including covariate information, and thus develop a new bayesian data fusion approach merging multiple data source
cts usable for various application • to help in improving the use of remote sensing product in
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| 11723 |
1
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es resident in the site will be used to help control for confounding effects of metabolism on carbon
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| 12601 |
1
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scoping study to provide the east midlands regional assembly and partners with a regional overview of soil resources, their extent and use and their key functions, especially relationships with water resource
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| 7688 |
1
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regulation department. these approaches allow us to identify landscape configurations favorable for biodiversity, which will be considered by agronomists to determine what is the flexibility in terms of agricultural production
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| 10949 |
1
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d biological and physical measurements, will allow patterns of primary production over the mar
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| 11056 |
1
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d biological and physical measurements, will allow patterns of primary production over the mar
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| 11425 |
1
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d biological and physical measurements, will allow patterns of primary production over the mar
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| 11432 |
1
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d biological and physical measurements, will allow patterns of primary production over the mar
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| 9893 |
1
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d biological and physical measurements, will allow patterns of primary production over the mar
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| 9900 |
1
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d biological and physical measurements, will allow patterns of primary production over the mar
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| 11402 |
1
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, european agriculture is challenged to provide ecosystem services such as carbon storage and protection of water quality
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| 12594 |
1
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to other areas. as a result the project will provide a list of the top 10 criteria for assessing peatland ecosystem service provision
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| 15116 |
1
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ffected by human activities. it is also expected to establish, if possible, the natural heritage critical level, defined as the natural resources
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| 15117 |
1
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ffected by human activities. it is also expected to establish, if possible, the natural heritage critical level, defined as the natural resources
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| 14920 |
1
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opping a mathematical model which would allow to link biodiversity and carbon cycle. these thre
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| 13967 |
1
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this project will investigate effects of fragmentation and invasion on pollination service to forbs in marginal grassland habitats by combining large-scale field experiments, focal observations of pollinator behavior and monitoring of pollinator abundance
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| 15099 |
1
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h and reproduction. however, it is also expected a greater duration of the drought period which could counteract the first effect leading to a greater competition for the internal resources
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| 11393 |
1
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esocosms. taken together these packages will provide a holistic patch- to basin-scale evaluation of burning from the perspective of peat hydrology, chemistry, river water quantity and quality
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| 10661 |
1
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come available. similarly, the approach will allow new data sources to be included as they beco
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| 10912 |
1
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come available. similarly, the approach will allow new data sources to be included as they beco
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| 11158 |
1
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come available. similarly, the approach will allow new data sources to be included as they beco
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| 11170 |
1
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come available. similarly, the approach will allow new data sources to be included as they beco
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| 11420 |
1
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come available. similarly, the approach will allow new data sources to be included as they beco
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| 11421 |
1
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come available. similarly, the approach will allow new data sources to be included as they beco
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| 11701 |
1
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come available. similarly, the approach will allow new data sources to be included as they beco
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| 11702 |
1
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me available. . similarly, the approach will allow new data sources to be included as they beco
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| 9896 |
1
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come available. similarly, the approach will allow new data sources to be included as they beco
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| 10945 |
1
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our and growth. together, these studies will provide essential data on the relative importance of abiotic and biotic control
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| 10592 |
1
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are high concentrations of methane. we will investigate methanotroph activity, population diversity and dynamics in response to changes in environmental conditions and land use and determine the environmental factors that affect the expression and activity of both particulate and soluble methane monooxygenases, key enzymes in the global carbon cycle
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| 7306 |
1
