high elevation land use biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

... 2005 11:23 AM 90 Land Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity mountain grasslands are scarcely represented in the protected areas of Argentina, and little is known about their functioning The study ... 2005 11:23 AM 98 Land Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity dominant in plots that were not recently burned Total biomass and the proportions of live biomass, standing dead, and litter varied ... Francis Group, LLC Land Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity yr) (60 ± 0.5%), whereas the proportion of litter was minimum in this treatment (15, 27, and 41% in 1-year, and > 5-year treatments,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 02:23

... included Tangier and Smith Island in the midportion of the bay (including Bloodsworth Island in 1999); Zone comprised the eastern shore from Crisfield, Maryland, to Cape Charles, Virginia; and Zone encompassed ... Amsterdam Bloomfield, A L., and B M Gillanders 2005 Fish and invertebrate assemblages in seagrass, mangrove, saltmarsh, and nonvegetated habitats Estuaries 28:63–77 Bowen, B W., and J C Avise 1990 Genetic ... Annapolis, Maryland Deegan, L A., A Wright, S G Ayvazian, J T Finn, H Golden, R R Merson, and J Harrison 2002 Nitrogen loading alters seagrass ecosystem structure and support of higher trophic...

Ngày tải lên: 04/09/2015, 12:54

... between human disturbance, biodiversity and ecosystem processes is urgently needed to improve the management of natural resources and inform land- use strategies and policies in the region In this ... comparisons and conclusions of dung beetle diversity and ecosystem functioning on standardized methods employed throughout the study and across all sites Another drawback of my study is the use of ... activities Chapter Species richness and ecosystem functioning of dung beetles* 2.1 Introduction Research on ecosystem processes has largely focused on primary productivity and plant diversity (Chapin...

Ngày tải lên: 16/10/2015, 15:34

... limited, heterogenous land- use systems “Water Use of Woody Crops” May 20–21, 2004, Ilhavo, Portugal 87–92 [14] Mariscal M.J., Orgaz F., Villalobos F.J., Radiation -use efficiency and dry matter partitioning ... about a hundred typical small and large branches distributed over the canopy in two sample trees and used to verify the model and to test the validity of equations used to convert foliated volume ... (branches) and large white areas of the image were hand marked; their area in pixels was counted and subtracted In this way the final ratio of black and white pixels was estimated and the black...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 16:21

... males (t 2.85) and mixed sexes (t 2.55) This difference disappeared at and 15 d of age It again appeared and became significant at 28 days of age and thereafter Total triglycerides and their linear ... growth curve and fattening is close to that of Ricard (1978), who found that selecting chickens either for low immature weight (6 wk of age) and high mature weight (16 wk of age) or for high immature ... 63, and 97 days of age They were killed by an intracardiac injection of Nembutal At hatching the residual yolk sac was removed The abdominal fat was dissected and weighed at 15, 28, 63, and 97...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 22:22

... centuries age, it said “The builder has built a house for a man and his work is not strong and if the house he has built falls in and kills a householder, that builder shall be slain.” This performance ... focuses on the demanded requirements and required performance in use of a design task, in order to results instead of the prescription approach in a traditional practice which regulate the way and ... strict prescriptions mandated by laws, regulations, codes and standards By this, assessment of design solutions and construction details turned into a simple technical design and procedure composed...

Ngày tải lên: 05/10/2015, 21:24

... practices and high production cost Setthasakko Thailand (2009) - Qualitative - Interview and site observation Kantabutra & Thailand - Quantitative Siebenhuner - Postal questionnaire (2011) and structural ... financial capital (e.g profit and loss), tangible capital (e.g stock of products, land, and machines) and intangible capital (e.g knowledge, goodwill, inventions and brand) A firm must improve economic ... incineration and landfill), 2% form forest management and harvesting, 8% from transportation and distribution, 8% from transportation of wood fibres and clay to paper mill, 4% from printing, and 1%...

Ngày tải lên: 28/11/2015, 14:01

... political, and cultural circumstances and its impact on the borrowers’ behavior A low literacy rate, depriving economic conditions, extreme political involvements and pressures, inflexible and unsupportive ... populated and largest metropolitan city of Pakistan, Karachi The city of Karachi comprises a diverse The sample size was drawn from three towns of Karachi, which included Landhi, Korangi, and Orangi ... of borrowers If the income and savings of the individual is high then he/she is least attracted to debt financing On the other hand, the individual with low income and savings is more attracted...

Ngày tải lên: 06/09/2013, 05:48

... with pCDNA3.1 Zeo+ and MT1/MYC (lane 2), pCDNA3.1 Zeo+ and GRASP55F (lane 3) and MT1/MYC and GRASP55F (lane 4) were immunoprecipitated with the FLAG M2 monoclonal antibody and the associated ... and GRASP55 Lysates of HT1080 cells transfected with pCDNA3.1 Zeo+ vector control (lane 1), MT1/MYC and GRASP55F (lane 2), MT1/MYC and GRASP55F and 0.5 lg EGFP-furin ICD (lane 3) or MT1/MYC and ... formation of a MT1-MMP–furin complex The interaction on the one hand between MT1-MMP and GRASP55 and on the other hand between GRASP55 and furin led us to hypothesize that GRASP55 could potentially...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 04:20

