Introduction for special issue: Carbon, water and nutrient cycling in managed forests

Assessment of Nutrient Intakes: Introduction to the Special Issue

Sharon I. Kirkpatrick 1,* and Clare E. Collins 2,* 1 School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada 2 Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia * Correspondence: [email protected] (S.I.K.); clare.co...

Introduction to Special Issue

Although recent frameworks for test validation have emphasized utilization as a key component (e.g. Bachman & Palmer, 2010; Chapelle, 2012; Kane, 1992), what happens in the sometimes messy contexts where assessments are carried out is often not documented. This is perhaps because test developers are more focused on defining and operationalizing test constructs than on issues of implementation. ...

Special issue introduction.

Special Issue Editor's Introduction

Welcome to this EJISDC special issue co-edited with Devinder Thapa and Robert Davison. The special issue comprises seven selected papers from the IFIP Working Group 9.4 12 th International Conference on the Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries held in Ocho Rios, Jamaica during May 2013. The selected papers have been extended, independently reviewed and represent insights and...

Herbivory makes major contributions to ecosystem carbon and nutrient cycling in tropical forests.

The functional role of herbivores in tropical rainforests remains poorly understood. We quantified the magnitude of, and underlying controls on, carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycled by invertebrate herbivory along a 2800 m elevational gradient in the tropical Andes spanning 12°C mean annual temperature. We find, firstly, that leaf area loss is greater at warmer sites with lower foliar phospho...