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are particularly valuable because they provide information on both the utilization efficiency of expensive resources
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| 1103 |
1
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s at field scale will be carried out to investigate for the optimization of several irrigation variables using water resources
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| 10801 |
3
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tion is common in species where parents provide their offspring repeatedly with resources after
offspring. parent-offspring conflict is expected when parents provide their offspring with resources
begging displays because such displays provide honest and reliable information on the offspring s nutritional needs, which in turn allow the parents to control the allocation of resources
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| 7716 |
1
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maintenance of soil fertility, our work should lead to be taken into account in the legislation on soil protection
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| 10203 |
1
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mely important global methane cycle. we intend to significantly increase knowledge of the controls on ocean methane flux, and the microorganisms driving this process, by investigating methane production
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| 2184 |
1
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h applied climate scenario forecasting. expected output is i improved methods for forecasting ecological effects of climate change, ii climate change scenarios for case study systems and iii quantification and identification of main sources
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| 15177 |
1
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nd phenotypic variation. this questions will help to address, within a broader ecological and evolutionary context, if the preferences shown by pollinators
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| 9990 |
1
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this project will investigate high performance sensors for making high quality measurements of carbon
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| 210 |
2
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both wild and domestic pollinators and help develop more effective agri-environment schemes that aim to conserve pollinators
vision of adequate pollination services will help achieve more reliable crop yields from insect-pollinated crops as well as sustain populations of native flora, which in turn benefit pollinator populations
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| 13459 |
1
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c n will also be evaluated. the results intend to be used for management and protection of surface waters, and to advance forest management guidelines for limiting nutrient export from logged catchments and minimize its affects on water quality
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| 11592 |
1
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nt laser wavelengths. the proposed work will allow the potential of salca for validating estimates of lai from satellite and aerial sensors to be assessed and will determine the potential of the instrument for monitoring changes in vegetation characteristics over time, which would aid better interpretation of data obtained from carbon
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| 10263 |
1
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ale is depend on ice algae because they provide food for young krill when other sources of food
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| 7020 |
1
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s for the services and goods ecosystems provide to humans, such as food production, the maintenance of water quality and soil fertility, carbon storage
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| 11079 |
1
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ter, how communities affect decay rate, provide data for carbon cycling models, and possibly form the basis for future manipulations of fungal communities to optimise carbon cycling
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| 10832 |
1
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ink about plant-insect interactions and could lead to many novel forms of pest or weed control.
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| 7437 |
1
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ional publications and conferences. the expected results allow us to propose management measures adapted to each case according to the geographic isolation, landscape structure and resilience of the habitat to the dispersion of pollinators
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| 14438 |
2
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teraction on fruits characteristics and will help to be established a basis for future researches in the field of sustainable management and conservation of genetic resources
genetic resources. the recommendations will provide forest owners and state forest enterprises personnel with updated information about health status of chestnut forests and the level of contamination of forest products
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| 10286 |
2
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sed temperatures and decreased rainfall lead to rapid loss of the peatland carbon store if so, then the extra carbon
onditions. the results of these studies will help us to predict how the peatland carbon store w
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| 10539 |
2
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sed temperatures and decreased rainfall lead to rapid loss of the peatland carbon store if so, then the extra carbon
onditions. the results of these studies will help us to predict how the peatland carbon store w
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| 11043 |
2
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sed temperatures and decreased rainfall lead to rapid loss of the peatland carbon store if so, then the extra carbon
onditions. the results of these studies will help us to predict how the peatland carbon store w
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| 12157 |
1
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s of small-plot experimental studies to investigate the influence of closure date on seed production
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| 12706 |
1
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the ciria guidance project aims to provide authoritative guidance on appropriate development of brown filed sites, with emphasis on protecting biodiversity
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| 13602 |
1
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collaboration with key stakeholders we will provide a knowledge base for designing restoration strategies at the landscape scale, an approach will become increasingly important for managing ecosystems that can buffer against multiple stressors such as land use conversion, invasive species