... mainly expressed during larval metamorphosis, in the mantle edge and the digestive gland During the reproductive cycle, expression was high in gonads during the postspawning period but not in stage ... edge and postspawning gonads Metamorphosis represents the ultimate stage of oyster development, and is characterized by the degeneration of larval tissues, such as the velum and the foot, and ... such as CLP-1 and MGP40 are specifically expressed during mammary gland involution [23,24] Considering Cg-Clp2 patterns of expression, this protein could be involved in tissue growth and remodelling,...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 00:20

... interests in publicity and sociality in contemporary public art and public life Zweig’s projects encourage and embolden observation, attentiveness, and a consensual, if unarticulated and non-aggressive, ... a million” machine; waiting travelers use a hand crank, button, or lever to activate a unit’s audio and/ or video component To collect and create the audio and video features, Zweig held an open ... variously but simultaneously engaged Language, narrative, reading, and other linguistic and oral traditions and the changing conditions and theoretical concepts of this discursive intellectual arena—...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 10:20

... Lifestyles and Sustainability 325 tion and consumption are becoming progressively more fashion sensitive, dependent on aesthetics and well designed products and services In such lands of plenty, ... distinguishable and clear Designers such as Peter Behrens in Germany and Raymond Loewy in the United States were hailed in the press and contracted by companies and brands such as AEG, Greyhound and Lucky ... offerings, of images and brands To infuse meaning into products and services; to transform commodities into concepts and lifestyles has become a prime task for managers Lash and Urry (1994) argue...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 17:20

... and PCAF associate with the Ser2 ⁄ 5and Ser2-phosphorylated Pol II C-terminal domain hnRNP U and PCAF are present at the promoter and coding regions of constitutively expressed Pol II genes and ... motifs in androgen receptor cofactors mediate high affinity and specific interactions with the ligand-binding domain J Biol Chem 281, 19407–19416 Berrevoets CA, Umar A & Brinkmann AO (2002) Antiandrogens: ... as the Nu4A and TIP60 complexes, and INO80 complexes b-Actin is an integral component of chromatin-remodeling complexes, such as the BAF, BAP and INO80 complexes, as well as Nu4A and TIP60 complexes...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 01:20

... to promote Vps4p assembly and ATPase activity in vitro [49,50] and is expressed in the yeast two-hybrid strain used to test the homotypic interaction and in the strain used for phenotypic assays ... (Santa Cruz, CA, USA) and rabbit polyclonal anti-(carboxypeptidase Y) and anti-calmodulin sera were gifts from H Riezman (University of Geneva, Switzerland) PCR primers used for plasmid constructions ... ATPase domain and C-terminal helix [36] showing the location of residues that were mutated The TRP, RDF and DEL sequences are shown in green, dark blue and red, respectively The b domain and C-terminal...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 05:20

... Smirlock and Kaufold (1987), Peavy and Hempel (1988), Wall and Peterson (1990), Gay, Timme and Yung (1991), Karafiath, Mynatt, and Smith (1991), Madura, Whyte, and McDaniel (1991), Cooperman, Lee, and ... with holdings in New England This suggests that the announcement revealed information about the real estate sector and more so about the real estate sector in New England, and that this information ... 1985, Gorton and Mullineaux, 1987) as the formative reason for the commercial-bank clearinghouses in the U.S., and eventually for the Federal Reserve Chari and Jagannathan (1988), Jacklin and Bhattacharya...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 09:20

... native state [15] Results Recombinant mBS and its P19A, L28Q and P19A/L28Q variants (P19A-mBS, L28Q-mBS and P19A/L28Q-mBS, respectively), all with Cys31 and 32 linked to two glutathione molecules, ... N-terminal arms, i.e Pro19 and Leu28, located in the hinge peptide and in the intersubunit interface, respectively CD and NMR spectra suggest a close similarity in the global fold and in the structural ... Professor Giuseppe D’Alessio for critical reading of the manuscript We also thank Professor Alberto Di Donato and Dr Valeria Cafaro for their kind hospitality and advice on protein expression and purification...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 23:20

... Hibino and Fukuda describe and illustrate the use of an adapter and user support system between manufacturing simulators and Runtime Infrastructures based on the HLA Nakano et al propose a method and ... design and collaborative planning and Knowledge and Skill Chains in Engineering and Manufacturing scheduling Zhou et al present a review of state-of-the-art tools and methods that can be used to ... products are not used as designers plan, and many inefficiencies happen, such as: unexpected early disposal of products, non -use or idle products in users’ hands, long-term use of old inefficient...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 10:20

... IgG was used, complex C1 disappeared and a new complex, SC1, with a higher molecular mass was formed (lane 11), and, when anti-Sp3 IgG was used, bands C2 and C3 disappeared and bands SC3a and SC3b ... blotting was used to estimate levels of Sp1 and Sp3 in nuclear extracts from control and PMA-treated HL-60 cells Using anti-Sp1 IgG, two protein bands with approximate molecular masses of 105 and 95 ... promoter, are essential for both basal and PMA-mediated induction of DNase II transcription These sites bind Sp1 and Sp3, and protein levels and binding of Sp1 and Sp3 are increased in PMAtreated...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 17:21

... Europe, ranging from Scandinavia (Denmark and Sweden) via Central Europe (Austria, France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, and the Netherlands) to the Mediterranean (Spain, Italy and Greece) In 2006 ... remain the same, only Finland and Sweden have swapped places The positions of Germany (196 participations) and Spain (96) have become more significant, whereas Finland and Sweden have come closer ... defined on the basis of clear user needs, such as products and business models, the environment and energy, health and well-being, services, safety and security, and work and leisure Furthermore,...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 16:20