Advantages of diffuse radiation for terrestrial ecosystem productivity

Investigation of the effects of stratospheric sulfur injection on terrestrial autotroph productivity via experimentation with diffuse radiation controlled greenhouses

The roles of productivity and ecosystem size in determining food chain length in tropical terrestrial ecosystems.

Many different drivers, including productivity, ecosystem size, and disturbance, have been considered to explain natural variation in the length of food chains. Much remains unknown about the role of these various drivers in determining food chain length, and particularly about the mechanisms by which they may operate in terrestrial ecosystems, which have quite different ecological constraints ...

Constraining terrestrial ecosystem CO2 fluxes

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Effects of Pathogens on Terrestrial Ecosystem Function

Many studies have demonstrated that pathogens can have strong effects on the per for mance of individual organisms, population dynamics, and community interactions. A more limited set of studies suggests that pathogens can alter a wide range of ecosystem functions in terrestrial systems; however, we are lacking a framework to predict the type and magnitude of ecosystem effects that a given path...

Terrestrial background radiation studies in South Konkan, Maharashtra, India

Background: The natural radionuclides are always present in soil and care needs to be taken to minimize the radiation dose to humans. These radionuclides are mostly gamma ray emitting radionuclides which contribute to the radiation dose in long term behavior of radionuclides in soil. Health hazards associated with natural radioactivity are of great concern and it is necessary to assess risk due...