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| 15139 |
1
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mpirical data and analytical techniques will allow us to take into consideration that most invasive species
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| 12255 |
1
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e following loss of set-aside. the data could also allow the effect of loss of set-aside other ecosystem services mediated by soil to be determined, particularly nutrient loss, and hence water quality
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| 11401 |
1
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natural ecosystems provide important services to humans, such as the generation of food, the prevention of flooding, and carbon sequestration
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| 10970 |
1
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honeybees supply man with honey and provide a vital pollination service. however, recently
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| 2092 |
1
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dization, and subsequent back-crossing, may lead to the transfer of genes between species and represent an important factor as a source
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| 7658 |
1
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measurements of micropollutants do not allow to evaluate a potential impact on organisms in so far as sampling can not reflect the temporal variability of contamination, invasive species
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| 10502 |
1
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ges by the regulatory authorities. this will provide a more informed knowledge of the health of the aquatic environment thus protecting our aquatic resources
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| 10244 |
1
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ges by the regulatory authorities. this will provide a more informed knowledge of the health of the aquatic environment thus protecting our aquatic resources
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| 10246 |
1
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ges by the regulatory authorities. this will provide a more informed knowledge of the health of the aquatic environment thus protecting our aquatic resources
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| 10742 |
1
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ges by the regulatory authorities. this will provide a more informed knowledge of the health of the aquatic environment thus protecting our aquatic resources
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| 11220 |
1
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ges by the regulatory authorities. this will provide a more informed knowledge of the health of the aquatic environment thus protecting our aquatic resources
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| 10514 |
1
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and remote sensing experts in order to provide an integrative analysis of the climatology of this drought, the extent of forest fires and the carbon
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| 15343 |
1
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ation of waterfowl. direct mortality by lead poisoning, usually through the ingestion of pb ammunition, has been reported in many bird species even in protected wetlands
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| 15271 |
2
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f a number of novel methodologies which allow the study of the speciation of nitrogen compounds
. the results derived from this project will allow us to determine empirical critical loads for nitrogen
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| 10032 |
1
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ese flow pathways are important is they may allow hotspots of biogeochemical activity within the hyporheic zone that could be important controls on the ecology of groundwater-fed rivers because they either release or transform nitrogen
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| 11842 |
1
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ese flow pathways are important is they may allow hotspots of biogeochemical activity within the hyporheic zone that could be important controls on the ecology of groundwater-fed rivers because they either release or transform nitrogen
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| 7705 |
1
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this knowledge can then be mobilized to provide environmental management strategies and handling of fragmented environment at different territorial levels resulting in a natural control this risk, in particular by reducing the colonization potential of crops by pests and amplification of biological control
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| 12554 |
1
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urgent need for innovative research to provide a solid evidence base with which to inform new policies and approaches to reverse the decline in pollinator
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| 403 |
2
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hat extent integrated rice-fish farming could provide a sustainable alternative to rice monocropping for a long-term increased food production
is is that integrated rice-fish farming provide a competitive alternative to rice monocropping if the farmer takes full advantage of the natural production
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| 10425 |
1
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ortance in the uk. our fourth objective will provide standard protocols for choosing the sources
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| 10990 |
1
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ortance in the uk. our fourth objective will provide standard protocols for choosing the sources
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| 11173 |
1
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ortance in the uk. our fourth objective will provide standard protocols for choosing the sources
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| 10649 |
1
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ration and soil structural dynamics and may provide means to test hypothesised theories on the formation of macro- and micro-aggregates in soil and
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| 7204 |
1
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summary of the project and expected results poplars occupy in the french countryside three compartments of biological resources
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| 12614 |
1
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the aim of this project is to provide a summary of the approaches taken by a range of specified countries to identify and remediate contaminated land and how the regimes work in practice, including funding sources
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| 15322 |
1
