Forests cover about 30% of the world’s land area and play a crucial role in absorbing and releasing carbon. A key part of this process is soil respiration, which is the release of CO 2 from soil as ...

This experiment is designed to study biotic/abiotic factors affecting seedling growth. Biotic factors are interactions between the living components of a community (i.e., predation, competition); ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Lightning fire is the dominant natural disturbance of the western mixedwood boreal forest of North America. We quantified the independent ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Effective management of invasive species requires that we understand the mechanisms determining community invasibility. Successful invaders ...

The mystery of the origin of hydrocarbons found in extraterrestrial environment may finally be resolved, thanks to a technique based on a 13C-13C abundance analysis. By measuring the abundance of ...