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primary objective of this project is to investigate key mechanistic processes that may enable invasive species
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| 15578 |
1
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ally take place in europe and the us to investigate how law can promote the use of economic valuation of b&es in natural resources
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| 12477 |
2
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the main aims of the projects are to: - provide recommendations on which sources of social and
es it provides to people - objective 6: provide regular reports on the progress of the project this project will provide defra with: 1 a review of the social and economic quantitative and qualitative evidence base for assessing the state of england’s terrestrial ecosystems using an ecosystem approach 2 recommendations on which sources
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| 6764 |
1
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mblages in the water. the invertebrates provide very good, potential food resource for differen
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| 12622 |
2
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d over a period of three years so as to allow for inter-annual variability in weather conditions, with supporting measurements including water-table position, meteorological variables, dissolved carbon
of the laboratory and field experiments will allow us to identify those restoration options which produce the greatest benefits in terms of conserving the peatland carbon
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| 10396 |
1
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ical changes are. this information with help scientists understand how cells survive in harsh conditions and understand how eps structure can be modified to provide useful environmental protection
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| 11127 |
1
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l loads . the mechanistic understanding will also provide important insight into how other related systems around the globe may respond to pollutant n loading, particularly other systems where p supply
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| 14599 |
1
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ll be developed simulating models which allow to describe and predict the dynamic of the mar menor, as in hydrodynamic aspects and water quality
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| 10033 |
1
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term records of atmospheric radiocarbon provide a wealth of information, both as records of carbon cycling
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| 10783 |
1
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term records of atmospheric radiocarbon provide a wealth of information, both as records of carbon cycling
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| 11559 |
1
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term records of atmospheric radiocarbon provide a wealth of information, both as records of carbon cycling
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| 10411 |
1
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se, such as the natural ecosystems that provide vital habitats and alternative food sources for
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| 2036 |
1
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. once properly calibrated these models provide input to the socio-economical models of the fishery that must take the needs of the protected species
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| 10725 |
1
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the continental shelf seas provide a transistion zone between estuaries and the ocean across which carbon
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| 14797 |
1
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n. in the present research proposal, we intend to work on the idea that the high numbers of micromonospora strains isolated from lupinus anugstifolius nitrogen
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| 14159 |
1
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fe-history of alien plants. the results will provide new insights into regulation of population dynamics of clonal plants, as well as applications in nature conservation in management of diversity in grasslands and in control of invasive alien plants
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| 10085 |
1
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to fruits and established seedlings. we will investigate how flower size compensates for flower number to equalize fruit production
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| 13804 |
1
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t-pollinator interactions. this project will investigate the effect of loss of functional pollinator groups
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| 12282 |
2
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uction practices will be assimilated to provide a baseline for the assessments of carbon and wa
the steps from sowing to harvest. this will provide a structure for quantifying the carbon inp
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| 12204 |
1
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or england and wales and defras role as lead ministry meeting uk commitments for conservation of plant genetic resources
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| 13715 |
1
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uction. the main aim of the study is to help managers, from helcom to local authorities, to predict the effects of measures to reduce nutrient concentrations in the baltic, to strike the right balance between reduction of nitrogen and phosphorus, and to minimise noxious blooms, without changing the nature of the baltic ecosystem, or overly reducing its fish production
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| 12187 |
1
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he need to develop farming systems that provide a range of ecosystem services, including , increases the sequestration of c in grassland soils and brings additional benefits for the delivery of other ecosystem services, including nutrient retention and pollination
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| 11231 |
1
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uses and land management practices that help to store organic carbon in soils and vegetation ar
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| 1923 |
1
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her the introduction of these organisms may help to overcome the bottle-necks that are faced durin the restoration of biodiversity in pastures withdrawn from agricultural production
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| 10128 |
1
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g and the food chain. marine ecosystems provide humans with many resources such as drinking water, food and oxygen, as well as absorbing gases, such as carbon
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| 12437 |
1
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e are impairing the ocean`s capacity to provide food, maintain water quality, and recover from
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| 10719 |
1
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cells using the raman microscope. this will allow us to investigate the exact location and numbers of bacteria that incorporate our test c substrates and over time we can follow the course of the carbon
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adjacent marine environment scale, 2to provide early warning strategies on the basis of sub-lethal effects in vitro and in vivo, 3to provide a better understanding of cause-effect-relationships between changes in biodiversity and the ecological status, as addressed by the water framework directive, and the impact of environmental pollution as causative factor, 4to provide methods for state-of-the-art risk assessment and decision support systems for the selection of the most efficient management options to prevent effects on biodiversity and to prioritise contamination sources
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ional project is ultimately designed to provide society with cost-effective, robust management strategies for natural resources
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in both the short- and long-term. this will allow the rates at which groundwater nutrient transport can make land to river transfers and will help to identify whether projected climate change impacts will be as big a threat to water quality
toring programmes need to be managed to provide appropriate data, and the ways in which those data need to be interpreted if we are to manage our natural resources
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of heterotrophs to be assessed. outputs will provide information for mechanistic models of soil n cycling
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ionary history of the ml1 and div genes will help us to understand the evolution of molecular and developmental pathways leading to a particular pollination
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ionary history of the ml1 and div genes will help us to understand the evolution of molecular and developmental pathways leading to a particular pollination
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with similar properties. this research will provide much needed data on sulfur transformations at the plant-microbe-soil interface, but will also be of immense practical value in developing systems to promote sulfur bio-availability in the soil, and increase plant productivity
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at the university of aberdeen , aims to provide training for research on the biology, ecology and sustainable management of biological resources
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g nested, hierarchical data. result the expected scientific outcomes of the project are: - the demonstration of the use of multilevel statistical modelling for the analyses of remotely sensed data, and of remotely sensed data with data from other sources
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connections between the plants, we can investigate how much of the fungus carbon is derived from each host, and how that influences how much nitrogen
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etagenome libraries. this pilot project will provide a strategy for environmental sampling to test the distribution of secondary metabolite genes across phylogenetic, biogeographical and ecological niche - the limited success of historical search and discovery strategies for natural products
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se ecosystems. we believe that our data will provide new insights into terrestrial n cycling an
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se ecosystems. we believe that our data will provide new insights into terrestrial n cycling an
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ieve we will be in a strong position to provide a greatly improved knowledge for n cycling in b
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ke place in northern pakistan, where we intend to field-test cutting-edge molecular methods associated with non-invasive genetic sampling, including sequence-based species and individual id, and genetic sampling from highly diluted sources
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n unclear. the proposed project aims to investigate and identify sources of residual inoculum a
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many reasons. quantifying dvm behaviour will allow us to improve our ability to predict how changes in sea ice might alter changes in the way carbon
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plankton. these high biomass blooms can lead to severe damages, including oxygen depletion, dec
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plant species patterns. further, it can provide relevant conservation plans for protecting species
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climate change. increased understanding will help us develop bio-indicators of risk to peatland ecology and functional integrity caused by elevated nitrogen
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te change, and under extreme conditions may lead to a breakdown in the ecosystem and mass carbon and nitrogen
climate change. increased understanding will help us to develop bio-indicators of risk to peatland ecology and functional integrity caused by elevated nitrogen
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te change, and under extreme conditions may lead to a breakdown in the ecosystem and mass carbon and nitrogen
climate change. increased understanding will help us to develop bio-indicators of risk to peatland ecology and functional integrity caused by elevated nitrogen
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ng a suitable gas exchange chamber that will allow us: to quantify the contribution of photodegradation to the ecosystem carbon
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ed in a very disturbed environment, and could help successful conservation management of the area and the protected species
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ath to understanding dms production and investigate linkages between the sulphur and nitrogen cycles
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er different light regimes. the project will lead to a purely optical method of determining the efficiency with which energy derived from absorbed photons are conveyed to the psii reaction centre, a key factor in formulating models of primary production
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te change, and under extreme conditions may lead to a breakdown in the ecosystem and mass carbon and nitrogen
climate change. increased understanding will help us to develop bio-indicators of risk to peatland ecology and functional integrity caused by elevated nitrogen
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ent on svalbard, in the high arctic, to investigate the effects of nitrogen deposition on tundr
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. the overall aim of this project is to provide an overview of the direct and indirect impacts of contaminated land on human health and compare the risks of suffering ill health due to land contamination to risks from other activities or sources
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to direct detailed investigations. the expected results can be used to assess the use of forest reserves as references for comparative studies, and for studies on disturbance and resilience in forest ecosystems and to provide tools for preservation of the cultural heritage
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any reasons. marine and coastal systems provide important food sources, and may also be of sign
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rey recognition and selection. our work will provide an important basis for understanding cell-to-cell interactions in aquatic environments, and lead to future studies on a wide range of plankton species, thus aiding our overall understanding of food webs and nutrient cycling
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evance scientific value green roofs can provide important ecosystem services within the urban environment from biodiversity, climate change adaptation, air quality management, environmental performance of buildings, aesthetic/recreational value
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the oceans become less abundant and so provide less food and absorb less carbon dioxide change
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ancient seawater chemistry potentially provide a means of determining the importance of weathering on the global carbon cycle
verall these results will thus serve to provide a better understanding of the relationship between chemical weathering, its regulation of the atmospheric partial pressure of carbon
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ancient seawater chemistry potentially provide a means of determining the importance of weathering on the global carbon cycle
verall these results will thus serve to provide a better understanding of the relationship between chemical weathering, its regulation of the atmospheric partial pressure of carbon
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fossil trees called to stomata. stomata allow plants to absorb carbon dioxide. studies have sho
s produce. so, in effect, fossil leaves allow us to detect changes in the carbon dioxide levels
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emporal persistence . second, we aim to investigate the consequences of the local, non-random extinction of these ecosystem engineers on ecosystem functioning, with special interests on changes in plant biomass and composition, and the trophic links between resources
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ervised classification methods. results expected - algorithms to estimate the amount and composition of biofilms using several existing and new indices and for the detection of nuisance algal blooms plus maps of mpb biomass and composition - a validated and calibrated fluorescence and grazing index that predicts the physiological status of the mpb - description of the influence of moisture content and mud fraction on absorption features of pigments - a model for the net primary production, which considers the primary production of
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ates to the way in which these findings will provide a means of rigorously and efficiently monitoring global wetland resources
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carried out also. the obtained results will allow evaluating and predicting the effects of gonyostomum on aquatic communities in order to mitigate the negative impact of invasive species
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s on a global scale. as ecosystems they provide vital functions for biodiversity, water resources, surface water management, carbon storage
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% of terrestrial biomass. however, they provide a similar amount of total annual production to
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% of terrestrial biomass. however, they provide a similar amount of total annual production to
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second objective of this project is to provide natural resource managers with quantitative est
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want to supply information in order to help the establishment of biological control programs o
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n that gradual environmental change can lead to discontinuous, catastrophic shifts between alternative stable ecosystem states with concomitant losses of ecological and economic resources
rophic shifts. however, recent findings provide a new perspective on such theory, in that the occurrence of catastrophes is associated with the emergence of self-organized spatial patterning of communities and their resources
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e new information from this small grant will provide significant new insight into one of the most important elements of the terrestrial carbon cycle
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reases in abundance and distribution. i will investigate the effects of climate change on communities of dung beetles, a guild which plays a crucial role in nutrient cycling
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s for the services and goods ecosystems provide to humans, such as food production, the maintenance of water quality and soil fertility, carbon storage
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intensive use of common pesticides can lead to the toxicity to soils, vegetables and contamination to aqueous systems , including nitrogen cycling
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list, but more extreme specialists than expected if plant-pollinator relationships were randoml
s appear necessarily as specialized. we intend to correct this bias by identifying pollen grains from the bodies of the pollinators, which will allow us to cover a longer segment of their life spans compared to direct of observation of plant-pollinator
ted visit frequencies are used. we also intend to evaluate the contribution of certain ecological factors to the plant-pollinator
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project comprises six sub-projects that will provide an overview of current knowledge, explore potential ways to manage soils in a sustainable manner and identify gaps in the evidence base for defra relating to soil carbon
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provide every day. more concretely, it should lead to the publication of an atlas of observed and expected global change scenarios showing the evolution of exploitable and invasive species
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security; for example mangrove forests provide them with firewood, fish, medicines and protection from floods
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ntained under either model. the results will provide much-needed data on the genetic architecture of ssb, which is a prominent, yet often overlooked, source
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len at realistic airborne densities and investigate whether floral architecture is optimised for wind pollination
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ess arable and vegtetable systems. this will help increase the supply of uk-grown arable and horticultural products
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ntal sites in evo, finland. the results will provide optimal management instructions for the studied rare and protected species
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lla sp.. the proposed research seeks to investigate human pathogens in soil and aquatic sedimen
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products are analyzed biochemically to investigate the suitability of yield for human food and animal feed the project is quite an extensive and handles the problems in plant production
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ned sustained monitoring and would also provide operational efficiencies through sharing of resources
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review of the current literature. this will help to inform the development of the framework, as well as providing an extremely valuable resource
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n the soils in the chronosequence. this will allow us to assess the relationship between soil development and the soil processes involved in carbon sequestration
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in mammals, mothers provide the resources and early environment in which yo
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ds and services. finally the project is expected to clarify the disputed issue of whether it is sustainable to use the dresena farming to fight the eutrophication and improve the water quality
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connectivity patterns among populations will provide a knowledge base for better planning of habitat protection
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mographic analyses will also be used to investigate the joint selective pressure by floral herbivores and pollinators
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numbers of pipes to streams. peat pipes could provide an important route to connect the large reservoir of carbon stored in peats to peatland pools and streams, and may act as pathways along which carbon
g which carbon can leak away. we aim to investigate how pipes control the loss of water and carbon
nd streams. we will use techniques that allow us to determine the age of the carbon being released and therefore where in the peat the carbon
from. the overall aim of our work is to help scientists to understand more about the natural processes which affect this important global store of carbon
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numbers of pipes to streams. peat pipes could provide an important route to connect the large reservoir of carbon stored in peats to peatland pools and streams, and may act as pathways along which carbon
g which carbon can leak away. we aim to investigate how pipes control the loss of water and carbon
nd streams. we will use techniques that allow us to determine the age of the carbon being released and therefore where in the peat the carbon
from. the overall aim of our work is to help scientists to understand more about the natural processes which affect this important global store of carbon
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numbers of pipes to streams. peat pipes could provide an important route to connect the large reservoir of carbon stored in peats to peatland pools and streams, and may act as pathways along which carbon
g which carbon can leak away. we aim to investigate how pipes control the loss of water and carbon
nd streams. we will use techniques that allow us to determine the age of the carbon being released and therefore where in the peat the carbon
from. the overall aim of our work is to help scientists to understand more about the natural processes which affect this important global store of carbon
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anges in palaeoproductivity. this study will provide a unique insight into productivity and/or preservation changes in the mid-cretaceous oceans, a period dominated by oaes and their subsequent role in the global carbon cycle
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s subject to two monsoon seasons; these lead to mixing of the water column which brings nutrients to the surface waters feeding microscopic plants, which when they sink and die form a food source
chemosynthesis and these bacteria also provide a potential food source for the sediment commun
d to a shift in community structure. we intend to investigate the food sources available to the
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heir msc theses. the compiled manual is expected to contribute to the implementation of good management practice and control of the water quality
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lennial simulations. we will be able to investigate spatial and temporal patterns of 14c and to develop a quantitative understanding of the changes in climate and carbon cycling
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iorities, and commitments. as such they will help address major areas of concern for defra, the environment agency, the uk water industry and other stakeholders responsible for safeguarding, maintaining, and improving the quality of precious uk resources
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r understanding of tropospheric o3 that will help tackle air quality problems and perhaps minim
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ires across the uk, and collect data to allow an initial comparison to be made of the effects of varying burn severities on the above and below ground carbon
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iology and nutrient availability can be expected to influence the response of the microbial community to a major fire, with knock on effects on nutrient cycling
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atellite remote sensing will be used to provide support for the north atlantic study in the marine productivity
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our of the ocean like carbon sink; - to provide data on the role of national seas in relation to carbon
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ture research needs in this area and it will provide guidance on the most promising soil protection
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arge and important wetlands, which thus provide the opportunity to study the linkages between the water cycle
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arge and important wetlands, which thus provide the opportunity to study the linkages between the water cycle
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the msc in water management aims to provide;the most up to date appropriate science technology training to manage water effectively and efficiently in natural, semi-natural and man-made environments;· the necessary skills and knowledge to integrate the management of water quality and quantity
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